Economic Development
Food Price Volatility and Domestic Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries
In this paper from the World Bank, Christophe Guel attempts to untangle the elements of the conundrum surrounding food price stabilization policies.
State-Owned Enterprises: Trade Effects and Policy Implications
This paper from the OECD presents a conceptual discussion of how potential SOE advantages can generate cross-border effects.
Managing Famine Risk: Linking Early Warning to Early Action
This report from Chatham House considers the various political, institutional and organizational barriers to translating early warning of famine into early action to avert it, and makes recommendations for how these can be overcome.
Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana : Is Specialization in Agricultural Mechanization a Viable Business Model?
This paper quantitatively assesses whether government provided subsidies to private enterprise for tractor-rental services is a viable business model.
Top Five Reasons Why Africa Should Be a Priority for the United States
This report from Brookings outlines the the reasons why the U.S. needs to scale up its economic efforts in Africa.
Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East: Options and Challenges
This issue brief from IPI describes the current initiatives for regionalism in the Middle East from the Arab League to the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, among others, and it analyzes the various political, economic, and security-based challenges they face.
Aid As a Catalyst for Pioneer Investment
In this paper from UNU-WIDER, Paul Collier discusses how aid can support growth in small, isolated economies.
Growth of African Economies: Productivity, Policy Syndromes, and the Importance of Institutions
This paper from UNU-WIDER employs the unique data and insights generated by the growth project of the African Economic Research Consortium to further explore the importance of a ‘syndrome-free’ (SF) regime for growth in the region.
Taxation and Development: A Review of Donor Support to Strengthen Tax Systems in Developing Countries
This paper from UNU-WIDER reviews the state of knowledge on aid and tax reform in developing countries, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
The Porous Dialectic: Experimental and Non-Experimental Methods In Development Economics
This paper provides a survey of six widely used non-experimental methods for estimating the impact of programs in the context of developing economies.
