DEV Working Paper No. 298: The Impact of Migration Policies on Rural Household Welfare in Mexico and Nicaragua

This working paper presents findings from an evaluation of the impacts of immigration policies on the welfare of migrants and their families in migrant-sending countries, focussing on Mexico and Nicaragua (US policies in the first case and US and Costa Rican policies in the second).

Coverage Gaps in Social Protection: What Role for Institutional Innovations? - De Laiglesia

Paper prepared for the international conference on Social Cohesion and Development Paris 20-21 January 2011

Social cohesion in Africa: Experts’ meeting in Rabat, Morocco, 13 April 2011

Social cohesion will be the topic of the next edition of the Perspectives on Global Development report which every year, identifies analyses and provides workable policy solutions for a pressing global development challenge.

21st Century Multilateralism: the OECD in a G20 World

The shift in the centre of economic gravity, from the advanced to the large emerging economies, has to be reflected in the global governance architecture. The new players have to be given a stronger voice in decision-making and multilateralism has to evolve further in a more inclusive manner.

DEV Working Paper No. 296: The Macroeconomic Effects of Large Exchange Rate Appreciations

In a sample of 128 countries, we identify 25 episodes of large nominal and real appreciations shocks and study their macroeconomic effects in a dummy-augmented panel autoregressive model. Results show that an exchange rate appreciation can have strong effects on current account balances.

Presentations of PGD 2010 Report in New York and Washington - September 2010

On 13-15 September 2010, the Perspectives on Global Development 2010 Shifting Wealth report was launched in North America at the United Nations, the United States State Department, and the Organizatio

Call for Papers: Social Cohesion Conference

Call for Papers: Social Cohesion Conference

Perspectives on Global Development: Shifting Wealth

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The 2011 Perspectives on Global Development looks unprecedented social upheaval and mass citizen mobilisation throughout the world in 2011 and asks the question: How can governments best respond to these new expectations? What policy reforms can contribute to strengthening social cohesion? How can we learn from past experiences and existing practices? These are the questions that will be raised on the occasion of the launch of the

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