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Staff Group 1
Economics of Sustainable Development
Annual Report 2012
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SG1/AvG/February 2013
File: SG1-Annual Report 2012
The Hague,
February 2013

Staff Group 1
Economics of Sustainable Development
Annual Report 2012

INDEX
1. Introduction 2
2. Research 2
3. Teaching 9
4. Staffing, administrative and external (secondary) positions 11
5. PhD 12
6. Advisory work 13
Annex 1 - SG1 staff during 2012 14
Annex 2 - List of publications SG1 in 2012 15
Annex 3 - List of submitted research/teaching/capacity building
proposals in 2012 22
Annex 4 - SG1 related text taken from IPRC Evaluation Report 23
Annex 5 - Economics of Development and Emerging Markets EDEM 25
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Staff Group 1
Annual Report 2012
1. Introduction
This report covers the principal activities of SG1 – Economics of Sustainable Development
and the activities of the research programme (RP), Economics of Development and Emerging
Markets during 2012. It does not aim to be exhaustive but focuses on salient points.
To provide a brief background, in the summer of 2012, SG1 developed a new research
program titled Economics of Development and Emerging Markets. The aim was to organize
and to provide an impetus to existing research carried out within the staff group as well as
research of non-SG1 members whose work fell within the ambit of the new research
programme. For various reasons, the programme was only formally launched in January
2013 and for the latter half of 2012 the SG and RP have worked next to each other. The
research programme is annexed to this report.
In order to ensure continuity and comparabilty in reporting with a view to the ongoing
quality assessments of research output at ISS, this annual report also covers the research
output of non-SG1 members that helped to developed and joined EDEM.Importantly the
work of the PhD students has also been integrated in this report.
2. Research
A. Research output and impact
Academic staff members and PhD students were quite productive during the year and the
research output included several journal articles, and publications in CERES A-ranked outlets.
Details on papers and books produced during the year are provided in Annex 2.
While research output is contained in the annex, the following summary statistics provide an
idea of research impact based on the total citation count and the h-index. These have been
derived from the public google scholar profiles that are provided by all SG1 and EDEM
researchers.
Citations i-10 h-index
Arjun Bedi 1132 31 18
Peter van Bergeijk 956 28 17
Michael Grimm 616 21 15
Syed Mansoob Murshed 1504 36 18
Rolph van der Hoeven 1225 33 19
Susan Newman 58 2 5
Howard Nicholas 27 1 3
Lorenzo Pellegrini 330 5 7
Robert Sparrow 465 10 10
Irene van Staveren 829 21 16
Luca Tasciotti 103 2 3
Rob Vos 1445 54 20
Natascha Wagner 6 1
Date accessed: January 31, 2013
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B. Research accreditation
As part of the ISS-wide research accreditation exercise the research of the staff group/EDEM
was submitted for external peer review. The output of the group/EDEM was rated excellent
in the external research evaluation (4.5 in the SEP protocol, May 2012). It was described as
coherent, able, societally relevant and had attracted external funding and stood out for its
cooperation with Woudestein research groups. The Appendix provides full details.
C. On-going research
Arjun Bedi, Michael Grimm, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Robert Sparrow and Luca Tasciotti continued
their work on impact evaluations of access-to-energy programs targeted at households for
the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (project together with Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für
Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) in Essen, Germany) (2009-2013). Several baseline reports were
submitted during the course of the year.
Arjun Bedi worked with researchers from iBMG-EUR (Ellen van de Poel, Frans Rutten and
Wameq Raza) on the project Community Based Health Insurance in India. The project is
financed by the European Union. Dr. Pradeep Panda one of the Indian counterparts
associated with the project was awarded a visiting fellowship by NWO-WOTRO and spent two
months (September and October 2012) at ISS.
Arjun Bedi worked with researchers at Groningen University on evaluating the effects of
Dutch international aid to India. The research is financed by NWO under the umbrella of the
so-called MFS II evaluations.
Michael Grimm has started to participate in UNU-WIDER’s “Growth and Poverty Project
(GAPP): Reconciling Africa’s Growth, Poverty and Inequality Trends”. He is the lead-author of
the Burkina Faso country case study.
Rolph van der Hoeven participated in a ISS UNDP project: Democratic Governance Global
Report: Inequalities, Insecurities and Civic Activism, organized by Irene van Staveren, which
held a workshop in November.
Rolph van der Hoeven continued to work on the Post 2015 Development Agenda. Some of
the results were communicated at the Lustrum session. Some led to publications with Peter
van Bergeijk.
In June 2010, an ISS-led research consortium was awarded a research grant from
NWO/WOTRO’s Conflict and Co-operation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries
(CoCooN) programme; co-financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project is
titled, ‘Nationalization of extractive industries cooperation and conflict in Bolivia and
Ecuador’. From ISS the project includes Mansoob Murshed, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Murat
Arsel. Other partners include HIVOS, LIDEMA (Bolivia) and Universidad San Francisco de Quito
(Ecuador). The project started in May 2011 and will last 5 years. The activities carried out in
2012 have already resulted in numerous academic outputs (conferences and publications, see
the list below).
Susan Newman is conducting research as part of Work Package 3 of the EU-FP7 project
‘Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development’ based at the University of
the Witwatersrand 2012-2013.
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Susan Newman is currently involved in the preparation of ‘Financialisation of the South
African economy: impact on the economic growth path and employment’, a paper for
DESA/Development Policy Analysis Division for UN Development Account Project:
“Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Development Strategies for
Inclusive, Equitable Growth and Sustainable Development Project”.
Susan Newman is conducting research as part of the Finance and Industrial Policy clusters of
the project ‘Political Economy of Restructuring South Africa’ based at the Institute of Social
Economic Research, Rhodes University, funded by the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation. The
work will turned into a book due for publication in late 2013.
Susan Newman is finishing a co-authored book on the Political Economy of South Africa with
Samantha Ashman (University of Johannesburg), Ben Fine (School of Oriental and African
Studies) and Zaverah Rustomjee (Former Director General of the Department of Trade and
Industry, South Africa). Chapters of the book were presented at a dedicated workshop in
Fenruary 2012 titled ‘The Minerals Energy Complex Today’. The workshop was financed by
the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), a South African Research NGO.
Robert Sparrow and Arjun Bedi, along with two Ph.D students (Zelalem Debebe and Anagaw
Mebratie) continued their work on the project titled, Community Based Health Insurance in
Ethiopia. The project is being carried out in collaboration with researchers at iBMG-EUR and
the Ethiopian Economic Association. During the course of the year, the two Ph.D students
defended their dissertation research designs, a second household survey was conducted and
a short-term training course on health Policy in Developing Countries was successfully
conducted in Addis Ababa. The course was offered by Robert Sparrow and Arjun Bedi from
ISS and Eddy van Doorslaer and Owen O’Donnell from iBMG/ESE. The course was attended by
researchers from a number of Ethiopian Universities and was very highly evaluated.
Natascha Wagner revised her PhD thesis and prepared the academic output produced during
her PhD at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland for publication. She continued
joined work with Jean-Louis Arcand on the impact of HIV/AIDS sensitization campaigns,
multifunctional platforms for rural electrification and network dynamics in Senegal.
Anti- and Pro Mining graffiti, Loja, Ecuador, Nebe project.
Gas Flares, Dayuma NEBE project
D. Research proposals
In an EUR internal competition, Arjun Bedi was awarded Euro 16,500 from the Rotterdam
Global Health Initiative to conduct research on health care seeking behaviour in Bangladesh.
Research partners include iBMG and BRAC Bangladesh.
In an EUR internal competition, Michael Grimm received Euro 20,000 from the Rotterdam
Global Health Initiative to prepare a project to be submitted to a funding agency. A team has
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een built with partners in Burkina Faso, Germany and Canada as well as two NGOs in
Burkina Faso and Belgium. Preparatory field work including a pilot survey took place in
August in Burkina Faso. A full proposal entitled “To what extent can health insurance boost
investment in micro and small enterprises? Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso” has
been submitted to the UK AID-funded and IZA-coordinated “Growth and Labour Markets in
Low Income Countries Programme” (GLM-LIC) in November 2012.
Natascha Wagner, Stella Quimbo and Sven Neesen submitted a research proposal for seed
money to the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative. The proposal was entitled “Investigating
the Long-term Effects of Quality Improvements in Philippine Public Hospitals” and is
intended to initiate the analysis of the medium-term effects of a huge Philippine child
health and policy experiment. The project is known as Quality Improvement Demonstration
Study (QIDS), which was carried out in a multi-institutional collaboration between the
Philippines’ Department of Health, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the
University of Philippines Economics Foundation, and the Institute for Global Health at the
University of California San Francisco. The seed money is used to initiate a second round of
analyses. Seed money of almost EUR 25,000 was awarded.
Natascha Wagner, Michael Grimm and Stella Quimbo submitted a research proposal entitled
“Long-term effects of health care quality improvements on children's health and cognitive
skill development” to 3ie. The proposal was not selected for funding.
Natascha Wagner submitted a further proposal to 3ie and one to AusAID under the ADRAS
research funding scheme. The proposals concerned both the impact of a “mobile health”
(mHealth) intervention in supporting people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Burkina Faso. It was
intended to evaluate whether a short message service (SMS) reminder system can be
harnessed to support HIV/AIDS patients in retention and adherence to anti-retroviral
treatment (ART). The proposals were entitled “Evaluating SMS to promote retention and
adherence to ART programs in Burkina Faso”. None of the proposals was selected for
funding.
A list of proposals submitted during the year is provided as Annex 3.
Tailor Gorom
Tailor Ouaga
E. Presentations and conferences
Peter van Bergeijk
Abroad
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012, september 12). The Millenium Development Goals post 2015:
Towards a global social contract. IOB Antwerpen, Opening academisch jaar.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012, november 12). Wetenschapsfraude! Paramaribo, IGSR Anton de
Kom.
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Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012, november 19). Publicatiestrategieen. Paramaribo, IGSR Anton de
Kom.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012, november 14). Oude en moderne perspectieven op economische
diplomatie. Paramaribo, Vereniging van Economisten in Suriname.
