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- ST/ESA/2016/DWP/148
- Public-Private Partnerships and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Fit for purpose?
February 2016 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2016/DWP/147
- What can Uzbekistan tell us about industrial policy that we did not already know?
February 2016 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/146
- How well are the links between education and other sustainable development goals covered in UN flagship reports? A contribution to the study of the science-policy interface on education in the UN system
October 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/145
- Inequality and Environmental Sustainability
August 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/144
- The Contexts of Social Inclusion
October 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/143
- Inequality and the Tails: The Palma Proposition and Ratio Revisited
July 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/142
- Will Inequality Lead China to the Middle Income Trap?
June 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/141
- Towards integration at last? The sustainable development goals as a network of targets
March 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/140
- The Global Consumption and Income Project (GCIP): An Introduction and Preliminary Findings
January 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2015/DWP/139
- Redistributive Policies for Sustainable Development: Looking at the Role of Assets and Equity
January 2015 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/138
- Absorbing innovative financial flows: Looking at Asia
October 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/137
- Recent Downturn in Emerging Economies and Macroeconomic Implications for Sustainable Development: A case of India
October 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/136
- Towards a sustainable social model:Implications for the post-2015 agenda
September 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/135
- Recipients and Contributors: Middle income countries and the future of development cooperation
(Spanish version)
July 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/134
- Recent macroeconomic trends in emerging economies and implications for development
Country Study: Brazil1
June 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/133
- A comparative study of the forecasting performance of three international organizations
June 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2014/DWP/132
- Crisis mismanagement in the US and Europe: impact on developing countries and longer-term consequences
February 2014 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2013/DWP/131
- The spillover effects of unconventional monetary policies in major developed countries on developing countries
October 2013 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2013/DWP/129
- The distributional effects of fiscal austerity
June 2013 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2013/DWP/128
- The new aid paradigm: A case of policy incoherence
December 2013 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2012/DWP/127
- Aid Securitization: Beyond IFFIm
August 2012 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2013/DWP/126
- Overcoming the Technical and Political Difficulties of Using SDRs for Development Purposes
August 2012 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2013/DWP/125
- Half a Century of Proposals for ‘Innovative’ Development Financing
July 2013 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2012/DWP/124
- International Development Finance: The Latin American Experience
August 2012 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2012/DWP/123
- International Tax Cooperation and Innovative Development Finance
January 2012 Read abstract
- ST/ESA/2012/DWP/122
- The international development strategy beyond 2015: taking demographic dynamics into account
December 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/121
- From aid to global development policy
September 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/118
- Building a stable and equitable global monetary system
August 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/117
- Should global goal setting continue, and how, in the post 20-15 era?
July 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/116
- Learning from the past: Which of the past/current development strategies are best suited to deal with the ‘quadruple crisis’?
June 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/115
- Financial sector compensation and excess risk-taking—a consideration of the issues and policy lessons
April 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/114
- Financing small-scale infrastructure investments in developing countries
May 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/113
- Reason, Empathy, and Fair Play: The Climate Policy Gap
April 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/112
- The Imprudence of Labour Market Flexibilization in a Fiscally Austere World
April 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/111
- Is the Distribution of Foreign Aid MDG-sensitive?
February 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2012/DWP/110
- Super-cycles of commodity prices since the mid-nineteenth century
February 2012 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/109
- Beyond market access: Trade-related measures for the least developed countries. What strategy?
December 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/108
- Macroeconomic Policy for Growth and Poverty Reduction: An Application to Post-Conflict and Resource-Rich Countries
July 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/107
- Food Crises and Gender Inequality
June 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/106
- The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
June 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/105
- Credit to Private Sector, Interest Spread and Volatility in Credit-Flows: Do Bank Ownership and Deposits Matter?
