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From the Editor’s Desk (September 2012)
Tony Addison Mid-September finds UNU-WIDER very busy preparing for our big conference on climate change and development policy that takes place later this month, as well as our WIDER Annual Lecture by Lant Pritchett of Harvard University (you can als...
Air pollution Agricultural innovations AgricultureWorking Paper
Aid, Fiscal Policy, Climate Change, and GrowthThis paper sets out to provide an introduction to two sets of questions, and to some relevant literature that has tried to answer them...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid Public financeProject
Building state capability through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)Theme: 2012-13
As a sub-component of the Research and Communication on Foreign Aid (ReCom) programme, the PDIA project feeds into the themes: governance and fragility & social sectors. An integral part of development is the expansion of capability of the state...
Foreign aid Development Social sectorsBlog
Do the Awakening Giants Have Feet of Clay?
It's imperative to demolish myths around the economic achievements of China and India and get a better sense of the real challenges...
Economic development Economic growth Equality and inequalityBook
Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and GrowthFiscal policy is critical to the development of poor countries...
Economic development Public expenditures Public financeBook Chapter
Emergent Regime Formation for the Information Society and the Impact on AfricaFrom the book: New Economy in Development
Economic integration Economic policy Public financeBook Chapter
Development FinanceFrom the book: Development Agendas and Insights
Economic development Finance Public financeBook
Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and GrowthFiscal policy is critical to the development of poor countries...
Economic development Public expenditures Public financeBook Chapter
IntroductionFrom the book: Fiscal Policy for Development
Economic development Public expenditures Public financeBook Chapter
Global Public Economics Economic assistance and foreign aid Public finance International financeWorking Paper
Innovative Sources for Development Finance: Over-Arching IssuesIn analysing proposals for new sources of development funding, there are several issues that arise across the board. What is the role of new sources in relation to existing overseas development assistance?...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Public finance Fiscal policyWorking Paper
Emergent Global Information Infrastructure/Global Information Society: Regime Formation and the Impact on AfricaThis paper combines a theoretical perspective on globalization and the information society with a critical usage of international regime theory in order to contribute to a better understanding of the current historical period of transition from an in...
Economic integration Economic policy Public financeWorking Paper
Testing for a Significant Change in the Egyptian Economy Under the Economic Reform Programme EraLate 1990, Egypt witnessed major and radical changes in all areas of its national life—political, legal, economic and social—as a reflection of implementing an economic reform programme in order to achieve progress in its economic indicat...
Economic development Public finance Foreign exchangeWorking Paper
Public Finance and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Developing CountriesThe study is an empirical test of the effects of different categories of government expenditure, revenue and deficits on economic growth in developing countries...
Econometric models (Economic development) Public expenditures Public finance