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Ritzen, Jo, 2020, Public universities, in search of enhanced funding, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-020 | Abstract
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz & Michiko Iizuka, 2020, How does innovation take place in the mining industry? Understanding the logic behind innovation in a changing context, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-019 | Abstract
Siegel, Melissa, 2020, Migration and Health, in: Bastia, Tanja & Ronald Skeldon, Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development, Routledge, UK, More information
Ndubuisi, Gideon, 2020, Trust and R&D investments: evidence from OECD countries, Journal of Institutional Economics, 16(6): 809-830, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137420000156, More information
Ndubuisi, Gideon, 2020, Contractual frictions and the patterns of trade: The role of generalized trust, The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, online, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2020.1745259, More information
Soete, Luc, May 2020, Hammer or nudge? Science-based policy advice in the COVID-19 pandemic, The COVID-19 pandemic is not only confronting the world with a new and deadly virus – it has also brought ‘science’ back into the lead of policymaking. One can only welcome this dramatic recognition of the value
and role of science to society amid the COVID-19 public health challenge. However, the science-based policy advice for measures to combat COVID-19 has also some worrying features. Three are being discussed here. They have led to a strong national bias in both science-based policy advice and in the national policies implemented to combat COVID-19. Alternative
approaches are discussed focusing in particular on the European Union, More information
Vinci, Vincenzo & Keetie Roelen, 2020, The relevance of institutions and people’s preferences in the PSNP and IN-SCT programmes in Ethiopia, International Social Security Review, 73(1): 139-167, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12230, More information
Borgonovi, Francesca & Louis Volante, Feb 2020, PISA 2018 indicates gender reading gaps are closing: Is it time to celebrate?, The blog International-Education is an outcome of the project OCCAM. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 76500, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, 2020, Extending Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Social Policy in Developing Countries, International Workshop co-convened, organised and chaired, together with Andrew Fischer, María Gabriela Palacio Ludeña, and Hayley Jones, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, 10-11 February 2020
Kuss, Maria Klara, 2020, The limitation of technocratic narratives: a bottom-up perspective on social protection policy processes in Zambia, Paper presented at International Workshop, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, 11 February 2020
Zimmermann, Klaus F., Gokhan Karabulut, Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Asli Cansin Doker, 2020, Inter-country Distancing, Globalisation and the Coronavirus Pandemic, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-018 | Abstract
Kaltenberg, Mary, 2020, From Micro to Macro: Essays on Technological Change and Income Divergence, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Ragab, Nora Jasmin, 2020, Diaspora Mobilisation in a Conflict Setting: The Emergence and Trajectories of Syrian Diaspora Mobilisation in Germany, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Tomai, Maria, Apr 2020, When Mother Earth sends a message: We must respond!, Short blog on International Mother Earth Day, More information
Nour, Samia S. O. M., 2020, Overview of the Sudan Uprising, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-017 | Abstract
Nour, Samia S. O. M., 2020, Migration of higher education students from the North Africa Region to the United Kingdom, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-016 | Abstract
Ritzen, Jo, Javi Lopez, André Knottnerus, Salvador Pérez-Moreno, George Papandreou & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2020, Taking the challenge: A joint European policy response to the corona crisis to strengthen the public sector and restart a more sustainable and social Europe, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-015 | Abstract
Njagi, Purity, Jelena Arsenijevic & Wim Groot, 2020, Cost–related unmet need for healthcare services in Kenya, BMC Health Services Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05189-3, More information
Soete, Luc, Bart Verspagen & Thomas Ziesemer, 2020, The economic impact of public R&D: an international perspective, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-014 | Abstract
Müller-Funk, Lea & Sonja Fransen, Mar 2020, Return aspirations and coerced return: A case study on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon, International Migration Institute, Amsterdam, IMI Working papers, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2020, Semi-endogenous growth models with domestic and foreign private and public R&D linked to VECMs with evidence for five countries, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-013 | Abstract
Fagerberg, Jan & Bart Verspagen, 2020, Technological revolutions, structural change & catching-up, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-012 | Abstract
Piva, Mariacristina, Massimiliano Tani & Marco Vivarelli, 2020, The productivity impact of business visits across industries, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-011 | Abstract
Sumner, Andy, Mar 2020, Industrialisation and De-Industrialisation in the Developing World, Many middle-income developing countries are experiencing stalled industrialisation or ‘premature
de-industrialisation’. Premature deindustrialisation refers to an empirical observation that some
developing countries have reached ‘peak manufacturing’ in employment and GDP shares at lower levels than earlier industrialisers. In other words, the opportunities manufacturing presents for economic development and employment creation are being exhausted earlier and with fewer of the benefits that have typically accrued to countries through manufacturing. This brief discusses the phenomenon and the policy implications for developing countries looking ahead, More information
