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Bringing together macroeconomic policy actors in Mozambique to reflect on current challenges and future scenarios
On 25 October 2016, the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project brought together key actors in macroeconomic policy management from the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Mozambique, and Mozambican academia...
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) MacroeconomicsVideo
WIDER Annual Lecture by Antonio OcampoView the WIDER Annual Lecture on Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture.
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityAbout
Photos - AL14Selection of images from the WIDER Annual Lecture 14.
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityNews
Press release - AL 14WIDER Annual Lecture 14: Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture, by José Antonio Ocampo, New York, USA
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityAbout
Presentation - AL14Professor José Antonio Ocampo will deliver the UNU-WIDER 14th Annual Lecture on 9 December 2010 at the UN headquarters in New York. The lecture addresses Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture. Amidst still unsettled...
Public goods International finance Financial stabilityWorking Paper
Global macroeconomic cooperation and the exchange rate systemThis paper looks at historical and current frameworks to manage macroeconomic linkages among economies. It considers first the evolving nature of global payments imbalances...
Financial institutions, International Foreign exchange MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Poverty, Inequality, and Prices in Post-Apartheid South AfricaFrom the book: Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Equality and inequality Inflation (Finance) MacroeconomicsJournal Article
Agricultural Commodity Price Shocks and Their Effect on Growth in Sub-Saharan AfricaCommodity price shocks are an important type of external shock and are often cited as a problem for economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Agriculture Economic growth MacroeconomicsJournal Article
A sequential approach to integrated energy modeling in South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Prospects for Renewable Energy in Africa
Carbon tax Economic policy Equilibrium (Economics)Working Paper
Role of economists in policy-makingThis paper reviews the many areas in which economists play an important role in policy-making, including the quantification of objectives set by political processes, formulation of macroeconomic policy where economists have a dominating role, and als...
Economists MacroeconomicsJournal Article
Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development
Business cycles Econometric models Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
Ghana’s experiments with business–government co-ordinationThe article explores the various co-ordination mechanisms between the state and the business community in Ghana, and the implications for economic growth in the country...
Economic growth History, Local MacroeconomicsBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30 th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development Economics’ here in Helsinki. It was a great occasion...
Agriculture Business enterprises Capital investmentsBlog
Malawi's Farm Subsidy Benefits the Poor but Doesn't Come CheapMalawi’s farm input subsidy benefits the poor and can be part of a viable national development strategy. Agriculture is Malawi’s main economic sector...
Agriculture Equilibrium (Economics) Expenditures, PublicBlog
Regional Industrialization and Integration in Southern Africa - Reporting from TIPS Annual Forum
The white-painted cluster of traditional style buildings might suggest that this was a farm on the South African veldt...
Automobile industry and trade Carbon tax Economic integration