The following is a list of working papers drafted by the staff of the Division on a range of economic and social issues. They have undergone a peer-review process but are still considered preliminary documents and are circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. These papers are also circulated as DESA working papers. Readers are invited to submit their comments directly to the authors.

A Non-Parametric Microsimulation Approach to Assess Changes in Inequality and Poverty
Rob Vos and Marco V. Sánchez

March 2010

Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How?

Nazrul Islam
October 2009

Impact of the global crisis on the achievement of the MDGs in Latin America

Marco V. Sánchez and Rob Vos
June 2009

Climate Policy Integration: Towards Operationalization

Imran Habib Ahmad
March 2009

Should there be a coordinated response to the problem of global imbalances? Can there be one?

Barry Eichengreen
September 2008

Latin America and the Caribbean's Challenge to Reach the MDGs: Financing Options and Trade-offs

Rob Vos, Marco V Sánchez and Cornelia Kaldewei
September 2008

What we do and don’t know about trade liberalization and poverty

Rob Vos
August 2007

A growth model for a two-sector economy with endogenous productivity

Codrina Rada
July 2007

Constraints to achieving the MDGs through domestic resource mobilization

Rob Vos, Marco Sanchez and Keiji Inoue
May 2007

Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures, and Sources of Demand

Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor
September 2006