MAY 2009

We have pleasure in announcing news of current events, activities, and publications by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). 

EVENTS

Recent

• HECER-WIDER Spring Seminar. 23 April 2009.

• UNU-WIDER Seminar on Developing Countries and the Global Downturn—the Way Forward. 6 May 2009.

Forthcoming

• 15 May 2009 UNU-WIDER Research Project Workshop: Designing African Poverty Strategies: Expanding Local Capacity to Simulate Policy Options

• 22 May 2009 UNU-WIDER Project Workshop on Beyond the Tipping Point: Latin American Development in an Urban World, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 2 June 2009 Recovering from the Global Crisis: Towards an Action Plan for Africa and the Least Developed Countries. A Side Event at the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development

• 12 June 2009 WIDER Conference on The Role of Elites in Economic Development

• 27 August 2009  UNU-WIDER, UNU-MERIT and UNIDO International Workshop on Pathways to Industrialization in the 21st Century: New Challenges and Emerging Paradigms
  
• 18 September 2009 WIDER Conference on Reflections on Transition: Twenty Years After The Fall of The Berlin Wall

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Professor Finn Tarp of Denmark has been appointed as next Director of UNU-WIDER. Click here.

Tony Shorrocks concluded his term of service as Director of UNU-WIDER on 30.04.2009. Click here.

Call for Papers: UNU-WIDER, UNU-MERIT and UNIDO International Workshop on Pathways to Industrialization in the 21st Century: New Challenges and Emerging Paradigms. In collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) Bangkok, Thailand, 27 – 28 August 2009.
For event information Click here.

FEATURE ARTICLES

Entrepreneurship, Sovereignty, and Violent Social Conflict
Jurgen Brauer and Robert Haywood. Full article.

Is Manufacturing Still the Main Engine of Growth in Developing Countries ?Adam Szirmai. Full article.

Details of other feature articles of WIDERAngle can be found at:
WIDERAngle Archives

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Information on all of WIDER’s past and present publications is available on our website at http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/

Please order from your bookseller, library, or the publishers.

WIDER Series titles:

The following titles, all published in April 2009, are available free of charge to download from: http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/

Research Papers

International Migration, Remittances and Labour Supply: The Case of the Republic of Haiti
Evans Jadotte RP2009/28

‘Rushing in where Angels Fear to Tread?’: The Early Internationalization of Indigenous Chinese Firms
Wim Naudé RP2009/27

Linkages between Pro-Poor Growth, Social Programmes and Labour Market: The Recent Brazilian Experience
Nanak Kakwani, Marcelo Neri, and Hyun H. Son RP2009/26

Switzerland’s Rise to a Wealthy Nation: Competition and Contestability as Key Success Factors
Beatrice Weder and Rolf Weder RP2009/25

Developing Ireland: Committing to Economic Openess and Building Domestic Institutional Capabilities
Paul Teague RP2009/24

Can Norway be a Role Model for Natural Resource Abundant Countries?
Ådne Cappelen and Lars Mjøset RP2009/23

Japan’s Model of Economic Development: Relevant and Nonrelevant Elements for Developing Economies
Fukunari Kimura  RP2009/22

Discussion papers

Understanding the African Growth Record: the Importance of Policy Syndromes and Governance
Augustin Kwasi Fosu DP2009/02