Alisa DiCaprio is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. Previously, she was a Fellow at New York University’s Hamilton Center for Political Economy where she taught courses on globalization and trade. She holds a PhD in Urban Studies from MIT. Her research interests include international trade institutions, regional integration, labour standards, and industrialization.
Alisa
DiCaprio
Research Fellow
Contact information
UNU-WIDER
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B
FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone: +358-(0)9-615 9911
Direct tel: +358-(0)9-615 99218
Fax: +358-(0)9-615 99333
Email: dicaprio(at)wider.unu.edu
Research projects:
- ReCom - Social Sectors
- ReCom – Research and Communication on Foreign Aid
- The Role of Elites in Economic Development
- South-South Development Cooperation
UNU-WIDER Publications:
- The Role of Elites in Economic Development
- Special Issue: South-South and North-South Trade Agreements
- WP/2011/81 The Demand Side of Social Protection: Lessons from Cambodia’s Labour Rights Experience
Full CV
Curriculum vitae; Alisa DiCaprio
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Further reading:
Rules or Engagement? Development Implications of the Doha Round Negotiations (Part II).
WIDER Angle, November 2011.
Rules or Engagement? Development Implications of the Doha Round Negotiations (Part I).
WIDER Angle, October 2011
Aligning Elites with Economic Development
WIDER Angle, August 2009
Tracing the Special and Differential Treatment Principle Through the CARIFORUM EPA: Trade Negotiations Insights, August 2009. http://ictsd.org/i/news/tni/52380/
Learning How to Promote Social Protection from Cambodia’s Garment Workers
Alisa DiCaprio
Innovations in social protection systems design have moved forward quickly on the supply-side over the past decade. But the same degree of creativity has not been applied to the equally critical demand-side constraints to social protection. Without channels through which the demand for social protection can be expressed to the provider of such protection, even the most finely-tuned system will not be sustainable in the long run. Full article. (WIDERAngle January 2012)