- Why civil society groups should be trusted to play a significant role in the process of democratization
- M. Samvirke / Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, 1999
- Danish INGO looks at arguments for supporting NGO and civil society groups. Reflects critically on the strengths as well as the weaknesses and challenges confronting civil society in the South in particular, based on the experiences o...
- Features and challenges in applying the sustainable livelihoods approach
- D. Carney / Overseas Development Institute, 1998
- This article outlines some of the features of the 'livelihoods approach' to development, and why these are likely to be more successful in reducing poverty than previous approaches over the past five decades. Casting aside the assumpt...
- Annual report on key poverty targets
- Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 2000
- Argues that a new global strategy against poverty needs to be mounted - with more resources, a sharper focus and a stronger commitment. Based on commitments made at the 1995 World Summit for Social Development, developing countries ar...
- Socially responsible globalization: a challenge for the European Union
- B. Deacon / Globalism and Social Policy Programme, Finland, 1999
- Review of the contribution that the EU is and could be making to a socially responsible globalisation. The booklet is highly critical of the EU's vacillation in relation to globalisation
- The Philippines: challenges for sustaining the economic recovery
- M.B. Lamberte / Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
- Discusses the performance of the Philippine economy as it recovers from the Asian financial crisis and the challenges the country faces in sustaining the recovery and propelling the economy to a higher growth path. The economy ...
- Assessing Globalization: briefing papers
- Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank, 2000
- Series of World Bank Briefing Papers looks at how to define globalization and then assesses three leading questions about globalization by looking at the evidence from a large number of countries. Is globalization incr...
- Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?
- International Monetary Fund, 2000
- Short overview of some aspects of globalization, aiming to identify ways in which countries can tap the gains of this process, while remaining realistic about its potential and its risks. Concludes that: as globa...
- Gender issues and their broad economic and social implications in developing and transitional countries
- Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
- Draft Policy Research Report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies. ...
- Budgets as if people mattered: democratizing macroeconomic policies
- N. Cagatay; M Keklik; R Lal; J. Lang / Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 2000
- The concept of 'budgets as if people mattered' is inspired by a large number of initiatives that have emerged around the world during the last fifteen years to examine public budgets through a poverty or gender lens. As many of these ...
- Analyis of globalisation in history
- J.G. Williamson / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- A Third World data base documenting commodity and factor prices 1870-1940 has been collected, yielding annual time series on wage/rental ratios, land/labor ratios, the terms of trade, and other explanatory variables for: Argentina, Bu...
- 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
