Growth
- Can growth be achieved without prosperity?
- T. Jackson / Sustainable Development Commission, 2009
- This report attempts to shed light on whether nations can prosper without actually achieving sustainable growth. It also questions whether the benefits of continued economic growth still outweigh the costs, and scrutinises the assumpt...
- Is economic growth the only route out of poverty?
- J. A. Donaldson (ed) / Elsevier, 2008
- This paper seeks to identify pathways to poverty reduction other than economic growth. It focuses on exceptional cases where specific political, social or economic factors explain a pattern of economic growth and poverty reduction. It...
- Can low carbon and resource efficiency lead to economic growth?
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
- The paper presents the importance and relevance of green economies. It describes a green economy as one which results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scar...
- Poverty reduction is uneven across the Asian region
- G. Wan; I. Sebastian / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Despite continued poverty reduction in the region, Asia and the Pacific remains home to the majority of the world’s poor. In 2008, around 63% of the poor worldwide lived in the region. This paper updates poverty...
- In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India
- Christa Wichterich (ed) / Women in Development Europe, 2010
- How can we shape an alternative economic and gender just development process? This report is a collection of Indian voices in the form of short essays on economic alternatives for gender and social justice which challenge mainstr...
- Integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions
- UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2009
- Poverty-environment mainstreaming is the process that aims at integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions. This handbook has been designed to provide step-by-step guidance on ...
- Protecting the poor and marginalised in Arab countries in light of the global economic crisis
- K. Mohamadieh; O. Pearce / Arab NGO Network for Development, 2009
- Countries in the Arab region are particularly vulnerable to the fallout of the global economic crisis as a result of already existing high levels of unemployment, dependency on food imports, widespread conflict and political insecurit...
- What is so appealing about ‘inclusive growth’?
- T. McKinely / Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
- The interest of the international development community in ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ appears to be waning. This one-pager examines the pros and cons of adopting its most popular replacement, ‘inclusive growth’. ...
- Tools to operationalise pro-poor growth
- A. McKay / Department for International Development, UK, 2005
- How to make pro-poor growth a reality? This report is part of a larger programme that aims to provide better advice to governments on policies that facilitate the participation of poor people in the growth process. Specifically, it se...
- Economic growth: Inevitably unbalanced across regions
- World Development Report, World Bank, 2009
- Economic growth is inevitably unbalanced, and attempts to spread it out could jeopardise development. This is the key argument of the 2009 World Development Report on reshaping economic geography. The report argues that cen...
- Can growth be achieved without prosperity?
- T. Jackson / Sustainable Development Commission, 2009
- This report attempts to shed light on whether nations can prosper without actually achieving sustainable growth. It also questions whether the benefits of continued economic growth still outweigh the costs, and scrutinises the assumpt...
- Is economic growth the only route out of poverty?
- J. A. Donaldson (ed) / Elsevier, 2008
- This paper seeks to identify pathways to poverty reduction other than economic growth. It focuses on exceptional cases where specific political, social or economic factors explain a pattern of economic growth and poverty reduction. It...
- Can low carbon and resource efficiency lead to economic growth?
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011
- The paper presents the importance and relevance of green economies. It describes a green economy as one which results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scar...
- Poverty reduction is uneven across the Asian region
- G. Wan; I. Sebastian / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Despite continued poverty reduction in the region, Asia and the Pacific remains home to the majority of the world’s poor. In 2008, around 63% of the poor worldwide lived in the region. This paper updates poverty...
- In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India
- Christa Wichterich (ed) / Women in Development Europe, 2010
- How can we shape an alternative economic and gender just development process? This report is a collection of Indian voices in the form of short essays on economic alternatives for gender and social justice which challenge mainstr...
- Integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions
- UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2009
- Poverty-environment mainstreaming is the process that aims at integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions. This handbook has been designed to provide step-by-step guidance on ...
- Protecting the poor and marginalised in Arab countries in light of the global economic crisis
- K. Mohamadieh; O. Pearce / Arab NGO Network for Development, 2009
- Countries in the Arab region are particularly vulnerable to the fallout of the global economic crisis as a result of already existing high levels of unemployment, dependency on food imports, widespread conflict and political insecurit...
- What is so appealing about ‘inclusive growth’?
- T. McKinely / Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
- The interest of the international development community in ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ appears to be waning. This one-pager examines the pros and cons of adopting its most popular replacement, ‘inclusive growth’. ...
- Tools to operationalise pro-poor growth
- A. McKay / Department for International Development, UK, 2005
- How to make pro-poor growth a reality? This report is part of a larger programme that aims to provide better advice to governments on policies that facilitate the participation of poor people in the growth process. Specifically, it se...
- Economic growth: Inevitably unbalanced across regions
- World Development Report, World Bank, 2009
- Economic growth is inevitably unbalanced, and attempts to spread it out could jeopardise development. This is the key argument of the 2009 World Development Report on reshaping economic geography. The report argues that cen...
- World Growth
- World growth organisation bringing balance to the debate over trade, globalisation, and sustainable development
- Africa Commission
- Danish Africa Commission to improve economic growth and emplyment
- Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)
- A focus on water supply and sanitation challenges in Ethiopia
- The Prosperity Initiative (PI)
- Eradicating poverty through market forces
- Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
- Economic research centre at the University of Oxford
