- Fair in theory, unfair in practice: TRIPS and health care in Southern Africa
- R. Loewenson; G. Munot; V. Tyson / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000
- This paper investigates the consequences of WTO agreements relating to health, and primarily the TRIPS agreement on health care and drug access for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The paper provides a b...
- Why is globalisaton such a positive phenomenon?
- S. Yusuf / World Bank, 2001
- This article argues that a comprehensive approach to globalization managed and abetted by good policies, can magnify the effects of growth-promoting measures. The article supports globalisation on the basis that: ...
- Privatisation is bad for developing countries: the World Bank's destructive tool
- K. Bayliss / Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2000
- This paper analyses the orthodox approach to privatisation in low-income countries particularly in Africa as promoted by the WB. The article shows that privatisation has attracted over-optimistic expectations when it comes to developm...
- Who is encouraging the privatisation of public healthcare systems?
- D. Hall / Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2001
- The paper discusses the effects that globalisation and privatisation may have on public health care systems. Threats to public health care include: the WTO provides two kinds of threat to health services. The first is t...
- Globalisation increases technological access and offers low-income countries the opportunity to raise income
- J. Mayer / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000
- This article indicates that globalization has drastically improved access of technological latecomers to advanced technologies and, to the extent that technological upgrading is important for development, it provides a unique opportun...
- How can governments deal with global and systemic instability?: progress since the East Asian crisis
- Y. Akyüz / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000
- This paper briefly surveys the progress made in various areas of reform of the international financial architecture since the outbreak of the East Asian crisis, and explains the principal technical and political obstacles encountered ...
- Globalization and the South: some critical issues
- M. Khor / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000
- This paper examines the implications of some of the main features of the globalization process for developing countries. It also makes several proposals for developing countries in considering national-level policies to face the globa...
- The unfavorable effects of foreign investment in Asia
- M. R. Agosin; R. Mayer / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2000
- This paper assesses the extent to which foreign direct investment in developing countries crowds in or crowds out domestic investment. Paper develops a theoretical model of investment that includes an FDI variable and we proceed to te...
- The role of foreign direct investment in LDCs
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2001
- This paper is divided into two parts. The first depicts recent trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) to LDCs and changes that have taken place in relevant areas of the regulatory legal framework. The second part presents country p...
- The consequences of globalisation and the resultant income inequality
- R. H. Wade / Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2001
- Argues that, despite some analysis that claims the contrary, world income distribution is becoming more unequal due to globalisation. The effects of this growing inequality in world income distribution are diffuse, long term and large...
- Land ceilings: reining in land grabbers or dumbing down the debate?
- GRAIN, 2013
- Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN. They give the impression that some...
- Asia’s services sector is set to play a more successful role in the future – lessons from a continental experiment
- D. Park; K. Shin / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- This study argues that the underdeveloped service sector in Asia has the potential to become a new engine of economic growth for developing Asia, though the region has traditionally relied on export-oriented manufacturing to power its...
- An inclusive growth is being materialised in Asia and being dreamed in the Pacific
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The concept of inclusive economic growth (growth coupled with equality of opportunity) offers new directions in the pursuit of development. This study assesses the growth experience of 22 developing economies in Asia and the Pacific r...
- Global Financial Crisis and it’s Impact on overseas employment and international remittance of Bangladesh
- M Kabir 2011
- International remittance is an important source of foreign exchange income for the developing countries including Bangladesh. The remittance has become a focal issue in economic literature over two or more decades for its increasing v...
- The Negative Impact of Globalization on Nigeria
- O. Adesina (ed) / International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012
- As a member of the international community, Nigeria is not shielded from globalization. However, the country is exposed to both the positive and negative effects of globalization. This paper examines the negative effects of globalizat...
- Poor governance, good business: how land investors target countries with weak governance
- R. Fuentes-Nieva 2013
- Investors are buying up vast tracks of land across the developing world in a modern day ‘land rush’. This analysis by Oxfam explores where land is changing hands and why. It finds that investors appear to be targeting countr...
- The future prosperity of Latin America is attached to an improved and integrated infrastructure
- J.A. Barbero 2011
- In coming decades, Latin America will have the opportunity of consolidating its progress toward comprehensive development. However, this paper argues this will be confirmed only if countries are able to achieve just and equitable soci...
- The Micronesian exodus
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2010
- Micronesia has the highest per capita net emigration rate in the world. This paper provides an overview of the Micronesian migration experience, and shows that a range of public policies can shape a country’s experience with mig...
- Applying the concept of human security to research on the consequences of mining-induced displacement and resettlement
- B. Terminski (ed) / Human Security Gateway, 2012
- The development of international mining projects is one of the most visible consequences of globalisation. But developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that ...
- Another BRIC in the wall? South Africa's developmental impact and contradictory rise in Africa and beyond
- P. Carmody 2012
- Globalisation is transforming the nature of authority in international relations, as hegemony is replaced by geo-governance, involving a more varied set of actors. However, private authority over markets and resources is still often c...
- Stability: International Journal of Security & Development
- Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is an open-access journal. It publishes research quickly and free of charge aiming to have a maximal impact upon policy and practice communities. Despite the allocation of significant policy attention and financial resources to a perceived relationship between development assistance, security and stability, a solid evidence...
- 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...
- World Resources Report (WRR)
- The World Resources Report (WRR) provides policymakers around the world government, civil society, and business with analysis and insight about major environmental and development issues. It is the product of a 20-year partnership among the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Resources Institute.
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders. Through convening public and private interests, strengths and knowledge, IDH programs help make sustainability the new norm and deliver impact on Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8.
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
- The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is a research institute that produces high quality, topical information on international relations and the EU.
- Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIF)
- The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is a political science research centre.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Economics Web Institute
- Institute focusing on economics and management
- The Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute (GISPRI)
- Japanese research organisation in a global context
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Multidisciplinary research institute on development economics
