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State-Building Through Neotrusteeship: Kosovo and East Timor in Comparative PerspectiveWhy do some states, with foreign assistance, transition from ‘fragile’ to ‘robust?’ Scholars in state-building have argued that neotrusteeship is an effective strategy by which external organizations might build post-conflict ...
Conflict management Crime Economic assistance and foreign aidBook Chapter
Global Asymmetries and their Implications for Climate and Industrial PoliciesFrom the book: Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
Environmental economics Environmental policy Global warmingWorking Paper
Climate and Industrial Policy in an Asymmetric WorldClimate change is a phenomenon leading to randomly distributed disasters around the globe...
Environmental economics Global warming International obligationsBook Chapter
Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign OrganizationsFrom the book: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
International agencies International law International obligationsWorking Paper
Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign OrganizationsWe propose two new concepts, of non-state sovereign entrepreneurs and the non-territorial sovereign organizations they form, and relate them to issues pertaining to state sovereignty, governance failures, and violent social conflict over the appropri...
International agencies International law International obligationsBlog
Entrepreneurship, Sovereignty, and Violent Social ConflictJurgen Brauer and Robert Haywood The role of the sovereign state in driving and resolving violent social conflict remains central to studies of peace and governance...
International agencies International law International obligationsJournal Article
Trends in the Volume and Allocation of Official Flows from Donor CountriesPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Allocations and Development Financing
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projects International obligationsJournal Article
Arab-related Bilateral and Multilateral Sources of Development Finance: Issues, Trends, and the Way ForwardPart of Journal Special Issue Development Financing
Decision making Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsBook Chapter
Hardening a Soft Budget Constraint Through 'Upward Devolution' to a Supranational Institution: The Case of the European Union and Italian State-Owned FirmsFrom the book: Ownership and Governance of Enterprises
Budget Government business enterprises Government spending policyBlog
An Innovative Source of Development Finance: The Carbon Tax
by Nitin Desai With official development assistance falling short of needs, there has long been a search for ‘innovative’ means for financing development...
Carbon tax Economic assistance and foreign aid International obligationsJournal Article
Does a Switch of Budget Regimes Affect Investment and Managerial Discretion of State-Owned Enterprises?: Evidence from Italian FirmsPart of Journal Special Issue WIDER Symposium on Adaptive Efficiency and Evolving Diversity of Enterprise Ownership and Governance
Budget Government business enterprises International obligationsWorking Paper
Long-run Trends and Recent Developments in Official Assistance from Donor CountriesOfficial flows account for close to half of capital flows to developing countries, and close to 90 per cent of receipts for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper documents trends in these official flows over the last three decades...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projects International obligationsWorking Paper
Arab-Related Bilateral and Multilateral Sources of Development Finance: Issues, Trends, and the Way ForwardThis article analyses the organizational structure as well as the characteristics of development finance provided by Arab donor countries...
Decision making Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsWorking Paper
Does a Switch of Budget Regimes Constrain Managerial Discretion?: Evidence for Italian Public Enterprises' InvestmentThis study examines the effect of the hardening of the budget constraint on the investment behaviour of Italian state owned enterprises (SOEs)...
Budget Government business enterprises International obligationsWorking Paper
Hardening a Soft Budget Constraint Through 'Upward Devolution' to a Supranational Institution: The Case of Italian State-Owned Firms and the European UnionThis paper contributes to the literature on the role of decentralization in hardening the budget constraint of public enterprises. Following Qian and Roland the study adopts a ‘federalist’ approach...
Budget Government business enterprises Government spending policyWorking Paper
Forest Transitions and Carbon Fluxes: Global Scenarios and PoliciesForests as stocks, sinks and sources of carbon have become a vital issue in global politics, along with the Kyoto Protocol of the Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Environmental policy Forests and forestry Global warming