TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007 - REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), September 2007. The report recommends that developing countries should strengthen regional cooperation with other developing countries, but should proceed carefully with regard to North-South bilateral or regional preferential trade agreements. It suggests that strengthened regional cooperation among developing countries can help accelerate industrialization and structural change and ease integration into the global economy. In its analysis of global economic prospects, the report argues that the current global economic environment provides great opportunities for catch-up growth and meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=4330&lang=1
BUDGET SUPPORT TO GHANA: A RISK WORTH TAKING? Overseas Development Institute, July 2007. By providing aid as budget support, donors have taken risks and made important contributions. This Briefing Paper offers a case study, based on a recent evaluation of budget support for the Ghanaian Government by ODI and CDD-Ghana. Internet: http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/briefing/BP_july07_budgetsupport.pdf
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & POLICY. By Çaglar Özden and Maurice Schiff. World Bank, June 2007. International migration has become a central element of international relations and global integration due to its rapidly increasing economic, social, and cultural impact in both source and destination countries. This book provides new evidence on the impact of migration and remittances on several development indicators. Additionally, the book analyzes the effect of host country policies on migration flows, examines the determinants of return and repeat migration, and explores the degree of success of return. Internet: http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=6354581
KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. By Walt Peterson. Royal Institute of International Affairs, July 2007. This book analyses the methods human energy consumption and the dangers those methods pose to the planet. It proposes a new approach to thinking about energy, in order to progress and improve in energy security and consumption, maintaining low costs and distributing it to all corners of the globe. Internet: http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/790/