May 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/104
- Adapting the international monetary system to face 21st century challenges
May 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/103
- Behavioural Factors as Emerging Main Determinants of Child Mortality in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of Jordan
February 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/102
- Globalization and development in sub-Saharan Africa
February 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2011/DWP/101
- Economic Integration, Inequality and Growth:Latin America vs. the European economies in transition
January 2011 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/100
- Growth, Poverty and Inequality: From Washington Consensus to Inclusive Growth
October 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/99
- Labour Markets Trends, Financial Globalization and the current crisis in Developing Countries
October 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/98
- Social Policy in Development: Coherence and Cooperation in the Real World
September 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/97
- Impact of the Global Economic Crises on Civil Society Organizations
September 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/96
- CRED: A New Model of Climate and Development
July 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/95
- Estimating the Amount of a Global Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Electricity
April 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/94
- A Non-Parametric Microsimulation Approach to Assess Changes in Inequality and Poverty
March 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/93
- Resource abundance: A curse or blessing?!
June 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2010/DWP/92
- Poverty reduction in China and India: Policy implications of recent trends
January 2010 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/91
- Property Rights for Poverty Reduction?
December 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/90
- Growth, Development Policy,Job Creation and Poverty Reduction
December 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/89
- Microfinance as a Poverty Reduction Tool—A Critical Assessment
December 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/88
- The Terrible Simplifers: Common Origins of Financial Crises and Persistent Poverty in Economic Theory and the new ‘1848 Moment’
December 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/87
- Globalization, Offshoring and Economic Insecurity in
Industrialized Countries
November 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/86
- Mananging Financial Instability: Why Prudence is not
Enough?
October 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/85
- Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing
Countries
October 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/84
- Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor
October 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/83
- Assessing the insurance role of microsavings
October 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/82
- Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How?
October 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/81
- Insurance, Credit and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk
October 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/80
- The Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Reducing Poverty: A Failed Promise
August 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/79
- The Emperor’s New Suit: Global Poverty Estimates Reappraised
December 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/78
- The Impact of Remittances on Economic Insecurity
July 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/77
- Should Financial Flows Be Regulated? Yes
July 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/76
- Infrastructure finance in developing countries—the potential of sub-sovereign bonds
July 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/75
- Governance, Growth and Poverty Reduction
June 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/74
- Impact of the global crisis on the achievement of the MDGs in Latin America
June 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/73
- Climate Policy Integration: Towards Operationalization
March 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2009/DWP/72
- Role of media in curbing corruption: the case of Uganda under President Yoweri K. Museveni during the “no-party” system
January 2009 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/71
- The TRIPS Agreement and Transfer of Climate-
Change-Related Technologies to Developing Countries
October 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/70
- Programmes to Protect the Hungry:
Lessons from India
October 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/69
- Should there be a coordinated response to the problem of global imbalances? Can there be one?
September 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/68
- Latin America and the Caribbean’s Challenge to Reach the MDGs: Financing Options and Trade-offs
September 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/67
- Economic Liberalization and Constraints to Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
September 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/66
- Obstacles to Implementing Lessons from the 1997-1998 East Asian Crises
August 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/65
- New Thinking on Poverty: Implications for Globalisation and Poverty Reduction Strategies
February 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/64
- Excess liquidity, oligopolistic loan markets and monetary policy in LDCs
February 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2008/DWP/63
- A Framework for Analyzing Tariffs and Subsidies in Water Provision to Urban Households in Developing Countries
January 2008 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/62
- Decent Workplaces, Self-Regulation and CSR: From Puff to Stuff?
November 2007 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/61
- Debt Sustainability in Emerging Markets:
A Critical Appraisal
November 2007 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/60
- What does excess bank liquidity say about the loan market in Less Developed Countries?
November 2007 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/59
- The Instability and Inequities of the Global Reserve System
November 2007 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/58
- How Cash Transfers Boost Work and Economic Security
October 2007 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/57
- The relationship between rainfall and human density and its implications for future water stress in sub-Saharan Africa
October 2007 Read abstract - ST/ESA/2007/DWP/56
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Also: Russian Version October 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/55Corruption and Democracy
August 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/54Governance, Economic Growth
and Development since the 1960s August 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/53Industrial Policy and Growth
August 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/52Have Collapses in Infrastructure Spending led to
Cross-Country Divergence in Per Capita GDP? July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/51Openness and Growth: What Have We Learned?
