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From The Editor's Desk (October 2012)
Tony Addison UNU-WIDER is having a very active and successful autumn. Our climate change and development policy conference at the end of September...
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From The Editor's Desk (December 2012)
Tony Addison This year has rushed by at speed. For UNU-WIDER it’s been a year of big successes. We will have published some 110 working papers by the...
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Aligning Elites with DevelopmentAlice Amsden, Alisa DiCaprio, and James Robinson To understand what role elites play in the process of economic development, we need to establish...
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The Economics Of Complex Humanitarian EmergenciesThis paper, a draft from the early stages of an ongoing UNU/WIDER research project, outlines hypotheses for the economic cause of humanitarian disasters. Complex humanitarian emergencies are considered to be man-made crises, in which large numbers of...
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Foreign Aid, Resource Rents and Institution-Building in Mozambique and AngolaSharing similar colonial and post-independence civil war experiences, Mozambique and Angola’s development paths are often contrasted, with foreign aid-dependent Mozambique hailed a success compared to oil rentier Angola. This paper questions the so...
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Foreign Aid and the Failure of State Building in Haiti Under the Duvaliers, Aristide, Préval, and MartellyAfter receiving at least US$20 billion in aid for reconstruction and development over the past 60 years, Haiti has been and remains a fragile state, one of the worse globally. The reasons for aid failure are legion but mostly relate to highly...
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Mutual Interdependence between Elites and the PoorThere has been a growing recognition among scholars that politics matters in the distribution of resources in society. However, attempts to use a political economy ‘lens’ with which to explore causes of poverty and strategies for poverty alleviation...
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New Light on China’s Rural ElitesThis paper analyses political elites, economic elites, hybrid elite households and non-elite households in rural China using household data for 1995 and 2002. We seek to understand the determinants of belonging to each of the three elite categories...
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Poverty in the Eyes of Brazilian ElitesThis paper discusses data from a survey and in-depth interviews on elite perceptions of poverty in Brazil. De Swaan tried to identify the circumstances under which elites are willing to mobilize resources in order to promote poverty reduction. This...
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Elites and Institutional PersistenceParticular sets of institutions, once they become established in a society, have a strong tendency to persist. In this paper I argue that understanding how elites form and reproduce is key to understanding the persistence of institutions over time. I...
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The Evolution of Personal Wealth in the Former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern EuropeThis study discusses the evolution of personal wealth in transition economies. While data availability is still a problem, the available indirect evidence suggests privatization has resulted in an increase in personal wealth but also in personal...
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Concentration among the RichThe aim of this paper is to examine the concentration of wealth among the group of top wealth holders, defined as those with wealth in excess of a high cut off. The paper begins by considering the definition of this cut off, analogous to the...
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International Organizations as a ProfessionThe role of international organizations grows with the acceleration of globalization and the increasing importance of global governance. However, thus far, only limited and rather narrow research has been generated on the subject. It is a state of...
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International Organizations as a ProfessionPart of Book The International Mobility of Talent
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The Evolution of Personal Wealth in the Former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern EuropePart of Book Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective
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Winners of the ReformsPart of Book Inequality and Social Structure During the Transition
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Inequality and Social Structure During the TransitionSocial structures undergo transformation with the transition to a market economy. This collection examines the role of inequality in the formation of economic elites and middle classes, as well as in the rise of poverty in transitional societies...
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The Role of Elites in Economic DevelopmentElites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites. But what factors affect whether elites use their...
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The Role of Elites in Economic DevelopmentElites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites.But what factors affect whether elites use their...
Book Chapter
Mutual Interdependence between Elites and the PoorPart of Book The Role of Elites in Economic Development
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Elites and Institutional PersistencePart of Book The Role of Elites in Economic Development
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New Light on China's Rural ElitesPart of Book The Role of Elites in Economic Development
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Poverty in the Eyes of Brazilian ElitesPart of Book The Role of Elites in Economic Development
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