October 2009

We are pleased to announce news of events, activities, commentaries and publications by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER).

FEATURE ARTICLES

What Can Developing Countries Learn From Finland’s Industrial Transformation?
Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen. Full article.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Development: Lessons from Finland
Otto Toivanen. Full article.

EVENTS

Forthcoming

UNU-WIDER and UNU-CRIS International Workshop on South-South and North-South Trade Agreements: Compatibility Issues, Bruges, Belgium. 5-6 November 2009

UNU-WIDER Project Conference on African Development: Myths and Realities. 10 December 2009

Recent

WIDER Annual Lecture 13: The Trade-Development Nexus in Theory and History by Prof Ronald Findlay. 21 October 2009  

UNU-WIDER, UNU-MERIT and UNIDO International Workshop on Pathways to Industrialization in the 21st Century: New Challenges and Emerging Paradigms. 22-23 October 2009

WIDER and HECER Autumn Seminar on Aid and Growth: Implications and Prospects for Developing Nations. 26 October 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Developing Countries in the World Economy: The Future in the Past? Online and in printed copies. News.

UNU-WIDER Affiliated Economist Awarded Nobel Prize. News.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

WIDER Annual Lecture 12: Developing Countries in the World Economy: The Future in the Past?
by Deepak Nayyar. AL12

New Book

Vulnerability in Developing Countries
Guest Editors Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
and Mark McGillivray.
Publication date: August 2009, The UNU Press

Journal Special Issues

Review of Development Economics-Special Section:
FDI, Employment, and Growth in China and India
Volume 13 Issue 4 (August 2009)
Guest Editors Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Guanghua Wan.
special section free online at: www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/rde

Review of Development Economics-Special Issue: Development Aid—Theory, Policies, and Performance
Volume 13 Issue 3 (August 2009)
(in collaboration with UNU-WIDER)
Guest Edited by George Mavrotas.
special issue free online at: www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/rde

Oxford Development Studies-Special Issue: Vulnerability in Development: Advances in Concept and Measurement
Volume 37 Issue 3 (September 2009)
Guest Editors Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
and Mark McGillivray.

New Discussion Paper

Aid and Growth: Have We Come Full Circle?
Channing Arndt, Sam Jones, and Finn Tarp. DP2009/05 

Policy Briefs

The Global Economic Crisis after One Year: Is a New Paradigm for Recovery in Developing Countries Emerging?
Wim Naudé. UNUPB-02-09

Policy Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in Africa
Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Wim Naudé. UNUPB-03-09

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