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Kuss, Maria Klara, Edith Vos & Hannah Grijns, Apr 2018, Reposted blog article - Why contextualising the transmission channels from social pensions to economic growths matters, UNU-MERIT blog reposted on INCLUDE Platform, Leiden: INCLUDE Secretariat, More information
Ghali, Sofiane, Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen & Sami Zouari, Apr 2018, Women’s and Youth Empowerment in Rural Tunisia, An assessment using the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), First report presenting disaggregated statistics on women’s and youth empowerment from a nationally representative survey of 1,150 households in Tunisia. The survey and report have been funded through ILO Taqeem (meaning “evaluation” in Arabic), which is a partnership between the ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) as part of an IFAD-financed project titled “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa”, 80 pp, More information
Reinold, Julia, 2018, Migration and Education: International Student Mobility, Tijdschrift VN Forum, 2017-2(Migration and Development), More information
Merkle, Ortrun, Apr 2018, Corruption and Migration: What is the Connection?, Tijdschrift VN Forum, 2017-2 (Migration and Development), More information
Falvey, Rod & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2018, On the Relationship between the Breadth of PTAs and Trade Flows, The World Economy, 41(4): 1088-1110, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12618, More information
Falvey, Rod & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2018, North-South FDI and Bilateral Investment Treaties, The World Economy, 41(1): 2-28, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12539, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, Disposiciones que promueven el empoderamiento legal en víctimas de violencia doméstica: The impact of the type of care utilized by mothers on under-five mortality of their children, LLCABA2018(abril): 1, More information
Wehner, Caroline, 2018, Too Scared to Achieve: The Relation between Neuroticism, Conscientiousness and Socioeconomic Outcomes, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi & Adam Szirmai, 2018, Africa Sector Database (ASD): Expansion and update, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-020 | Abstract
Muzyamba, Choolwe, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova, Iryna Rud & Sonila Tomini, 2018, Professional care delivery or traditional birth attendants? , BMC Tropical Medicine and Health, 46(8), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-018-0090-0, More information
Mueller, Charlotte, 2018, Migration & knowledge transfer, NVVN Edition Migration and Development, More information
Salama, Diego & Ortrun Merkle, Apr 2018, Bystanders for 7 years – is the UN ready for a peacekeeping mission in Syria?, Strife Series on United Nations Peacekeeping; Strife Blog, More information
Arouri, Hassan, Adel Ben Youssef, Francesco Quatraro & Marco Vivarelli, 2018, Drivers of growth in Tunisia: Young firms vs incumbents, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-019 | Abstract
Merkle, Ortrun, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2018, Corruption, Gender and Migration, 2018 Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum, More information
Marotta, Julieta & Agustín Parise, Apr 05, 2018, El aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) y su aplicación en un ámbito multicultural, Conference, Faculty of Law, University Buenos Aires, More information
Marotta, Julieta, Apr 2018, Access to Justice: A Driver for the Sustainable Development Goals, M-EPLI blog, the Maastricht European Private Law Institute, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, Edith Vos & Hannah Grijns, Apr 2018, Why contextualising the transmission channels from social pensions to economic growths matters, UNU-MERIT blog, Maastricht: UNU-MERIT and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, Mar 28, 2018, The Constructivism of Welfare Regimes: Understanding the Emergence of Social Protection Policies, Paper presented at Political Studies Association 2018 International Conference, Cardiff, 28 March 2018
Merkle, Ortrun, Mar 27, 2018, Corruption, Gender and Migration: what are we missing?, OECD Global Anti-corrruption & Integrity Forum: Youth ResearchEdge Competition Winner - Research Pitch and Poster Presentation, More information
Volante, Louis, Don A. Klinger & Özge Bilgili (eds.), 2018, Immigrant Student Achievement and Education Policy: Cross-Cultural Approaches, Springer Press, Switzerland, More information
Konte, Maty, Feb 2018, How corrupt local officials kill decent education in Africa, The Conversation, Improving the quality of education systems will have huge benefits for Africa’s present and future generations. Part of this improvement must involve tackling people’s negative perceptions about their local councillors, whether those relate to corruption, effectiveness or responsiveness.
