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IPC - Supported Research Programme

   
Economic Policies,
 
MDGs and Poverty
 

This webpage highlights a broad IPC research programme on “Economic Policies, the MDGs and Poverty”. The programme includes IPC Country Studies, Policy Research Briefs and Working Papers, which draw on a large set of Full National Reports on Economic Strategies (listed below). One Pagers based on this research agenda seek to spark lively debates on issues such as the privatization of public services and the current constraints on government spending of ODA.

The research programme is strongly policy-oriented, examining, in particular, the options for MDG-based Economic Strategies. Within this framework, it focuses on fiscal policies, monetary policies, financial policies and the public provision of services. Its intent is to stimulate an evidence-based and wide-ranging debate and help expand the policy choices of developing-country governments, especially for macroeconomic and adjustment policies.

This research agenda has also produced a training programme, which currently includes modules on fiscal, monetary and financial policies. IPC organises such training for national policymakers, NGO representatives and applied researchers.

The IPC research programme is based on a partnership with the Centre for Development Policy and Research, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; and the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

 

Training Modules

Financial Policy
Gerald Epstein and Ilene Grabel. Training Module # 3. July 2007.

Monetary Policy
Alfredo Saad Filho. Training Module # 2. July 2007.

Fiscal Policy
John Weeks and Shruti Patel. Training Module # 1. July 2007.

Economic Strategies

The Urgent Need for Financial Reform to Mobilise Savings in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sedat Aybar and Costas Lapavitsas. One Pager # 50. March 2008.

Pro-Growth Alternatives for Monetary and Financial Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein and James Heintz. Policy Research Brief # 6. January 2008.

Policymakers Beware: The Use and Misuse of Regressions in Explaining Economic Growth
Francisco Rodríguez. Policy Research Brief # 5. November 2007.

A Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan
Terry McKinley and John Weeks. Country Study # 12. October 2007.

Moldova’s Middle-Income ‘Mistaken Identity’: The Severe Income and Human Development Costs
John Weeks. Country Study # 11. October 2007.

The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Weeks and Terry McKinley. Policy Research Brief # 4. October 2007.

The Fiscal Impact of Aid Flows: Evidence from Ethiopia
Pedro M. G. Martins. One Pager # 43. September 2007.

Raising Domestic Revenue for the MDGs: Why Wait until 2015?
Terry McKinley. One Pager # 39. July 2007.

Why Is Africa Constrained from Spending ODA?
 Terry McKinley. One Pager # 34. May 2007.
Responses:
The IMF and Constraints on Spending Aid
David Goldsbrough. One Pager # 35. May 2007.
Using ODA to Accumulate Foreign Reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa
Costas Lapavitsas. One Pager # 37. June 2007.

An Employment-targeted Economic Programme for South Africa
Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein, James Heintz and Léonce Ndikumana. Country Study # 1. June 2006.

Should Khat Be Banned? The Development Impact
Degol Hailu. One Pager # 40. July 2007.

Economic Strategies: Full National Reports


Sub-Saharan Africa:

Kenya *Most recent release
Ghana
South Africa
Zambia

Asia and the Pacific:

Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Mongolia
Vietnam

Arab States:

Syria
Yemen

Eastern Europe and the CIS:

Armenia
Moldova
 Uzbekistan

Fiscal Policies

Inflation-Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Now? Why at All?
Terry McKinley. One Pager # 51. April 2008.

Financial Liberalization and Domestic Resource Mobilization in Africa: an Assessment
John Serieux . Working Paper # 45. April 2008.

The Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia—Dutch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities
John Weeks. Country Study # 14. January 2008.

Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications
John Weeks and Terry McKinley. Country Study # 5. September 2006.

Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova
Terry McKinley. Country Study # 3. July 2006.

Monetary Policies

Expanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control, and the Exchange Rate
Robert Pollin and James Heintz. Country Study # 6. March 2007.

Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Ghana
Gerald Epstein and James Heintz. Country Study # 2. June 2006.

Public Provision of Services

Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: The MDG Impact
Kate Bayliss and Terry McKinley. Policy Research Brief # 3. January 2007.

Responses:
Privatising Basic Utilities in Africa: a Rejoinder
John Nellis. One Pager # 31. April 2007.
Debating the Provision of Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Response to Nellis
Kate Bayliss. One Pager # 32. April 2007.

Can Privatisation and Commercialisation of Public Services Help Achieve The MDGs? An Assessment
Kate Bayliss and Tim Kessler. Working Paper # 22. July 2006.

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