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Chinese Influence & American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance
December 2018
For three and a half decades following the end of the Maoist era, China adhered to Deng Xiaoping’s policies of “reform and opening to the outside world” and “peaceful development.” After Deng...
The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law
December 2011
From Oxford University Press: There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights...
Human Rights for the 21st Century: Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture
December 2009
A new moral, ethical, and legal framework is needed for international human rights law.
Development and Practice of Arbitration in India --Has It Evolved as an Effective Legal Institution?
October 2009
The significant increase in the role of international trade in the economic development of nations over the last few decades has been accompanied by a considerable increase in the number of...
The Role of Legal Process in the Redesign of Indian Government-Business Relations
October 2009
The institutional context of economic activity in India has undergone tremendous change in the past 15 years.
Crime, War and Global Trafficking: Designing International Cooperation
July 2009
Globalization creates lucrative opportunities for traffickers of drugs, dirty money, blood diamonds, weapons, and other contraband.
India's Intellectual Property Regime: A Counterbalance to Market Liberalization?
February 2009
The impact of intellectual property laws on national economic development is complex and poorly understood.
Global Welfare Mixes and Wellbeing: Cluster, Factor and Regression Analyses from 1990 to 2000
January 2009
Building on Gough and Wood et al. (2004), Wood and Gough et al.
Evaluating International Influences on Democratic Development: Poland 1980-1989
July 2008
The case of Poland in the 1980s is an example of a successful democratic breakthrough with the endpoint defined, for the purposes of this paper, as the election of Tadeusz Mazowieckia Catholic...
"The World Bank Made Me Do It?" International Factors and Ghana's Transition to Democracy
May 2008
Ghana is widely regarded as a signal success story in the African “wave” of democratizations of the 1990s.
Capital Account Liberalization, the Cost of Capital, and Economic Growth
January 2007
Capital account liberalization was once seen as an inevitable step along the path to economic development for poor countries.
Helping the Poor to Help Themselves: Debt Relief or Aid?
December 2006
Recent world events have created a compelling need for new perspectives and realistic solutions to the problem of sovereign debt.
A Win-Win U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran
December 2006
In an article written for the current issue of the Washington Quarterly by Larry Diamond, Michael McFaull and Abbas Milani, suggests that the U.S.
Applying the Odious Debts Doctrine while Preserving Legitimate Lending
June 2006
This paper was discussed at the Global Justice workshop on November 3, 2006.
Engaging Autocratic Allies to Promote Democracy
April 2006
The democracy-promotion toolbox has been filled for more than two decades with various standard assistance programs, including technical support for reforming government agencies; training for...
Is More Better? Evaluating External-Led State Building After 1989
April 2006
External-led state building is at the forefront of international security governance; it has been called "a growth industry"; and it is, against the backdrop of the US-led intervention in Iraq,...
Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade
March 2006
It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions.
Addressing State Failure
July 2005
In today's increasingly interconnected world, weak and failed states pose an acute risk to U.S. and global security.
Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It?
April 2005
Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty - poor people themselves.
Perspective Paper on Financial Instability
December 2004
A unique publication exploring the opportunities for addressing ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: Climate Change, Communicable Diseases, Conflicts, Education, Financial...
Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles For Water and Power
August 2004
Big dams built for irrigation, power, water supply, and other purposes were among the most potent symbols of economic development for much of the twentieth century.
Sources of Rationalized Governance: Cross-National Longitudinal Analyses, 1985-2002
August 2004
We assess the factors affecting national administrative rationalization in the context of the current worldwide movement for governance reforms.
Institutions and Impersonal Exchange: The European Experience
August 2004
This paper presents an institution - the Community Responsibility System (CRS) - which presents a missing link in our understanding of market development.
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