Working Paper

• Globalization
• International relations
• International trade

Journal Special Issue

When the Uruguay Round was being negotiated and it was coming to a close, a number of estimates were made about the impact of the agreement on poor countries. Many of the assessments indicated that there would be a net loss for them while others came...

• Economic integration
• Free trade
• International relations

Working Paper

Whereas asylum seekers and the systems for adjudicating their claims to refugee status in developed countries have garnished considerable attention and, often, have been at the centre of political controversy, there has been relatively little...

• Economic policy
• Emigration and immigration
• International relations

Working Paper

The study seeks to identify donor-specific factors that cause donors to delay aid disbursement, and to apply a double standard in dealing with the non-compliance of a recipient with regard to aid conditionalities, a practice that promotes uncertainty...

• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Economic conditions
• International relations

Working Paper

Initial models of development debates on how to achieve economic growth have been added to by a focus on social issues such as education and political participation. These debates and discourses about development are shaped by international...

• Economic policy
• Education
• International agencies

Working Paper

The policy advice given by economists in international institutions is influenced by their prior academic work. In my case, applied general equilibrium work resulted both in a belief in the necessity of decentralized markets and in a distrust of...

• Aeronautics
• Globalization
• International economic relations

Policy Brief

This policy brief is intended to outline suggestions and stimulate discussion at a time when the world community is thinking about, and is engaged in, a debate on global governance. The policy brief not only focuses on the reform of existing...

• International agencies
• International finance
• International relations

Policy Brief

Este resumo na área das políticas apresenta os resultados de um projecto do UNU/WIDER sobre a guerra e a reconstrução em África da autoria de Tony Addison, que se encontra actualmente publicado sob o nome de From Conflict to Recovery in Africa. Tal...

• International relations
• National security
• Poverty

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes the results of a UNU/WIDER project on war and reconstruction in Africa directed by Tony Addison, which is now published as From Conflict to Recovery in Africa. As this study makes clear, peace is often elusive and...

• International relations
• National security
• Poverty

Working Paper

The Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries. There is a rush to acquire sources of alternative energy and other benefits to meet the growing demand for water and energy, while China and Myanmar have...

• Environment
• Game theory
• International relations

Working Paper

A substantially higher rate of growth of exports is crucial to ensure success of the major outward-oriented, 'market friendly' economic reforms being pursued in India and Sri Lanka. The international economic and trade environment, however, is far...

• Commercial policy
• Economic policy
• International economic relations

Working Paper

• International agencies
• International obligations
• International relations

Working Paper

L’objectif de cet étude est d’analyser l’état de la convergence dans l’UEMOA, de 1980 à 2001, à travers les critères de convergence définis dans son pacte de convergence. On utilise l’approche méthodologique de Haldane et Hall (1991) pour appréhender...

• Economic integration
• International relations
• Monetary policy

Working Paper

The record of aid to fragile and poorly-performing states is the real test of aid effectiveness. Rich countries can justify aid to fragile states both through altruism and self-interest. But, with some exceptions, donors have appeared at the wrong...

• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Economic development
• International relations

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Sustainability of External Development Finance

• Economic assistance and foreign aid
• Economic conditions
• International relations

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and the Zambezi River Valley

• Climate change
• Environmental policy
• Globalization