Working Papers 2006

September 2006

Globalizing Inequality: ‘Centrifugal’ and ‘Centripetal’ Forces at Work

• José Gabriel Palma
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/35
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Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures, and Sources of Demand

• Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/34
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Growth with Equity in East Asia?

• Jomo K.S.
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/33
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The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress

• Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker and David Rosnick
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/32
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The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress

• Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker and David Rosnick
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/31
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: What’s wrong with existing analytical models?

• Sanjay G. Reddy and Antoine Heuty
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/30
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Development Aid and Economic Growth: A Positive Long-Run Relation

• Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/29
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Real Income Stagnation of Countries, 1960-2001

• Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/28
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Riding the Elephants: The Evolution of World Economic Growth and Income Distribution at the End of the Twentieth Century (1980-2000)

• Albert Berry and John Serieux
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/27
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August

Global Income Inequality: What It Is And Why It Matters?

• Branko Milanovic
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/26
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Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa

• Alemayehu Geda
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/25
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Revisiting the Revolving Door: Capital Flight from Southeast Asia

• Edsel L. Beja, Jr.
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/16
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June

The Dual Divergence: Growth Successes and Collapses in the Developing World since 1980

• José Antonio Ocampo and María Angela Parra
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/24
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Equity in Latin America Since the 1990s

• Barry Herman
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/22
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April

The Politics of Inclusion in the Monterrey Process

• Barry Herman
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/23
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GDP-Indexed Bonds: Making It Happen

• Stephany Griffith-Jones and Krishnan Sharma
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/21
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Inequality and Household Economic Hardship in the United States of America

• Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/18
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March

Growth is Failing the Poor: The Unbalanced Distribution of the Benefits and Costs of Global Economic Growth

• David Woodward and Andrew Simms
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/20
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Constraints to Achieving the MDGs with Scaled-Up Aid

• François Bourguignon and Mark Sundberg
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/15
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February

Real Exchange Rate, Monetary Policy and Employment

• Roberto Frenkel and Lance Taylor
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/19
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Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS Transition Economies

• Mihaly Simai
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/17
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Development and Social Goals: Balancing Aid and Development to Prevent ‘Welfare Colonialism’

• Erik S. Reinert
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/14
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Evaluating Targeting Efficiency of Government Programmes: International Comparisons

• Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/13
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What is the Most Effective Monetary Policy for Aid-Receiving Countries?

• Alessandro Prati and Thierry Tressel
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/12
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Market, Social Cohesion, and Democracy

• José Antonio Ocampo
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/9
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January

Rural Development, Environmental Sustainability, and Poverty Alleviation: A Critique of Current Paradigms

• Susanne D. Mueller
• ST/ESA/2006/DWP/11
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