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nep-hpe <https://nep.repec.org/nep-hpe.html> New Economics Papers
<https://nep.repec.org/> on History and Philosophy of Economics

Issue of 2024‒01‒15
papers chosen by
Erik Thomson <http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth72.htm>,
University of Manitoba <http://umanitoba.ca/>

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   1. Econometric Causality: The Central Role of Thought Experiments
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p1> By Heckman,
   James J.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Heckman,%20James%20J.>
   ; Pinto, Rodrigo
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Pinto,%20Rodrigo>
   2. Une nouvelle perspective sur la prédation, le conflit, le capitalisme
   et le changement institutionne (Une évaluation critique de l’école de
   régulation), entretien de Mehrdad Vahabi avec Samuel Klebaner
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p2> By Vahabi,
   Mehrdad
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Vahabi,%20Mehrdad>;
Klebaner,
   Samuel
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Klebaner,%20Samuel>
   3. Conventional Wisdom, Meta-Analysis, and Research Revision in Economics
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p3> By Gechert,
   Sebastian
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Gechert,%20Sebastian>
   ; Mey, Bianka
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mey,%20Bianka>; Opatrny,
   Matej
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Opatrny,%20Matej>;
Havranek,
   Tomas
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Havranek,%20Tomas>;
Stanley,
   T. D.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Stanley,%20T.%20D.>; Bom,
   Pedro R. D.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Bom,%20Pedro%20R.%20D.>
   ; Doucouliagos, Hristos
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Doucouliagos,%20Hristos>
   ; Heimberger, Philipp
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Heimberger,%20Philipp>
   ; Irsova, Zuzana
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Irsova,%20Zuzana>;
Rachinger,
   Heiko J.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Rachinger,%20Heiko%20J.>
   4. Dissecting inequality: conceptual problems, trends and drivers
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p4> By A. Tidu
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=A.%20Tidu>
   5. М.Я. Лемешев – основатель науки об экономике природопользования
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p5> By Egorova,
   Natalia
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Egorova,%20Natalia>;
Kozerskaya,
   Natalia
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Kozerskaya,%20Natalia>
   6. Inflation, War Bonds, and the Rise of Republicans in the 1950s
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p7> By Gillian
   Brunet
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Gillian%20Brunet>; Eric
   Hilt <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Eric%20Hilt>;
Matthew
   S. Jaremski
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Matthew%20S.%20Jaremski>
   7. Opposite ethical views converge under the threat of catastrophic
   climate change
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p8> By Aurélie
   Méjean
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Aur%C3%A9lie%20M%C3%A9jean>
   ; Antonin Pottier
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Antonin%20Pottier>;
Stéphane
   Zuber
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=St%C3%A9phane%20Zuber>
   ; Marc Fleurbaey
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Marc%20Fleurbaey>
   8. Reformulating Human Security in a More-than-human World : Reflections
   on the (Post-)Human Condition in the Anthropocene
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p9> By Hiroyuki
   TOSA <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Hiroyuki%20TOSA>
   9. Setting the Compass for Eliminating World Poverty: The Department for
   International Development 1997-2003
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p10> By Ranil
   Dissanayake
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ranil%20Dissanayake>;
Mark
   Lowcock
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mark%20Lowcock>
   10. Why Did Labour Create the Department for International Development?
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-2376363612744218708_p11> By Ranil
   Dissanayake
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ranil%20Dissanayake>;
Mark
   Lowcock
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mark%20Lowcock>

------------------------------

   1. Econometric Causality: The Central Role of Thought Experiments
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp16646>
   By: Heckman, James J.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Heckman,%20James%20J.>
(University
   of Chicago); Pinto, Rodrigo
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Pinto,%20Rodrigo>
(University
   of California, Los Angeles)
   Abstract: This paper examines the econometric causal model and the
   interpretation of empirical evidence based on thought experiments that was
   developed by Ragnar Frisch and Trygve Haavelmo. We compare the econometric
   causal model with two currently popular causal frameworks: the Neyman-Rubin
   causal model and the Do-Calculus. The Neyman-Rubin causal model is based on
   the language of potential outcomes and was largely developed by
   statisticians. Instead of being based on thought experiments, it takes
   statistical experiments as its foundation. The Do-Calculus, developed by
   Judea Pearl and co-authors, relies on Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) and is
   a popular causal framework in computer science and applied mathematics. We
   make the case that economists who uncritically use these frameworks often
   discard the substantial benefits of the econometric causal model to the
   detriment of more informative analyses. We illustrate the versatility and
   capabilities of the econometric framework using causal models developed in
   economics.