Netherlands
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012, maart 29). “Opa vertelt” Uitmuntend economieonderwijs en (de)
globalisering. Key note jaarvergadering Verenging Economieonderwijs Nederland
(VECON).
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012, juni 25). Millennium Development Goals
in Turbulent Times: Emerging challenges for post 2015 MDGs. Amsterdam, CERES
Summerschool.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012, oktober 19). Global Public Goods and Fragmentation. Groningen,
Workshop on international economics and gravity.
Rolph van der Hoeven
Presentation and Discussion Leader, 40 year Anniversary NCDO, Amsterdam
Presentation, 25 year Anniversary Trade and Development Report, UNCTAD, Geneva
Presentations at 2 Expert Meeting UN-DESA, UNDP on post 2015 UN Development agenda
Presentation, European Development Report, EU Commission, Brussels
Presentation Book Be Outraged, ILO, Geneva,
Presentation Report Facing the World, FES, Geneva
Presentation Forum Post 2015 Agenda and Inequality, ODI, London
Presentation South-North Commission, Labour Party, The Hague
Presentation Roundtable Financial System, World Connectors, Amsterdam
Presentation AIV report Poverty, NCDO, The Hague
Discussant van Jos van Gennip Senate Lectures, The Hague
Michael Grimm
Michael Grimm presented papers at the following conferences: Microinsurance conference
University of Twente, VfS Development Economics conference in Bonn and at the IZA-
World Bank conference on Employment and Development Delhi.
Michael Grimm was invited as a key note speaker at a development economics conference
in Bordeaux.
Michael Grimm was invited to give a seminar presentation at the University of Göttingen,
and the DIE Bonn.
Michael Grimm was invited to present findings from the research project on informality at
the OECD in Paris, the KfW in Berlin and the GIZ in Frankfurt.
Mansoob Murshed
Invited lectures
Invited Speaker on Identity and Conflict at ETH, Centre for Comparative and International
studies Seminar, Zurich, 23 rd February 2012.
Invited Lecture at the Economics Department of Dhaka University on Conflict in the
Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, 11 th March 2012.
Invited Speaker at the European Parliament on the occasion of India’s Human Rights UPR
(Universal Public Review), 10 th July 2012.
Keynote Speaker at the University of East London (UEL) second annual student conference
on International Development, supported by EADI: Violent Internal Conflict in a
Globalised World, London 10 th November 2012.
Lecture on the Political economy of Occupations at the Symposium Visions of Peace
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organised by Dutch Foundation for Peace Sciences Stichting Vredeswetenschappen
(SVW) and IKV Pax Christi, in collaboration with ISS and ASN Bank, ISS, The Hague, 16 th
November 2012.
Lecture on the occasion of the 10 th anniversary of the Prins Claus Chair: Conflict and
Underdevelopment, Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, 28 th November 2012.
Conference presentations
Advancing the Scientific Study of Conflict and Cooperation Alternative Perspectives from the UK and
Japan 2 nd Conference at the University of Essex in Colchester, 20-21 March 2012, Paper:
Household Decision-making under the Shadow of Violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of
Bangladesh, with Md. Badiuzzaman and John Cameron.
University of Birmingham, second annual conference on Conflict and Security: Presentations on War
and the Fiscal capacity of the State (with Abdur Rahman Chowdhury) and Give War a Chance: All
out War in the Case of Colombia and Sri Lanka (with Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon), Birmingham
September 17 th -18 th 2012.
ISS Lustrum Conference, Panel on Humanitarian Interventions, ISS, the Hague, October 10 th 2012.
at Ritsumeiken and Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School (IDEAS), Japan.
Susan Newman
During 2011 Susan Newman presented papers at the 4 th European Conference on African Studies,
Uppsala; Nature Inc? Questioning the Market Panacea in Environmental Policy and Conservation,
The Hague.
2012 Conference Presentations
'Finance, Economic growth, and development in South Africa', presented at 2012 Global
Development Finance Conference, Cape Town, 20-22 November 2012, with Samantha Ashman
(University of Johannesburg)
'ANC economic policies and post-apartheid economic realities', presented at The African National
Congress at 100, the Hague, 10 September 2012
'Finance, Financialisation and Accumulation in South Africa', paper presented at 3rd International
Conference of IESE, Maputo, 4th -5th September 2012, with Samantha Ashman (University of
Johannesburg)
'The Rise of Commodities as an Asset Class', paper presented at the AHE/IIPPE/FAPE joint
conference, Paris, 5th - 8th July 2012
'Financialisation of Natural Resources: A Marxist Approach', paper presented 9th International
Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy, Bilbao, 28th and 29th of June 2012,
with Kaltenbrunner (Leeds University) and Painciera (Central Bank of Brazil)
Seminars, Workshops and Invited Presentations
‘Financialisation, the Restructuring of Transnational Supply Chains and Developing Countries’,
presented at UNCTAD’s Multi-year Expert Meeting on International Cooperation: South-South
Cooperation and Regional Integration (fourth session), Geneva, 24-25 October 2012
‘Political Economy of Restructuring South Africa’, November Workshop, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, 12-14 November 2012
‘Finance, Financialisation and Accumulation in South Africa', Policy Seminar, Department of Trade
and Industry, South Africa, Pretoria, 24 August 2012
‘The financial system and the allocation of capital in South Africa’, Presentation at the South African
Reserve Bank, Pretoria, 20 August 2012
‘The Evolving Boundaries of the MEC’, presented at the TIPS-CSID workshop, ‘The Minerals Energy
Complex Today’, Johannesburg, 7 February 2012
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Lorenzo Pellegrini
Presented papers at the following conferences:
July 2012. Joint conference of AHE, IIPE, FAPE: presenter of “Evolving property structures of
hydrocarbons and minerals: The nationalization process of Bolivia and Ecuador” and “Crop
Diversification, Dietary Diversity and Agricultural Income: Empirical Evidence from a Sample of
Developing Countries” Paris.
February 2012. Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers: presenter of the
paper: “Environment and development after the 'Left Turn' in Bolivia and Ecuador: old wine in
new bottles?” New York.
‘Joint conference of AHE, IIPE, FAPE’, Paris, France (2012).
Irene van Staveren
21-07 Presentation ‘Tante Rikie en het grote geld’, an interactive popular economics lecture
at the festival Zwarte Cross, Lichtenvoorde.
29-06 Presentation ‘The Lehman Sisters Hypothesis: an exploration of literature and
bankers’.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association For Feminist
Economics (IAFFE), Barcelona, 27-29 June, 2012.
21-06 Presentation of ‘The Ethics of the Financial Crisis and Financial Reform’, World
Congress of the Association of Social Economics, Glasgow, 20-22 June, 2012.
18-06 Presentation ‘Economic-Ethical Reflections for ING’s Strategic Objective ‘Growing the
Franchise without Growing the Balance Sheet’, ING Bank Academy, Amsterdam.
17-04 Seminar ‘An Exploratory Cross-Country Analysis of Gendered Institutions’, Economics
Department, University of Muenster, Germany.
Luca Tasciotti
Presented papers at the following conferences:
‘Global Power and Nation_states’ (AISSEC), Ancona, Italy (2012).
‘3rd Annual West Eurasia Roadmap Meeting’, Istanbul, Turkey (2012).
Natascha Wagner
Natascha Wagner presented papers at the following conferences:
Annual Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association at the University of Lucerne,
Switzerland, 2-3 rd February.
Conference “Health. Development. Inequality” at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany,
1-3 rd June.
Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée (JMA) at the University of Brest, France, 7-8 th June.
Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer (AEL) Jahrestagung: “Development Economics & Policy” at the
Center for Development Research Bonn, Germany, 22-23 rd June 2012.
19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environment & Resource Economists
(EAERE) at the Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic, 27-30 th June 2012.
Conference “Environment and Natural Resources Management in Transition Economies” at the
Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) Clermont-
Ferrand, France, 17-19th October.
F. Events
Michael Grimm together with a committee set up by HRH Princess Maxima organised a high level
expert conference on access to health insurance in Rotterdam. The conference counted 100
international participants and was also attended by HRH Princess Maxima.
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Rolph van der Hoeven and Wil Hout organized a well-attended session on the post 2015
development Agenda during the ISS 60 th Anniversary.
Rolph van der Hoeven participated and chaired several sessions during 6 breakfast meetings on
Beyond ODA and on New Forms of ODA, organised by ISS, FMO and SID
Susan Newman organised (with Lynne Chester, University of Sydney) a panel on ‘Commodity
Derivatives : Understanding the Changing Relations Between Finance and Production’ at the
AHE/IIPPE/FAPE joint conference, Paris, 5th - 8th July 2012
Susan Newman, as co-organiser of the ISS Development Research Seminar, developed and led the
themed series on ‘Finance and the Restructuring of Production’, February - June 2012. Susan is
currently working on a Journal special section from papers presented as part of the series.
Peter van Bergeijk organized a travelling exhibition on plagiarism, replication and scientific fraude
“derivatives – afgeleiden. The exhibition was part of ISS lustrum activities and also was shown at
Nyenrode Business University.
Irene van Staveren organized with the Sustainable Finance Lab three meetings on banking culture
with representatives of major Dutch banks and NGOs.
3. Teaching
A. For the eighth consecutive year, Howard Nicholas was awarded a prize for teaching
excellence.
B. Currun Singh, one of our MA participants (supervised by Arjun Bedi) was awarded a prize
for this MA thesis by the European Association of Development Institutes. His thesis has
now appeared as an ISS working paper.
C. Peter van Bergeijk was involved in external teaching activities for BoFEB, college cyclus
IEB (4 lectures), May and November (total of 8 lectures)
D. ISS - MA teaching
SG1 staff continued to deliver the specialization Economics of Sustainable Development
(ECD) in the old 2011-12 MA program as well as the new restructured MA programme
2012-13. In addition, SG1 along with SG2, delivered the major International Political
Economy and Development (IPED) in the old 2011-12 programme. SG1 staff also
continue to teach in other majors/specialisations such as Poverty Studies & Poverty
Analysis (POV), Conflict, Reconstruction & Human Security (CRS), Environment and
Sustainable Development (ESD), and Governance & Democracy (G&D) specializations.
