- Creating competitive services markets must be the guiding principle for Asian policymakers
- M. Noland; D. Park; G.B. Estrada / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The maturing of the manufacturing sector in many Asian countries, combined with the relative backwardness of its service sector, has made service sector development a top priority for developing Asia. This paper surveys and analyses t...
- Is Timor-Leste’s growth inclusive?
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The newly independent Timor-Leste has established itself as one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and the Pacific. This study examines the first decade of the restoration of independence to assess if Timor-Leste’s economi...
- 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...
- Convergence in Per Capita Income across Regions in Bangladesh
- M.H. Rahman / ingentaJournals [BIDS Journals Online], 2009
- This paper examines per capita income convergence across six divisions – Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, and Barisal − in Bangladesh using annual data covering 1977-2000. The methodolog...
- Reducing inequality and poverty while mitigating climate change: key challenges for research and practice in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America
- C. Grottera; A. Moyo; B. Rennkamp; W. Wills / Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
- This working paper, produced by the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme, investigates the relationship between emissions, inequality and poverty in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America. Research on th...
- Local faith communities and the promotion of resilience in humanitarian situations: a scoping survey
- Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2013
- Local Faith Communities (LFCs) are groupings of religious actors bonded through shared allegiance to institutions, beliefs, history or identity. They engage in a range of activities across the humanitarian spectrum. Resilience – ...
- Inequality in Rural Bangladesh in the 2000s: Trends and Causes
- S Osmani 2011
- This paper has investigated the patterns of inequality that have emerged in rural Bangladesh in the decade of the 2000s. Two findings stand out clearly– distribution of income has become more unequal over the decade, and, somewha...
- The luck of the development draw: environmental volatility and the takeoff to modern economic growth
- T. McDermott / Social Science Research Network, 2012
- This paper tests the implications of a model which gives a central role to luck ? in the form of good versus bad draws ? in the process of economic development. An obvious potential source of good versus bad draws is environmental vol...
- Cambodia will shortly depart the LDCs group, yet supply side challenges must be tackled
- H. Hill; J. Menon / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- The features of Cambodia’s development record are of particular importance .This paper examines Cambodia’s socioeconomic development since the early 1990s peace settlement. The paper notes that the country&rsqu...
- Developing Asia benefited from liberalising goods trade, why no benefit from liberalising services trade?
- J.B. Jensen / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- Business services are key for growth. This paper argues that developing Asia is overlooking an opportunity for increased growth and development through trade in business services. The paper argues that developing Asia would...
- Convergence in Per Capita Income across Regions in Bangladesh
- M.H. Rahman / ingentaJournals [BIDS Journals Online], 2009
- This paper examines per capita income convergence across six divisions – Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, and Barisal − in Bangladesh using annual data covering 1977-2000. The methodolog...
- Reducing inequality and poverty while mitigating climate change: key challenges for research and practice in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America
- C. Grottera; A. Moyo; B. Rennkamp; W. Wills / Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
- This working paper, produced by the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme, investigates the relationship between emissions, inequality and poverty in middle-income countries in Africa and Latin America. Research on th...
- Local faith communities and the promotion of resilience in humanitarian situations: a scoping survey
- Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2013
- Local Faith Communities (LFCs) are groupings of religious actors bonded through shared allegiance to institutions, beliefs, history or identity. They engage in a range of activities across the humanitarian spectrum. Resilience – ...
- Inequality in Rural Bangladesh in the 2000s: Trends and Causes
- S Osmani 2011
- This paper has investigated the patterns of inequality that have emerged in rural Bangladesh in the decade of the 2000s. Two findings stand out clearly– distribution of income has become more unequal over the decade, and, somewha...
- The luck of the development draw: environmental volatility and the takeoff to modern economic growth
- T. McDermott / Social Science Research Network, 2012
- This paper tests the implications of a model which gives a central role to luck ? in the form of good versus bad draws ? in the process of economic development. An obvious potential source of good versus bad draws is environmental vol...
- Cambodia will shortly depart the LDCs group, yet supply side challenges must be tackled
- H. Hill; J. Menon / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- The features of Cambodia’s development record are of particular importance .This paper examines Cambodia’s socioeconomic development since the early 1990s peace settlement. The paper notes that the country&rsqu...
- Developing Asia benefited from liberalising goods trade, why no benefit from liberalising services trade?
- J.B. Jensen / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- Business services are key for growth. This paper argues that developing Asia is overlooking an opportunity for increased growth and development through trade in business services. The paper argues that developing Asia would...
- A ZEN approach to post-2015: addressing the range of perspectives across Asia and the Pacific
- D.H. Brooks; K. Joshi; J.W.M. Arthur / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- The Asia and the Pacific region is gaining increased influence in the world economy but is still grappling to overcome interrelated challenges of poverty and sustainable development. This paper discusses key challenges faced throughou...
- 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...
- Reality Checks in Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well-being. Annual report year one, 2011
- I. Tvedten 2012
- Poverty monitoring and evaluation in Mozambique primarily take place within the framework of the implementation of Mozambique?s Poverty Reduction Strategy PARP/A, and is informed by quantitative data derived from different types of na...
- Pro Mujer
- Women's development and microfinance organisation in Latin America
- Global Extension of Social Security
- GESS is a global knowledge sharing platform on the extension of social security and aims to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, capture and document experiences, identify knowledge gaps, create new knowledge and promote innovation. To achieve this goal, GESS relies on the contributions of its users and the dialogue and exchange between them. This platform, developed and r...
- Retirement Security Project, Brookings
- The Retirement Security Project is dedicated to promoting solutions to improve the retirement income prospects of millions of American workers. Nearly half of all workers do not have access to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, those that do often fail to participate. To address these trends, RSP proposes research-based policies aimed at helping middle- and low-income Americans prepare...
- Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ)
- The Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) was been founded in Palma de Mallorca in July 2005 as a not-for-profit association supporting the study of economic inequality and related fields. The Society aims to: provide an international forum for all researchers interested in the study of economic inequality and related fields, bringing together the diversity of perspecti...
- STOP AIDS NOW!
- STOP AIDS NOW! is working towards a world without AIDS. Our work involves: fundraising, campaigning and lobbying integrating the fight against HIV and AIDS into development cooperation innovation in working methods and forms of cooperation STOP AIDS NOW! is a partnership between Aids Fonds and four Dutch organisations providing intern...
- Caritas Europa
- Caritas Europa brings together 48 organisations that are active in 44 European countries. It is one of the seven regions of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations. Caritas Europa focuses its activities on issues related to poverty and social inequality, migration and asylum within all countries of Europe, humanitari...
- Centre for the Millennium Development Goals (CMDG)
- Information on the MDGs
- PensionReforms
- Online resource centre covering pensions issues. Site contains collections of papers searchable by country, topic, author(s), institution producing the publication, year published. Site is run by Retirement Policy and Research Centre, School of Business at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Retirement Policy and Research Centre (RPRC)
- New Zealand's ageing population poses many economic challenges. The RPRC is an academically focused centre specialising in the economic issues of demographic change. The RPRC's sphere of interest includes public provision of retirement income (New Zealand superannuation) and the accumulation and decumulation phases of retirement saving. International debate is facilitated through pensionreforms, a...
- Population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS
- The population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in regions affected by HIV/AIDS project was funded by the ESRC and ran from August 2005 until November 2006. Hosted at University of Sheffield. Website includes briefing notes: Project Outline Briefing Note 1 Methodology Briefing Note 1a Elderly Headed Households Profile Briefing Note 2...