Martorano, Bruno, Laura Metzger & Marco Sanfilippo, 2020, Chinese development assistance and household welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa, World Development, 129, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104909
Hooijen, Inge, Christoph Meng & Julia Reinold, 2020, Be prepared for the unexpected: The gap between (im)mobility intentions and subsequent behaviour of recent higher education graduates, Population Space and Place, 26(2313), DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2313, More information
Zinyemba, Tatenda, Wim Groot & Milena Pavlova, 2020, EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS ON CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW, Journal of Economic Surveys, 34(1): 35-84, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12345, More information
Ayoubi, Charles, Sandra Barbosu, Michele Pezzoni & Fabiana Visentin, 2020, What matters in funding: The value of research coherence and alignment in evaluators' decisions, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-010 | Abstract
Haile, Kaleab, Eleonora Nillesen & Nyasha Tirivayi, 2020, Impact of formal climate risk transfer mechanisms on risk-aversion: Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia, World Development, 130, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104930, More information
Kaltenberg, Mary & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2020, The impact of automation on inequality across Europe, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-009 | Abstract
Volante, Louis & Francesca Borgonovi, 2020, Girls consistently outperform boys in reading skills – but could this be changing?, The Conversation, More information
Sanfilippo, Marco, Feb 2020, Jobs and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries, Structural transformation and the creation of new and high quality jobs are at the core of the development debate. How to promote structural transformation in a world characterised by globalisation of production, new technologies and the services revolution is a matter of concern that policymakers are trying to address with 21st century industrial policies, More information
Manuamorn, Ornsaran Pomme, Robbert Biesbroek & Victor Cebotari, 2020, What makes internationally-financed climate change adaptation projects focus on local communities? A configurational analysis of 30 adaptation Adaptation fund Fund projects, Global Environmental Change, 61(March): 102035, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102035, More information
Schlogl, Lukas, Feb 2020, Automation, Industrialisation and Development, Automation, digitisation and other new technologies that are shaping the future of work have begun to catch the interest of scholars of economic development. This
policy brief discusses a set of key issues and debates in this area and highlights selected recent empirical contributions, More information
Kalz, Marco, Martine Schophuizen & Serdar Turkeli, Feb 2020, The Disaggregated, Networked and
Open Future of Education for Sustainable
Development, in: Humanistic Futures of Learning: Perspectives From UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks, UNESCO, Paris, More information
Mathew, Nanditha, 2020, STI-DUI innovation modes and firm performance in the Indian capital goods industry: Do small firms differ from large ones?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-008 | Abstract
Montobbio, Fabio, Jacopo Staccioli, E. Virgillito & Marco Vivarelli, 2020, Robots and the origin of their labour-saving impact, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-007 | Abstract
Dietrich, Stephan & Georg Schmerzeck, 2020, For real? Income and non-income effects of cash transfers on the demand for food, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-006 | Abstract
Iizuka, Michiko & Hugo Hollanders, Jan 2020, Innovation Indicators: for a critical reflection on their use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan, GRIPS Discussion Paper 19-29, DOI: https://doi.org/10.24545/00001723, More information
Guillard, Charlotte, 2020, Mapping industrial patterns and structural change in exports, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-005 | Abstract
Constant, Amelie, 2020, Time-space dynamics of return and circular migration: Theories and evidence, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-004 | Abstract
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, Uneven development and the balance of payments constrained model: Terms of trade, economic cycles, and productivity catching-up, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-003 | Abstract
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, The La Marca Model revisited: Structuralist Goodwin cycles with evolutionary supply side and balance of payments constraints, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-002 | Abstract
Spinola, Danilo, 2020, Debating the assumptions of the Thirlwall Model: A VECM analysis of the Balance of Payments for Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-001 | Abstract
Confraria, Hugo & Lili Wang, 2020, Medical research versus disease burden in Africa, Research Policy, 49(3): 103916, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103916, More information
Turkeli, Serdar, 2020, Complexity and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Computational Intelligence Approach to Support Policy Mix Designs, Journal of Sustainability Research, 2(1): 1-22, DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.20900/jsr20200006, More information
Pietrobelli, Carlo & Robert Devlin, 2020, Modern Industrial Policy and Public–Private Councils at the Subnational Level: Mexico’s Experience in an International Perspective, L'Industria. Rivista di Economia e Politica Industriale, More information
Unceta, Alfonso, Álvaro Luna, Javier Castro & René Wintjes, 2020, Social Innovation Regime: an integrated approach to measure social innovation, European Planning Studies, 28(5): 906-924, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1578338, More information
Kuschminder, Katherine & Anna Triandafyllidou, 2020, Smuggling, Trafficking, and Extortion: New Conceptual and Policy Challenges on the Libyan Route to Europe, Antipode, 52(1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12579, More information
Konte, Maty, 2020, Female Policymakers and Women’s Well-Being in Africa, in: M.Konte and N.Tirivayi, Women and Sustainable Human Development
Empowering Women in Africa, Palgrave Macmillan, Geneva