Selected UNCTAD Publications
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UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 GENEVA 10
Switzerland
(www.unctad.org)
Selected UNCTAD Publications
Trade and Development Report, 2011
Post-crisis policy challenges in the world economy
Chapter
United Nations publication, sales no. E.11.II.D.3
ISBN 978-92-1-112822-2
I Current Trends and Issues in the World Economy
Chapter II Fiscal Aspects of the Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Public Debt
Chapter III Fiscal Space, Debt Sustainability and Economic Growth
Chapter IV Financial Re-Regulation and Restructuring
Chapter V Financialized Commodity Markets: Recent Developments and Policy Issues
Annex: Reform of Commodity Derivatives Market Regulations
Chapter VI The Global Monetary Order and the International Trading System
Trade and Development Report, 2010
Employment, globalization and development
United Nations publication, sales no. E.10.II.D.3
ISBN 978-92-1-112807-9
Chapter I After the Global Crisis: An Uneven and Fragile Recovery
Annex: Credit Default Swaps
Chapter II Potential Employment Effects of a Global Rebalancing
Annex: Simulation of the Trade and Employment Effects of Global Rebalancing:
A Technical Note
Chapter III Macroeconomic Aspects of Job Creation and Unemployment
Chapter IV Structural Change and Employment Creation in Developing Countries
Chapter V Revising the Policy Framework for Sustained Growth, Employment Creation and
Poverty Reduction
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Trade and Development Report, 2012
Trade and Development Report, 2009
Responding to the global crisis
Climate change mitigation and development
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
The Impact of the Global Crisis and the Short-term Policy Response
Annex: The Global Recession Compounds the Food Crisis
The Financialization of Commodity Markets
Learning from the Crisis: Policies for Safer and Sounder Financial Systems
Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System
Climate Change Mitigation and Development
Trade and Development Report, 2008
Commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Trade and Development Report, 2007
United Nations publication, sales no. E.07.II.D.11
ISBN 978-92-1-112721-8
Current Issues in the World Economy
Statistical annex to chapter I
Globalization, Regionalization and the Development Challenge
The “New Regionalism” and North-South Trade Agreements
Regional Cooperation and Trade Integration Among Developing Countries
Regional Financial and Monetary Cooperation
Annex 1 The Southern African Development Community
Annex 2 The Gulf Cooperation Council
Regional Cooperation in Trade Logistics, Energy and Industrial Policy
Trade and Development Report, 2006
Global partnership and national policies for development
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V
Chapter VI
United Nations publication, sales no. E.08.II.D.21
ISBN 978-92-1-112752-2
Current Trends and Issues in the World Economy
Annex table to chapter I
Commodity Price Hikes and Instability
International Capital Flows, Current-Account Balances and Development Finance
Annex: Econometric Analyses of Determinants of Expansionary and Contractionary
Current-account Reversals
Domestic Sources of Finance and Investment in Productive Capacity
Official Development Assistance for the MDGs and Economic Growth
Annex: Details on Econometric Studies
Current Issues Related to the External Debt of Developing Countries
Regional cooperation for development
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
United Nations publication, sales no. E.09.II.D.16
ISBN 978-92-1-112776-8
United Nations publication, sales no. E.06.II.D.6
ISBN 92-1-112698-3
Global Imbalances as a Systemic Problem
Annex 1: Commodity Prices and Terms of Trade
Annex 2: The Theoretical Background to the Saving/Investment Debate
Evolving Development Strategies – Beyond the Monterrey Consensus
Changes and Trends in the External Environment for Development
Annex tables to chapter III
Macroeconomic Policy under Globalization
National Policies in Support of Productive Dynamism
Institutional and Governance Arrangements Supportive of Economic Development
Selected UNCTAD Publications
Trade and Development Report, 2005
United Nations publication, sales no. E.05.II.D.13
ISBN 92-1-112673-8
New features of global interdependence
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
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Current Issues in the World Economy
Income Growth and Shifting Trade Patterns in Asia
Evolution in the Terms of Trade and its Impact on Developing Countries
Annex: Distribution of Oil and Mining Rent: Some Evidence from Latin America, 1999–2004
Towards a New Form of Global Interdependence
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Trade and Development Report, 1981–2011
Three Decades of Thinking Development
Part One
United Nations publication, sales no. E.12.II.D.5
ISBN 978-92-1-112845-1
Trade and Development Report, 1981–2011: Three Decades of Thinking Development
1. Introduction
2. Interdependence
3. Macroeconomics and finance
4. Global economic governance
5. Development strategies: assessments and recommendations
6. Outlook
Part Two Panel Discussion on “Thinking Development: Three Decades of the Trade and Development Report”
Opening statement
by Anthony Mothae Maruping
Origins and evolving ideas of the TDR
Introductory remarks by Richard Kozul-Wright
Statement by Rubens Ricupero
Statement by Yιlmaz Akyüz
The TDR approach to development strategies
Introductory remarks by Taffere Tesfachew
Statement by Jayati Ghosh
Statement by Rolph van der Hoeven
Statement by Faizel Ismail
The macroeconomic reasoning in the TDR