Economics of Sustainable Development (ECD) 2012/2013
There are 30 participants in the ECD 2012/13 programme of which 19 are regular
participants and 11 are Double Degree participants. This group consists of 24 female and 6
male participants. One student transferred to the programme at the end of term 1a.
Economics of Sustainable Development (ECD) 2011/2012
Initially, there were 25 participants in the ECD 2011/12 programme of which 12 were regular
participants and 13 were Double Degree participants. As a result of programme switches,
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the total number of participants stood at 24 (i.e. 11 regular students and 13 Double Degree
students). This group consisted of 13 female and 11 male participants.
International Political Economy of Development (IPED) 2011/2012
6 students were admitted to the 2011/2012 programme. They were joined by an additional
student in term 1a. Of the 7 students 1 is male and 6 are female. 1 of the students is in
receipt of a DPO/NFP fellowship. For the year 2012/2013 IPED was discontinued, due to a
change in the academic programme.
E. Other teaching
Arjun Bedi,Michael Grimm and Peter van Bergeijk delivered lectures under the aegis of the
CERES PhD program. The courses took place at ISS.
Arjun Bedi and Michael Grimm taught classes on health economics and development in the
joint HEPL program of iBMG and Erasmus MC.
Howard Nicholas has continued his teaching inputs into the ISS’s collaborative teaching
programme with the Lim A Po Institute, Suriname, and the Economics University, Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam.
Michael Grimm continued his teaching contract with the Paris School of Economics and
delivered 4 sessions in the area of “Health Economics and Health Policy” and 4 sessions in
the area of “Demography and Ageing”.
Michael Grimm delivered a lecture for the diplomat’s class at the University of Leiden,
Campus The Hague.
Rolph van der Hoeven gave in September 4 lectures at the Sustainable Development Course
of the UNU in Tokyo
The staff group continued its co-operation with the National University of Economics at Ho
Chi Minh City, and the National Economics University in Hanoi. During the year Lorenzo
Pellegrini, Luca Tasciotti, Susan Newman and Howard Nicholas provided teaching and
supervisory support.
Policy Negotiating Game
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4. Staffing, administrative and external (secondary) positions
A. Staffing
Peter van Bergeijk was appointed member of SG1 Board.
Peter van Bergeijk became a member of the (Extended) Research Committee and acted as
the principal author regarding the Research Quality Assessment – Self Evaluation Report of
ISS. In January 2013 he was appointed head of the new research programme EDEM
Michael Grimm accepted a position as professor at the University of Passau, Germany. He
remains an affiliated professor at the ISS and is still involved in various research and teaching
activities including the supervision of PhD students.
Natascha Wagner joined the ISS on 1 June 2012 as Post Doctoral Researcher for two years.
Robert Sparrow left the ISS to join Australian National University in Canberra.
B. Administrative positions
Arjun Bedi continued to serve on the Research Degrees Committee.
Michael Grimm continued to serve as Head of the Personnel Advisory Committee and as
member of the TLC (until August 2012).
Arjun Bedi, Michael Grimm and Robert Sparrow are active ISS members of the Rotterdam
Global Health Initiative. Michael Grimm is member of the Program Board.
Rolph van der Hoeven became in January 2012 a member of the Board of Examiners
Howard Nicholas finished his term of office in the ISS ‘Marketing and Communication’
committee, but remains a member of the MA convenors committee.
Lorenzo Pellegrini continues to be an elected member of the Institute Council.
Susan Newman continues to be on the editorial board of DevIssues.
C. External positions
Arjun Bedi served, till May 2012, on an Advisory Committee set up by the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to review proposals and provide advice on the allocation of funds
under the Ministry’s program to fund Development Related Infrastructure.
Peter van Bergeijk continued to serve as deputy and acting director of CERES until
September 2012 (0.2 FTE).
Peter van Bergeijk continued to serve as an external member of the Scientific Steering
Committee CAPP, Research Center for Public Administration and Public Policy, Universdade
Tecnica de Lisboa.
Peter van Bergeijk continued to serve as a member of the REPeC plagiarism committee.
Peter van Bergeijk acted as a co-editor for a special issue of Journal of International Trade
and Economic Development.
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Michael Grimm continued as a member of the ‘Reference Group’ of experts to advise the
Growth and Equity Programme at the Overseas Development Institute, London.
Rolph van der Hoeven is a Member of the Committee for Development Policy of the Advisory
Council for International Affairs advising Dutch Government.., and chaired the committee that
produced the 2012 AIV advisory report 80 on Development in Emerging countries: Unequal
worlds Poverty, Growth, Inequality and the role of international cooperation
Rolph van der Hoeven was a member of the committee, chaired by ISS prof. Nico Schrijver,, of
the Dutch Labour Party which prepared the position paper and congress resolution.: Facing
the World
Rolph van der Hoeven is member of a committee on new forms of development aid
established by NCDO, which produced in December the report:A new approach to
international cooperation: Threefold reform for threefold gain: innovation, expansion and
coordination as the basis for better foreign policy.
Irene van Staveren is member of the Sustainable Finance Lab, a Dutch think tank on financial
sector reform.
5. PhD
A total of about 25 registered doctoral students at ISS/EUR and elsewhere continued to be
supervised by SG 1 and EDEM staff.
Koen Voorend, a Ph.D participant was awarded a three-year fellowship by the Zeit
foundation. Koen was one of 6 selected from over 200 applicants.
Peter van Bergeijk continued to supervise as ISS: Rakesh Adhin, Djalita Fialho de Oliveira
Ramos (with Susan Newman) and at Utrecht University (‘second’ promotor): Marcel van den
Berg. He started supervision at ISS of Juan David Parra Heredia (Colombia with Mansoob
Murshed), Eri Ikeda (with Howard Nicholas), Selwyn Moons and at Tilburg University
(‘second’ promotor): Mireila Carolina.
Arjun Bedi supervised the following PhD students in 2012: Zelalem Debebe (with Marleen
Dekker and Robert Sparrow), Maazullah (with Robert Sparrow), Anagaw Mebratie (with
Robert Sparrow), Muhammad Saleem (with Robert Sparrow), Rafaela Rigoni (with Jos Mooij
and Dirk Korf (UvA), Wameq Azfar Raza (with Ellen van de Poel), Koen Voorend (with Max
Spoor), Amrita Datta and Farzana Akhtar Misha (with Natascha Wagner).
Michael Grimm supervised the following PhD candidates in 2012: (i) Carole Treibich (cotutelle
between ISS and Paris School of Economics) (ii) Renate Hartwig; and (iii) Inga Bonfrer
(at iBMG, with Eddy van Doorslaer).
Rolph van der Hoeven is supervising Karem Sanchez de Roldan.
Lorenzo Pellegrini supervised the following PhDs in 2012: Consuelo Fernandez Salvador
“Negotiating identity: a study on ethnic identity in the context of development and mining
exploitation in the Shuar territory, in the Amazon Region of Ecuador" (co-supervised with
Murat Arsel, promoter Max Spoor) and Iman Ragaei Naguib Kamel "Civil Service Corruption
in Egypt: Causes and Solutions" (promoter Arjun Bedi).
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Mansoob Murshed supervised the following doctoral students in 2012: Gloria Otieno (with
Peter Knorringa); Blas Regnault (with Rob Vos); Ricardo Real Real Pedrosa de Sousa (with
Mohamed Salih); Jean-Luc Stalon (with Irene van Staveren) and Bethuel Kinuthia (Leiden
University).
Susan Newman supervised Djalita Fialho de Oliveira Ramos (with Peter van Bergeijk).
Irene van Staveren is supervising Sarah Zipp and Jean-Luc Stalon.
6. Advisory work/Ph.D examination committees
Arjun Bedi served on the following Ph.D committees during the year: Jose Rosero, University
of Amsterdam; Thomas de Hoop, Nijmegen University; Belay File Garoma, ISS-EUR; Roselia
Servin, WUR; Rafael Novella, University of Essex
Peter van Bergeijk continued to act as an independent external expert for Analisten netwerk
nationale risiko beoordeling that produced a report to the Dutch Government.
Peter van Bergeijk acted as an independent external expert for the ministry of foreign
affairs (IOB) with respect to the evaluation of economic diplomacy
Peter van Bergeijk served on two Ph.D committees during the year Groningen Tristan Kohl ;
Christina Kayoza (ISS)
Michael Grimm served as a member of a PhD committee at the Erasmus MC and the Paris
School of Economics.
Rolph van der Hoeven served on the examination committees of Suzanne Naefs, Ariunaa
Dashtseren both at ISS.
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Annexes
Annex 1
SG1/EDEM staff during 2012
Arjun Bedi, Professor of Development Economics
Peter van Bergeijk, Professor of International Economics/Macroeconomics 1
Michael Grimm, Professor of Applied Development Economics (since August 2012: affiliated
professor)
Rolph van der Hoeven, Professor of Employment and Development Economics
Syed Mansoob Murshed, Professor of the Economics of Conflict and Peace
Professor of International Economics at the Birmingham Business School, University of
Birmingham, 2004- onwards, Honorary Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the
Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).
Susan Newman, Lecturer in Economics
Howard Nicholas, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Lorenzo Pellegrini, Senior Lecturer in Development Economics
Robert Sparrow, Senior Lecturer in Development Economics, left the ISS on 1 January 2012
Irene van Staveren, Professor of Pluralist Development Economics
Luca Tasciotti, Post-doctoral researcher
Rob Vos, UN-DESA, affiliated Professor in Finance and Development
Natascha Wagner, Post-doctoral researcher
Office managers
Annet van Geen, Staff Group and Programme administrator
Marja Zubli, Programme administrator
1 Zero research time allocation in 2012 to compensate for the work on the ISS Research Quality Assessment and
acting directorship of CERES
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Annex 2
List of publications SG1 in 2011
Staff
Arjun S. Bedi
Journal articles
Census 2011 and Child Sex Ratios in Tamil Nadu (with S. Srinivasan). Forthcoming in Journal
of Human Development and Capabilities. (Accepted on August 6, 2012). Also available
at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1856752.
Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa
(with Anagaw Derseh Mebratie) Forthcoming in Journal of International Trade and Economic
Development. (Accepted on March 27, 2012).
Tackling Female Infanticide and Sex Selection in Tamil Nadu: A Failure? (with Sharada Srinivasan).
