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UNU-WIDER Interview with Dr Kaushik Basu29 November 2012 Carl-Gustav Lindén In November 2012 UNU-WIDER had the pleasure of hosting a public event with Dr Kaushik Basu, the newly appointed Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics of the World Bank...
Financial crisis International finance MacroeconomicsBlog
The West Is Finding it Harder to get Its Own Way in the World
Ian Morris The people of Europe and North America still produce two-thirds of the world’s GDP, spend more than two-thirds of its R&D dollars, and own almost all of its nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers...
International finance International relations World politicsAnnual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 14 - Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture
Book Chapter
CIBS, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates: What Lessons Have Been Learnt since the East Asian Crisis in 1997/98?From the book: Southern Engines of Global Growth
History of capital markets Foreign exchange International financeWorking Paper
Global Capitalism Theory and the Emergence of Transnational ElitesThe class and social structure of developing nations has undergone profound transformation in recent decades as each nation has incorporated into an increasingly integrated global production and financial system...
International finance International relations Political scienceNews
Developing Countries in the World Economy: The Future in the past? Online and in Printed CopiesThe WIDER Annual Lecture is a major event in the UNU-WIDER calendar, providing an opportunity for a distinguished speaker to present new insights and analysis on a core topic related to UNU-WIDER’s research programme on global development. Lecture...
Annual lecture International finance GeopoliticsJournal Article
Introduction: Development Aid—Theory, Policies, and PerformancePart of Journal Special Issue Development Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development International financeJournal Special Issue
Development Aid: Theory, Policies, and PerformanceFollowing on WIDER's work on Development Finance which has involved three projects since 2002, a development conference on 'Aid: Principles, Policies and Performance' was organized in June 2006...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development International financeBlog
How Will the Financial Crisis Impact on the Developing World and What Can Be Done About It?
Wim Naudé Following the US subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008, the world is now staggering from financial to economic crisis as many high-income economies are officially in recession...
Economic development Economic policy Financial crisisWorking Paper
The Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Developing CountriesFollowing the financial crisis that broke in the US and other Western economies in late 2008, there is now serious concern about its impact on the developing countries...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Financial crisisWorking Paper
What Lessons have been learnt since the East Asian Crisis in 1997/98?: CIBS, Capital Flows, and Exchange RatesThis paper discusses the movement of capital flows to and from the exchange rate regimes and monetary policies of China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS)...
History of capital markets Foreign exchange International financeBook
Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty ReductionThis volume explores the various linkages between financial development, institutions, growth and poverty reduction in low-income and transition countries...
Econometric models (Economic development) Financial institutions Finance infrastructureBook Chapter
The Impact of Financial Openness on Economic Integration: Evidence from Europe and the CISFrom the book: Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction
Econometric models (Economic development) Economic integration International financeBook Chapter
Multilateral Development Assistance: Good, Bad or Just Plain Ugly?From the book: Development Finance in the Global Economy
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development International agenciesJournal Article
Loans or Grants?Part of Journal Special Issue Foreign Aid Heterogeneity
Economic assistance and foreign aid International finance Foreign loansJournal Special Issue
Foreign Aid HeterogeneityThe present paper serves as an introduction to this special issue providing a justification for, and linking and introducing to the articles that follow...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projects Government spending policy