Introductory remarks by Charles Gore
Statement by Anthony P. Thirlwall
Statement by Carlos Fortin
Statement by Heiner Flassbeck
Evolving issues in international economic governance
Introductory remarks by Andrew Cornford
Statement by Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Statement by Arturo O’Connell
The way forward
Closing remarks by Alfredo Calcagno
Summary of the debate
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172
Trade and Development Report, 2012
The Financial and Economic Crisis of 2008-2009
and Developing Countries
United Nations publication, sales no. E.11.II.D.11
ISBN 978-92-1-112818-5
Edited by Sebastian Dullien, Detlef J. Kotte,
Alejandro Márquez and Jan Priewe
Introduction
The Crisis – Transmission, Impact and Special Features
Jan Priewe
What Went Wrong? Alternative Interpretations of the Global Financial Crisis
Daniela Magalhães Prates and Marcos Antonio Macedo Cintra
The Emerging-market Economies in the Face of the Global Financial Crisis
Jörg Mayer
The Financialization of Commodity Markets and Commodity Price Volatility
Sebastian Dullien
Risk Factors in International Financial Crises: Early Lessons from the 2008-2009 Turmoil
The Crisis – Country and Regional Studies
Laike Yang and Cornelius Huizenga
China’s Economy in the Global Economic Crisis: Impact and Policy Responses
Abhijit Sen Gupta
Sustaining Growth in a Period of Global Downturn: The Case of India
André Nassif
Brazil and India in the Global Economic Crisis: Immediate Impacts and Economic Policy Responses
Patrick N. Osakwe
Africa and the Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Impacts, Responses and Opportunities
Looking Forward – Policy Agenda
Alejandro Márquez
The Report of the Stiglitz Commission: A Summary and Comment
Ricardo Ffrench-Davis
Reforming Macroeconomic Policies in Emerging Economies: From Procyclical to Countercyclical Approaches
Jürgen Zattler
A Possible New Role for Special Drawing Rights In and Beyond the Global Monetary System
Detlef J. Kotte
The Financial and Economic Crisis and Global Economic Governance
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The Global Economic Crisis: Systemic Failures and Multilateral Remedies
Report by the UNCTAD Secretariat Task Force
on Systemic Issues and Economic Cooperation
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
I
II
III
IV
V
United Nations publication, sales no. E.09.II.D.4
ISBN 978-92-1-112765-2
A crisis foretold
Financial regulation: fighting today’s crisis today
Managing the financialization of commodity futures trading
Exchange rate regimes and monetary cooperation
Towards a coherent effort to overcome the systemic crisis
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Regional Monetary Cooperation and Growth-enhancing Policies:
The new challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations publication, UNCTAD/GDS/2010/1
Chapter
I What Went Wrong? An Analysis of Growth and Macroeconomic Prices in Latin America
Chapter II Regional Monetary Cooperation for Growth-enhancing Policies
Chapter III Regional Payment Systems and the SUCRE Initiative
Chapter IV Policy Conclusions
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Price Formation in Financialized Commodity Markets: The role of information
United Nations publication, UNCTAD/GDS/2011/1
1. Motivation of this Study
2. Price Formation in Commodity Markets
3. Recent Evolution of Prices and Fundamentals
4. Financialization of Commodity Price Formation
5. Field Survey
6. Policy Considerations and Recommendations
7. Conclusions
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Trade and Development Report, 2012
UNCTAD Discussion Papers
No. 206
Dec. 2011
No. 205
Dec. 2011
André Nassif, Carmem Feijó
and Eliane Araújo Ulrich Hoffmann
No. 204
Oct. 2011
No. 203
Sep. 2011
No. 202
June 2011
Peter Bofinger
Javier Lindenboim,
Damián Kennedy
and Juan M. Graña
Pilar Fajarnes
No. 201
Feb. 2011
Ulrich Hoffmann
No. 200
Sep. 2010
Jörg Mayer
No. 199
June 2010
No. 198
April 2010
No. 197
March 2010
No. 196
Nov. 2009
No. 195
Oct. 2009
No. 194
June 2009
No. 193
Jan. 2009
No. 192
Nov. 2008
No. 191
No. 190
Oct. 2008
Oct. 2008
No. 189
Sep. 2008
No. 188
March 2008
No. 187
Feb. 2008
No. 186
Jan. 2008
The long-term “optimal” real exchange rate and
the currency overvaluation trend in open emerging
economies: The case of Brazil
Some reflections on climate change, green growth
illusions and development space
The scope for foreign exchange market interventions
Share of labour compensation and aggregate demand
discussions towards a growth strategy
An overview of major sources of data and analyses
relating to physical fundamentals in international
commodity markets
Assuring food security in developing countries under
the challenges of climate change: Key trade and
development issues of a fundamental transformation of
agriculture
Global rebalancing: Effects on trade flows and
employment
International government debt
Ugo Panizza, Federico Sturzenegger
and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Lee C. Buchheit
Responsible sovereign lending and borrowing
G. Mitu Gulati
Christopher L. Gilbert
Speculative influences on commodity futures prices
2006–2008
Michael Herrmann
Food security and agricultural development in times of
high commodity prices
Jörg Mayer
The growing interdependence between financial and
commodity markets
Andrew Cornford
Statistics for international trade in banking services:
Requirements, availability and prospects
Sebastian Dullien
Central banking, financial institutions and credit
creation in developing countries
Enrique Cosio-Pascal
The emerging of a multilateral forum for debt
restructuring: The Paris Club
Jörg Mayer
Policy space: What, for what, and where?