Economic and Political Weekly 47 no. 45 (2012): 80-82.
Book chapter
Bare Branches and Drifting Kites: Tackling Female Infanticide and Foeticide in Tamil Nadu,
India (with Sharada Srinivasan). Forthcoming in a volume to be published by Oxford
University Press (Accepted on November 17, 2012).
Risk-management in the Mekong river delta, with Le Tan Nghiem. In Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen,
A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we ever learn? Liber Amoricum in remembrance of Karel Jansen.
Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Working Papers
“Infrastructure development and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:
Evidence from Bankura, West Bengal” (with Jitendra Roy).
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2078202 (2012).
“War on Piracy: The Conflation of Somali Piracy with Terrorism in Discourse, Tactic and Law”
(with Currun Singh). ISS Working Paper No. 542 (2012).
“Child Malnutrition and Antenatal Care” (with Nohora Forero, Luis Gamboa, Robert
Sparrow). ISS Working Paper No. 536 (2012).
Reports
“Impact Evaluation of Rwanda’s Electricity Access Roll-out Programme (EARP)” (with Lorenzo
Pellegrini, Jörg Peters, Maximiliane Sievert and Luca Tasciotti). Report prepared for
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Netherlands (2012).
“Impact Evaluation of the Indonesia Domestic Biogas Programme: A Baseline Report” (with
Gunther Bensch, Rebecca Nieman, Jorg Peters, Robert Sparrow and Luca Tasciotti).
Report prepared for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Netherlands
(2012).
Peter van Bergeijk
International scientific articles
(C) Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). The World Trade Collapse and International Value Chains: A Cross-
Country Perspective. International Economic Journal (Korea).
(D) Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Would a university still forbid Erasmian satire today? The
humourous times, Newsletter of the International Society for Humor Studies, 25(2), 5-6.
(C) Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Opârg fitfara eft ksvurf. Ekonomiy ur Ďônopros, 72(8), 6.
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Book
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we ever learn? Liber Amoricum in
remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Book chapters
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). The dog that barked. In Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.).
(2012). Do we ever learn? Liber Amoricum in remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of
Social Studies.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). De verkramptheid aan de macht. Vijf redenen voor de dalende
productiviteit van het gedoogkabinet. In A van Heezik & H Urlings (Eds.), Vijf. IPSE STUDIES 2007-
2012 (pp. 20-23). Delft: TU Delft, IPSE studies.nl.
Internet publications
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Failure and success of economic sanctions. London: CEPR/Voxeu.
(available: 27 mar 2012).
Hoeven, R.E. van der & Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Millennium Development Goals in Turbulent
Times: Emerging Challenges for Post-2015 MDGs. UNU WIDER.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van. (2012). Derivatives (Afgeleiden) [On line]
Columns in ESB
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Fes tof Mark Rutte! Economisch-Statistische Berichten.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Kostbare onafhankelijkheid. Economisch-Statistische Berichten,
97(4683), 412-412.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Leve de Euro. Economisch-Statistische Berichten.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Originaliteit als molensteen. Economisch-Statistische Berichten,
97(4644), 584.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Ultieme economisten. Economisch-Statistische Berichten,
97(4649&4650), 721.
Reports (Consultancy and valorization)
Annalisten Netwerk Nationale Veiligheid (2012), Nationale Risicobeoordeling 2011 (redactie M.G.
Mennen), RIVM: Bilthoven
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Effectiviteit van Economische Diplomatie: Methoden en resultaten van
onderzoek. (Publicaties Inspectie Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en Beleidsevaluatie
(IOB)364 ). Den Haag: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (IOB).
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Economie. Clingendael Futures Monitor 2013. (redactie: J. Rood).
Working papers
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Visible and invisible walls : World trade patterns and the end of the
Cold War. (ISS working papers. General series 533). The Hague: International Institute of
Social Studies.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Where the financial and economic crisis does bite : Impact on the
Least Developed Countries. (ISS working papers. General series 542). The Hague:
International Institute of Social Studies.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012), The Millennium Development Goals post 2015: Towards a global social
contract. Institute of Development Policy and Management Working Paper 2012.09,
University of Antwerp.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Marrewijk, J.G.M. van (2012). Heterogeneity and development: an agenda.
(Discussion Papers Series12-14). Utrecht: Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute.
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Faraji Dizaji, S. & Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Early phase success and long run failure of economic
sanctions. With an application to Iran. (ISS working papers. General series 544). The
Hague: International Institute of Social Studies.
Shahadat Hossain Siddiquee, M. & Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Reconsidering economic sanctions
reconsidered. A detailed analysis of the Peterson Institute sanction database. (ISS working
papers. General series 549). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies.
Tweehuysen, R., Haan, M.H.J. den, Berkhout, K. & Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Derivatives.
Replication and (auto)plagiarism in the social sciences. (ISS working papers. General series
550). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies.
Annet van Geen
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we ever learn? Liber Amoricum in
remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Geen, A.Th. van, Hirdes-Veelenturf, K, Shaw. K (Eds.). (2012). ISS Global Kitchen Rules!,
Recipes from the ISS Community. Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Michael Grimm
Journal articles
M. Grimm and C. Treibich and (2012), Determinants of Road Traffic Crash Fatalities across
Indian States, Forthcoming in Health Economics [DOI: 10.1002/hec.2870].
M.Grimm, P. Knorringa and J. Lay (2012) Informal Entrepreneurs in Western Africa:
Constrained gazelles in the lower tier. World Development, 40 (7), 1352-1368.
D. Herzer and M. Grimm (2012), Does foreign aid increase private investment? Evidence
from panel cointegration. Applied Economics, 44 (20): 2537-2550.
Working Papers
Bonfrer, I.E.J., Poel, E. van der, Grimm, M. & Doorslaer, E.K.A. van (2012). Does health care
utilization match needs in Africa? Challenging conventional needs measurement.
(iBMG Working PaperW2012.02 ). Rotterdam: Institute of Health Policy and
Management, Erasmus University.
Lange, S. de, Lay, J. & Grimm, M. (2012). Credit‐constrained in risky activities? The
determinants of the capital stocks of micro and small firms in Western Africa. (GIGA
Research Programme Working Paper185 ). Hamburg: GIGA German Institute of Global
and Area Studies.
Grimm, M. & Treibich, C. (2012). Determinants of road traffic crash fatalities across Indian
states. (ISS working papers series. General series531 ). The Hague: International
Institute of Social Studies.
Rolph van der Hoeven
Hoeven, R.E. van der & Bergeijk, P.A.G. van (2012). Millennium Development Goals in
Turbulent Times: Emerging Challenges for Post-2015 MDGs. (nieuwsbrief). UNU
WIDER.
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). Emerging Voices: Rolph van der Hoeven on a Global Social
Contract to Follow the Millennium Development Goals. (blog). New York,
Washington: Council on Foreign Relations ((CFR). (available: 05 oct 2012).
Butter, F. den & Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). Pleidooi voor één minister van handel en
ontwikkelingssamenwerking. (blog). Me Judice. (available: 25 oct 2012).
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs: An elephant in
the room? (blog). ODI Development Progress. (available: 16 nov 2012).
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). Attention to inequality should be a basic element of any post-
2015 agenda. (blog). (available: 17 dec 2012).
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Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). Focus op structurele oorzaken van groeiende ongelijkheid.
(blog). Nationaal Platform Rio+20. (available: 08 dec 2011).
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). 'Vijf vragen aan… Prof. Dr. Rolph van der Hoeven', interview
door Sanne van Grafhorst. Vice Versa Online: (2012, oktober 31)
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). MDGs post 2015: Beacons in turbulent times or false lights?
New York: UN.
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). Development Aid and Employment. (WIDER Working
Paper2012/107 ). Helsinki: UNU-WIDER
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). Book review of 'Maynard’s Revenge: The Collapse of Free
Market Macroeconomics' [Bespreking van het boek Maynard’s Revenge: The
Collapse of Free Market Macroeconomics]. Journal of Human Development and
Capabilities, 13(1), 153-154.
Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012). (Financial) globalization and work. In Trade and Development
Report, 1981–2011: Three Decades of Thinking Development (pp. 79-85). Geneva:
UNCTAD.
Jolly, R., Cornia, G.A., Elson, D., Fortin, C., Griffith-Jones, S., Helleiner, G., Hoeven, R.E. van
der, Kaplinsky, R., Morgan, R., Ortiz, I., Pearson, R. & Stewart, F. (2012). Be
outraged: there are alternatives. S.l.: Richard Jolly
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Hoeven, R.E. van der (2012, juni 25). Millennium Development
Goals in Turbulent Times: Emerging challenges for post 2015 MDGs. Amsterdam,
CERES Summerschool.
Financial globalization and the current labour market crisis in developing countries, Chapter in
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we ever learn? Liber Amoricum in
remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Syed Mansoob Murshed
Journal Articles
Education Bias of Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality in Developing Countries (with
Dawood Mamoon), Journal of International Trade and Development,
DOI:10.1080/09638199.2011.589532
Financial Liberalization, Savings and the Banking Sector in Bangladesh (with Iftekhar Ahmed
Robin), South Asian Economic Review, 13(1): 69-83, March 2012.
The Micro-foundations of Social Contracts, Civil Conflicts and International Peace-Making (with
Jose Cuesta), International Journal of Conflict, Economic Development and Peace Science,
2 (2), 125009 (16 pages), DOI: 10.1142/S2010269012500093.
Book Chapters
Enforcing Peace Agreements Through Commitment Technologies (with Philip Verwimp), in
Naudé, W.A., Santos-Paulino, A. and McGillivray, M. (eds) Fragile States: Causes, Costs,
and Responses, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 151-165, November 2011.
Routine Violence in Java, Indonesia: Neo-Malthusian and Social Justice Perspectives (with Zulfan
Tadjoeddin and Anis Chowdhury) in Jürgen Scheffran, Michael Brzoska, Hans Günter
Brauch, Peter Michael Link, Janpeter Schilling (Eds.):Climate Change,Human Security and
Violent Conflict:Challenges for Societal Stability, Hexagon Series on Human and
Environmental Security and Peace, vol. 8, New York; Springer Verlag, 633-650, April 2012
Micro-macro divides and paradoxes, In Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we
ever learn? Liber Amoricum in remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of Social
Studies.
