- Development Southern Africa [Journal]
- Development Bank of Southern Africa, 1999
- Quarterly journal offering a platform for expressing views and encouraging debate among development specialists, policy decision makers, scholars and students in the wider professional fraternity and especially in Southern Africa. The...
- The Effect of Financial Globalization on the Prospects for Sustainable Development in China
- J Zou / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1998
- Describes recent changes in capital flows to China in terms of total volume, contribution to China's economic growth, and characteristics by source, sector and regions. Section three highlights the World Bank as an investor in China's...
- Financial Flows and the Environmental Strategy in Indonesia in the 1990s
- A. Irwan / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1998
- Examination of the rises and falls in international public financial flows to Indonesia; the re-emergence of the International Monetary Fund as a major investor in the economy; and a proposed agenda for Indonesia's environmental movem...
- Fifty Years of the GATT/WTO: Lessons from the Past for Strategies for the Future
- C.F. Bergsten / Institute for International Economics, USA, 1998
- Five major lessons for successful global trade management emerge from the first fifty years of the GATT/WTO system. They need to be applied to the present situation to set the stage for another half century of successful multilateral ...
- DFID White Paper on International Development: articles from Journal of International Development
- Journal of International Development, 1998
- Series of articles from issue 10(2) of the journal covering the UK White Paper. Including: British aid and the White Paper on International Development: dressing a wolf in sheep’s clothing in the emperor’s ne...
- Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 1997
- Prospects for Development [World Bank], 1997
- This year’s Global Economic Prospects reviews the implications for developing countries of three important changes in the world economy that globalization is bringing about. First, five large developing and transition economies -...
- The Social Consequences of the East Asian Financial Crisis
- Social Crisis in East Asia, World Bank, 1998
- What began as a currency crisis in Thailand has evolved into a social crisis across the region and beyond. Within East Asia it was initially hoped that the crisis would involve a sharp contraction and sharp recovery—a "V"-shaped ...
- Development in the Time of Globalization
- J.M. Rao / Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998
- Paper examines grounds on which a "second opinion" to the Washington Consensus may be constructed using data for a sample of 123 rich and poor nations for the period from 1960 to 1995. The historical record makes abundantly clear that...
- Textiles Beyond the MFA Phase-Out
- D. Spinanger / Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1998
- The Uruguay Round (UR) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), which was meant to undo the MFA, is to be effected by the year 2005 despite inherent tendencies in the past to continually protect textile and clothing (T&C) industr...
- The WTO and Civil Society
- J.A. Scholte / Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 1998
- In line with a general trend in contemporary global governance, the World Trade Organization has been developing increased links with civil society groups. If conducted well, these contacts can make important contributions towards gre...
- 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
