- The impact of population ageing on international capital flows
- A Narciso / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2010
- This paper studies the relationship between demographical factors and international capital flows. It analyses the impact of ageing on foreign direct investments (FDI) and foreign portfolio investments (FPI) on a bilateral level. Resu...
- Reporting tax research: Connecting researchers and journalists for improved media coverage and debate in Kenya
- Panos Institute, London, 2010
- This case study describes some of the methods and activities developed by the Relay programme, managed by Panos London, and how they were applied in Kenya to the issue of tax and governance. It offers a detailed and descriptive accoun...
- Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market
- S. Verick / International Labour Organization, 2010
- South Africa, Africa’s largest economy, fell into recession half way through 2008, with job losses numbering almost 900,000. Real GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009 suggested that the South African economy was exiting recess...
- An envisaged economic model for new Libya: "oil-reliance" or inclusive development?
- R. Chami; A. Al-Darwish; S. Cevik / International Monetary Fund, 2012
- The conflict in Libya in 2011 had a severe impact on the economy, but the contraction is expected to be temporary. This paper demonstrates that Libya has the potential for a robust diverse and inclusive growth. The paper h...
- Access to Finance Toolkit for R&D ICT Innovations and early stage ICT SMEs
- 2012
- This toolkit is targeted at R&D Innovations or SMEs in the ICT sector that have participated in the European Commission Framework Programmes (under relevant ICT strands) who are seeking sources of external funding to commercialise...
- Business as Usual - How Free Trade Agreements Jeopardise Financial Sector Reform
- M. Vander Stichele / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2010
- In contrast with the current wide-ranging financial reform agenda in the European Union (EU), the EU continues to liberalise a wide range of risky and non-risky financial services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) a...
- Civil Service and Military Pension Reforms in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
- M. G. Asher 2011
- The 2008 Global Crisis and demographic trends in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore has increased the urgency of reforming their pension systems for enhancing financial, fiscal, and economic sustainability over a long period, and miti...
- Simulations of long-term returns and replacement rates in the Colombian pension system
- J. Alonso / BBVA Research, 2010
- This study is a theoretical exercise for Colombia that aims to simulate a variety of scenarios under a hypothetical scheme similar to the pension multi-funds currently in operation in Chile, Mexico and Peru.
- The Demographic Dividend: Evidence from the Indian States
- S. Aiyar / International Monetary Fund, 2011
- Large cohorts of young adults are poised to add to the working-age population of developing economies. Despite much interest in the consequent growth dividend, the size and circumstances of the potential gains remain under-explored. T...
- State of the Bangladesh Economy inFY2010‐11 (First Reading)
- Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2011
- Macroeconomic management in FY2010-11 thus had to confront the twin tasks of (i) accelerating the GDP growth by energising domestic investment and responding to the lagged impact of the global financial crisis with its demonstrated ad...
- Nepal Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
- 2011
- The paper focuses on the public financing component of climate change actions, but also acknowledges the role played by communities, civil society, the private sector and international support. The objective of the study has been to d...
- Results from a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests
- M. Cranford; I. R. Henderson; A. W. Mitchell / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2011
- This document is an outcome of a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests, specifically focusing on the development and introduction of forest bonds. Hosted by the WWF Forest & Climate Initiative, Global Cano...
- Economics of Climate Change in Rwanda
- Stockholm Environment Institute, 2009
- The ‘Economics of Climate Change in Rwanda’, funded by DFID and undertaken by the Stockholm Environment Institute together with local partners, has assessed the impacts and economics costs of climate change, the costs and be...
- Situational analysis of food sovereignty in the context of adaptation to climate change in Ecuador
- C. Rosero / United Nations Development Programme, 2010
- The document seeks to identify effective investment strategies in reducing the vulnerability of major crops for the Ecuadorian economy, the same as are set in the Basic Food Basket, so that the country can, on one hand, reduce risks a...
- Bangladesh 2020: An Analysis of Growth Prospect and External Sector Behaviour
- D. Bhattacharya / Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2006
- External factors such as export, import, remittances and foreign aid have always played important roles to Bangladesh’s economy, though the relative importance of various external factors has changed over time. This study has ana...
- Briefing outlining the debate over principles and mechanisms for delivering adaptation funds
- T. Mitchell; S. Anderson; S. Huq / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex [ES], 2008
- This briefing aims to stimulate debate on the relevant principles and mechanisms for effective adaptation delivery. It highlights the context of the debate noting that funding must increase significantly to match the needs of developi...
- Policy brief on the challenges of direct access mechanisms to the Adaptation Fund
- J. Brown; N. Bird; L. Schalatek / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2010
- This policy brief outlines the challenges identified in rolling out the direct access mechanism for the Adaptation Fund (AF). Direct access refers to a new approach to fund distribution that bypasses the multilateral institutions that...
- Synthesis of information received from a global survey on REDD+ financing and implementing arrangements
- Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, 2010
- This paper presents a synthesis of results from a survey on countries and international bodies on their current REDD+ financing and implementing arrangements. It reports that REDD+ activities which have received financing support incl...
- Approval of climate change adaptation funds by the Adaptation Fund Board
- A.O. Kaloga; S. Harmeling / Germanwatch, 2012
- This report presents the outcomes of the 16th meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) held in 2011. The report highlights the accreditation of two new National Implementation Entities (NIEs) as a key decision adopted by the AFB. Th...
- Benchmarking Regional SME Policies: Identification of Policy Intervention Areas for Bangladesh
- Development Research Network, 2008
- This paper was originally prepared for Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) under its arrangement with CIPE (CIPE is an affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA). Under this arrangement, DCCI prepares se...
- Department of Economics, Strathclyde University
- University department. Research interests in the Department are wide-ranging, with particular emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Regional Economics and Energy Economics.
- Development bank of Latin America
- Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB)
- SEGIB is an Inter-governmental organisation for the provision of institutional and technical support to the Iberoamerican Conference and the Iberoamerican Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Heads of Government. SEGIB has member countries in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula - Spain, Portugal and Andorra.
- International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
- The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is a non-profit business organisation created in June 1999 to establish a functional international framework for trading in greenhouse gas emission reductions.
- Africa Progress Panel
- The Africa Progress Panel consists of a group of individuals who lend their time to track and encourage progress in Africa, and to underscore shared responsibility between African leaders and their international partners for sustaining it. A Geneva-based Secretariat supports the Panel in three main areas: research and policy; advocacy and communication; and preparation of APP core produ...
- 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.
- 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...
- University of Western Australia
- 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).
- Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society (LEPAS)
- The EU member countries will be increasingly populated by older people. Nearly 25 percent of people in the European Union in 2030 can be above age 65, up from about 17 percent in 2005. Europe's old-age dependency ratio (the number of people age 65 and older compared with the number of working-age people ages 15-64) could more than double by 2050, from one in every four to fewer than one in every t...