   Keywords: causal inference, causality, structural equation models,
   Directed Acyclic Graphs, simultaneous causality
   JEL: C10 C18
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=C10%20C18>
   Date: 2023–12
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp16646&r=hpe
   2. Une nouvelle perspective sur la prédation, le conflit, le capitalisme
   et le changement institutionne (Une évaluation critique de l’école de
   régulation), entretien de Mehrdad Vahabi avec Samuel Klebaner
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:119567>
   By: Vahabi, Mehrdad
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Vahabi,%20Mehrdad>;
Klebaner,
   Samuel
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Klebaner,%20Samuel>
   Abstract: On the occasion of the release of his latest book (Vahabi
   2023), Mehrdad Vahabi, a University Professor and director of CEPN,
   reflects on several theoretical dimensions of his work during an interview.
   Firstly, Mehrdad Vahabi revisits his definition of predation, explaining
   how this concept forms the cornerstone of his theoretical framework.
   Predation is not considered as a rational behavior but rather as a social
   relationship, instituted through which several dimensions of power are
   transmitted. Next, in contrast to the regulation theory, he puts forth a
   critique of the State as a predatory institution. The State is not seen as
   a neutral field or a mere instrument serving the dominant class, but rather
   as an institution that, through its ability to levy taxes, establishes a
   predatory relationship with its subjects. Importantly, his approach allows
   for the assessment of the value of assets in the eyes of the State,
   providing an interesting analytical framework to explain economic policy
   choices. Thirdly, Mehrdad Vahabi develops the idea that the analysis of
   institutional change should better account for conflict, with compromise
   being a form of domination revealing the predatory nature of the State.
   Finally, he discusses political capitalism and critiques socialism,
   offering some ingredients for a society without predation that still needs
   to be built in the current world.
   Keywords: French Regulation school; predation, conflict, institutional
   change, State, socialism, political capitalism
   JEL: B52 P16
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B52%20P16>
   Date: 2023–12–24
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:119567&r=hpe
   3. Conventional Wisdom, Meta-Analysis, and Research Revision in Economics
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:zbw:esprep:280745>
   By: Gechert, Sebastian
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Gechert,%20Sebastian>
   ; Mey, Bianka
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mey,%20Bianka>; Opatrny,
   Matej
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Opatrny,%20Matej>;
Havranek,
   Tomas
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Havranek,%20Tomas>;
Stanley,
   T. D.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Stanley,%20T.%20D.>; Bom,
   Pedro R. D.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Bom,%20Pedro%20R.%20D.>
   ; Doucouliagos, Hristos
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Doucouliagos,%20Hristos>
   ; Heimberger, Philipp
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Heimberger,%20Philipp>
   ; Irsova, Zuzana
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Irsova,%20Zuzana>;
Rachinger,
   Heiko J.
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Rachinger,%20Heiko%20J.>
   Abstract: Over the past several decades, meta-analysis has emerged as a
   widely accepted tool to understand economics research. Meta-analyses often
   challenge the established conventional wisdom of their respective fields.
   We systematically review a wide range of influential meta-analyses in
   economics and compare them to ‘conventional wisdom.’ After correcting for
   observable biases, the empirical economic effects are typically much closer
   to zero and sometimes switch signs. Typically, the relative reduction in
   effect sizes is 45-60%.
   Keywords: meta-analysis, systematic review, conventional wisdom
   JEL: A14 B40 C10
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=A14%20B40%20C10>
   Date: 2023
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esprep:280745&r=hpe
   4. Dissecting inequality: conceptual problems, trends and drivers
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cns:cnscwp:202313>
   By: A. Tidu <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=A.%20Tidu>
   Abstract: Every social scientist knows that understanding inequality is
   pivotal for understanding the dynamics that rule human society. Inequality
   is at least as old as society, and some authors even argue that economics
   itself originate from the inequalities in skills and needs that inevitably
   lead to specialization, trade and surpluses. Despite its relevance, it is
   nevertheless very hard to define inequality and – somehow paradoxically -
   it might get even harder when one tries to restrict the focus to
   subcomponents such as income or wealth inequality. And even when the income
   or the wealth part of the equation is agreed upon, inequality still remains
   conceptually problematic - what shall be perceived as equal? Do a few
   really well-off (or extremely poor) outliers make a distribution more
   inequal than a larger number of people quite above (and quite below) the
   mean? Conceptual problems aside, a large amount of literature focuses on
   inequality trends and drivers and falsifies commonly-held beliefs such as
   the widespread myth that inequality is trending upwards. Some potential
   drivers are highly controversial - notably globalization is seen by some
   authors as stimulating a race to the bottom that ends up exacerbating
   existing inequality, whereas others argue that it is beneficial for the
   more disadvantaged. The goal of this review is to show how the conceptual
   vagueness behind the word inequality calls for as much rigor as possible in
   the study of its possible forms and notions and in the identification of
   the best tools for its measurement. However, one should not be fooled by
   associating such a vagueness with a lack of relevance of the concept and of
   its implications - au contraire, we should feel compelled to investigate
   the multitude of possible facets that the concept might assume and the
   fittest options and instruments that statistics and mathematics provide for
   their measurement - desirable policies could be radically different from
   each other depending on the theory that one espouses, and they range from
   the pursuit of resource redistribution to a mere acceptance of inequality
   as either inevitable or desirable. Also, different metrics could suggest
   different approaches, so one should carefully select the measures that will
   help him understand and describe the type of inequality that he is
   investigating.
