Publications

Article

Power to the People

By: Eric D. Werker

Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

contacts, and incompatible with the structures of large multinationals. Local Company Politics: A Proposal Authors:Ray Fisman and Eric Werker Periodical:Capitalism and Society 2, no. 1 (March 2007) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

firms. This history of the course is linked to changes in information technology, financial markets, and the managements of firms as well as related changes in the markets for students and faculty. The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters Authors:Charles Cohen and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

PublicationsClusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution Authors:Christian H.M. Ketels Publication:Chap. 10 in Competition and Competitive Advantage: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173-192.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

5 Jul 2011 - 6 Jul 2011
Other Presentation

Liberia: A Case Study

By: Eric D. Werker and Jasmina Beganovic

June – July 2008
Article

A Better Approach to Foreign Aid

By: Justin Muzinich and Eric D. Werker

Frustration with U.S. foreign aid is widespread. At the same time, flows of private development finance—including foreign direct investment and remittances—have begun to dwarf official aid. We suggest a new approach that harnesses the power of private development... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Taxation; Welfare or Wellbeing; United States

March 2007
Article

Local Company Politics: A Proposal

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker

Corrupt politicians, and poor government more generally, are commonly viewed as a primary barrier to economic progress. The roots to these problems run deep in many political systems across the developing world, and attempts at reform have rarely found much success.... View Details

Keywords: Behavior

July 24, 2013
Article

Detroit Has Filed For Bankruptcy. Now What? The Long View

By: Eric D. Werker and Benjamin Kennedy

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Detroit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Michigan

May 2013
Teaching Note

Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A and B)

By: Eric D. Werker and Ian Cornell

Keywords: Privatization; Energy Industry; Nigeria

Purchase

2001
Working Paper

Refugees in Arua District: A Human Security Analysis

By: Lucy Hovil and Eric D. Werker

Keywords: Refugees; Safety; Human Needs; Uganda

October 20, 2007
Article

A Global Tax Credit

By: Justin Muzinich and Eric D. Werker

Keywords: Taxation; Credit

Article

The End of Foreign Investment in Russia?

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Russia

March 23, 2006
Article

The Search for Security

By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker

Keywords: Safety

2006
Working Paper

How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations

By: Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric D. Werker

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

workers; and the production of knowledge, including the idea of the economy, among other topics. Together, the essays suggest emerging themes in the field: a fascination with capitalism as it is made by political authority, how it is... View Details

27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=972044 Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Publication:The World Bank Economic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2015
Article

Aid and the Rise and Fall of Conflict in the Muslim World

By: Faisal Z Ahmed and Eric D. Werker

The conflict following the Arab Spring is not the first wave of civil war in the Muslim world in recent time. From the mid-1980s to the end of the century, an average of one in 10 predominantly Muslim countries experienced violent civil war in any given year. We... View Details

Keywords: War; International Relations; Religion; Energy Sources

2007
Working Paper

What Do Non-Governmental Organizations Do?

By: Eric D. Werker and Faisal Z. Ahmed