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Making Finance the Servant not the Master
Tony Addison Today, there is much frustration with the financial sector. Society’s precious savings are not being put to the best of uses—investing...
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Reflecting Change: The Second Edition of ‘From Poverty to Power’
Duncan Green Updating a book on contemporary events can be unnerving. In the intervening years, events and new thinking combine to expose the...
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UNU-WIDER Interview with Dr Kaushik Basu29 November 2012 Carl-Gustav Lindén In November 2012 UNU-WIDER had the pleasure of hosting a public event with Dr Kaushik Basu, the newly appointed...
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The Impact of the Global Commodity and Financial Crises on Poverty in VietnamEconomic growth in Vietnam was resilient to the global commodity and financial crises, but it is unclear why. Impacts on employment and poverty are also disputed. We develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to decompose growth and...
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South African Labour Market Transitions During the Global Financial and Economic CrisisThis paper studies individual-level labour market transitions and their determinants in South Africa during the zenith and aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis using 2008 to 2010-2011 panel data from the National Income Dynamics...
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The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Millennium Development Goals in Latin AmericaMarco V. Sánchez and Rob Vos Substantial slowdown in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) should be expected as a consequence of...
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Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Arab Region
By Imed Drine Whilst having a global impact, the current financial and economic crisis is clearly affecting certain regions more severely than others...
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How Will the Financial Crisis Impact on the Developing World and What Can Be Done About It?
Wim Naudé Following the US subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008, the world is now staggering from financial to economic crisis as many high-income...
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Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on DevelopmentThe global economic crisis beginning in 2008 has come at an inopportune time for Africa. Economic growth had recovered, poverty had declined, and human development had improved. Then the crisis hit. Growth then fell by 60 per cent. The growth decline...
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The Global Economic Crisis After One YearOne year into the global economic crisis, it has become clear that the paradigm for international development has changed irrevocably. With leadership, moral authority and the capacity of the West in international development diminishing, developing...
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Policy Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in AfricaAfrica is the developing region most at risk from the global economic crisis. Its recent strong growth has been interrupted. Already home to the largest number of low-income countries in the world, the region is now likely to experience higher...
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The Triple Crisis: Finance, Food and Climate ChangeTony Addison and Finn Tarp More than 200 researchers and policymakers came together in Helsinki in mid-May to celebrate UNU-WIDER's 25th anniversary...
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Africa’s Recovery from the Global Economic CrisisAugustin Fosu and Wim Naudé African economies have been shaken by the global economic downturn which followed the US-centered financial crisis of 2008...
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Globalization and OpennessUp until the recent crisis, the Southeast Asian region had been regarded as one of the most dynamic regions in the global economy. Their industrial structures have undergone a process of adjustment into more capital-intensive and technologically...
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Ratings since the Asian CrisisThe increased importance of rating agencies for emerging-market finance has brought their work to the attention of a wider group of observers - and under criticism. This paper evaluates whether the importance of ratings for developing-country finance...
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Income Risk, Coping Strategies, and Safety NetsPoor rural and urban households in developing countries face substantial risks, which they handle with risk-management and risk-coping strategies, including self-insurance through savings and informal insurance mechanisms. Despite these mechanisms...
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Prudential Regulation of Banks in Less Developed EconomiesThis article argues that developing countries face inherent obstacles in setting up efficient financial regulation, and building up a sound banking sector: the presence of multiple tasks and multiple principals, poor institutions, lack of economies...
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The Human Cost of Asias Crisisby Tony Addison and Giovanni Andrea Cornia Asia's crisis has halted social progress The human development indicators of East Asia and South-East Asia...
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Women Are the First Victims of the Asian Crisisby Noeleen Heyzer and Martin KhorThe debate on the Asian crisis continues. There are two sets of reasons given to explain why the Asian Miracles...
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How Aid Supplies from Donor Countries Respond to Economic CrisisThe strong interdependent relationship between the developed and developing countries made itself visible again with the recent economic downturn. Due to the now truly global character of the economy, the crisis did not only affect the North, where...
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The Supply Side of AidIn the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 interest in the supply side of the donor equation has been rekindled. During a period where the economies of many major donors are unstable, and in some cases, shrinking, it is important to...
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The Global Triple Crises – Finance, Environment and FoodThree global crises -finance, environment and food The global economy is currently facing three crises which threaten to undermine the welfare and prosperity of present and future generations. The first is the financial crisis which originated in the...
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Beyond the Crisis of the African University - Why Institutions Matter
I recently returned from a week at the University of Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa, speaking at a conference honouring Nobel laureate Desmond...
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The Triple Crisis and the Global Aid ArchitectureThe global economy is passing through a period of profound change. The immediate concern is with the financial crisis, originating in the North. The South is affected via reduced demand and lower prices for their exports, reduced private financial...
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The Financial Crisis of 2008 and the Developing CountriesFollowing the financial crisis that broke in the US and other Western economies in late 2008, there is now serious concern about its impact on the developing countries. The world media almost daily reports scenarios of gloom and doom, with many...
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