Poor governance and lack of state capabilities in around 45 countries pose a threat to global security and development … November 2011 by the g7+ and their international partners. This Policy Brief casts some light on this New Deal from the … perspective of the UNU-WIDER research project “Fragility and Developmentâ€. [UNU_WIDER Policy Brief No.1, 2012]. URL:[http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/policy …

neglected in the debate on industrial policy and include (i) the increasing globalization of the world economy, most pertinently … outlined. This paper is a follow-up to the earlier WIDER Working Paper entitled ‘Industrial Policy: Old and New Issues’. …

The debate on industrial policy (IP) has been characterized by a number of contractions over the concept of industrial … policy, its merits, contents and application. The purpose of this exploratory paper is to review the debate on IP. Outlining … the concept and instruments of industrial policy, the paper reviews the evolution of IP over time, and discusses the …

lack of data, which constrains policy design. [Discussion Paper No. 2007/02] …

-productivity activities in manufacturing assume an important role remains a defining feature of economic development. The challenges to attain … challenges facing industrial policy. New challenges discussed in the paper include: (i) integration into global value chains, (ii …) the shrinking of policy space in the present international order, (iii) the rise of the Asian driver economies, (iv) new …

Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or … requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be a nuanced partnership between entrepreneurs and the state. In this … paper we outline some considerations for such an industrial policy where the entrepreneur-state nexus is paramount. Moreover …

and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent advanced in …This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development and entrepreneurship. Given … the neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights from the …

Special Issue. We conclude by noting policy implications and areas for further research. …