Join the network
175 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...
Filter by...
Working Paper
Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Productive Employment and Social ProtectionThe paper attempts to examine the extent to which the ILO-supported projects have contributed to women’s economic empowerment and well-being i.e., from a gender perspective...
Entrepreneurship Feminist economics International agenciesBlog
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 developmentWorking Paper
Using Evidence and Operational Responses to Accelerate Gender Equality in KenyaAgriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back agricultural growth and affect household welfare negatively...
Agriculture Economic development International agenciesWorking Paper
Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States: The Case of Somali-Inhabited Eastern Horn of AfricaInstitution-building in Somalia has met with high levels of failure for two decades. But successes have occurred in other Somali-inhabited regions of the eastern Horn, and have been especially present at the local and municipal level...
Economic development Economic policy International agenciesWorking Paper
Innovation at the World Bank: Selective Perspectives Over Three Decades 1975-2005The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices...
Economic development International agencies Technological innovationsWorking Paper
Environmental and Climate Finance in a New World: How Past Environmental Aid Allocation Impacts Future Climate AidIn this paper we update previous work that categorizes foreign aid projects in terms of their likely impact on the natural environment...
Climate change Cost effectiveness Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking Paper
Education from the Bottom Up: UNICEF’s Education Programme in SomaliaThe failure of the Somali state from 1993 to 2012 represents one of the world’s most profound and prolonged cases of state collapse. Initially, education and other government services came to a standstill...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsBlog
The Many Shades of Fragility
30 October 2013 Carl-Gustav Lindén Despite many successful transitions towards peace and multiparty electoral systems there are still 47 fragile states and economies in the world according to the OECD...
Democratization Economic assistance and foreign aid International agenciesWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and Sustainable ForestryForeign aid can contribute to sustainable forestry in many ways. The goal is to secure forest benefits of the future, without compromising the needs of the present generations. This paper elaborates on forestry aid as it has evolved in the past...
Agriculture Conservation of natural resources Economic assistance and foreign aidWorking 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 accountabilityWorking Paper
A Review of External Assistance and Aid Effectiveness for Maternal and Child Health: Challenges and OpportunitiesThis paper primarily focuses on how global funding has supported interventions that have proven to be successful in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality around the world...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsResearch Brief
Aid, Poverty, and the Working PoorThere are over 900 million working people who earn less than US$2 a day, while 200 million people are unemployed...
Economic development International agencies LabourResearch Brief
Gender Sensitivity of World Bank InvestmentsMany World Bank investments include women’s concerns only superficially. Lack of attention to gender roles negatively impacts women’s rights...
Economic assistance and foreign aid International agencies WomenBlog
Good Governance: Is it about Appearance or Action?
27 May 2013 Matt Andrews, Harvard Kennedy School A growing governance agenda and post-2015 ambitions The governance agenda has grown rapidly in the international development community...
Globalization Government accountability International agenciesBlog
Aid in the Climate Change Combat
17 April 2013 Carl-Gustav Lindén In recent weeks there have been several large gatherings of experts dealing with how to tackle the complex climate change and environmental problems which our world faces...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid EnvironmentBlog
Aid to the Social Sectors – Achievements and Mistakes
22 March 2013 The share of aid to social sectors has grown over the past 20 years. Evidence shows clear links between support to these sectors and poverty reduction, economic growth, and human development. But what works, and why?...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic growth