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A summer reading list of our latest papers, articles, and books
At the UNU-WIDER offices here in Helsinki, Finland, the summer holidays are almost upon us. Looking at the list of new UNU-WIDER publications, it is easy to see how much we accomplished this past year, despite the many constraints faced...
Inequality Gender equality Gender inequalityIn the media
Development Today highlights new UNU-WIDER guidebookUNU-WIDER policy guidebook 'Deals and development in fragile and conflict-affected states' published earlier this month has been featured in Development Today.
Fragile statesNews
UNU-WIDER releases guidebook on economic growth in fragile contexts
Fragile states Inclusive growth Elites Panel discussion
How to get inclusive growth started in fragile contexts
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Why do we see boom-and-bust growth in fragile and conflict-affected states?
One of the most pressing challenges in development policy is to bring about rapid, sustained, and inclusive growth in developing countries...
Fragile states Conflict Economic growthProject workshop
Deals and Development in Fragile and Conflict-affected StatesOn 24-25 February 2021, UNU-WIDER and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will hold a policy innovation lab titled Deals and Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCAS)...
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Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in West African SahelThis study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger...
Fragile states Informality Self-employmentProject
The state and statebuilding in the Global South – international and local interactions
Theme: Transforming states
Building State Capabilities State capacity Aid effectivenessPolicy Brief
Aid effectiveness: Growth and beyondThe questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of considerable attention...
Aid effectiveness Aid and growth Development aidJournal Article
Aid Targeting to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Implications for Aid EffectivenessPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Foreign aid Fragile statesJournal Article
Aid Impact and Effectiveness: Introduction and OverviewPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Donors Fragile states Climate change
Working Paper
Aid targeting to fragile and conflict-affected states and implications for aid effectivenessWhile significant amounts of foreign aid have been allocated to the group of so-called fragile and conflict-affected states in recent years, it is not clear whether that aid is targeted to where it is most needed...
Aid effectiveness Foreign aid Fragile statesWorking Paper
Exiting the fragility trap: Rethinking our approach to the world’s most fragile statesThose fragile states whose stagnation is so tenacious despite generous aid programs, and substantial and costly interventions, are stuck in a ‘fragility trap.’ Caught in a low-level equilibrium, trapped states appear to be in a perpetual ...
Fragile states Mali BangladeshWorking Paper
Backsliding and reversal: The J-Curve revisitedIan Bremmer published a treatise on the stability of states built on the notion that states fall along a curve resembling a slanted “J” when plotting their stability against openness...
Democracy Fragile states Hybrid states