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This publication argues that the agenda for international financial reform must be broadened in at least two senses. First of all, it should go beyond the issues of financial prevention and resolution...

Foreign debt has been the focus of much attention and contention over the years. The debt 'hangover' of many developing countries and particularly of the heavily indebted poor countries has not been...

This publication reviews the current controversy on the reform of the international financial architecture. It discusses essential propositions for a relevant reform, areas of growing consensus and...

This report follows the 2012 Africa Human Development Report, which looked at the importance of assuring food security for all Africans. The two reports share a common objective of addressing what...

This publication investigates the role of bonds as a source of external finance in Latin America in the 1990s. It also examines why financial volatility and contagion were particularly relevant to...

The volatility and contagion characteristic of international financial markets has dominated emerging economies during the 1990s. This paper looks at the role of developing countries' domestic...

During the 1990s, recurrent crises linked to abrupt changes in the direction of international financial flows have been observed in Mexico and most of the Southeast Asian economies. This publication...

This publication takes a look at some of the basic problems that the international financial system faces. It also discusses the roles of international financial institutions and the essential...

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of hunger in the world. Until this situation improves, the human development prospects of millions of Africans will remain at risk. UNDP’s first Africa...