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Fighting corruption in development – The ‘development pact’
Why are politicians and administrators the ones to discuss and shape up the development agenda ? This is how Anupama Jha (Transparency International India), one of the GDN Award Finalists for the Most...
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Inequality of opportunity and outcomes in the Arab Region
By Eman El-Hadary (Economic Research Forum) and Rana Hendy (Economic Research Forum) Despite the long negligence of inequality research for the benefit of economic growth, rising attention is paid to...
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Integrated biodiversity conservation, health and community development
In Uganda, gorillas represent a significant source of foreign exchange earning as they generate around $1,460,000 per year through tourism. They, therefore, contribute indirectly to community...
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Addressing inequality and poverty in the Pacific Islands
By Danileen Kristel Parel, Supervising Research Specialist, Philippines Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and Felipe F. Salvosa II, Publications Division Chief, Philippines Institute for...
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Little cash into small businesses to enhance entrepreneurship in Brazil
In general, it is suggested that capital is essential for starting a business and liquidity constraint tends to exclude those with insufficient funds at their disposal. The paper ‘Direct and Indirect...
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To part-time or not to part-time? Chilean Case
To promote female labor force participation, part-time jobs are encouraged; they are seen as a way for women to balance paid work, care and chores activities. Evidence from developed countries links...
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Access to water and education gap in China
Water is vital for our survival. This is indeed an unquestionable fact. Experts predict that future conflicts will be over water: “It is estimated that, by 2025, 4 billion people—half the world’s...
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Inclusive business: Getting rid of the sweatshops
By Felipe F. Salvosa II, Publications Division Chief, Philippine Institute for Development Studies All too often, the burden of ensuring that growth is inclusive falls on the shoulders of the...
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Are income, expenditure and wealth indicators the right way to measure...
Researchers spent many years studying the relationship between inequality and development, and especially between inequality and economic growth. Francois Bourguignon (Paris School of Economics) gave...
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Questioning the effectiveness of the social protection mandatory regulations...
Maids in Ecuador represent one of the sectors that suffer from low income and poor social security. In 2008, a new regulation was implemented, mandating maids’ enrollment in social security. Visits...
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EdPlaCo-MK – A tool for greater gender wage equality in Macedonia
It goes without saying that research on economic and social development nurtures the debate within the development community. However, one should question the added value of evidence-based research in...
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Inclusiveness and human development: The hidden linkage?
Unlike economic growth and national income which have been used ever since to measure economic development, human development indicators have a relatively short history. Development progress of...
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Africa’s challenge: The ‘jobless growth’
Edited by Zeinab Sabet and Shahira Emara For over 40 years, Africa has not witnessed such a rapid growth as recently. Out of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies, 6 are African! However, such...
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Toward a more resilient society: Perspective of young Asian researchers
By Danileen Kristel Parel, Supervising Research Specialist, Philippines Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Major issues and shocks to the socio-economic, political, psychological state, as well...
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Grappling with the concept of inclusive growth
By Felipe F. Salvosa II, Publications Division Chief, Philippine Institute for Development Studies After three days, what has come out of the 14th Annual Global Development Conference is that inclusive...
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Awarding innovative development research and ideas
Launched in 2000 with the support of the Government of Japan, the Global Development Awards and Medals Competition aims to recognize innovative ideas and to encourage talented young researchers. This...
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InfoLady: Empowering rural women at their door steps
Lack of access to information and government transparency are major blocks in the road of development and poverty alleviation in almost all emerging economies of the world. Women, especially in rural...
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Understanding inclusive growth: Effective policies for more inclusive societies
By definition, inclusive growth entails the equitable allocation of resources in order to generate benefits that can be incurred by all sectors of the society, thus alleviating poverty and inequality....
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Volatility and growth: How can fiscal policy boost equitable growth in...
Volatility hurts growth, especially in low-income and emerging countries that are even more vulnerable to external shocks, which implies more risk and lower stability. The role of fiscal policies thus...
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Measuring HDI – the old, the new and the elegant
This is a cross-post of a piece written by Srijit Mishra (Indian Gandhi Institute of Development Research – IGIDR), one of the winners of the GDN Outstanding Research in Development Award in 2013,...
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