This paper focuses on measuring the extent to which publicly subsidized transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean redistribute income. The redi$

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...

Rwanda's genocide was the extreme outcome of the failure of development model that was based on ethnic, regional and social exclusion; that increased deprivation,humiliation and vulnerability of the poor, that allowd state-instigated recism and discrimination to continue unabated, tha was...

Uzbekistan is typically seen as one of the slowest reformers among the countries in transition from central planning to a market-oriented economy. This paper evaluates the walfare impact of gradual transition in Uzbekistan, asking whether it has avoided the short-term disruption associated with...

This paper analyses the long-term growth and welfare impact of the transition to the market economy in the countries of Eastern Europe. We define welfare as the average real net wage after payments of social security contributions to fund a paygo-type pension system, and of taxes to service the...

This paper explores the nature of collective action and group behaviour through a case study of a highly successful political organization of poorer sex workers in Calcutta.