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WIDER Annual Lecture by President Martti AhtisaariView the WIDER Annual Lecture on Egalitarian Principles.
Democratization Social conflict Equality and inequalityAbout
Contributors - AL17Short biographies of those who contributed to the event.
Democratization Social conflict Equality and inequalityAbout
Photos - AL17Selection of images from the WIDER Annual Lecture 17.
Democratization Social conflict Equality and inequalityWorking Paper
Global economic governance and economic policy: A personal perspectiveThe policy advice given by economists in international institutions is influenced by their prior academic work...
Aeronautics Globalization International economic relationsJournal Article
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations: Lessons Learned from the Greater Zambeze River Valley and BeyondPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and the Zambezi River Valley
Climate change Environmental policy GlobalizationJournal Article
International Coordination and the Effectiveness of AidPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid International relations PovertyWorking Paper
The Role of Issue Linkage in Managing the MekongThe Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries...
Environment Game theory International relationsJournal Article
Intervention and State-Building: Comparative Lessons from Japan, Iraq, and AfghanistanPart of Journal Special Issue Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States
Democratization International relationsBlog
The Nordic Contribution to Development
26 March 2014 Tony Addison The Nordic countries have a long-standing commitment to development, and their work in peace-building has taken Nordic peacemakers into some of the toughest places in the world...
Democracy Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentBlog
From the Editor's Desk (December 2013) 10 December 2013 Tony Addison Our November-December Angle comes amid intense activity on our ReCom—Research and Communication on Foreign Aid—programme, which is drawing to a close...
Agriculture Aggregation operators BudgetBlog
From the Editor’s Desk (October 2013) 31 October 2013 Tony Addison October finds Angle in New York, for our event on ‘Fragility and Aid–What Works?’ at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN...
Agriculture Budget ChildrenBook
Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unravelling the Impact of Foreign AidDespite impressive economic growth rates over the last decade, foreign aid still plays a significant role in Africa's political economies...
Budget Democracy Economic assistance and foreign aidResearch Brief
Lessons from US Interventions to Japan, Afghanistan and IraqJapan’s post-war liberalizing reforms were a success. This was partly due to the fact that US occupation preserved the strength of national institutions and made effective use of their capacity...
Democratization Economic assistance and foreign aid International relationsBlog
Getting into a State?
30 October 2013 Roger Williamson The UNU-WIDER meeting held last week in New York on the topic of fragility and aid argued forcefully that you cannot ‘fix’ failed states as you would a broken window...
Agriculture Budget Conflict managementWorking Paper
Intervention, Aid, and Institution-Building in Iraq and Afghanistan: a Review and Critique of Comparative LessonsSince 2001 international attention has focused on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and specifically on the question of whether external intervention can assist weak or fragile states in successfully making the transition to stable democracies...
Democratization Economic assistance and foreign aid International relationsWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and the Failure of State Building in Haiti Under the Duvaliers, Aristide, Préval, and MartellyAfter receiving at least US$20 billion in aid for reconstruction and development over the past 60 years, Haiti has been and remains a fragile state, one of the worse globally...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Elite (Social sciences) Government accountability