DESA Working Paper series

DESA is pleased to introduce its new Working Paper series, which supersedes its earlier Discussion Paper series.

The DESA Working Papers are preliminary documents circulated in a limited number of copies and posted on this website, to stimulate discussion and critical comment on the broad range of economic, social and environmental issues associated with the United Nations Development Agenda.

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Working Papers

ST/ESA/2010/DWP/94
A Non-Parametric Microsimulation Approach to Assess Changes in Inequality and Poverty Rob Vos and Marco V. Sánchez March 2010 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2010/DWP/93
forthcoming! Read abstract
ST/ESA/2010/DWP/92
Poverty reduction in China and India: Policy implications of recent trends Jayati Ghosh January 2010 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/91
Property Rights for Poverty Reduction? Ruth Meinzen-Dick December 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/90
Growth, Development Policy,Job Creation and Poverty Reduction Lance Taylor December 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/89
Microfinance as a Poverty Reduction Tool—A Critical Assessment Anis Chowdhury December 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/88
The Terrible Simplifers: Common Origins of Financial Crises and Persistent Poverty in Economic Theory and the new ‘1848 Moment’ Erik S. Reinert December 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/87
Globalization, Offshoring and Economic Insecurity in Industrialized Countries William Milberg and Deborah Winkler November 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/86
Mananging Financial Instability: Why Prudence is not Enough? Yilmaz Akyüz October 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/85
Insurance against Losses from Natural Disasters in Developing Countries Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Reinhard Mechler October 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/84
Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor Paul Mosley October 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/83
Assessing the insurance role of microsavings David Hulme, Karen Moore and Armando Barrientos October 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/82
Can Microfinance Reduce Economic Insecurity and Poverty? By How Much and How? Nazrul Islam October 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/81
Insurance, Credit and Safety Nets for the Poor in a World of Risk Daniel Clarke and Stefan Dercon October 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/80
The Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Reducing Poverty: A Failed Promise Aneel Karnani August 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/79
The Emperor’s New Suit: Global Poverty Estimates Reappraised Sanjay G. Reddy December 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/78
The Impact of Remittances on Economic Insecurity Krishnan Sharma July 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/77
Should Financial Flows Be Regulated? Yes Gerald Epstein July 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/76
Infrastructure finance in developing countries—the potential of sub-sovereign bonds Daniel Platz July 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/75
Governance, Growth and Poverty Reduction Mushtaq H. Khan June 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/74
Impact of the global crisis on the achievement of the MDGs in Latin America Rob Vos and Marco V. Sánchez June 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/73
Climate Policy Integration: Towards Operationalization Imran Habib Ahmad March 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2009/DWP/72
Role of media in curbing corruption: the case of Uganda under President Yoweri K. Museveni during the "no-party" system Monica Nogara January 2009 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/71
The TRIPS Agreement and Transfer of Climate- Change-Related Technologies to Developing Countries Matthew Littleton October 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/70
Programmes to Protect the Hungry: Lessons from India Madhura Swaminathan October 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/69
Should there be a coordinated response to the problem of global imbalances? Can there be one? Barry Eichengreen September 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/68
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 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/67
Economic Liberalization and Constraints to Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Rudiger von Arnim September 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/66
Obstacles to Implementing Lessons from the 1997-1998 East Asian Crises Jomo Kwame Sundaram August 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/65
New Thinking on Poverty: Implications for Globalisation and Poverty Reduction Strategies Paul Shaffer February 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/64
Excess liquidity, oligopolistic loan markets and monetary policy in LDCs Tarron Khemraj February 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2008/DWP/63
A Framework for Analyzing Tariffs and Subsidies in Water Provision to Urban Households in Developing Countries David le Blanc January 2008 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/62
Decent Workplaces, Self-Regulation and CSR: From Puff to Stuff? Guy Standing November 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/61
Debt Sustainability in Emerging Markets: A Critical Appraisal Yilmaz Akyüz November 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/60
What does excess bank liquidity say about the loan market in Less Developed Countries? Tarron Khemraj November 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/59
The Instability and Inequities of the Global Reserve System José Antonio Ocampo November 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/58
How Cash Transfers Boost Work and Economic Security Guy Standing October 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/57
The relationship between rainfall and human density and its implications for future water stress in sub-Saharan Africa David le Blanc and Romain Perez October 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/56
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Also: Russian Version Tariq Banuri and Hans Opschoor October 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/55
Corruption and Democracy Michael T. Rock August 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/54
Governance, Economic Growth and Development since the 1960sMushtaq H. Khan August 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/53
Industrial Policy and Growth Helen Shapiro August 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/52
Have Collapses in Infrastructure Spending led to Cross-Country Divergence in Per Capita GDP?Francisco Rodriguez July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/51
Openness and Growth: What Have We Learned? Francisco Rodriguez August 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/50