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Susan Newman
Ashman, Fine and Newman (2013 forthcoming) ‘Systems of Accumulation and the
Evolving MEC’ in Fine, Saraswati and Tavasci (eds.), Beyond the Developmental
State, London: Pluto Books
Newman, S (2012) ‘Global Value Chains/Global Commodity Chains’, in Saad Filho, A. And
B. Fine (eds), The Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics, Aldershot: Edward Elgar
Howard Nicholas
The IMF explaining inflation in Suriname: A case of cognitive dissonance or polain old-fashioned
duplicity? Chapter in Bergeijk, P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we ever learn?
Liber Amoricum in remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Journal articles
Pellegrini, L. and L. Tasciotti (2012, available as ‘online first’). "Rural Electrification Now and
Then: Comparing Contemporary Challenges in Developing Countries to the USA's
Experience in Retrospect." Forum for Development Studies.
Muradian, R., M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini, et al. (2012, available as ‘online first’). "Payments for
ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions." Conservation Letters.
Pellegrini, L. and M. Ribera Arismenti (2012). "Consultation, Compensation and Extraction in
Bolivia after the ‘Left Turn’: The Case of Oil Exploration in the North of La Paz
Department." Journal of Latin American Geography 11(2): 101-118.
Pellegrini, L. (2012). "Planning and natural resources in Bolivia: between rules without
participation and participation without rules." Journal of Developing Societies 28(2): 185-
202.
Pellegrini, L. (2012). "Joan Martinez-Alier: interview." Development and Change 43(1):
341–359.
Book Chapters
Kruseman, G. and L. Pellegrini (forthcoming). 'Institutions and forest management in the Swat
region of Pakistan' in Nature’s Wealth: The Economics of Ecosystem Services. P. Van
Beukering, E. Papyrakis, J. Bouma and R. Brouwer. Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press.
Robert Sparrow
Kruse, I., M. Pradhan and R. Sparrow (2012). Marginal Benefit Incidence of Public Health
Spending: Evidence from Indonesian sub-national data. Journal of Health Economics 31(1):
147-157.
Irene van Staveren
‘An Evolutionary Efficiency Alternative to the Notion of Pareto Efficiency’, Economic
Thought 1 (1), pp. 109-126, 2012.
‘Is a Widening Gender Wage Gap Necessarily Caused by a Glass Ceiling ?’, Work,
Organisation, Labour & Globalization 6 (1), 2012, pp. 121-130.
‘Experimenten als motor voor verandering’, in Marleen Janssen Groesbeek en Bouwe
Taverne (red.) Kapitaal Vertrouwen – goed geld voor een duurzame toekomst,
Assen, van Gorcum, 2012, pp. 104-108.
‘The Lehman Sisters Hypothesis: an Exploration of Literature and Bankers’, ISS Working
Paper no. 545, June 2012. The Hague: Institute of Social Studies.
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Luca Tasciotti
Journal articles
Tasciotti, L. (2012), Rural electrification now and then: comparing contemporary
challenges in developing countries to the United States’ experience in retrospect,
(with L. Pellegrini) in ‘Forum of Development Studies’: 1-24.
Tasciotti, L. (2012), Foot and Mouth Disease and its Effect on Milk Yield: an Economic
Analysis on Livestock Holders in Pakistan, (with G. Ferrari) forthcoming in ‘Emerging
and Tranboundary Disease’.
Book Chapters
Tasciotti, L. (2012), Household level impacts of increasing key food staples prices, (with
Maltsoglou, I., Dawe D. and Msami, J.) in Bioenergy and Food Security – The BEFS
analysis for Tanzania, FAO, Rome.
Tasciotti, L. (2011), World Livestock 2011 – Livestock in Food Security, contribution, Editor
A. McLeod, FAO, Rome.
Working papers
Tasciotti, L. (2012), Bhutan: between happiness and horror, (with Pellegrini, L.) submitted to
‘Ecological Economics’.
Tasciotti, L. (2012), Let there be (artificial) light, and lo and behold malaria returned, (with
Pellegrini, L.) submitted to ‘Energy Policy’.
Tasciotti, L. (2012), Crop diversification and nutrition adequacy: Evicedence from a sample of
developing countries, ((with Pellegrini, L.) submitted to the ‘Canadian Journal of
Development Studies’.
Tasciotti, L. (2011), The role of livestock in a cross section of developing countries. An analysis
based on household survey data, (Pica Ciamarra, U., Otte, J., and Zezza, A.) submitted to
the ‘Development Policy Review’.
PH.D students
Djalita Fialho de Oliveira Ramos
Fialho, D. (2012), "Altruism but not Quite: the genesis of the least developed country (ldc)
category", Third World Quarterly, 33:5, 751-768,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2012.674700
The least developed country (LDC) category: Appeasing voices of discontent. Chapter in Bergeijk,
P.A.G. van & Geen, A. van (Eds.). (2012). Do we ever learn? Liber Amoricum in
remembrance of Karel Jansen. Den Haag: Institute of Social Studies.
Fialho, D. (forthcoming), "Da génese da categoria dos Países Menos Avançados (PMA)", in As
Relações Externas de Cabo Verde: entre a Ambivalência Prática e a Retórica Discursiva,
Instituto Superior de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais of Praia, Cape Verde
Fialho, D. (forthcoming), "Cape Verde’s LDC trajectory: from admission to graduation
(1977 - 2007)", in Cape Verde: Between West Africa, Europe and the Democratic Process,
Observatório Político, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de
Lisboa
Zelalem Debebe
Debebe Z.Y., Kampen, Luuk, Thomas de Hoop (2012) A Perverse ‘Net’ Effect? Health
Insurance and Ex-ante Moral hazard in Ghana. Social Science and Medicine, Volume
75, Issue 1, Pages 138-147.
Anagaw Mebratie
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Mebratie, Anagaw and Peter A.G. van Bergeijk (2011) Firm Heterogeneity and Development:
A Meta Analysis of FDI Productivity Spill-overs. ISS-EUR Working Paper 526.
Accepted for publication. Forthcoming in Journal of International Trade and
Economic Development.
Mebratie, Anagaw and Arjun S. Bedi (2011) Foreign direct investment, black economic
empowerment and labour productivity in South Africa. IZA Working Paper 6048.
Accepted for publication on March 27, 2012. Forthcoming in Journal of International
Trade and Economic Development.
Jean-Luc Stalon
Article on “Can growth be inclusive in Pakistan?”, Published in Dawn, December 2012.
Article on “Remittances outweigh foreign support, can become catalyst for growth in Pakistan”,
Published in The News, June 2012.
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Annex 3
List of submitted research/teaching/capacity building proposals in 2012
1. The influence of low-frequencyhigh-economic
impact events on
theory and practice
2. Research proposal on Health
Seeking Behavior in India, Visiting
Scholar Programme
3. Three proposals submitted to RGHI.
Proposals led by Bedi/Grimm and
Wagner/Stella Quimbo.
4. “To what extent can health
insurance boost investment in micro
and small enterprises? Experimental
evidence from Burkina Faso”
5. Economics of Development and
Emerging Markets
6. Long-term effects of health care
quality improvements on children's
health and cognitive skill
development
7. “Evaluating SMS to promote
retention and adherence to ART
programs in Burkina Faso”.
NWO Free
Competition
NWO-ICSSR
RGHI
UK AID-funded
and IZAcoordinated
“Growth and
Labour Markets
in Low Income
Countries
Programme”
(GLM-LIC)
EUR excellence
3ie
3ie and AUSAID
Submitted in
May/June 2012
Not successful
Successful. Dr.
Pradeep Panda was
awarded the
fellowship and spent
two months working
with Arjun Bedi
All three were
successful.
Submitted 28
November 2012.
Result expected first
quarter of 2013.
(Proposal benefitted
from RGHI seed
money).
Not successful
Not successful
Not successful
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Annex 4
SG1 related text taken from IPRC Evaluation Report
Group 1: Economics of Sustainable Development
Research Area
The broad research area is development economics or more accurately, the application of an
economic approach to analyzing development issues. In the first years of the evaluation the main
research focus of the staff group was on issues of macroeconomic stability and structural
adjustment in developing countries. Methodologically, there was a greater reliance on
construction and analysis of large scale macro-econometric models, social-accounting matrices,
and the use of general equilibrium models. During the last few years increasing attention has been
paid to the links between macroeconomic policies and microeconomic effects, with a greater
emphasis on issues of poverty reduction, equitable, sustainable and shared growth.
Methodologically, the shift has been towards a closer macro-micro link with a greater use of
micro-econometric methods and the gathering of primary data.
The staff group’s research is divided into three broad lines of investigation:
Line 1: Economics of states, households, firms and institutions
Line 2: Microeconomic analysis of conflict and cooperation
Line 3: South-South globalization and economic geography
Staff
The staff group has currently 11 members, 6 professors (of which one is an affiliate and one an
emeritus professor), 4 (senior) lecturers and 1 post doc. 17 PhD students have completed their
thesis between 2003 and 2010.
Assessment Quality 4 Productivity 4,5 Relevance 4,5
Vitality and feasibility 4,5
Quality
The research quality of this staff group is very good. This is reflected in their publications:
journals, books and chapters in books across A, B and C level. During the last 4 years, the quality
of the publications has improved significantly. The number of publications in category-A journals
has increased from 0.5 papers per year (2003-2006) to 2.75 per year (2007-2010).
Productivity
The productivity, measured in terms of the number of publications, is very high. This staff group
has (per fte per year) the highest average score across staff groups for journal articles ( categories-
A, B, and C), an average score for books (ABC) and a second position in number of book chapters
(ABC).
Relevance
This staff group gets a high rating for relevance, especially due to its applied policy-related
research. Their approach helps to establish evidence-based policy formulation and
implementation. Their research is limited in the range of issues and geographies they address.
There is always a trade-off between depth and range. It is important to strike the right balance. A
positive aspect of its work is that within the field of development economics members have
established themselves in a niche of their own.
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Vitality and feasibility
Staff Group 1 makes a very lively and energetic impression. They appear to be strong across all
lines of work. Moreover they are very active and successful in mobilizing resources for their
research. They also have a favourable age profile, being younger than average.
