The roles of the state in global value chains: the growing debate and agenda
By Rory Horner and Matthew Alford, January 2019 In a new paper in the GDI Working Paper Series we argue that the state-GVC nexus is, and will continue to be, especially significant in shaping development outcomes. Research on global value chains (GVCs) has broken with...How can we eradicate poverty by 2030?
The Project Syndicate created a video on the research done by Antonio Savoia and Niaz Asadullah on whether state capacity made an impact on achieving the MDGs. Download their original open access research paper Read commentary on World Economic Forum. Note: This...
It’s not all been bad!
With so much news of political, social and environmental doom it’s easy to forget that good things have also been happening in the world. We asked our researchers to tell us some nuggets of good that took place in 2018: Dani Malerba, Honorary Research Fellow GDI....