Blog

by Tony Addison March 2012

Tony Addison With the ice floes now gone from the harbour outside the UNU-WIDER building, and with the snow replaced by an icy hail, there is a...

• Agriculture
• Budget
• Nationalism

Blog

by Danielle Resnick April 2012

Danielle Resnick During the last month, three democracies in Africa witnessed incumbent presidents exit office in very different ways. The most...

• Budget
• Democracy
• Economic assistance and foreign aid

Policy Brief

This policy brief is intended to outline suggestions and stimulate discussion at a time when the world community is thinking about, and is engaged in, a debate on global governance. The policy brief not only focuses on the reform of existing...

• International agencies
• International finance
• International relations

Policy Brief

Este resumo na área das políticas apresenta os resultados de um projecto do UNU/WIDER sobre a guerra e a reconstrução em África da autoria de Tony Addison, que se encontra actualmente publicado sob o nome de From Conflict to Recovery in Africa. Tal...

• International relations
• National security
• Poverty

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes the results of a UNU/WIDER project on war and reconstruction in Africa directed by Tony Addison, which is now published as From Conflict to Recovery in Africa. As this study makes clear, peace is often elusive and...

• International relations
• National security
• Poverty

Working Paper

The Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries. There is a rush to acquire sources of alternative energy and other benefits to meet the growing demand for water and energy, while China and Myanmar have...

• Environment
• Game theory
• International relations

Working Paper

The policy advice given by economists in international institutions is influenced by their prior academic work. In my case, applied general equilibrium work resulted both in a belief in the necessity of decentralized markets and in a distrust of...

• Aeronautics
• Globalization
• International economic relations

Policy Brief

In simple language and with numerous concrete examples, this policy brief analyses the impact - among others - of key ex-ante factors such as acute 'horizontal inequality' between social groups in the distribution of assets, state jobs, social...

• Equality and inequality
• International relations
• Social conflict

Journal Special Issue

When the Uruguay Round was being negotiated and it was coming to a close, a number of estimates were made about the impact of the agreement on poor countries. Many of the assessments indicated that there would be a net loss for them while others came...

• Economic integration
• Free trade
• International relations

Working Paper

A substantially higher rate of growth of exports is crucial to ensure success of the major outward-oriented, 'market friendly' economic reforms being pursued in India and Sri Lanka. The international economic and trade environment, however, is far...

• Commercial policy
• Economic policy
• International economic relations

Working Paper

• International agencies
• International obligations
• International relations

Working Paper

• Globalization
• International relations
• International trade

Book Chapter

Fragile states have very mixed characteristics. Some are experiencing violent conflict, some are ‘post-conflict’, some have avoided large-scale violence–so far. Many are resource poor, but some are resource rich. Many are landlocked, but certainly...

• Conflict management
• Failed states
• International relations