While there is an impressive amount of research – theoretical propositions as well as empirical results – focusing on how ecosystem services can contribute to poverty reduction and resilience, it is less clear how this knowledge is operationalized and applied among development agencies and...

The global crisis and the expansionary government reaction in many countries have revamped the attention of policymakers and academics on the growth effects of large public debts. Recent empirical studies investigate the impact of public debt on growth in advanced and emerging countries. This...

Globalisation is transforming the nature of authority in international relations, as hegemony is replaced by geo-governance, involving a more varied set of actors. However, private authority over markets and resources is still often constituted and refracted through states. Much has been written...

Uganda has undertaken various trade policy reforms over the past 15 years. The size and dispersion of tariffs have been substantially reduced; export taxes have been abolished; quantitative trade restrictions and non-tariff barriers to trade (such as trade licensing, prohibitions/bans, quotas,...

This article develops a general framework for considering the relationship between international trade and horizontal inequalities. Horizontal inequalities (inequalities between ‘culturally’ defined groups) affect people's well-being and can lead to violent conflicts. They are the product of...

Dans le contexte des objectifs multiples des institutions de microfinance (IMFs), cet article teste deux hypothèses. Nous soutenons, premièrement, qu’il existe un compromis entre les objectifs sociaux des IMFs et leur efficacité financière. Deuxièmement, nous considérons qu’il y a...

This article explores the extent to which trade might impact horizontal inequalities in Indonesia by focusing on a district-level cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between different export sectors and the extent of horizontal inequalities across three dimensions. Although the causal...