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Healthcare equity and COVID-19: Assessing the relative effectiveness of egalitarian governance and healthcare system capacity on the COVID-19 pandemicScholars of public health typically focus on societal equity for explaining public health outcomes...
COVID-19 Healthcare healthcare accessBlog
Artificial intelligence vs. COVID-19 in developing countries: Priorities and trade-offs
The rush to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fight against the pandemic may be an opportunity for developing countries to accelerate the digitalization of their economies...
COVID-19 artificial intelligence Public healthJournal 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 resourcesWorking Paper
The corruption–growth relationship: Do political institutions matter?Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth...
Corruption Democracy Economic growthBook Chapter
The State and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
State Democracy RedistributionBlog
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 managementProject
Effects of Swedish and international democracy support
Theme: Transforming states
Democracy Development aid Aid effectivenessProject
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
Theme: Transforming states
Governance Trust Economic inequalityWorking 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