Leadership and cohesion
The leadership of this group has been good for a sustained period of time with
Rob Vos (2003-2005), Mansoob Murshed (2006-2008) and Arjun Bedi (2009-present). This has
obviously made a difference. The group appears to be very cohesive and collegial. These two
attributes have reinforced each other.
Assessment
The Committee believes that this group has a sense of direction, strong motivation, and the
ability to produce high-quality research products of relevance not only to academic peers but
also to the policy community concerned with such issues as poverty reduction. Its age
profile and leadership quality reinforce the Committee’s impression that this is a viable
research group that produces work that is very good, sometimes excellent. Members of the
group are clearly making significant and original contributions to the field of development
economics. The Committee’s overall score for this group, therefore, is 4.5.
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Annex 5
Economics of Development and Emerging Markets EDEM
EDEM provides world class research on the economics of
development in a global context. Our point of departure is
the observation that three quarters of the global poor are
not in developing countries but in emerging markets. This
challenges the traditional concepts of development,
including targets of poverty reduction and other Millennium
Development Goals. Open to other disciplines and embedded
in a leading European development studies institute, we
provide an economic perspective on development processes
and structural change all around the globe.
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1. Title of the proposed Research Programme
Economics of Development and Emerging Markets (EDEM)
2. Research Programme Objective
Our goal is to provide world class research on the economics of development in a global
context. 2 Our point of departure is the observation that three quarters of the global poor are
not in developing countries but in emerging markets. This challenges the traditional concepts
of development, including targets of poverty reduction and other Millennium Development
Goals, because poverty is no longer concentrated in developing countries. Open to other
disciplines and embedded in a development studies institute, we provide an economic
perspective on processes and structural change around the globe.
3. Description of the proposed research activity (programme
description in terms of major theme and sub-themes)
Our major research concerns are the conditions for transiting to a higher level of economic
and human development and in turn the effect of this transition on the global poor. This theme
is studied by integrating insights from microeconomic and macroeconomic research. At the
micro level the key issue that we study is the transition from dependence and poverty to selfreliance
and well-being. We study many aspects of this transition including health, education,
gender, income distribution and entrepreneurial activity. At the macro level we focus on
policies that enable or prohibit the transition from ‘Developing’ to ‘Emerging’. We study the
impact of graduation out of the category of (least) developing countries and what this implies
for the people in these countries as well as the new challenges and opportunities that this
creates both for the people in these countries and in developed countries. Microeconomic and
macroeconomic analysis therefore deals with the institutions and incentives for the transition
in both the global North and the global South.
Global Poor
This is a key issue since three quarters of the global poor are not in developing countries but
in emerging markets and this challenges the traditional concepts of development, including
targets of poverty reduction and other Millennium Development Goals. Indeed, for most of
the world’s poor official development assistance (ODA) in the traditional sense is becoming
less relevant. The poor in middle income countries would especially benefit from an
improvement in income distribution, improved access to social services, productive jobs and a
well-functioning rights based system that gives people access to government services and
allows workers to exercise their rights. The challenge is thus how to cast the development
goals in a post 2015 system such that the poor in middle income countries can benefit from
developments in their countries and can exercise their rights to a greater share of the proceeds
from development.
2 We define world class research as scientific production with proven scientific quality (so consisting of A
publications) and proven impact (as measured by bibliometric indicators such as i 20 and h indices that feeds into
evidence-based policy advice and informed policy debates generating significant valorization.
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Interdependent research
Our work can be grouped along three interdependent lines which enables us to look at micro
and macro transition processes from different angles. The first line deals with evidence-based
policy analysis in the context of specific countries and country groupings. The second line
deals with the economic interaction between countries through trade, investment and other
capital flows. The third line focuses on the means to solve conflicts and foster cooperation,
both within and between countries. One important and recurrent theme is the impact of the
uncertainty that is generated by exogenous shocks such as crises, (civil) wars and
environmental degradation. The 2012 external research assessment points out that the key
researchers appear to be strong across all lines of work. Moreover “they are very active and
successful in mobilizing resources for their research”.
Line 1: Economics of households, firms and institutions
This line of research is concerned with:
(a) the interaction between the institutional, social, cultural and economic environment in
which firms, households and individuals operate and their consumption decisions and
investments in human and physical capital. This also includes the role of perceptual factors
which may affect household economic decision-making, investment and risk taking, such as
the fear of future violence and economic disruptions. An important element is identifying the
effect of government and NGO interventions at the individual and household level. Research
in this area blends theoretical models and micro econometric analyses.
(b) the design, implementation and the effects of domestic and international macroeconomic,
financial and trade policies on economic development and inequality. Relatedly this line deals
with the impact of exogenous shocks, such as the impact of (civil) war or the financial crisis
that emerged in the OECD. Rather than providing micro-theoretic foundations for
macroeconomic relationships work in this area is characterized by a desire to empirically
establish the microeconomic effects of macroeconomic policies and developments. Of
particular interest are the conditions for and impact of graduation to middle income status.
Key publications Economics of households, firms and institutions (2010-
2012)
Bedi, A. and S. Srinivasan, “Ensuring Daughter Survival in Tamil Nadu” Oxford Development
Studies 39 no.3 (2011): 253-283.
Bedi, A., M. Bhattacharyya and A. Chhachhi “Marital Violence and Women's Employment and
Property Status: Evidence from North Indian Villages” (with). World Development 39 no. 9
(2011): 1676-1689.
Bedi, A. , A. Iturriza and R. Sparrow, “Unemployment Assistance and Transition to
Employment in Argentina” Economic Development and Cultural Change 59 no. 4 (2011): 811-
837.
Bedi, A. and N. de Jong, “Guyana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy and Social Expenditure”.
European Journal of Development Research 23 (2011): 229-248.
Bedi, A. and P. Goulart, “A History of Child Labour in Portugal” in: G.K. Lieten and E. van
Nederveen Meerkerk,(eds) Child Labour's Global Past 1650-2000, Bern: Peter Lang
Publishers, Chapter 13, 257-278, 2011.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van, R. van der Hoeven en A. de Haan (eds), 2011, The financial crisis and
developing countries: a global multidisciplinary perspective Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van et al. Guest editor Special issue of De Economist 2011 Firm
Heterogeneity and Productivity
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Fialho, D., 2012 ‘Altruism but not quite: the genesis of the Least Developed Country (LDC)
category’ Third World Quarterly, (DOI:10.1080/)
Grimm M. (2011), Does inequality in health impede growth? Oxford Economic Papers 63:
448-471.
Grimm, M. (2011), Does Household Income Matter for Children's Schooling? Evidence for
Rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Economics of Education Review 30 (4): 740-754.
Grimm, M., P. Knorringa and J. Lay (2012) Informal Entrepreneurs in Western Africa:
Constrained gazelles in the lower tier. World Development, 40 (7), forthcoming
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.03.009].
Grimm, M., J. Krüger and J. Lay (2011), Barriers to entry and returns to capital in informal
activities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Review of Income and Wealth, 57: S27-S53.
Hartwig, R. and M. Grimm (2011), An Assessment of the Effects of the 2002 Food Crisis on
Children’s Health in Malawi. Journal of African Economies [doi: 10.1093/jae/ejr028].
Herzer, D. and M. Grimm (2011), Does foreign aid increase private investment? Evidence
from panel cointegration. Applied Economics, 44 (20): 2537-2550..
Hoeven, R. van der, 2010 Guest editor special issue Journal of Human Development and
Capabilities, Vol. 11, No. 1,February 2010.
Hoeven, R. van der, 2011,“Afterword” in T. Novitz and D. Mangan (eds) The Role of Labour
Standards in Development , Oxford University Press, 2011
Hoeven, R., van der (ed.) 2011, Employment, Inequality and Globalization: A Continuous
Concern London, Routledge, 2011
Marrewijk, C. van and P.A.G. van Bergeijk, Guest editor Special Issue Journal of International
Trade and development 2012 “Heterogeneity and Development”
Nicholas, H.V.B. (2011). Marx’s theory of price and its modern rivals. Basingstoke, UK:
Palgrave Macmillan
Sánchez, M.V. and R. Vos (2010) ‘Liberalizing trade and its impact on poverty and inequality
in Nicaragua’, in: K. Anderson et al. Martin (eds) Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality and
Poverty, London, New York: Palgrave/Macmillan.
Staveren, I van ‘Post-Keynesianism meets Feminist Economics’, Cambridge Journal of
Economics 34 (6), 2010, pp. 1123-1144.
Staveren, I. van, From Gender as Exogenous to Gender as Endogenous in the New
Economics’, in: P. Arestis and M. Sawyer (eds.). New Economics as Mainstream Economics.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp. 116-153.
Staveren, I. van, E. Braunstein and D. Tavani, ‘Embedding Care and Unpaid Work in
Macroeconomic Modeling: A Structuralist Approach’, Feminist Economics 17 (4), 2011, pp. 5-
31.
Staveren ,I. van and R. Mabsout, ‘Disentangling Bargaining Power from Individual and
Household Level to Institutions: Evidence on Women’s Position in Ethiopia’, World
Development 38: 5, 2010, pp. 783 – 796.
Staveren, I. van ‘Communitarianism and the Market: A Paradox’, in M. White and I. van
Staveren (ed) Ethics and Economics. New Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 24-46.
Vos, R. and M.V. Sánchez (2010) ‘A Non-Parametric Microsimulation Approach to Assess
Changes in Inequality and Poverty’, in: International Journal of Microsimulation Vol. 3, No. 1
Line 2: South-South Globalization, Value Chains and Economic Geography
This line of research deals with international trade and capital flows. In contrast to line 1a,
above, work here focuses on trade and investment to and from developing countries and
emerging markets and investigates the recent and imminent shifts in global patterns of
production, trade and capital flows. Increasingly research in this area involves micro data
analysis to understand the world trade collapse, the risks of deglobalization and its impact on
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developing countries. It also examines prospects for Southern engines of growth for the global
South and the impact of socio-cultural factors such as exclusion and discrimination on trade
and investment.
