UNU-WIDER Feature articles from WIDER Angle September 2011

The View from Buenos Aires
Tony Addison

A visit to Buenos Aires in September provided a good vantage point to look at the euro zone’s deepening crisis. Angle readers will recall that Argentina went through a painful adjustment process some ten years ago. Full article.

Africa's Youth: A New Vanguard for Democracy?
Danielle Resnick

The victory of the opposition party, the Patriotic Front (PF), in Zambia’s presidential elections this month heralds a new era in that country’s democracy. The leader of the PF, Michael Sata, defeated the sitting president, Rupiah Banda, whose Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) party has ruled the country since Zambia transitioned to multiparty democracy in 1991.
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Understanding Life in Poverty
Milla Nyyssöllä

Behavioural economics, an approach combining the insights of psychology and economics, is coming to the fore in development economics. It is especially relevant in the search for new and more effective ways to reduce poverty. Full article.

Beyond the Urban Tipping Point
Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, and Ravi Kanbur.

By many estimates, the world has just crossed the point where more than half the global population is urban, a trend driven by rapid urbanization in developing countries.  Full article.

Climate Change Adds to Risks in North Africa
Imed Drine

North Africa is going through a turbulent year. With much of the focus on political transition, there is a danger that attention to the threat posed by climate change to the region’s prosperity (and stability) will be missed. Full article.

Reversing Inequality in Latin America
Annett Victorero

Latin America has for a long time been synonymous with high inequality, economic instability and authoritarian politics. Full article.