Browsing RSCAS Policy Papers by Title

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Title:Governance, human rights, and the case for political adaptation in the Gulf : issues in the EU-GCC political dialogue Author(s):NONNEMAN, GerdDate:2001Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 2001Type:OtherSeries/Number:RSCAS PP; 2001/03
Title:Governing European regulation : the challenges ahead Author(s):RADAELLI, Claudio M.Date:1998Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1998Type:OtherSeries/Number:RSCAS PP; 1998/03
Title:Government procurement in US trade agreements Author(s):HUFBAUER, Gary; MORAN, TylerDate:2015Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2015/09; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:The United States has played an essential role in driving the agenda for the world trading system since the Second World War. An important component of that agenda has been the liberalization of government procurement, ...
Title:Grave sfruttamento in agricoltura e nel lavoro domestico in Italia : i limiti della normativa e delle politiche : alcune proposte di intervento Author(s):PALUMBO, LetiziaDate:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2016/02
Title:Harnessing trade opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa Author(s):CHAUFFOUR, Jean-Pierre; HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2013/07Abstract:Greater integration into the international economy is a key means through which countries in the Middle East and North Africa can reap the benefits of already existing market opportunities to accelerate economic growth and ...
Title:High-skill mobility : addressing the challenges of a knowledge-based economy at times of crisis Author(s):ISAAKYAN, Irina; TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, AnnaDate:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2013/14; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:In the milieu of the current economic crisis, the most difficult challenge for high-skill migrants is their entry to and progression within the job markets of their host societies. Offering them the best opportunities for ...
Title:How to solve the climate problem? Author(s):TOL, Richard S.J.Date:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2013/26; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:Climate change is a small problem with a simple solution. A century of climate change causes as much damage as skipping a year, perhaps a decade of economic growth. Stabilizing the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse ...
Title:Implications of the Euro for enlargement Author(s):KRENZLER, Horst-GüntherDate:1999Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1999Type:OtherSeries/Number:RSCAS PP; 1999/03
Title:Improving gas transmission network regulation in Ukraine by implementing Energy Community rules : a tailor made proposal Author(s):ZACHMANN, Georg; RUESTER, SophiaDate:2014Type:OtherSeries/Number:German Advisory Group; Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting; Policy Paper; 2014/03; [Florence School of Regulation]
Title:Increased export performance and competitiveness of developing countries : mainly a China story? Author(s):AKSOY, M. Ataman; NG, FrancisDate:2014Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2014/07; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:In manufacturing, developing economies have gained significant market share in both industrial countries and in each other’s markets. This development have led many writers to argue that market share increases in industrial ...
Title:Interculturalism, multiculturalism, or both? Author(s):MEER, Nasar; MODOOD, TariqDate:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2013/18; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:In this policy paper we outline some of the prevailing ways in which interculturalism is being positively contrasted with multiculturalism, especially as a set of political ideas, in European contexts of post-migration ...
Title:International public procurement : from scant facts to hard data Author(s):CERNAT, Lucian; KUTLINA-DIMITROVA, ZornitsaDate:2015Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2015/08; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:Public procurement is a negotiating area gaining in importance at multilateral and bilateral level, as evidenced by a brief review of procurement provisions in existing trade agreements. The size of procurement spending ...
Title:International Trade Observatory (ITO): Trade Roundtable Editor(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.; HORN, Henrik; MESSERLIN, Patrick; PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich; SAPIR, AndréDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2011/02; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:The Doha round is going through tough times and at this stage it is impossible to predict its outcome. This is the central message coming from the meeting held on February 4, 2011 at EUI (RSCAS). For reasons having to do ...
Title:Interpretation of the foresight report ‘Migration and global environmental change’ for the World Bank Europe and Central Asia region Author(s):GEDDES, Andrew; KORNEEV, OlegDate:2012Type:OtherSeries/Number:UK Government Office for Science Policy Paper; 2012; [Migration Policy Centre]
Title:Intra-regional trade : potential catalyst for growth in the Middle East Author(s):HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:Middle East Institute Policy Paper; 2016/01; Regional Cooperation Series
Title:Irregular migration in Greece : what is at stake? Author(s):TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Anna; GEMI, EdaDate:2015Type:OtherSeries/Number:ELIAMEP; IRMA Policy Paper; June 2015
Title:Is There a Legal Duty to Address World Poverty? Author(s):SALOMON, Margot E.Date:2012Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2012/03; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:States are reticent to support the idea that they have human rights obligations to people other than their own. However decades of United Nations consideration and human rights standard-setting in the area of international ...
Title:Islamic Finance in Europe Author(s):WILSON, RodneyDate:2007Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2007/02Abstract:Islam all too often resonates negatively in Europe, with a great part of non-Muslim public opinion uncomfortable with Islamic culture and values. Secular and Christian opinion is at best suspicious of shariah, Islamic law, ...
Title:The Macroeconomic and Financial Landscape in the Aftermath of the 2007 Crisis: New Challenges and Perspectives Editor(s):CARLETTI, Elena; CORSETTI, Giancarlo; SIMONELLI, Saverio; COOLEY, Thomas F.; MARCELLINO, Massimiliano; JAMES, Harold; GRAY, Joanna; O'CALLAGHAN, Patrick; ALLEN, Franklin; GUISO, LuigiDate:2011Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS PP; 2011/04; Global Governance ProgrammeAbstract:The paper by Thomas Cooley (New York University) discusses the challenges for the European Central Bank in the current situation both in terms of long term fiscal adjustments and of potential fragility of the European ...
Title:Managing the atom in the Middle East : hints from the EURATOM experience for a WMDFZ in the Middle East Author(s):KIBAROGLU, MustafaDate:2013Type:OtherSeries/Number:Global Governance Programme; EUI RSCAS PP; 2013/20Abstract:The paper covers those verification provisions of EURATOM, which are thought to be relevant to a NWFZ/ME. To begin with, briefings about the emergence and evolution of EURATOM is useful in order to give an idea about how ...