Martin Knoll
Budget support: A reformed approach or old wine in
new skins?
Martina Metzger
Regional cooperation and integration in sub-Saharan
Africa
Ugo PANIZZA
Domestic and external public debt in developing
countries
Michael GEIGER
Instruments of monetary policy in China and their
effectiveness: 1994–2006
Marwan ELKHOURy
Credit rating agencies and their potential impact on
developing countries
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Selected UNCTAD Publications
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G-24 Discussion Paper Series
Research papers for the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four
on International Monetary Affairs and Development
No. 59
June 2010
No. 58
May 2010
No. 57
December 2009
No. 56
June 2009
No. 55
April 2009
No. 54
February 2009
No. 53
December 2008
No. 52
November 2008
No. 51
September 2008
No. 50 July 2008
No. 49 December 2007
No. 48 November 2007
No. 47 October 2007
No. 46
September 2007
No. 45
No. 44
April 2007
March 2007
No. 43 February 2007
No. 42
Andrew Cornford
Revising Basel 2: The Impact of the Financial Crisis and
Implications for Developing Countries
Kevin P. Gallagher
Policy Space to Prevent and Mitigate Financial Crises in
Trade and Investment Agreements
Frank Ackerman
Financing the Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
Measures in Developing Countries
Anuradha Mittal
The 2008 Food Price Crisis: Rethinking Food Security
Policies
Eric Helleiner
The Contemporary Reform of Global Financial
Governance: Implications of and Lessons from the Past
Gerald Epstein
Post-war Experiences with Developmental Central
Banks: The Good, the Bad and the Hopeful
Frank Ackerman
Carbon Markets and Beyond: The Limited Role of
Prices and Taxes in Climate and Development Policy
C.P. Chandrasekhar Global Liquidity and Financial Flows to Developing
Countries: New Trends in Emerging Markets and their
Implications
Ugo Panizza
The External Debt Contentious Six Years after the
Monterrey Consensus
Stephany Griffith-Jones Enhancing the Role of Regional Development Banks
with David Griffith-Jones
and Dagmar Hertova
David Woodward
IMF Voting Reform: Need, Opportunity and Options
Sam LAIRD
Aid for Trade: Cool Aid or Kool-Aid
Jan Kregel
IMF Contingency Financing for Middle-Income
Countries with Access to Private Capital Markets:
An Assessment of the Proposal to Create a Reserve
Augmentation Line
José María Fanelli
Regional Arrangements to Support Growth and MacroPolicy Coordination in MERCOSUR
Sheila Page
The Potential Impact of the Aid for Trade Initiative
Injoo Sohn
East Asia’s Counterweight Strategy: Asian Financial
Cooperation and Evolving International Monetary Order
Devesh Kapur and
Richard Webb
November 2006 Mushtaq H. Khan Beyond the IMF
Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms in Developing Countries: Policies, Evidence and Ways Forward
No. 41 October 2006
Fernando Lorenzo and Nelson Noya IMF Policies for Financial Crises Prevention in
Emerging Markets
No. 40
Lucio Simpson
The Role of the IMF in Debt Restructurings: Lending
Into Arrears, Moral Hazard and Sustainability Concerns
Ricardo Gottschalk and Daniela Prates
East Asia’s Growing Demand for Primary Commodities
– Macroeconomic Challenges for Latin America
May 2006
No. 39 February 2006
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