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This paper discusses why the UNECE countries have chosen rather different models of welfare state and, more generally, alternative policies to fight poverty. In particular, the paper focuses upon why...

The objective of the “Blue book” is to establish an inventory of existing and envisaged standards and parameters of E waterways and ports in Europe and to show, on an internationally comparable basis...

This Paper argues that the challenges posed by resource dependence can be overcome if accompanied by the right economic policies. It then analyzes what these policies are, and how to set up economic...

The continued growth of the European Union (EU) will have important economic consequences both for the EU member states and for their trading partners, especially those at the new borders of the...

This paper discusses the role of institutions in economic development. The author puts forward an argument that the considerable gap in real income per capita between richer and poorer countries...

The Mydral Lecture, delivered by Nobel laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 11 February 2004 is presented in this paper. In his lecture, Prof. Stiglitz offers...

This groundbreaking 10-part family television series explores critical global issues such as war, environmental degradation, discrimination and poverty through the eyes of a child. The goal is to...

In “AIDS in the Caribbean”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Danny Glover travels to Port of Spain to witness the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and teenagers. He...

In “Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Michael Douglas hosts a sobering look at exploited children in this war-torn country where...

In “Poverty in America”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Tim Robbins meets Jessica, who cares for siblings while her dad works long hours for low pay, and J.R., who...

In “Refugees in Tanzania”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Angelina Jolie works with children victimized by long years of civil strife. She introduces the Fataki...

In “Child Labor in Brazil”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Susan Sarandon interviews 12-year-old Eleandra, who picks garbage seven days a week, and a boy named...

In “Landmines in Cambodia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Laurence Fishburne tells the stories of Suk Ratha, who remembers only the deafening explosion that...

In “Girls' Education in India”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, Brazilian-born actress, Sonia Braga explores how girls are typically educated in this largely Hindu...

In “Street Children in Mongolia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Richard Gere reviews the plight of street children in Ulanbaatar and other cities in this remote...

In “Indigenous Children in Australia”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Rachel Ward works with aboriginal children and teens in Australia's urban centers and the...

In “Conflict in Northern Ireland”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Meg Ryan helps tell the unhappy stories of Northern Ireland's children who suffer the effects...

This paper addresses some aspects of the mobilization of domestic financial resources for development in the ECE emerging market economies, focusing in the interrelation between national savings...