Outputs (8)

Could Employment-Focused Policies Spearhead Economic Recovery in Europe? (2011)
Other
McKinley, T., & Cozzi, G. (2011). Could Employment-Focused Policies Spearhead Economic Recovery in Europe?

Where do the Poor Live? (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A. (in press). Where do the Poor Live?. World Development, 40(5), 865-877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.09.007

This paper argues that the distribution of global poverty has changed and that most of the world’s poor no longer live in countries officially classified as low-income countries (LICs). It is estimated that the majority of the world’s poor, or up to... Read More about Where do the Poor Live?.

Services and supply chains: The role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania (2011)
Report
Bayliss, K., & Tukai, R. (2011). Services and supply chains: The role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania

Private water vendors provide a means by which households without an individual piped connection to the utility network access water across tanzania’s capital city —dar es Salaam. Perhaps surprisingly, the most expensive water originates from a publi... Read More about Services and supply chains: The role of the domestic private sector in water service delivery in Tanzania.

Fiscal Contraction or Fiscal Expansion in the US: Which Will Promote Growth and Employment? (2011)
Other
McKinley, T., & Cozzi, G. (2011). Fiscal Contraction or Fiscal Expansion in the US: Which Will Promote Growth and Employment?

Morals, Ethics and Economics: The Case for Aid in Fiscally Constrained Times (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A., & Tribe, M. (2011). Morals, Ethics and Economics: The Case for Aid in Fiscally Constrained Times. Journal of International Development, 23(6), 782-801. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1810

The Global Economic Crisis and Beyond: What Possible Future(s) for Development Studies? (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A. (2011). The Global Economic Crisis and Beyond: What Possible Future(s) for Development Studies?. The European Journal of Development Research, 23(1), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2010.56

Global Poverty Reduction to 2015 and Beyond (2011)
Journal Article
Sumner, A., & Tiwari, M. (2011). Global Poverty Reduction to 2015 and Beyond. Global Policy, 2(2), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2011.00077.x

Low-income countries and commodity price volatility (2011)
Book Chapter
Bargawi, H., Bova, E., Ferrarini, B., & Newman, S. (2011). Low-income countries and commodity price volatility. In T. Cottier, & P. Delimatsis (Eds.), The Prospects of International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence (452-482). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511792496.014

KEY MESSAGES:

∙ Low-income countries (LICs) are highly vulnerable to fluctuations in commodity prices. Excessive price volatility complicates macroeconomic management and can worsen long-run growth and development prospects.

∙ Financial specula... Read More about Low-income countries and commodity price volatility.