Key Publications South South Globalization, Value Chains and Economic
Geography (2010-2012)
Bayangos, V. and K. Jansen, Remittances and Competitiveness: The case of the Philippines,
World Development, (2011), 39 (10), pp. 1834-1846
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van and S. Brakman (eds) The Gravity Equation in International Trade,
Cambridge University Press 2010
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van, On the brink of deglobalization: An alternative perspective on the world
trade collapse, Edward Elgar 2011
Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van (2012), The World Trade Collapse and International Value Chains: A
Cross-Country Perspective" International Economic Journal
Bergeijk, P.A.G. van, M. Oikano-Heijmans and J. Melissen (eds) Economic Diplomacy:
Economic and Political Perspectives, Brill, 2011
van der Hoeven, R. (2011) “Employment in the South?” in S.M. Murshed et al (eds) South-
South Globalization. Routledge 2011.
Murshed, M., P. Goulart and L. A. Serino (eds) (2011) South-South Globalization: Challenges
and Opportunities for Development, Routledge.
Mamoon, D. and M. Murshed (2012) Education Bias of Trade Liberalization and Wage
Inequality in Developing Countries, Journal of International Trade and Development. , DOI,
10.1080/09638199.2011.589532.
Mebratie, A.D. and P.A.G. van Bergeijk (2013). Firm heterogeneity and development: a meta
analysis of FDI productivity spill-overs, Journal of International Trade and Development
(accepted)
Murshed, M., P. Goulart and L. A. Serino (eds) (2011) South-South Globalization: Challenges
and Opportunities for Development, Routledge.
Staveren, I van, Special Issue DevIssues, 2010 Two years into the Crisis
Staveren. I. van, ‘ FDI Volatility and Development’, in: P.A.G. van Bergeijk, A. de Haan and R.
van der Hoeven (eds), The Financial Crisis and Developing Countries, Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, 2011, pp. 111-126.
Vos, R. (2010) ‘The Crisis of Globalization as an Opportunity to Create a Fairer World’, in:
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol. 11, No. 1 (February), pp. 143–160.
Vos , R. (2011) ‘Illusions and Disillusions with Poverty Reduction Strategies: Growth, Crisis
and the MDGs in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua’, in: European Journal for Development
Research Vol. 23 No. 1.
Vos, R. and M. Koparanova (2011) ‘Introduction: Globalization, transition, and economic
diversification’, in: R. Vos and M. Koparanova (eds.), Globalization and Economic
Diversification: Policy Challenges for Economies in Transition, London: Bloomsbury
Academic, pp. 1-10.
Yakop, M. and P.A.G. van Bergeijk, ‘Economic diplomacy, trade and developing countries’,
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2011 (special issue Economic geography
and development)
Line 3: Conflict, co-operation and economic governance
(a) Research in this area targets the micro economic analysis of conflict especially in the
presence of abundant natural resources and the effectiveness of positive and negative
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economic (trade) sanctions. It also explores interactions between the framing of
environmental and natural resource extraction policies, rent-seeking and corruption and deals
with institutions (autocracy versus democracy) and new forms of conflict and cooperation
such as mass protest, sectarian violence, civilizational conflict, diplomacy by NGOs
(including businesses) and regional economic integration in Africa.
(b) At the macrolevel the research targets the determinants of successes and failures of
economic sanctions, shifts in geoeconomic and geopolitical gravity and their impact on
economic governance and the conflict mitigating effects of trade and fiscal decentralization. It
looks at what specific types of natural resource abundance and trade dependence retards
growth and examines applications of the Liberal Peace, that is the idea that commerce and
common polity lower the frequency of conflict.
Key publications Conflict, cooperation and economic governance (2010-
2012)
Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van (2012), Failure … and success of economic sanctions, Vox.eu, March
27 2012 node/7785
Dorussen, H. M. Murshed and H. Ward, Any Ties that Bind? Economic Diplomacy on the
South Asian Subcontinent The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 6, 2011, 149-169.
Mamoon, D., Murshed, S.M., (2010), The conflict mitigating effects of trade in the India-
Pakistan case. Economics of Governance, vol. 11, issue 2, pp 145-167.
Mamoon, D., Murshed, S.M., (2012) Education bias of trade liberalization and wage
inequality in developing countries. The Journal of International Trade and Economic
Development: an international and comparative review, vol. 21, issue 3, pp 1-33.
Mavrotas, G., Murshed, S.M., Torres Ledezma, S., (2011), Natural Resource Dependence and
Economic Performance in the1970-2000 Period. Review of Development Economics: an
essential resource for any development economist, vol 15, issue 1, pp 124-138.
Murshed, M. , G. Mavrotas and S. Torres, 2011, Natural Resource Dependence and Economic
Performance in the 1970-2000 Period Review of Development Economics, 15 (1): 124-38.
Murshed, M., Threat Perceptions in Europe: Domestic Terrorism and International Crime,
Defence and Peace Economics, 22 (2): 181-92, April 2011.
Murshed., M., G., Østby, H. Urdal, Z. Tadjoeddin and H. Strand (2011), Population Pressure,
Horizontal Inequality and Political Violence: A Disaggregated Study of Indonesian Provinces,
1990-2003 Journal of Development Studies, 47 (3): 377-98,.
Murshed, M. and L. Serino (2011), The Pattern of Specialization and Economic Growth: the
Resource Curse Hypothesis Revisited, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 22 (2):
151-161.
Murshed, M. The Clash of Civilizations and the Interaction between Fear and Hatred,
International Area Studies Review, 14 (1): 31-48, Spring 2011.
Murshed, M. and S. Pavan, 2011, Identity and Islamic Radicalization in Western Europe (with
Sara Pavan), Civil Wars, 13 (3): 259-279.
Murshed, M. and D. Mamoon (2010) Not Loving Thy Neighbour as Thyself: Trade, Democracy
and Military Expenditure Explanations Underlying India-Pakistan Rivalry, Journal of Peace
Research, 47 (4): 463-476, July 2010.
Opschoor, H. and Lina Tang 2011. Growth, world heritage and sustainable development: the
case of Lijiang City, China. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World
Ecology, Vol. 18, No. 6:469-473.
Opschoor, H. 2011. Local Sustainable Development and Carbon Neutrality in Cities in
Developing and Emerging Countries. The International Journal of Sustainable Development
and World Ecology. Vol 18, No. 3:190-201.
Pellegrini, L. (2011). Corruption, Development and the Environment. Dordrecht, Springer.
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Pellegrini, L. (2012). Planning and natural resources in Bolivia: between rules without
participation and participation without rules. Journal of Developing Societies.
Pellegrini, L. and A. Dasgupta (2012) “Land reform in Bolivia: the forestry question.
Conservation and Society 9 (4), 274-285.
Pellegrini, L. (2011). "Forest management and poverty in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua:
reform failures?" European Journal of Development Research 23: 266–283.
Vos, R. (2011) ‘Economic Insecurity and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean’,
in: J. A. Ocampo and J. os (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economies, Oxford,
New York: Oxford University Press.
Investing in data
The members of the research programme pay attention to data gathering. Importantly, microlevel
primary data are collected in developing countries and emerging markets often involving
innovative approaches at measurement and operationalization of research questions. The data
sets are unique and enable us to provide credible answers to new questions or existing
questions in a new context. Examples are provided by data collected to establish the effects of
community based health insurance programmes in India and Ethiopia and to examine the
effect of renewable energy programmes in Burkina Faso, Indonesia and Rwanda. Primary
level data are also collected in the Netherlands as part of dedicated consultancy, for example
regarding the use of Dutch trade policy instruments in emerging markets.
In addition to the collection of primary data, staff is involved in the combination and analysis
of unrelated secondary data sources. The ISS Indices of Social Development database
(director: van Staveren) provides a key public research infrastructure. The website and data
have substantial visibility and use with roughly 250,000 hits and 2,000 downloads on an
annual basis. Maintenance requires econometric sophistication. According to the 2012
research assessment this is a strong asset as it brings together 200 indicators and synthesizes
them into six dimensions of social development, which can be used in a wide range of
research. The database has already been used by the World Bank, UNDP and in an evaluation
study for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
4. Innovative aspects of the Programme
The research programme is at the frontiers of social science research in several ways. First, it
incorporates psycho-social factors into material decision making processes in line with
current cutting edge research in behavioural and institutional economics. Second, it looks at
new forms of conflict, including new issues in cooperative versus conflictive approaches to
managing natural and other environmental resources. Third, it critically re-examines the
notions of the liberal peace that common political/social values combined with economic
interdependence promote peace. Finally, it looks at the reconfiguration of global political
economy and power in several ways: (a) the decline of multilateralism in international trade
and investment and the salience of commercial diplomacy (“economische diplomatie” in
promoting trade and inward investment; (b) the changing nature of global value chains and
the informalization of employment and outsourcing; and, the importance of Southern engines
of growth for the global economy such as the BRIC countries..
5. Support for current research initiatives and long term strategy
The 2012 external research assessment identifies four facets that should be considered in the
future strategy of ISS and its research programmes: changing government priorities,
integration into EUR, a shifting resource base and the new situation in the South (Figure 1).
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Figure 1. Framework for assessing the ISS and its research groups.
Environment
Changing
Integrating
government
into Erasmus
priorities Relevance University
Policy
Teaching Quality Research Academic
Productivity
New situation
in the South
Society
Shifting
resource base
The research group is well-aware of these factors and the challenges and opportunities that
they create and is taking pro-active steps to position itself vis-à-vis these forces. With regard
to changing government priorities the groups has responded by integrating its value chain
research with economic diplomacy (a top government priority) while retaining a clear focus
on implications for the South. The need for research-based decision making in allocating its
development co-operation budget has led to an increase in the demand for impact evaluation
and the the group has been successful at capturing a share of the market. Valorization of
research is taking place in high level advisory services and committees for Parliament and the
Cabinet (AIV – foreign affairs and development and NRB – homeland security). With regard
to the integration into Erasmus University several initiatives with Woudestein faculties
have led to joint research proposals (see Section 9) and the strategy is to build on these
networks. Essentially responses to these two factors allow the group to deal with the shifting
resource base. In addition, the promotiebonus will add to the research programme’s financial
resources. A vital part of the strategy is therefore to increase PhD enrollment and the research
programme is committed to developing new modes of (co-)funding for PhDs and to
increasingly work with off-site PhDs. This is also the key ingredient of the strategic response
to the new situation in the South. While there are a number of graduate programmes
(emerging) in the South, it has also fuelled the need for Ph.Ds – as suggested by the number
of very good applications that the institute receives in the field of economics of development
and emerging markets. At this moment we lose high-quality candidates to universities which
are able to offer funding.
