Corina Rodríguez Enríquez and Diane Elson argue that the aim to build strong, efficient and more equitable tax system should become a goal for feminism. They propose a framework for analyzing taxation using a gender equality lens that could shape a fair and equitable taxation system.

Radhika Balakrishnan, Diane Elson and Rajeev Patel propose a novel focus and methodology that allows us to evaluate macro-economic policies from the perspective of the progressive realization of the people's economic and social human rights, and the States’ compliance with their minimal, basic...

Paul Streeten proposes four reasons to revise old ideas of the role of a university, of higher education, and of research. He suggests that the emphasis on pure research (at least in economics) in the universities of the North has been overdone. He feels that research economists have focused on...

Paul Streeten looks at how UN agencies and other international and regional organizations could become more responsive to the demands and needs of the global civil society. He suggests that with the end of the Cold War there could now be a more creative adaptation to the new power constellations...