International migration generates large benefits for migrants and their family members who stay behind. But migrants’ socio-economic integration in destination countries is often imperfect and many migrants face the risk of exploitation.
Worldwide, and especially in developing countries, young people remain particularly disadvantaged in labor markets. That is why helping young people to enter the labor market continues to be a major policy priority for governments and international…
Special Economic Zones (SEZs), or free zones, are an increasingly popular policy instrument aimed at attracting investment and inducing structural change. They are geographically defined areas designated by the government where regulations are…
The year 2015 is important for sustainable development: the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have expired and have been replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September, and from November 30th to December 11th, the 21st Session of…
Over the decades, the views on the interrelation between poverty reduction, inequality and growth have undergone different waves within the development community. Development discourse in the decades after the Second World War was largely framed by…
The persisting inequalities women face while entering the labor market, make female economic empowerment a major policy objective for international organisations, local governments, non-profit organisations, researchers, and private companies.…
Similar policies, if applied to different contexts, can have many different effects and a policy that has proven successful in one context does not automatically have to be as successful in another context. This displays the problem of the limited…
This policy brief argues that a careful analysis of this web of business activities is needed, before and during any donor intervention in order to find a suitable intervention strategy, that highlights risks and - lacking evidence on impacts - asks…
In recent years, debates about inequality have reached a renewed intensity in international policy debates. This is partly the result of much better data on the extent of inequality, where the work by Piketty on the top 1% has revealed much larger…
T he youth population (aged 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is growing rapidly to the extent that in 2015, 226 million youths were estimated to be living on the continent. Youths in Africa currently account for 19 per cent of the global youth…
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