Measuring the international presence of countries: the Elcano Institute’s IEPG Index methodology revisited
The publication of the IEPG’s 2nd edition entails some methodological changes which, nevertheless, alter neither its essence nor principles.
Globalization, development and governance
Reframing the euro vs. dollar debate through the perceptions of financial elites in key dollar-holding countries
This paper proposes a theoretically-informed and empirically-grounded cognitive approach to analyse how financial elites from China, the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Brazil interpret the euro vs. dollar debate.
Whither Cooperation Policy? (ARI)
The question now is what role international cooperation policy will play among the priorities of the new Spanish Government and what its main objectives will be.
Challenges for the Financial Systems and the Monetary Policy Regimes in Southern Mediterranean Countries After the Crisis (ARI)
This ARI reviews some aspects of the financial systems and the design and implementation of monetary policy regimes by central banks in the southern Mediterranean countries in order to assess the scope for changes in these areas.
The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: Towards a New International Order?
The real challenges to the existing international order will come not from the established or emerging powers, but from global forces that are beyond their control and also from those non-state entities and groups which seek to undermine the process of globalisation that links all states and societies ever closer together.
The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: The EU’s Place Within a New International Order
The questions now facing Europe concern our chances of surviving the next decades without the continuing downward economic spiral that many countries are facing.
Coming Together: How a New Global Partnership on Development Cooperation was Forged at the Busan High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (ARI)
Adapting development cooperation to the new aid ecosystem requires an understanding of how new players and new circumstances are changing aid effectiveness.
The G-20 Economies and the Financial Crisis: Concerns over Governance
The global financial crisis that erupted in late 2007 in the US, and which stemmed from policies implemented over the past three decades, has highlighted a severe problem of financial governance within countries and in the international context itself.
Two Years of G-20 Summits: Adagio Spiccato (ARI)
The G-20 summit in Seoul has taken steps towards a global financial reform, the internal reform of the IMF and the establishment of a new development agenda.
When Banks Cannibalise a State: Analysing Ireland’s Financial Crisis (ARI)
Ireland’s banking crisis was described by the IMF in early 2009 as matching ‘episodes of the most severe economic distress in post-World War II history’, yet measures taken since 2008 to overcome it have only served to worsen the crisis.
The ‘Resource Curse’: Theory and Evidence (ARI)
Mineral and fuel abundance does not determine either the political or economic trajectory of less developed countries.