Join the network
Blog
What Can Developing Countries Learn From Finland’s Industrial Transformation?Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen Finland is an example of a late but successful state-led industrialization that was carried out rapidly. The...
26 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...
Filter by...
Reset all
Working Paper
On the Measurement of Human Well-beingSen’s influential work on human development has led economists to explore new areas that have become increasingly important for human well-being. In particular, Sen emphasizes the importance of the ‘freedom to choose’. Freedom, however, is not always...
Blog
Five lessons from Martin Ravallion’s WIDER Annual Lecture: Direct interventions against poverty in poor places
On 23 March researchers, policy makers, and politicians gathered at the Stockholm School of Economics (or joined online via the webcast) to hear...
Working Paper
Urban-Rural Inequality in Living Standards in AfricaIn this paper we examine the relative importance of rural versus urban areas in terms of monetary poverty and seven other related living standards indicators. We present the levels of urban-rural differences for several African countries for which we...
Working Paper
Spatial Inequality and Development in Central AsiaThis paper focuses on inequality in living standards across oblasts and regions within Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Regional inequality is an important area of research and policy development. Inequality...
Working Paper
Well-being and the Complexity of PovertyThis investigation studies human well-being from a subjective well-being approach. On the basis of a Mexican database the investigation shows that there is a weak relationship between subjective well-being and indicators of well-being such as income...
Working Paper
Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Poverty AnalysisThe objective of this paper is to review a number of issues related to poverty, while taking stock of the ongoing research. Most of the remaining unresolved issues in poverty analysis are related directly or indirectly to the dynamics of poverty...
Book Chapter
Building a conservative welfare state in BotswanaPart of Book The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Journal Article
La Relación entre las Instituciones y el Desarrollo EconómicoThis paper discusses how the theory on the role of institutions in development can be improved, by critically examining the current orthodox discourse on institutions. To understand the relationship between institutions and economic development, it...
Working Paper
Understanding the Relationship between Institutions and Economic DevelopmentThe paper tries to improve our understanding on the role of institutions in development by critically examining the current orthodox discourse on institutions and highlighting some of its key problems. After discussing some definitional problems, the...
Working Paper
The Swedish ModelThe main characteristics of 'the Swedish model' are arguably related to the country's knowledge-intensive industry and its advanced welfare state. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the historical development of these two features of the Swedish...
Displaying 16 of 26 results