   Keywords: wealth;Poverty;Inequality;income
   Date: 2023
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cns:cnscwp:202313&r=hpe
   5. М.Я. Лемешев – основатель науки об экономике природопользования
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:119436>
   By: Egorova, Natalia
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Egorova,%20Natalia>;
Kozerskaya,
   Natalia
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Kozerskaya,%20Natalia>
   Abstract: The article is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding
   Russian scientist and social and political figure Mikhail Yakovlevich
   Lemeshev, whose life and work were dedicated to serving science and the
   people. The work highlights the scientific activity of M. Ya. Lemeshev as
   an outstanding world-class economist who laid the fundamental theoretical
   foundations of environmental economics and the development of the human
   community in harmony with the environment.
   Keywords: Economy of environmental management, ecological habitat,
   ecological-economic social metasystem
   JEL: J18 Q57
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=J18%20Q57>
   Date: 2023–04–01
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:119436&r=hpe
   6. Inflation, War Bonds, and the Rise of Republicans in the 1950s
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31969>
   By: Gillian Brunet
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Gillian%20Brunet>; Eric
   Hilt <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Eric%20Hilt>;
Matthew
   S. Jaremski
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Matthew%20S.%20Jaremski>
   Abstract: We study the role of war bonds and inflation in the
   presidential elections of the 1950s. During World War II, the federal
   government conducted aggressive campaigns to convince Americans to invest
   their savings in wartime savings bonds. Although the bonds were
   nonnegotiable and protected from interest rate fluctuations, two major
   inflationary episodes after the war, in 1946-48 and 1950-51, eroded the
   real value of their returns, contributing to a political backlash against
   the incumbent Democrats. In a difference-in-differences framework, we find
   that counties with higher war bond purchases shifted their votes towards
   the Republican party in the postwar elections, relative to the elections of
   the late 1930s and early 1940s. To address concerns related to the
   endogeneity of war bond purchases, we instrument for WWII bond
   subscriptions using participation rates from the World War I liberty bonds,
   and find similar results. Our results indicate that the promotion of
   savings bonds made Americans more sensitive to the high inflation that
   prevailed after the war, contributing to Republicans’ victories in the
   1950s.
   JEL: E20 E31 H6 N1 N22 N42
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=E20%20E31%20H6%20N1%20N22%20N42>
   Date: 2023–12
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31969&r=hpe
   7. Opposite ethical views converge under the threat of catastrophic
   climate change
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:cesptp:halshs-04158009>
   By: Aurélie Méjean
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Aur%C3%A9lie%20M%C3%A9jean>
(CIRED
   - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement
   - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique
   pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences
   sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université
   Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Antonin
   Pottier
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Antonin%20Pottier> (CIRED
   - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement
   - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique
   pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences
   sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université
   Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CMB -
   Centre Marc Bloch - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
   - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de
   l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche -
   CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Stéphane Zuber
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=St%C3%A9phane%20Zuber>
(PSE
   - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne -
   ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris
   sciences et lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales
   - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche
   Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture,
   l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne -
   UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la
   Recherche Scientifique); Marc Fleurbaey
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Marc%20Fleurbaey> (PSE
   - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne -
   ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris
   sciences et lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales
   - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche
   Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture,
   l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences
   Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École
   normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres -
   EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des
   Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique -
   INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation
   et l’Environnement)
   Abstract: Climate policy is often described by economists as an
   intertemporal consumption trade-off: consume all you want today and face
   climate damages in the future, or sacrifice consumption today to implement
   costly climate policies that will bring future benefits through avoided
   climate damages. If one assumes enduring technological progress, a society
   that is more averse to intertemporal inequalities should postpone climate
   policies and let future, richer generations pay more. Growing evidence
   however suggests that the trade-off is more complex: abrupt, extreme,
   irreversible changes to the climate may cause discontinuities to
   socio-economic systems, possibly leading to a sharp decline of human
   population and consumption per capita. In this paper, we show that, when
   accounting for a very small risk of catastrophic climate change, it is
   optimal to pursue stringent climate policies to postpone the catastrophe.