Central governance remains important. It should be coupled with careful plans and actions to fix local governance, make councillors more accountable and ensure they’re providing the services schools need to thrive, More information
Cebotari, Victor, 2018, Transnational migration, gender and educational development of children in Tajikistan, Global Networks, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12193, More information
Kuss, Maria Klara, Mar 2018, An interactive and in-depth approach to policy analysis: Analysing social protection policy processes in Zambia, Guest lecture in the Social Protection Specialisation, Maastricht: UNU-MERIT and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University
Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Towards a European full employment policy
, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-018 | Abstract
Vinci, Vincenzo & Keetie Roelen, 2018, Institutional factors and people's preferences in the implementation of social protection: the case of Ethiopia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-017 | Abstract
Mahé, Clotilde , Wim Naudé & Tilman Brück, Feb 2018, Return migration and self-employment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan, IZA - Institute of Labor economics, Bonn, Germany, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11332, More information
Justino, Patricia & Bruno Martorano, 2018, Welfare spending and political conflict in Latin America, 1970–2010, World Development, 107: 98-110, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.005, More information
Martorano, Bruno, Mar 2018, The relationship between perceptions of inequality and political participation: the case of West Balkans, IDS, Brighton, UK, More information
Martorano, Bruno, 2018, Taxation and inequality in developing countries: Lessons from the recent experience of Latin America, Journal of International Development, 30(2): 256-273, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3350, More information
Wako, Hassen, 2018, Economic Globalization, Institutions and Development: Essays on Aid, Foreign Direct Investment and Trade, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Innocenti, Stefania, 2018, On Institutional persistence, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2018, Testing the Growth Links of Emerging Economies: Croatia in a Growing World Economy, Bulletin of Applied Economics, 5(1): 1-27
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2018, The Serendipity Theorem for an Endogenous Open Economy Growth Model, Theoretical Economics Letters, 8(4): 720-727
Wang, Lili & Zexia Li, 2018, Knowledge transfer from science to technology: the case of nano medical device technologies, Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 3:11, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2018.00011, More information
Gehl Sampath, Padmashree & Bertha Vallejo, 2018, Global Value Chains and Upgrading: What, When and How?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-016 | Abstract
Muzyamba, Choolwe, Wim Groot, Sonila Tomini & Milena Pavlova, 2018, Community mobilization and maternal Care of Women Living with HIV in poor settings: the case of Mfuwe, Zambia, BMC Health Services Research, 18(155), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2959-3, More information
Butler, Ines, Sebastian Guiñazu, David Giuliodori, Julián Martinez Correa, Alejandro Rodriguez & Ezequiel Tacsir, Jan 2018, Programas de Financiamiento Productivo a pymes, acceso al crédito y desempeño de las firmas: Evidencia de Argentina, CAF-Development Bank Of Latinamerica, Caracas, More information
Calzada Olvera, Beatriz & Neil Foster-McGregor, 2018, What is the potential of natural resource based industrialisation in Latin America? An Input-Output analysis of the extractive sectors, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-015 | Abstract
Ziesemer, Thomas, 2018, Fluctuations in renewable electricity supply: Gains from international trade through infrastructure?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-014 | Abstract
Wako, Hassen, 2018, Foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond its growth effect, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-013 | Abstract
Martorano, Bruno, Laura Metzger & Marco Sanfilippo, 2018, Chinese development assistance and household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-012 | Abstract
Beekman, Gonne, Eleonora Nillesen & Maarten Voors, 2018, Sanctioning Regimes and Chief Quality: Evidence from Liberia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-011 | Abstract
Gault, Fred, 2018, Defining and measuring innovation in all sectors of the economy, Research Policy, 47(3): 617-622, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.01.007, More information
Dietrich, Stephan, Gonne Beekman & Eleonora Nillesen, 2018, Market integration and pro-social behaviour in rural Liberia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-010 | Abstract
Leuveld, Koen, Eleonora Nillesen, Janneke Pieters, Martha Ross, Maarten Voors & Soazic Elise Wang Sonne, 2018, Agricultural extension and input subsidies to reduce food insecurity. Evidence from a field experiment in the Congo, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-009 | Abstract
Chowdhury, Shyamal, Matthias Sutter & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2018, Evaluating intergenerational persistence of economic preferences: A large scale experiment with families in Bangladesh, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-008 | Abstract
Nigus, Halefom, Eleonora Nillesen & Pierre Mohnen, 2018, The effect of weather index insurance on social capital: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-007 | Abstract
Tesfaye, Wondimagegn & Nyasha Tirivayi, 2018, The Impacts of Postharvest Storage Innovations on Food Security and Welfare in Ethiopia, Food Policy, 75: 52-67, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.01.004, More information
Tirivayi, Nyasha, Louise Nennen, Wondimagegn Tesfaye & Qiang Ma, 2018, The benefits of collective action: Exploring the role of forest producer organizations in social protection, Forest Policy and Economics, 90: 106-114, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2018.01.010, More information
Cebotari, Victor, Melissa Siegel & Valentina Mazzucato, 2018, Migration and child health in Moldova and Georgia, Comparative Migration Studies, 6(1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-017-0068-9, More information