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WIDER in Media 2012

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	May	Research Award: Nora Lustig, the winner of this year’s SLA research award, has amassed a daunting cv. It includes 4 books, nearly 40 journal articles, 50 book chapters, as well as many special editions and reports. UNU-WIDER Publications: WP/2012/010 The Rise and Fall of Income Inequality in Mexico, 1989–2010 WP/2006/30 Investing in Health for Economic Development: The Case of Mexico 1987/7 Country Study Mexico: Stabilization and Adjustment Policies and Programmes	Tulane University School of Liberal Arts Awards
	Apr	The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman, April 11, 2012 (The New York Times company) Subject: WP/09 Inequality Trends and their Determinants: Latin America over 1990-2010 by Giovanni Andrea Cornia. Research: The New Policy Model, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from the Last Decade and Prospects for the Future	Putting the Gini Back in the Bottle
	Apr	DESA department of Economic and Social Affairs, 5 April 2012, New York, www.un.org Subject: Research: Development under Climate Change	South Africa’s Carbon Tax: a Far-Sighted Move Towards a Greener World
	Mar	Carbon or sesource rent tax?, by Lynley Donnelly, Mail & guardian online Subject: The treasury's carbon tax model, done by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, showed that if the revenues were recycled in the form of tax breaks on income, for example, there was a small negative impact on gross domestic product (GDP), he said. But if the revenues were reinvested, there was a significant positive overall impact on GDP.	Carbon or resource rent tax?
	Feb	By Linus Atarah, IPS-Inter Press Service Subject: An international conference in the Finnish capital Tuesday, convened to review the ideas and proposals of the Helsinki Process launched ten years ago. The two-day conference was attended by a broad range of international financial experts, academics and representatives of international civil society organisations.	Finland Joins Call for Financial Market Tax
	Jan	Mr Andani advises Financial Institutions to join forces Vibe Ghana Subject: Professor Augustin Fosu, Deputy Director of United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research, called for reallocation of the ...	Mr Andani advises Financial Institutions to join forces