Working Papers 2009

December

Property Rights for Poverty Reduction?

• Ruth Meinzen-Dick
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/91
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Growth, Development Policy,Job Creation and Poverty Reduction

• Lance Taylor
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/90
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Microfinance as a Poverty Reduction Tool-A Critical Assessment

• Anis Chowdhury
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/89
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The Terrible Simplifers: Common Origins of Financial Crises and Persistent Poverty in Economic Theory and the new '1848 Moment'

• Erik S. Reinert
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/88
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November

Globalization, Offshoring and Economic Insecurity in Industrialized Countries

• William Milberg and Deborah Schöller
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/87
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October

Mananging Financial Instability: Why Prudence is not Enough?

• Yilmaz Akyüz
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/86
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Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries

• Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/85
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Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor

• Paul Mosley
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/84
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Assessing the insurance role of microsavings

• David Hulme, Karen Moore and Armando Barrientos
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/83
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Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How?

• Nazrul Islam
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/82
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Insurance, Credit and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk

• Daniel Clarke and Stefan Dercon
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/81
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August

The Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Reducing Poverty: A Failed Promise

• Aneel Karnani
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/80
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The Emperor's New Suit: Global Poverty Estimates Reappraised

• Sanjay G. Reddy
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/79
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The Impact of Remittances on Economic Insecurity

• Krishnan Sharma
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/78
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July

Should Financial Flows Be Regulated? Yes

• Gerald Epstein
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/77
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Infrastructure finance in developing countries—the potential of sub-sovereign bonds

• Daniel Platz
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/76
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June

Governance, Growth and Poverty Reduction

• Mushtaq H. Khan
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/75
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Impact of the global crisis on the achievement of the MDGs in Latin America

• Rob Vos and Marco V. Sánchez
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/74
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March

Climate Policy Integration: Towards Operationalization

• Imran Habib Ahmad
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/73
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January

Role of media in curbing corruption: the case of Uganda under President Yoweri K. Museveni during the 'no-party' system

• Monica Nogara
• ST/ESA/2009/DWP/72
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