Recently added articles from WIDER Angle:
The evolution of the world economy 1000-2000 AD.
Jun 01, 2008; ... We are all familiar with the idea that today we live in an age of 'globalization', in which all the countries of the world are linked tightly together by trade in goods and services, migration and capital movements. When, however, did this age of globalization begin? Is it only as recent ...
Can the southern engines sustain their growth?(emergence of economies from China, India, Brazil, and South Africa )
Jun 01, 2008; ... The emergence of four economies from the 'South' as important players in the global economy has attracted attention. These four economies, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) were thought, for different reasons, to be hopeless 'basket cases' during the second half of the last ...
Poverty - growth - inequality triangle in China.
Jun 01, 2008; ... Poverty reduction can be achieved through growth and/or improved distribution. However, growth can lead to a decrease or increase in inequality. Thus, it may not translate into poverty reduction. Meanwhile, poverty and growth depend on the level and dynamics of inequality. This complex ...
Good and bad times: volatility and growth in Africa.
Jun 01, 2008; ... During the last three decades growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been both low and highly volatile. Between 1975 and 2005 per capita income PPP grew by 0.7 per cent per year, by far the lowest among developing regions. At the same time growth rates were more volatile than in any other part ...
The ambiguity of bureaucracy.
Jun 01, 2008; ... Is bureaucracy a vital institution that has to be built up by poor countries in pursuit of economic development? Or is it, on the contrary, an institution that persistently threatens, like a fast-growing riverweed, to choke the channels of public administration? To understand the ambiguity ...