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Precarization or protection? How labour policies influence the effects of globalization on informalityGlobalization has generally coincided with a rise in work outside the formal economy, intensifying job precarization — when high-quality, formal jobs that entitle workers to benefits are replaced by jobs which may not comply with regulations an...
Precarity Labour market outcomes InformalityJournal Article
Trade, poverty, and social protection in developing countriesHow do shifts in trade affect social protections for the poor?...
Globalization and Trade Social protectionPolicy 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 Impact and Effectiveness: Introduction and OverviewPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Donors Fragile states Climate change
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The changing nature of work and inequality
Theme: Transforming societies
Inequality Earnings inequality Structural changeWorking Paper
Trade, poverty, and social protection in developing countriesHow do shifts in trade affect social protections for the poor?...
Globalization and Trade Social protectionWorkshop
UNU-WIDER & UNU-CRIS Joint Session on South-South Integration in a North-South Context: Regional and Global Integration: Quo Vadis?UNU-WIDER & UNU-CRIS Joint Session (Parallel 1.1) to be held on Saturday, 16 January, South-South Integration in a North-South Context.
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UNU-WIDER and UNU-CRIS International Workshop on South-South and North-South Trade Agreements: Compatibility IssuesSouth-South reciprocal trade agreements continue to surge in popularity despite arguments that they are a sub-optimal trade choice relative to North-South agreements or non-discriminatory trade liberalization. S-S agreements include both new...
Project
South-South development cooperation
Theme: 2008-09
Globalization and Trade Development financing Capital flowsProject
Southern engines of global growthTheme: 2006-07
The project centers on the inter-linkages between the major developing countries of Brazil, India, China and South Africa and the global economy, with a special emphasis on the implications of China’s growth on smaller economies and the rest...
Globalization and Trade Growth TradeProject
Impact of globalization on the world's poorTheme: 2004-05
Globalization offers new opportunities for accelerating development and poverty reduction. And there is much concern about the distribution of benefits; in particular whether the poor gain from globalization, and under what circumstances it may...
Globalization and Trade Globalization PovertyProject
Financial sector development for growth and poverty reductionTheme: 2004-05
The mobilization of domestic savings for private investment plays a crucial role in achieving growth and poverty reduction; this is demonstrated by the historical experience of the now developed countries as well as East Asia. However two problems...
Globalization and TradeProject
The impact of the WTO agreement on low income countriesTheme: 2002-03
When the Uruguay Round was being negotiated and it was coming to a close, a number of estimates were made about the impact of the agreement on poor countries. Many assessments indicated that there would be a net loss for them while others came up...
Globalization and TradeProject
Refugees, international migration and povertyTheme: 2000-01
Fleeing poverty, violence and 'ethnic cleansing' millions of people leave their homes every year in search of safety and economic opportunities. In contrast to the migrations of the nineteenth century today's migrations often take place through...
Globalization and TradeProject
Globalization and the obstacles to the successful integration of small vulnerable economiesTheme: 2000-01
A key challenge for policy makers is how to bring about the successful integration of the less developed countries into the international system. Many of the obstacles to the meaningful participation of vulnerable developing economies in the...
Globalization and Trade