- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD)
- Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD) is a regional alliance of peoples’ movements, community organisations, coalitions, NGOs and networks.
- Assessment of wellbeing in India
- S.C. White; S.O. Gaines; S. Jha; N. Marshall / Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2012
- Between individuals, levels of wellbeing vary in line with economic status. But beyond individuals it is politics and policies that make the major difference. These are key messages emerging from recent research on wellbeing and pover...
- Assessment of wellbeing in Zambia
- S. White (ed); S. Gaines (ed); S. Jha (ed); N. Marshall; E. Graveling / Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2012
- This report sets out the 'pre-story' of the Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways research partnership's approach to wellbeing assessment and highlights findings that in Zambia, while economic status makes the greatest difference to inn...
- Building taxpayer culture in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: Achievements, challenges and policy recommendations
- O. H. Fjeldstad / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2012
- The study examines measures that aim to encourage taxpayer compliance through taxpayer education and constructive engagement between the government and citizens over taxation issues in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Experiences from...
- International Growth Centre (IGC)
- The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. Based at LSE and in partnership with Oxford University, the IGC is initiated and funded by DFID. The IGC has 13 active country programmes in 12 countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India (Bihar state and Central), Mozambiqu...
- Demographic Dividends, Dependencies and Economic Growth in China and India
- University of Western Australia, 2012
- There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the potential “dividend”, “gift” or “bonus” associated with a country’s demographic transition towards a population dominated by people of working ...
- University of Western Australia
- Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 (43rd edition)
- Asian Development Bank, 2012
- This publication includes the latest available economic, financial, social and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It aims to present the latest key statistics on development issue...
- Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance (FS UNEP)
- Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance is a strategic cooperation between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt School).
- Possible impacts of introducing a universal pension in Tanzania
- T. Mboghoina; L. Osberg / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2011
- This brief summarises the findings of a study on social protection of elderly in Tanzania. The study began by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age. It then asse...
- Possible impacts of introducing a universal pension in Tanzania
- T. Mboghoina; L. Osberg / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2011
- This brief summarises the findings of a study on social protection of elderly in Tanzania. The study began by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age. It then asse...
- Treating electricity as a strategic commodity has stalled South Asian energy cooperation
- O. Gippner / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2010
- Reliable energy supply is needed to alleviate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth. This paper assesses the barriers to regional energy cooperation in South Asia Growth focusing particularly on Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and...
- Improving remittance utilisation is crucial to combat migration’s adverse effects in South Asia
- D. Premaratne; D.D. Mel / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2009
- Global migration flows have increased in magnitude and complexity due to economic and human security factors, both at sending and receiving ends. This paper explores the trends, nature and role of migration and remittances in South As...
- Tanzanian microfinance institution overestimates agricultural credit risks
- R. Weber; O. Musshoff / AgEcon Search, 2012
- The commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania deserves special attention. This paper investigates whether Tanzanian agricultural firms have a different probability to get a loan and whether their loans are differently volu...
- Demographic pressures and the sustainability of social security in Emerging Europe and Central Asia
- 2012
- How serious are the long-term effects of population ageing in the emerging economies of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia? This paper investigates long-term effects of population ageing in a number of eme...
- The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012
- World Economic Forum, 2011
- This report contributes to the understanding of the key factors determining economic growth, helps to explain why some countries are more successful than others in raising income levels and opportunities for their respective populatio...
- ICTs And Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis With Panal Data
- ARPN Journal of Science and Technology, 2012
- The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of ICTs on growth by development level. We use a panel data for a sample of 48 countries during 1995-2006. We present our empirical methodology to test and compare the effects of ICTs ...
- Introducing social pension programs for informal sector workers − an economic distorter but welfare generator
- J. Jung; C. Tran / Department of Economics, Towson University, 2011
- Individuals in developing countries face a shortage of formal risk-sharing instruments and therefore rely largely on informal cash transfers from family members for insurance purposes. This paper studies the effects of introducing a s...
- Are pensions that benefit the vast majority of older people more sustainable than safety nets?
- S. Kidd; E. Whitehouse / Development Pathways, 2009
- In principle, pension policy can provide security for older people who are in danger of falling into poverty. This paper argues that if the international community is serious about tackling old- age poverty, a social pension is the be...
- Private Foundations, Business and Developing a Post-2015 Framework
- N. Watson 2012
- Businesses operating in developing countries should use their influence to strengthen national government systems, rather than bypassing them if progress is to be made on global poverty reduction. Businesses should use their influence...
- Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue
- The Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue (JCPP) is a non-profit think tank focusing on issues critical to the development process in Jordan.
- European centre for international political economy (ECIPE)
Independent economic policy think tank
- Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
US University
- Vox
- A policy portal promoting research-based policy analysis and commentary
- Pendragon
- Pensions information service
- The Springfield Centre for Business in Development
- Springfiled centre combines a strong business perspective with knowledge of the development context
- United Nations Policy Notes for National Development Strategies
- National Development Strategies Policy Notes
- Asian Development Bank Learning Curves
- Learning lessons with ADB
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation
- Japanese international development and investment bank
- Dev-Zone
- Dev-Zone is an independent Aotearoa New Zealand-based resource centre on international development and global issues.
