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Ramani, Shyama V. , Apr 2021, How should policymakers tackle ‘wicked’ problems? From designing solutions to building legitimacy, This is the first in a policy brief series that will examine societal problems from a solution design perspective. It presents the frameworks that will be applied to examine consequential challenges with deep shades of wickedness such as COVID-19, open defecation, climate change and violence against girls and women etc.in future briefs, More information
Brancati, Emanuele, Carlo Pietrobelli & Caio Torres Mazzi, 2021, The influence of value-chain governance on innovation performance: A study of Italian suppliers, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-017 | Abstract
Damioli, Giacomo, Vincent Van Roy, Daniel Vertesy & Marco Vivarelli, 2021, Will the AI revolution be labour-friendly? Some micro evidence from the supply side, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-016 | Abstract
Habiyaremye, Alexis, Olebogeng Molewa & Pelontle Lekomanyane, 2021, Estimating Employment Gains of the Proposed Infrastructure Stimulus Plan in Post?Covid?19 South Africa, Vol.:(0123456789)The European Journal of Development Research, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/0.1057/s41287-021-00400-5, More information
Ndubuisi, Gideon, 2021, Fettered cross-border capital flows, external finance dependence, and international trade, International Economics, 164: 206-216, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2020.10.002, More information
Ndubuisi, Gideon & Solomon Owusu, 2021, How important is global value chain participation for export upgrading, The World Economy, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13102, More information
Ndubuisi, Gideon, Chuks Otioma & Godsway Tetteh, 2021, Digital infrastructure and employment in services: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries, Telecommunications Policy, Online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2021.102153, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2021, Foreign R&D spillovers to the USA and strategic reactions, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-015 | Abstract
Iacoella, Francesco, Patricia Justino & Bruno Martorano, 2021, Do pandemics lead to rebellion? Policy responses to COVID-19, inequality, and protests in the USA, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-014 | Abstract
Gardiner, Drew, Micheline Goedhuys & Michelle Gonzalez Amador, Mar 2021, Youth aspirations and the future of work, in: Juan Chacaltana, Sukti Dasgupta
(eds), Is the future ready for youth?, ILO, Geneva, 264 p, More information
Gassmann, Franziska, Bruno Martorano & Jennifer Waidler, 2021, How social assistance affects subjective Well-being: Lessons from Kyrgyzstan, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-013 | Abstract
Kuss, Maria Klara, Oct 03, 2021, Profound clashes of beliefs: social protection policy processes in Zambia, Paper presented at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) International Conference, Online, 10 March 2021
Caarls, Kim, Victor Cebotari, Despina Karamperidou, Maria Carolina Alban Conto, Juliana Zapata & Rachel Yang Zhou, 2021, Lifting Barriers to Education During and After COVID-19: Improving education outcomes for migrant and refugee children in Latin America and the Caribbean, Innocenti Research Report, More information
Lietaert, Ine & Katherine Kuschminder, 2021, Contextualizing and conceptualizing reintegration processes in the context of return, International Migration, More information
Konte, Maty, 2021, How do education resources respond to the quality of local governance in Africa?, Review of Development Economics, 25(3): 1538-1557, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12770, More information
Marotta, Julieta, Mar 08, 2021, Digitalization and Awareness of Resources for Women Victims of Violence, Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls Digitalisation for SDG 5.2: Exploring Implications, Opportunities and Threats, On-line Conference, SITE4Society, More information
Navarrete Gallo, Pamela L. & Jo Ritzen, 2021, Do institutions and ideology matter for economic growth in Latin America in the first two decades of the 21st century?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-012 | Abstract
Corsini, Alberto, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2021, What makes a productive Ph.D. student?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-011 | Abstract
Iacoella, Francesco & Nyasha Tirivayi, 2021, Mobile phones and HIV testing: Multi-country evidence from sub-Saharan Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-010 | Abstract
Granja, Cintia Denise & Ana Maria Carneiro, 2021, Attitudes towards inequality in Brazil: An analysis of a highly unequal country, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-009 | Abstract
Celbis, Mehmet Guney, Mar 2021, Applications of Machine Learning Models in Regional and Demographic Economic Analysis, in: William Cochrane, Michael P. Cameron, Omoniyi Alimi, Labor Markets, Migration, and Mobility:
Essays in Honor of Jacques Poot, Springer, Singapore, 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9275-1_10, More information
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz, J. Fransen, F. Vanelli, D.O. Peralta & J. Edelenbos, 2021, The emergence of Urban Community Resilience Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Exploratory Study, European Journal of Development Research, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00348-y, More information
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz, 2021, Innovation in mining: what are the challenges and opportunities along the value chain for Latin American suppliers?, Mineral Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-021-00251-w, More information
Dubow, Talitha & Katherine Kuschminder, 2021, Family strategies in refugee journeys to Europe, Journal of Refugee Studies, More information
