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Journal Article: How polarized is the global income distribution?

The interest in the level of global inequality has surged in recent years. This paper complements existing estimates of global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution.
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Policy Brief: The business environment of Mozambican manufacturing firms

The 2017 Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms builds on data collected in 2012 from surviving firms to trace how changing economic conditions have affected the development of firms over five years.

Inclusive growth in Mozambique – scaling-up research and capacity

The central goal of the project is to support inclusive growth, growth that substantially improves the living standards of the Mozambican population.
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Journal Special Issue: Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development

This journal presents a synopsis of the contextual conditions, factors and challenges under which the recent evolution of tax systems has taken place. The journal, as the studies in this collection, gives special emphasis to the role natural endowments, p
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Book Chapter
Lessons Learnt about Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity-Building

From the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

Foreign aid Climate change Capacity building
Book Chapter
Foreign Aid for Capacity Building to Address Climate Change

From the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

Foreign aid Capacity building Climate change
Research Brief
Photo: Shell
 Community development planning: Success and failure in the extractive sector Extractives Capacity building community development
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The folk and the formula– pathways to capable states...

Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic Transformation
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Presentation - AL16

The 2012 WIDER Annual Lecture was given by Professor Lant Pritchett. He discussed the importance of building state capability in developing countries for tackling long-term development challenges. View or download slides as pdf

Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic Transformation
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WIDER Annual Lecture by Lant Pritchett

View the WIDER Annual Lecture on The folk and the formula– pathways to capable states...

Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic Transformation
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Invitation - AL16

The 16th WIDER Annual Lecture was given by Professor Lant Pritchett, currently Professor of the Practice of International Development Harvard Kennedy School of Government, in Helsinki, in September 2012, under the enticing title ‘Folk and the...

Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic Transformation
Project
An energy social accounting matrix (SAM) for Vietnam

Theme: Other

Vietnam Social Accounting Matrix Green growth
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 16 - The folk and the formula
27 September 2012
House of Nobility, Ritarikatu 1, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Workshop
Systematic analysis of climate resilient development (SACReD)

The principal objective of the workshop was to evaluate the implications of climate change for developing countries including impacts, adaptation policies, mitigation policies, and their interactions with appropriate development strategies.

7 October 2010 – 8 October 2010
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K Street NW, Washington, United States
Past event
Project
An aerial view shot from over the Indian Ocean of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo. © UN Photo/Stuart Price DUCC - development under climate change

Theme: Climate change

Climate change Development Climate uncertainty
Project
Building African capacity for policy simulation

Theme: 1985-97

With the introduction of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), governments in Africa and other developing countries have been under great pressure to devise effective policies that will reduce poverty and...

Globalization Social and Human Development Africa
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