JUNE 2009

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

EVENTS

Recent

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

27 May 2009 The 10th UNU Africa Day Symposium

27 May 2009 UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon visits UNU-WIDER.

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

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

14 May 2009 Africa Most at Risk from the Current Recession: At a UNU-WIDER seminar on the impact of the global recession on the poorest countries, UNU-WIDER Senior Researcher Wim Naudé pointed out that Africa...

Forthcoming

25 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

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

5 November 2009 UNU-WIDER and UNU-CRIS International Workshop on South-South and North-South Trade Agreements: Compatibility Issues, Bruges, Belgium.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

15 May 2009 - Job vacancies: Vacancy announcements at UNU-WIDER.

9 June 2009 - Call for Papers: UNU-CRIS and UNU-WIDER International Workshop on South-South and North-South Trade Agreements: Compatibility Issues. The deadline for submissions is 01 September 2009.

15 June 2009 - Visiting scholars and PhD internship programmes closing date is 30 September 2009. For more information, see Opportunities.

FEATURE ARTICLES

Africa’s Recovery from the Global Economic Crisis
Augustin Fosu and Wim Naudé. Full article. 

Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Arab Region
Imed Drine. Full article.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

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

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New Discussion and Research Papers

DP2009/03 The Global Economic Crisis: Towards Syndrome-Free Recovery for Africa
Augustin Fosu and Wim Naudé 

RP2009/41 Designing Composite Entrepreneurship Indicators: An Application Using Consensus PCA
Diego B. Avanzini

RP2009/40 Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success
James A. Robinson

RP2009/39 When to Start a New Firm?: Modelling the Timing of Novice and Serial Entrepreneurs
Thomas Gries and Wim Naudé

RP2009/38 The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development: Rare and Contrasting Oil-based Economic Success Stories
Robert Loon

RP2009/37 Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile: Achievements, Failures and Dilemmas
Andrés Solimano

RP2009/36 The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons
Arvind Subramanian

RP2009/35 The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth Regime
Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen

RP2009/34 How Can Korea be a Role Model for Catch-up Development?: A ‘Capability-based View’
Keun Lee

RP2009/33 Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of China's Economic Success in the Reform Era
Yang Yao

RP2009/32 Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success Story?
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz

RP2009/31 India's Development Strategy: Accidents, Design and Replicability
Nirvikar Singh

RP2009/30 Vietnam as a Role Model for Development
John Thoburn

RP2009/29 The Case for an Intermediate Exchange Rate Regime with Endogenizing Market Structures and Capital Mobility
Annina Kaltenbrunner and Machiko Nissanke