August 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/50What we do and don’t know about trade liberalization and poverty reduction
August 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/49Growth, employment and poverty: An analysis of the vital nexus based on some recent UNDP and ILO/SIDA studies
July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/48A Compendium of Policy Instruments to Enhance Financial Stability and Debt Management in Emerging Market Economies
July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/47Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work
July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/46Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment
July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/45Inequality in India: A survey of recent trends
July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/44A growth model for a two-sector economy with endogenous productivity
July 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/43The conflict-growth nexus and the poverty of nations
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/42Modernizing the informal sector
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/41Developing Countries, Donor Leverage, and Access to Bird Flu Vaccines
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/40Transforming the developmental
welfare states in East Asia
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/39A counter-cyclical framework for a development-friendly
international financial architecture
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/38Central banks as agents of employment creation
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/37Regional Social Policy
June 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2007/DWP/36Constraints to achieving the MDGs through domestic resource mobilization
May 2007 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/35Globalizing Inequality: ‘Centrifugal’
and ‘Centripetal’ Forces at Work
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/34Developing and Transition Economies in the
Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates,
Economic Structures, and Sources of Demand
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/33Growth with Equity in East Asia?
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/32Employment and Decent Work
in the Era of ‘Flexicurity’
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/31The Scorecard on Development:
25 Years of Diminished Progress
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/30Achieving the Millennium Development Goals:
What’s wrong with existing analytical models?
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/29Development Aid and Economic Growth:
A Positive Long-Run Relation
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/28Real Income Stagnation of Countries, 1960-2001
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/27Riding the Elephants: The Evolution of World
Economic Growth and Income Distribution at the End of the Twentieth Century (1980-2000)
September 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/26Global Income Inequality: What It Is And Why It Matters?
August 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/25Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa
August 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/24The Dual Divergence: Growth Successes and
Collapses in the Developing World since 1980
June 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/23The Politics of Inclusion in the Monterrey Process
April 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/22Equity in Latin America Since the 1990s
June 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/21GDP-Indexed Bonds: Making It Happen
April 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/20Growth is Failing the Poor: The Unbalanced Distribution
of the Benefi ts and Costs of Global Economic Growth
March 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/19Real Exchange Rate, Monetary Policy and Employment
February 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/18Inequality and Household Economic
Hardship in the United States of America
April 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/17Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe
and the CIS Transition Economies
February 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/16Revisiting the Revolving Door: Capital Flight from Southeast Asia
August 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/15Constraints to Achieving the MDGs with Scaled-Up Aid
March 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/14Development and Social Goals: Balancing Aid
and Development to Prevent ‘Welfare Colonialism’
January 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/13Evaluating Targeting Efficiency of Government
Programmes: International Comparisons
February 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/12What is the Most Effective Monetary
Policy for Aid-Receiving Countries?
February 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/11Rural Development, Environmental Sustainability, and
Poverty Alleviation: A Critique of Current Paradigms
January 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/10International Capital Flows, Financial Stability and Growth
December 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2006/DWP/9Market, Social Cohesion, and Democracy
February 2006 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/8Dynamic Links between the Economy and Human Development
November 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/7Trade and Employment: Stylized Facts and Research Findings
November 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/6Inequality Trends in Some Developed OECD Countries
October 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/5Trade Liberalization and Employment
October 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/4The Economic and Social Effects of Financial Liberalization: A Primer for Developing Countries
October 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/3Policy Reform and Income Distribution
October 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/2A Converging or Diverging World?
October 2005 Read abstractST/ESA/2005/DWP/1A Broad View of Macroeconomic Stability
October 2005 Read abstract
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