Information on "Social Development"
April 2013
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10 Apr 2013
UNDP Human Development Report 2013
Author: Khalid Malik
Publisher: Chatham House
In this transcript, Khalid Malik introduces the 2013 UN Human Development Report. More on «UNDP Human Development Report 2013»
March 2013
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25 Mar 2013
Security in the Sahel: Regional Initiatives in Pursuit of Long-Term Stability
Author: Bonnie Ayodele, Rui Azevedo, Samuel Bullen, Derek Catsam, Liana Fix, Francisco Galamas, Timothee Germain, Vikas Kumar, Ciaran Laird, Annette Lohmann, Natalia Marczewska, Courtenay Mitchell, Paul Melly, Alexander Homan Neill, Sam Powers, Landry Signe, Gökhan Tekir
Publisher: Atlantic-community.org
This Atlantic Memo provides policy recommendations on how Europe and the United States can help the weak States of the Sahel to address their problems and achieve long-term stability. More on «Security in the Sahel: Regional Initiatives in Pursuit of Long-Term Stability»
February 2013
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14 Feb 2013
Democratisation, Modernisation and Globalisation
Author: Dennis Sammut
Publisher: European Policy Centre (EPC)
Over the last decade Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have engaged selectively with the mutually re-enforcing processes of modernization, democratization and globalization. More on «Democratisation, Modernisation and Globalisation» -
6 Feb 2013
Social Safety Nets in Bangladesh
Author: Ishraq Ahmed
Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Spending on social programs to alleviate poverty and address the overall economic needs of the vulnerable segments of the population has been an integral part of the Bangladesh government’s strategy to tackle poverty. More on «Social Safety Nets in Bangladesh» -
Feb 2013
Inequalities and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Income inequalities between and within countries have worsened in recent decades. More on «Inequalities and the Post-2015 Development Agenda» -
Feb 2013
What Prospects for Transport Infrastructure and Impacts on Growth in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries?
Author: Robin Carruthers
Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
This report provides estimates of the costs of 11 southern and eastern Mediterranean countries of bringing their infrastructure to specified standards, and the macroeconomic benefits of those investments. More on «What Prospects for Transport Infrastructure and Impacts on Growth in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries?»
January 2013
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Jan 2013
State Union Membership 2012
Author: John Schmitt, Janelle Jones, Milla Sanes
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
On 23 January 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2012. More on «State Union Membership 2012»
December 2012
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Dec 2012
Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy
Author: Katja Hujo
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This publication suggests that when countries carefully balance productive and redistributive goals, mineral wealth can be harnessed for equitable and sustainable development. More on «Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy»
October 2012
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2 Oct 2012
Russian Analytical Digest No.118: Russia’s Evolving Political System
Author: Vladimir Gel’man, Dmitry Oreshkin, Andrew Jarrell, Dmitry Maslov
Publisher: Center for Security Studies (CSS) / Research Centre for East European Studies (FSOE) / German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
This edition of the RAD focuses on the growth of political opposition to the Putin regime. More on «Russian Analytical Digest No.118: Russia’s Evolving Political System» -
Oct 2012
Economic and Social Development in the Republic of Korea
Author: Ilcheong Yi
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper examines how the Republic of Korea, in the wake of its 1950-1953 war with its northern enemy, arose to become the ‘miracle of the Han’. More on «Economic and Social Development in the Republic of Korea»
