In the 1980s most of Sub-Saharan African countries (SSA) especially the HIPCs faced an unprecedented indebtedness. Different mechanisms of debt relief as well as economic reforms have been put in place with the objective of enabling these countries to reach long-term economic growth and reduce...

The aim of the report is to provide a survey of recent literature regarding regionalization and regional cooperation in East Asia in general and in Southeast Asia in particular, and, second, to review a number of historical and contemporary debates in regard to the potential regionalization...

This paper challenges this view. It argues that while income inequality declined in several nations between the 1950s and 1970s, this trend has been reversed during the last twenty years in two-thirds of the countries with adequate data. This conclusion is based on an econometric analysis of...

This research report first discusses tropical platations in global forestry. It emphasizes that tree plantations presently include much a wider range of categories, purposes, species variety and management forms than commonly perceived.

The age of humanitarian Emergencies makes an effort to define and operationalize a humanitarian emergency. After having discussed extensively difinitions related to collective violence, especially genocide and civil war, the paper opts for a more comprehensive difinition associated with the idea...