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 ...
Women's status and child health.
Jun 01, 2008; ... Nearly 30 per cent of the world's population is currently suffering from one or more forms of malnutrition. Approximately 840 million people are undernourished or chronically food insecure, and as many as 2.8 million children and 300,000 women die every year because of malnutrition in ...
Mobilizing talent for global development.
Jun 01, 2008; ... Talented individuals such as students, professionals, information technology experts, entrepreneurs, cultural workers, and others are now more internationally mobile in the world economy as a response to new opportunities (and risks) that are offered by globalization. This trend has been ...
WIDER special events and book launch.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Launch of the WIDER study on Mobilizing Talent for Global Deve lopment pr e s ent ed by AnnaLee Saxenian, contributing author (from right) and Andres Solimano, director of the study. Neil G. Ruiz, chairperson and moderator on behalf of The Brookings Institution, Michael Clemens from the ...
WIDER publications.(Recommended readings)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Policy Briefs Can We Eradicate Hunger? By Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis UNU Policy Brief 1, 2008 Poverty Reduction in China: Is High Growth Enough? By Guanghua Wan UNU Policy Brief 4, 2008 Journal Review ...
Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it.
Dec 01, 2007; ... A large group of smallish countries totalling about a billion people have sheered off from the rest of mankind. As the world becomes more socially integrated this giant pool of poverty will be both unacceptable and explosive. It is the world's biggest economic problem and we need to do ...
Applying behavioural economics to development policy.
Dec 01, 2007; ... Behavioural economics combines the insights of psychology and economics to better understand and predict decision making by considering how, for example, emotions and attitudes (psychological tendencies) influence how preferences translate into choices. Applying behavioural ...
Globalization, growth, and poverty in Africa.
Dec 01, 2007; ... African countries have benefited relatively less from the positive effects of globalization than other parts of the world in terms of economic growth and development. Following largely an inward-oriented development strategy in the early decades of the post-independence period, the ...
Stranger than Fiction? Institutions and economic development.
Dec 01, 2007; ... Mainstream economists used to treat institutions as mere 'details' that gets in the way of good economics. Then from the mid-1990s, everyone, including the IMF and the World Bank, suddenly started to emphasize the role of institutions in economic development. There are a few reasons behind ...
A fiscal state with its Royal Navy:institutions and the industrial revolution.
Dec 01, 2007; ... 'Good' institutions have become a core ingredient of most modern day explanations of economic growth and development. The recently published WIDER book on Institutional Change and Economic Development (see the previous Angle article by Ha-Joon Chang) emphasizes that what is appropriate as ...
Fragile States--Fragile Groups: tackling economic and social vulnerability.(WIDER Conference)(Conference news)
Dec 01, 2007 ... WIDER hosted two major international conferences during 2007 in Helsinki, on themes that reflect the increasing diversity in development performance across the world. The first conference, on 'Fragile States - Fragile Groups' was held on 15-16 June 2007. Many of the world's poorest and ...
Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil, and South Africa.(WIDER Conference)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... WIDER's second major development conference of 2007, on the theme of the 'Southern Engines of Global Growth', took place in Helsinki on 7-8 September 2007. The conference reflects the fact that China, India, Brazil and South Africa (CIBS) have an important impact on the global economy ...
WIDER special events and book launch.
Dec 01, 2007 ... The speakers of the first plenary session of the WIDER Conference on Fragile States - Fragile Groups: Tackling Economic and Social Vulnerability, organized in Helsinki on 15-16 June 2007. From left: Paul Collier, Rob Vos, and Patrick Guillaumont. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
WIDER annual lecture 10.(2006 WIDER Annual Lecture)(Report)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Global Patterns of Income and Health: Facts, Interpretations, and Policies by Angus Deaton [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is now widely agreed that comparisons of living standards across countries, or across households within countries, should ...
Measuring human well-being: key findings and policy lessons.(Policy Briefs)(Report)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... David Clark and Mark McGillivray UNU-Policy Brief 3, 2007 An outcome of the WIDER research project Social Development Indicators that sought to provide insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and, in particular, measured, this Policy Brief outlines a ...
The significance of transport costs in Africa.(Policy Briefs)(Case study)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Wim Naude and Marianne Matthee UNU-Policy Brief 5, 2007 The success of Africa's exports, as well as its spatial development, depends on lowering transport costs. This Policy Brief addresses pertinent questions such as 'what are transport costs?', 'do transport costs matter for ...