What we do and don’t know about trade liberalization and poverty reduction Rob Vos August 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/49
Growth, employment and poverty: An analysis of the vital nexus based on some recent UNDP and ILO/SIDA studies Azizur Rahman Khan July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/48
A Compendium of Policy Instruments to Enhance Financial Stability and Debt Management in Emerging Market Economies Ronald U. Mendoza July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/47
Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work Gerry Rodgers July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/46
Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment Martha Alter Chen July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/45
Inequality in India: A survey of recent trends Parthapratim Pal and Jayati Ghosh July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/44
A growth model for a two-sector economy with endogenous productivity Codrina Rada July 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/43
The conflict-growth nexus and the poverty of nations Syed Mansoob Murshed June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/42
Modernizing the informal sector Victor E. Tokman June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/41
Developing Countries, Donor Leverage, and Access to Bird Flu Vaccines CHAN Chee Khoon and Gilles de Wildt June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/40
Transforming the developmental welfare states in East Asia Huck-ju Kwon June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/39
A counter-cyclical framework for a development-friendly international financial architecture José Antonio Ocampo and Stephany Griffith-Jones June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/38
Central banks as agents of employment creation Gerald Epstein June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/37
Regional Social Policy Bob Deacon, Isabel Ortiz and Sergei Zelenev June 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2007/DWP/36
Constraints to achieving the MDGs through domestic resource mobilization Rob Vos, Marco Sanchez and Keiji Inoue May 2007 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/35
Globalizing Inequality: ‘Centrifugal’ and ‘Centripetal’ Forces at Work José Gabriel Palma September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/34
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 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/33
Growth with Equity in East Asia? Jomo K.S. September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/32
Employment and Decent Work in the Era of ‘Flexicurity’ Robert Boyer September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/31
The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/30
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: What’s wrong with existing analytical models? Sanjay G. Reddy and Antoine Heuty September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/29
Development Aid and Economic Growth: A Positive Long-Run Relation Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/28
Real Income Stagnation of Countries, 1960-2001 Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/27
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 September 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/26
Global Income Inequality: What It Is And Why It Matters? Branko Milanovic August 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/25
Openness, Inequality and Poverty in Africa Alemayehu Geda August 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/24
The Dual Divergence: Growth Successes and Collapses in the Developing World since 1980 José Antonio Ocampo and María Angela Parra June 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/23
The Politics of Inclusion in the Monterrey Process Barry Herman April 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/22
Equity in Latin America Since the 1990s Pedro Sáinz June 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/21
GDP-Indexed Bonds: Making It Happen Stephany Griffith-Jones and Krishnan Sharma April 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/20
Growth is Failing the Poor: The Unbalanced Distribution of the Benefi ts and Costs of Global Economic Growth David Woodward and Andrew Simms March 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/19
Real Exchange Rate, Monetary Policy and Employment Roberto Frenkel and Lance Taylor February 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/18
Inequality and Household Economic Hardship in the United States of America Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller April 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/17
Poverty and Inequality in Eastern Europe and the CIS Transition Economies Mihaly Simai February 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/16
Revisiting the Revolving Door: Capital Flight from Southeast Asia Edsel L. Beja, Jr. August 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/15
Constraints to Achieving the MDGs with Scaled-Up Aid François Bourguignon and Mark Sundberg March 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/14
Development and Social Goals: Balancing Aid and Development to Prevent ‘Welfare Colonialism’ Erik S. Reinert January 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/13
Evaluating Targeting Efficiency of Government Programmes: International Comparisons Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son February 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/12
What is the Most Effective Monetary Policy for Aid-Receiving Countries? Alessandro Prati and Thierry Tressel February 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/11
Rural Development, Environmental Sustainability, and Poverty Alleviation: A Critique of Current Paradigms Susanne D. Mueller January 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/10
International Capital Flows, Financial Stability and Growth Graciela L. Kaminsky December 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2006/DWP/9
Market, Social Cohesion, and Democracy José Antonio Ocampo February 2006 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/8
Dynamic Links between the Economy and Human Development Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart November 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/7
Trade and Employment: Stylized Facts and Research Findings Bernard Hoekman and L. Alan Winters November 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/6
Inequality Trends in Some Developed OECD Countries John Weeks October 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/5
Trade Liberalization and Employment Eddy Lee October 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/4
The Economic and Social Effects of Financial Liberalization: A Primer for Developing Countries Jayati Ghosh October 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/3
Policy Reform and Income Distribution Giovanni Andrea Cornia October 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/2
A Converging or Diverging World? Bob Sutcliffe October 2005 Read abstract
ST/ESA/2005/DWP/1
A Broad View of Macroeconomic Stability José Antonio Ocampo October 2005 Read abstract