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India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, rode to power in 2014 promising economic transformation.
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Part five of India Tomorrow takes a look at India’s economy.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has had a mixed bag of success and failure.
Building a fiscally capable state won’t bring benefits in the short term but can build taxpayers confidence.
Kota dan kabupaten di Indonesia harus memiliki perencanaan tata ruang yang peka terhadap bencana atau bahkan mempromosikan budaya keselamatan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari publik.
The last two major disasters show that Indonesia needs to embrace a new chapter in its disaster risk governance.
After the G7 fiasco, it’s clear that a trade war is in the making. US justifications of “national security concerns” for its tariffs suggest a legitimate target for EU countermeasures: coal.
To address environmental degradation, including climate change, it is essential to take into account human rights and migration. Hybrid international law and regional thinking are both essential.
Local governance can have a real effect - positive or negative - on the quality of schooling.
China has successfully implemented afforestation to counter desertification. But, today, it faces another risk: its waters are declining.
Indonesia’s shadow economy – a range of activities not included in the national accounts –
is keeping the country back from reaching its tax revenue potential.
Ekonomi bawah tanah-berbagai aktivitas yang tidak masuk pencatatan negara-menghambat Indonesia mencapai potensi penerimaan pajak
The 2017 Global Innovation Index shows that most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean could do much more to tap their innovation potential
International problems and local policies are integrally interwoven, whether the nationalists in Washington like it or not.
There are refugees, there are migrants and then there are the millions of people who live in legal limbo because they defy easy categorisation. But everyone is just looking for a place to call home.
With the US administration sending isolationist signals, Germany stands to gain from the global power vacuum.
In a changing and unsettled world, migration can be a greater-than-ever contributor to development for communities of origin, destination areas, and for the migrants themselves.
Scientists from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe take on the White House with facts from the ground they stand on.
A new study shows that conditional cash transfers have helped Ecuador’s poorest households climb out of poverty. When that money was paired with capital to invest, people fared even better.
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PhD Research Fellow, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Researcher in Social Protection, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Professor and Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, United Nations University
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Senior Research Fellow at Eurac Research, Associate Research Fellow, Institute for Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), United Nations University
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Research Associate, United Nations University
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Visiting Assistant Professor at the George Washington University; Visiting Researcher, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Professor and Deputy Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Senior Researcher, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Senior Researcher, Migration and Development, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Researcher, Maastricht University and Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Researcher in Economics, Health and Governance, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, United Nations University
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Lecturer, Maastricht University (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