   Our results conform with the well-known conclusion that tight carbon
   budgets are preferred when aversion towards inequalities between
   generations is low. However, by contrast with previous studies, we show
   that stringent policies are also optimal when inequality aversion is high.
   The non-monotonicity of the influence of inequality aversion is due to the
   fact that, for a given investment in abatement, a higher inequality
   aversion gives a smaller weight to avoided future non-catastrophic damages,
   but a larger weight to the catastrophic outcome. We also explore the role
   of population ethics, and show that the size of the optimal carbon budget
   decreases with the social preference for large populations, although this
   parameter plays almost no role at extreme levels of inequality aversion.
   Our result demonstrates that views from opposite sides of the ethical
   spectrum in terms of inequality aversion converge in terms of climate
   policy recommendations, warranting immediate climate action.
   Keywords: Climate change, Catastrophic risk, Equity Population,
   Climate-economy model
   Date: 2023
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:cesptp:halshs-04158009&r=hpe
   8. Reformulating Human Security in a More-than-human World : Reflections
   on the (Post-)Human Condition in the Anthropocene
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:kcs:wpaper:41>
   By: Hiroyuki TOSA
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Hiroyuki%20TOSA>
(Graduate
   School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University)
   Abstract: For purposes of examining how to reformulate human security in
   the age of planetary crisis, this article is divided into eight sections.
   Following the introduction (section 1) describing the notion of
   Anthropocene, section 2 reviews recent revival of deep ecological thought:
   non-human turn in the context of Anthropocene. Section 3 discusses
   non-anthropocentrism and its limits by focusing on tacit anthropomorphism
   and introduces the concept of weak anthropocentrism. While going beyond
   simple deconstruction of nature/culture dichotomy, section 4 examines
   intertwined relations between ecological imbalance and social imbalance in
   the Patriarchal Capitalocene and section 5 examines racism: neuro-political
   fragmentation in Plantationocene. Section 6 introduces care-sensitive
   ethics for alleviating planetary crisis and the next section scrutinizes
   the implications of a crisis of care by looking at the way in which
   neoliberal capitalism guzzles care work from social reproductive sphere as
   well as extract wealth from natural sphere to sustain its accumulation. A
   final section: conclusion suggests the possibility of an ideal of total
   liberation framework for enhancing our practical capabilities to achieve
   the solidarity in a more-than-human world.
   Keywords: human security, posthuman, more-than-human, Anthropocene,
   Plantationocene, total liberation framework
   Date: 2023–12
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:kcs:wpaper:41&r=hpe
   9. Setting the Compass for Eliminating World Poverty: The Department for
   International Development 1997-2003
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cgd:ppaper:310>
   By: Ranil Dissanayake
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ranil%20Dissanayake>
(Center
   for Global Development); Mark Lowcock
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mark%20Lowcock> (Center
   for Global Development)
   Abstract: Created in 1997, the UK’s Department for International
   Development (DFID) had by 2003 become one of the world’s most influential
   organisations in international development. This paper explains how that
   was brought about through the combination of effective political
   leadership, wider government backing, the setting and retention of clear
   objectives behind which growing resources were rigorously deployed, the
   employment of large numbers of capable and motivated staff, and the
   effective use of analysis and evidence in advocacy and partnerships with
   others. This period was one in which the conditions were favourable for
   global development, and while not all of DFID’s efforts to promote
   international development were successful, much progress was made. DFID’s
   overall contribution to improving the living conditions and life
   experiences of people in many of the world’s poorest countries in these
   years cannot be quantified, but it is likely to have been significant.
   Date: 2023–10–24
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cgd:ppaper:310&r=hpe
   10. Why Did Labour Create the Department for International Development?
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:cgd:ppaper:297>
   By: Ranil Dissanayake
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Ranil%20Dissanayake>
(Center
   for Global Development); Mark Lowcock
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Mark%20Lowcock> (Center
   for Global Development)
   Abstract: This is the first in a series of papers drawing on original
   interviews, data, and secondary sources to examine how the UK’s Department
   for International Development (DFID) was born, functioned both
   internationally and domestically, and was in 2020 merged with the
   diplomatic service to form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
   (FCDO). By examining this history, we aim to illuminate the UK’s
   contribution to international development over the last quarter century,
   and to draw out lessons for other bilateral donors, and the global aid and
   development architecture more generally.
   Date: 2023–06–19
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cgd:ppaper:297&r=hpe

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