Title:“State-Building for Peace” – A New Paradigm for International Engagement in Post-Conflict Fragile States?
Author(s):ROCHA MENOCAL, AlinaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper is intended to analyse two leading approaches that have guided international efforts to
promote peace and development in conflict-afflicted fragile states since the 1990s, namely peacebuilding
and state-building. ...
Title:State-Society Relations and Intangible Dimensions of State Resilience and State Building: A Bottom-Up Perspective
Author(s):POULIGNY, BéatriceDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Crucial social and cultural elements underpin state institutions and ensure that they function. This is
true in any context, but it is even more important to understand and truly acknowledge in “fragile”
ones. Conventional ...
Title:A Statistical Note on Unemployment and Immigration in the 27 EU Member States, 2001-2012
Author(s):MCCORMICK, AshleyDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy Centre Analytic and Synthetic NotesAbstract:The overall purpose of this analysis is to highlight correlations between gross unemployment and gross immigration in 25 European Union Member States. Due to the significant impact of the global economic downturn in December ...
Title:A Statistical Overview on Return Migration to the Republic of Armenia
Author(s):FLEISCHER, AnnettDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Return Migration and Development Platform (RDP)]Abstract:In a nutshell, the current statistical situation on return migration to the Republic of Armenia (RA) can be described as a blank sheet of paper with only weak marginal spots on it, i.e. there are no precise and systematic ...
Title:Statistiques sur les migrants de retour en Algérie
Author(s):MUSETTE, Mohamed SaibDate:2006Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Return Migration and Development Platform (RDP)]
Title:Step-by-step Migration through Turkey: From the Indian subcontinent to Europe
Author(s):ICDUYGU, Ahmet; SERT, DenizDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:The phenomenon of irregular transit, or step-by-step, migration is not a new trend as it has been increasingly witnessed in many parts of the world in the last three decades. For instance, at the surrounding regions of ...
Title:Strategic Bidding in Multi-unit Auctions with Capacity Constrained Bidders: The New York capacity market
Author(s):SCHWENEN, SebastianDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper employs a simple model to describe bidding behavior in multi-unit uniform price procurement auctions when firms are capacity constrained. Using data from the New York City capacity auctions, I find that capacity ...
Title:Structural Change, Economic Growth and Environmental Dynamics with Heterogeneous Agents
Author(s):ANTOCI, Angelo; RUSSU, Paolo; TICCI, ElisaDate:2010Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:In many developing countries the asset distribution is highly concentrated and the economic agents differ not only by income, but also by their vulnerability to environmental depletion. The poor, especially in rural areas, ...
Title:A Structural Solution to Roaming in Europe
Author(s):SHORTALL, TonyDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper suggests that international roaming markets suffer from structural flaws in the way that
roaming agreements are established in Europe. The initial roaming interventions by the European
Commission in 2007 have ...