Join the network
47 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...
Filter by...
Working Paper
A new social contract inclusive of informal workersThis paper makes the case that current social contracts are often inadequate, irrelevant, or unjust for informal workers. It outlines three possible future scenarios: the bad old contract, an even worse contract, and a better new contract...
Informal work Informal economy Social contractBook Chapter
Capital account liberalization and managementFrom the book: Resetting the International Monetary (Non)System
Accounting Capital Financial institutionsBlog
Capital flight from developing countries – what is it, how is it measured, and what have we learned?Many worry that developing countries lose a substantial amount of money via capital flight, that is, outflows of cash and securities — part of which can also be illegal...
Capital Tax evasion TaxationWorking Paper
Capital flight and development: An overview of concepts, methods, and data sourcesThis paper offers a critical review of the methods used to estimate the extent of capital flight and illicit financial flows from developing countries...
Capital TaxationWorking Paper
Capital flight and foreign direct investment in Africa: An investigation of the role of natural resource endowmentThis paper aims to provide theoretical and empirical insights into the puzzling simultaneous rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Africa and capital flight from the continent over the past decades...
Capital Foreign investments Natural resourcesJournal Article
Assessing Foreign Aid’s Long-Run Contribution to Growth and DevelopmentPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Capital Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development)Working Paper
Capital Account Liberalization and ManagementThis paper reviews the history and controversies associated with capital account management...
Accounting Capital Financial institutions, InternationalWorking Paper
Supply-Side Constraints, Capital Goods Imports, and the Quality of Sub-Saharan African Countries’ ExportsIn the last decade, a large portion of capital goods imports of Sub-Saharan African countries is telecommunications equipment, and China is now the main source of equipment for 30 Sub-Saharan African countries...
Capital Economic growth International tradeWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and Mobilization of Growth Factors in Sub-Saharan AfricaThis study addresses the macroeconomic effect of foreign aid on the factors of growth. Specifically, we examine the effects of foreign aid on capital investment (human capital, physical capital) in sub-Saharan Africa...
Capital Econometrics Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
Children’s Endowment, Schooling, and Work in EthiopiaI investigate the relationship between children’s endowment and parental investment using a rich dataset on a cohort of children from Ethiopia, who were surveyed at ages eight, twelve and fifteen...
Capital Children Econometric models (Economic development)Blog
Cost of Capital: The Real Price of Green Energy
4 July 2013 Carl-Gustav Lindén In recent years the price of green energy technology has come down dramatically. This means that European investments in renewable energy can be very competitive...
Capital Capital market Cost effectivenessWorking Paper
Assessing Foreign Aid’s Long-Run Contribution to Growth in DevelopmentThis paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e.g., poverty ...
Capital Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development)Research Brief
Ghana’s Oil Resources Toward Economic Growth and Human DevelopmentAs the country’s oil production shifts into gear, Ghana’s new status as a middle-income country is bound to see a reduction in official development assistance (ODA) in the medium to long term...
Capital Economic assistance and foreign aid Fiscal policyBlog
Ghana’s Oil Resources Toward Economic Growth and Human Development
Robert Darko Osei As the country’s oil production shifts into gear, Ghana’s new status as a middle-income country is bound to see a reduction in official development assistance (ODA) in the medium to long term...
Accounting Capital Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
Aid, Growth and Private Capital Flows to GhanaThis study provides an analysis of the aid-private capital flows-growth nexus for Ghana...
Capital Economic assistance and foreign aid Fiscal policyBook Chapter
Introduction: Southern Engines of Global GrowthFrom the book: Southern Engines of Global Growth
Capital Economic growth International trade