Reinold, Julia, 2021, Highly educated migrants' perceptions of the Euregional welcome culture, Study commissioned by the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) in the framework of the INTERREG-V-A project youRegion, More information
Dietrich, Stephan, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano & Georg Schmerzeck, 2021, COVID-19 policy responses, mobility, and food prices: Evidence from local markets in 47 low to middle income countries, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-008 | Abstract
Lema, Rasmus, Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti & Antonio Vezzani, 2021, Deepening or delinking? Innovative capacity and global value chain participation in the ICT sectors, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-007 | Abstract
Habiyaremye, Alexis, Peter Jacobs, Olebogeng Molewa & Pelontle Lekomanyane, 2021, Macroeconomic stimulus packages and income inequality in developing countries: Lessons from the 2007-9 Great Recession for the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-006 | Abstract
Habiyaremye, Alexis, Feb 2021, Creating jobs costs money - how can cash-strapped SA shape a post-pandemic turnaround?, fin24, Opinion piece, More information
Habiyaremye, Alexis, 2021, Co-Operative Learning and Resilience to COVID-19 in a Small-Sized South African Enterprise, Sustainability, 13(4): 1976, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041976, More information
Kuschminder, Katherine, Charlotte Mueller, Kiza Magendane & Yannicke Goris, 2021, Diaspora and knowledge transfer - the evidence, The Broker, More information
Konte, Maty & Gideon Ndubuisi, 2021, Financial constraint, trust, and export performances: firm-level evidence from Africa, Journal of Institutional Economics, 17: 583-605, More information
Damioli, Giacomo, Vincent Van Roy & Daniel Vertesy, 2021, The impact of artificial intelligence on labor productivity, Eurasian Business Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-020-00172-8, More information
Calza, Elisa & Micheline Goedhuys, 2021, Just a Piece of Paper? Domestic Standards Certification and Small Firm Growth in Viet Nam, Journal of Development Studies, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1873289, More information
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2021, Patent landscaping using 'green' technological trajectories, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-005 | Abstract
Karabulut, Gokhan, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker, 2021, Democracy and COVID-19 Outcomes, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-004 | Abstract
Keijser, Charlotte, René Belderbos & Micheline Goedhuys, 2021, Governance and learning in global, regional, and local value chains: The IT enabled services industry in South Africa, World Development, 141, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105398, More information
Fagbeja, T. & Victor Cebotari, 2021, A robustness check to Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) methodology. The case of Nigeria, Social Policy Research Institute?, Belgium, SPRI Discussion Paper 2021-01, More information
Chávez, Cirenia, Victor Cebotari, Maria José Benítez, Dominique Richardson, Chii Fen Hiu & Juliana Zapata, 2021, School-Related Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Building an evidence base for stronger schools, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy, Innocenti Working Papers no. 2021-02, More information
Celbis, Mehmet Guney, 2021, A Machine Learning Approach to Rural Entrepreneurship, Papers in Regional Science, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12595, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2021, Labour-augmenting technical change data for alternative elasticities of substitution, growth, slowdown, and distribution dynamics, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-003 | Abstract
Kool, Tamara A. , Giulio Bordon & Franziska Gassmann, 2021, Access to social protection for platform and other non-standard workers: A literature review, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-002 | Abstract
Rossello, Giulia, 2021, Social Transformations and Labour Market Entry: An Investigation into University Systems in Emerging Economies, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Wong, Pui-hang, 2021, Economic Deprivation: Approaches, Causes, and Consequences for Violent Conflicts, in: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Özuyar P.G., Wall T. (eds), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer, Cham, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71066-2_70-1, More information
Iizuka, Michiko & Gerald Hane, 2021, Transformation towards sustainable development goals: Role of innovation ecosystems for inclusive, disruptive advances in five Asian case studies, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-001 | Abstract
Konte, Maty & Rose Camille Vincent, 2021, Mining and quality of public services: The role of local governance and decentralization, World Development, 140, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105350, More information
Cebotari, Victor & Bilisuma Dito, 2021, Internal and international parental migration and the living conditions of children in Ghana, Children and Youth Services Review, 121(Februari): 105821, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105821, More information
Turkeli, Serdar & René Kemp, Jan 2021, System Transitions for Sustainable Development Goal 9, in: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature, Switzerland, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71059-4_95-1, More information
Konte, Maty & Gideon Ndubuisi, 2021, Remittances and Bribery in Africa, in: Maty Konte and Linguere Mously Mbaye, Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa, Routledge, UK, More information
Konte, Maty & Linguère Mously Mbaye (eds.), 2021, Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa, Routledage, UK, More information