- Furthering national economies in the light of growing globalisation
- A.P. D’Costa / Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2007
- Economic nationalism is not inconsistent with globalisation. This paper contends that, just because global integration links foreign economies and allows transnational corporations to penetrate far-flung markets through organisational...
- Global Union Research Network (GURN)
- The GURN is a cooperation project of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) , the Global Union Federations (GUFs), the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) and the ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV). Currently, the ITUC, TUAC and ILO/ACTRAV form the steering committee of the GURN. The aim of...
- LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
- Economic research institute based in Belgium
- Policy options for government in the face of growing supermarket power
- T. Reardon; A. Gulati / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- The developing world has seen a marked increase in the number and types of supermarkets in its towns and cities. Although urbanisation and increased incomes have been important in the rise of supermarkets, other factors also played im...
- Is a radical shift in power relations the real solution to the food crisis?
- GRAIN, 2008
- The current food crisis is focusing attention on the way food reaches some of the most disadvantaged people in the world. In this edition of GRAIN's Seedling magazine, a collection of articles highlight the less discussed aspects of t...
- How can African farmers and traders cooperate more effectively?
- L. Peppelenbos (ed) / Royal Tropical Institute, 2008
- Value chains provide potential benefits for both rural producers and urban consumers. This book focuses on the role of traders, which it argues are not the villains that producers often paint them as, but play an equally important rol...
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- German national foreign policy network
- Impact of globalisation on firm closure - evidence from Estonia
- M. Moreno Badia; V. Slootmaekers; I. Van Beveren / LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, 2008
- This paper provides new evidence on the link between globalisation and firm dynamics, focusing on the case of Estonia. Using firm-level data for the years 1997-2005, it analyses the impact of international competition on firm dyn...
- A critical review of the patrimonial capitalism approach
- P. Nacho Álvarez; G. Bibiana Medialdea / Political Economy Research Institute, 2008
- With a focus on France and the United States, this paper reviews from a critical perspective the ‘patrimonial capitalism’ approach as well as its analysis of wage-labour transformations in developed economies during the la...
- Perspectives on a Mediterranean Union
- R. Aliboni; A. Driss; T. Schumacher; A. Tovias / EuroMesco, 2008
- Following the French President, Nicholas Sarkozy’s agenda to promote a Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), this report provides an overview of the different perspectives existing in the main zones of the Euro-Med area. It particu...
- Helping the families of home-based workers break the cycle of poverty
- Donna Doane / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- In Asia there are millions of home-based women workers and the vast majority are poor. How can the risks and vulnerabilities these women face be reduced? And what can be done to help the children of home-based workers escape poverty? ...
- Understanding China’s aid policy
- T. Kobayashi / Japan Bank for International Cooperation, 2008
- As a non-Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC) member, China is not obliged to share information on their aid operations presenting a significant challenge for anyone seeking to study their aid policy. This paper attempts to unde...
- How can the Philippine government rescue the automotive sector?
- R.M. Aldaba / Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
- Trying to develop the automotive industry, the Philippine government has adopted local protectionist policies for almost thirty years. However, these policies have resulted in very limited localisation as the automotive assemblers enc...
- Should countries enforce competition laws?
- S. Joekes; P. Evans / International Development Research Centre, 2008
- This paper seeks to demonstrate the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace. It touches on issues of globalisation, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalisa...
- Could the United States become a high-employment economy?
- R. Pollin / Political Economy Research Institute, 2008
- When an economy operates at a high employment level - at something approaching full employment - this creates as a matter of course a high level of overall purchasing power in the economy, since people will have more money in their po...
- Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems
- International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- Throughout the world, social movements are the driving force behind a new food sovereignty policy framework, which aims to guarantee and protect people’s space, ability and right to define their own models of production, food di...
- Impact of Chinese interests in Africa on the USA
- D. Shinn; J. Eisenman / Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008
- This paper explores the development of China’s strategy in Africa with particular attention to Beijing’s objectives and methods, while highlighting the implications of China’s approach for United States’ relati...
- How is Chinese investment in Africa impacting the environment?
- P. Bosshard / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
- Along with its economic presence, China has rapidly expanded its environmental footprint in Africa. This policy brief discusses and analyses the concerns about the impacts of China’s economic expansion on Africa’s environm...
- Financial globalisation - did the thinkers get it wrong?
- D. Roadrik; A. Subramanian / Institute for International Economics, USA, 2008
- With a focus on financial liberalisation and capital accounts, this paper reviews thinking on globalisation. It particularly looks at some of the newer arguments in favour of financial globalisation whilst providing a critique of the ...
- The Chinese threat to northern donors in Africa
- L. Lönnqvist / International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2008
- ‘China in Africa’ is a topic that arouses both concern and fascination in the development community. This paper provides an overview of China’s overseas development aid (ODA) to Africa for civil society organisations...
- 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
