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The vital role of aid in developmentThe UNU-WIDER research programme on foreign aid ( ReCom ) began in 2010, in a period of strong aid scepticism. Dambisa Moyo’s well-known book, Dead Aid (2009), is just one example...
Aid effectiveness Aid policy Conflict managementJournal Article
The heterogeneous effect of oil discoveries on democracyThis paper evaluates the existence of a resource curse on political regimes using the Synthetic Control Method...
Democracy Natural resourcesProject
Capable states - building the foundations for achieving SDGs
Theme: Current programme
Capable states Economic growth ClientelismWorking Paper
The state and developmentUsing a comparative frame that draws on the variation of developmental trajectories in Asia from Northeast Asia to China to Southeast Asia and to India, this paper explores the changing role of the state in these countries and the contributions that ...
State Democracy RedistributionWorking Paper
Backsliding and reversal: The J-Curve revisitedIan Bremmer published a treatise on the stability of states built on the notion that states fall along a curve resembling a slanted “J” when plotting their stability against openness...
Democracy Backsliding Fragile statesJournal Article
Transitional Justice, Gender Programming, and the UNSCR 1325: African Context and the Case of KenyaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development
Democracy Economic assistance and foreign aid Justice, Administration ofWorking Paper
Oil discoveries and democracyWe evaluate the effect of natural resources on political regimes...
Democracy Natural resourcesAnnual Lecture
Development research and changing prioritiesIn 2015 WIDER Annual Lecture 19 was given by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. He discussed the overall challenge of sustainable and human-focused development including new and old challenges...
Democracy Economic development EconomicsBlog
Development, democracy and cohesion: Critical essays with insights on Sierra Leone and wider Africa contexts
African countries face huge challenges in building democratic and cohesive societies that will enhance the wellbeing of their citizens...
Democracy Economic development Economic policy
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Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen on the Sustainable Development Goals
World leaders are now meeting at a special UN summit from 25–27 September to formally adopt the SDGs, which will then be implemented from 1 January 2016...
Democracy Economic development Human rightsBook Chapter
The Impact of Democracy on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982-2012From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 1...
Democracy Democratization Economic developmentJournal Article
The Middle Class and Democratic Consolidation in ZambiaPart of Journal Special Issue The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Democracy VotingJournal Article
South Africa's Emerging Black Middle Class: A Harbinger of Political Change?Part of Journal Special Issue The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Democracy Ethnic relationsJournal Article
“No Bourgeoisie, No Democracy”? The Political Attitudes of the Kenyan Middle ClassPart of Journal Special Issue The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Democracy Democratization VotingBook Chapter
Does Foreign Aid Support Democracy Development?: Aid, Democracy, and Instability from TradeThis study revisits the effect of aid on the quality of institutions and examines the effects of a major source of instability, namely terms-of-trade instability, on the quality of democracy...
Democracy Economic assistance and foreign aid International trade