Aid
- Aid and growth: have we come full circle?
- ( C. Arndt (ed);S. Jones (ed);F. Tarp (ed) / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2009)
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Recent literature has been pessimistic to the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth. This paper attempts to provide a balanced assessment of the recent aid-growth literature. ...
- ‘Rushing in where angels fear to tread?’: the early internationalisation of indigenous Chinese firms
- ( World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2009)
- China offers an interesting, but unfortunately neglected, case study of international entrepreneurship. This paper empirically investigates the early international entrepreneurship of indigenous Chine...
- Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: the recent Brazilian experience
- ( N. Kakwani;M. Neri;H.H. Son / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2009)
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Known since the 1960s as one of the most unequal countries in the world, poverty and inequality in Brazil have recently declined in spite of negative growth. What factors explai...
- The financial crisis of 2008 and the developing countries
- ( W. Naudé / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2009)
- The crisis that by October 2008 had erased around US$25 trillion from the value of stock markets seems to have been unexpected. This was because it came on the heels of a seven-year period of high gro...
- Empowering women through livelihoods orientated agricultural service provision: a consideration of evidence from southern Africa
- ( A. Charman / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2008)
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From the 1990s onwards, a shift towards participatory and bottom-up approaches to agricultural development has meant improved livelihoods for women. How have agricultural extension services been de...
- Development path of China and India and the challenges for their sustainable growth
- ( Y. Li;B. Zhang / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2008)
- This paper looks at the challenges for India and China in light of their recent development paths. It examines their special characteristics during their fast growth episodes, in particular how the en...
- China’s economic growth: trajectories and evolving institutions
- ( J. Zhang / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2008)
- This paper investigates the institutional reason underlying the change in the trajectory of economic growth in post-reform China. It looks at explanations for the change in trajectory of growth in the...
- Livelihood risk from HIV in semi-arid tropics of rural Andhra Pradesh
- ( B V J. Gandhi;M C S. Bantilan;D. Parthasarathy / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2008)
- This paper discusses the livelihood dynamics in the fragile landscape of the semi arid tropics of Andhra Pradesh. The area is home to the poorest of the poor who live in conditions of persis...
- Does aid mitigate external shocks?
- ( C. Collier;B. Goderis / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2008)
- This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in commodity-dependent countries. It also looks at whether aid has historically bee...
- China and the future of the developing world: the coming global-Asian era and its consequences
- ( J. Henderson / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2008)
- China is beginning to reshape the world, presaging a new phase of globalisation: a ‘global-Asian era’. This new era is likely to be distinct from any of the earlier phases of globalisation...
