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From the Editor's desk (November 2011)
Tony Addison As we come to the end of November, the snow has yet to arrive in Helsinki. We continue to enjoy clear skies and spectacular sunsets...
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Research Entering the Policy Domain
Carl-Gustav Lindén The research project ReCom-Research and Communication on foreign aid, which is co-ordinated by UNU-WIDER with funding from the...
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Does the African Middle Class Defend Democracy?Barrington Moore’s famous line ‘no bourgeoisie, no democracy’ is one of the most quoted claims in political science. But has the rise of the African middle class promoted democratic consolidation? This paper uses the case of Kenya to investigate the...
Book Chapter
Industrial Policies in Latin AmericaPart of Book Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century
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Recent Distributive Changes in Latin AmericaPart of Book Falling Inequality in Latin America
Book Chapter
Tax Policy and Income Distribution during the Last DecadePart of Book Falling Inequality in Latin America
Journal Article
Urban Governance and Service Delivery in African CitiesPart of Journal Special Issue Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
Book Chapter
Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers?Part of Book Insurance Against Poverty
Working Paper
How Do Governments Become Great?Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important...
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Who Really Leads Development?‘Leadership’ is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies focused on...
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Emergent Global Information Infrastructure/Global Information SocietyThis paper combines a theoretical perspective on globalization and the information society with a critical usage of international regime theory in order to contribute to a better understanding of the current historical period of transition from an...
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Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers?The paper will use the data from the PROGRESA evaluation to show the extent to which such a programme crowds out private transfers. An interesting aspect of the paper is the fact that it can use the randomization (one-third of the villages in the...
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Misuse of InstitutionsThe paper explores a phenomenon often observed in transition economies, when newly established institutions are misused, i.e., applied or resorted to for reasons which have little in common with their intended or anticipated purpose. In such...
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Public-Private Co-operation for Gas Provision in Poor Neighbourhoods of Buenos AiresThis study examines the programme Redes Solidarias, a public-private initiative that connected to natural pipelined gas 4,000 households in the Great Buenos Aires Area during 2005. The main features of the institutional framework are described and...
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Industrial Policies in Latin AmericaThis chapter analyses the main features of industrial policies carried out in Latin America since 1990. It studies these policies during import substitution industrialization and how they changed after the market-oriented economic reforms. It...
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