The external research assessment is clear about the quality and productivity of this group: the
quality is very good and has substantially improved and the productivity is outstanding. The
group itself – as compared to other development research institutes in The Netherlands,
Belgium and the U.K. - is at the top (together with the Institute of Development Studies at the
University of Sussex). Importantly, however, the external assessment notes:
The issue that faces ISS after its integration into EUR is with whom it should compare
itself. Management and staff tend to continue identifying other inter-disciplinary
development research institutes as their natural peers. (…).
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Yet, with an ambition to compete within the broader social science academic
community in The Netherlands and elsewhere, getting to, or being at, the top becomes
a fresh challenge.
Our publication strategy recognizes this challenge. We aim at maintaining our excellent
position as compared to other development studies while at the same time improving our
position in the mono-disciplinary rankings. By implication this means that the publication
strategy will target cross disciplinary A journals.
6. Integration of PhD and MA students
The research programme has a history of actively integrating PhD and MA students into its
projects and staff is substantially involved in the national research school CERES and at ISS.
The staff group takes pride in the fact that major contributions to its research programme have
been (co-)authored with current and former PhD and MA students as illustrated in section 3
by the articles and book chapters by Bayangos, Bhattacharyya, Fialho, Goulart, Hartwig,
Iturriza, Mabsout, Mamoon, Mebratie, Pavan, Serino and Torres Ledezma. The staff group
also supports Ph.D and MA students by providing financial resources for data collection.
The embedding of PhD candidates will be further strengthened also because members of the
research programme have been quite successful in attracting funding from the Netherlands
Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (an option that did not exist for ISS before July
2009). The research programme will guard the quality of the PhD projects through (a) the
selection of candidates into the programme in the ISS wide admission process under the
responsibility of the Research Degrees Committee, with strict quality criteria; and (b) by
organizing three monitoring seminars per PhD project, in close cooperation with the Research
Degrees Committee. PhD students will work on topics that have been discussed with at least
two senior members of the programme and hence that fit into the group’s research. EDEM
organizes a semi-internal seminar to give PhDs regular feedback. Self financed PhDs are
encouraged to participate in externally funded projects so as to broaden and strengthen their
job market perspectives. Some students will even directly be financed through such projects.
PhD students are also expected to do field work and may where possible spend a semester at a
partner University.)(a financing source that was only partially accessible for ISS before July
2009).
The programme’s staff is also committed to promising MA students: these potential PhDs get
additional training and are involved in research. Although a number of these high potentials
have been absorbed by the ISS PhD programme, often these students are accepted at ISS but
are unable to acquire funding within a reasonable time frame.
7. Societal relevance
EDEM’s research is applied and policy-driven. A key aspect is societal relevance and
typically the research questions and issues dealt with in our research arise from societal
concerns and our research is directed towards providing input for evidence based policy
implementation. Staff is involved in advising Dutch Ministries in many high-level functions
(including advisory committees for Parliament and/or the Cabinet) providing advice on
development cooperation, foreign affairs, economic affairs and homeland security thus
creating concrete valorisation for all research lines. Professors van der Hoeven en van
Bergeijk were included in the Vice Versa top 40 list of the most influential persons in Dutch
Development cooperation. The 2012 research assessment notes that this group has a high
ranking (4.5 on a scale of 1 to 5)
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for relevance, especially due to its applied policy-related research. Their approach
helps to establish evidence-based policy formulation and implementation.(..) A
positive aspect of its work is that within the field of development economics members
have established themselves in a niche of their own.
8. Possible synergies with other Research Programmes
The research on the transition of the formerly central planned economies in Eastern Europe
and the impact of that transition by Max Spoor and associates relates to the general theme
of transition and globalization.
The research on global governance and international political economy by Wil Hout and
associates relates to line 3 Conflict, co-operation and economic governance and Line 2:
South-South Globalization, Value Chains and Economic Geography
The research on environment and sustainability by associate professor Bram Büscher and
associates relates to line 3 Conflict, co-operation and economic governance
9. Collaboration with other research networks outside the ISS (in the
global South and North, including Leiden University and Delft University
of Technology
Nationalization of extractive industries cooperation and conflict in Bolivia and Ecuador
2011-2016 M. Murshed, L. Pellegrini and M. Arsel with involvement of HIVOS, LIDEMA
(Bolivia) and Universdad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). ISS-led research consortium with
research grant from NWO/WOTRO’s Conflict and Co-operation over Natural Resources in
Developing Countries (CoCooN) programme; co-financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
Michael Grimm and Arjun Bedi independently submitted proposals to the Indian-European
Research Networking Programme in the social sciences (funding agencies ANR-DFG-ESRC-
NWO with ICSSR), joint with IfW Kiel, IZA Bonn, Aston Business School and various partners in
India.
European PEGNet, Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth network: World Bank financed
project “Unlocking Potential: Tackling economic, institutional and social constraints of
informal entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. Michael Grimm Robert Sparrow, Peter
Knorringa, Rolph van der Hoeven and Renate Hartwig (PhD student).
Arjun Bedi , Michael Grimm with Groningen University and AIID, VU-UvA: NWO-WOTRO
financed evaluations of Dutch aid (MFS II evaluations for India and Indonesia)
EUR- iBMG (Rotterdam Global Health Initiative):
Community Based Health Insurance in Ethiopia. Robert Sparrow, Arjun Bedi, Zelalem
Debebe (PhD) and Anagaw Mebratie (PhD) with researchers at iBMG-EUR, Leiden University,
University of Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian Economic Association. Financed by NWO-
WOTRO.
Community Based Health Insurance in India. Arjun Bedi and Wameq Raza (PhD student)
with researchers at iBMG-EUR Financed by EU-FP7.
Health Equity and Financial Protection in Asia. Specifically working on the Indonesia
package. Robert Sparrow, Arjun Bedi. Financed by EU-FP7.
EUR - ESE
Participation with ESE in Analistennetwerk Nationale Veiligheid (National Security), a
consortium that includes Clingendael, TNO, WODC and RIVM)
EUR – ESHCC
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EUR - RSM
Joint NWO application on migrant/minority entrepreneurs in Asia and Africa. Rated
excellent/very good (resubmitted in 2012)
Tales of Two World Trade Collapses, NWO proposal rated excellent/very good (resubmitted
in 2012)
Leiden University – ASC Seminar and workshop on household bargaining models.
EU FP 6 and 7
Micro-Level Analysis of Conflict, Mansoob Murshed (MICROCON), Leader workpackage 1
European Security Economics Mansoob Murshed , Leader Workpackage 1
Evaluations IOB Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Arjun Bedi, Michael Grimm, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Robert Sparrow, Luca Tasciotti with
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) in Essen impact evaluations
of access-to-energy programs
impact evaluation economic diplomacy Peter van Bergeijk with researchers from CBS and
Nyenrode Business University
10. Links with current ISS research activities, including their duration
to-date and the levels of funding involved.
The research programme can be characterized as applied and policy-driven economics that
reflects and builds on the Tinbergen tradition at the Institute and at Erasmus University . The
Tinbergen tradition can be recognized in our empirical approach to public and private
decision-making at the macro, meso and micro levels in the context of developing countries
and emerging markets and in our interest in international security issues. Three assets have
been identified in the ISS self assessment of research quality:
a core group of research intensive staff with an excellent publication track record and a high
earning capacity
an excellent research cluster (“micro and macro dynamics of poverty”)
the research agenda of the first holder of the Prins Claus chair
The recent external Research Assessment of the core group of researchers rate the overall
score of this group as 4.5 on a scale 1 to 5:
The Committee believes that this group has a sense of direction, strong motivation,
and the ability to produce high-quality research products of relevance not only to
academic peers but also to the policy community concerned with such issues as
poverty reduction. Its age profile and leadership quality reinforce the Committee’s
impression that this is a viable research group that produces work that is very good,
sometimes excellent. Members of the group are clearly making significant and original
contributions to the field of development economics. The Committee’s overall score
for this group, therefore, is 4.5.
11. Anticipated sources of external funding, including assessment of
external funding opportunities and definition of external funding
targets (for the next three years)
The research programme is regulary responding to tenders and the track record is good.
(Table 2). In addition expert consultancies bring in sufficient funds.
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Project
1. Community Based Health Insurance in
Ethiopia
2. Impact Evaluation of Energy Related
Projects financed by the Netherlands
3. Nationalization of natural resources,
cooperation and conflict in Bolivia and
Ecuador
4. Conflict, Cooperation and Challenges in
Europe and India
Funding
organization
ISS innovation
fund, NWO Global
Health Systems
Call
BuZa, IOB
NWO. Submitted in
November 2009.
EU-FP7
Result
Final proposal submitted on
March 4 th 2010.
Awarded grant on June 22 nd
2010.
Awarded framework contract in
December 2009. Project
commenced in January 2010.
Awarded grant in Dec. 2009.
Final proposal submitted on
March 16 th 2010. Awarded grant
on June 28 th 2010.
Submitted in Feb. 2010 (not
shortlisted)
5. Reducing the social costs of road traffic
crashes in India
NWO-WOTRO
Submitted in Sept.
2010
6. Refresher course in Ecuador Nuffic
Submitted oct 2010
Did not reach second round.
Successful
7. Capacity building in Ethiopia NICHE/Nuffic. Unsuccessful
Submitted October
2010
8. Sustainable Chain Management Innovation Fund Submitted to IB on 30 March
2011
Fund is suspended.
9. State and Development in the Twenty-First
Century:
South Africa in Comparative and Global
Context
INET – Institute for
New Economic
Thinking
Submitted March 2011
Not successful.
10. Decision making under shadow of conflict European Research
Council
11. Reducing the social costs of road traffic
crashes in India
AXA Research
fund
Submitted in April 2011
Not successful
Submitted in May/June 2011
Not successful
12. The influence of low-frequency-higheconomic
impact events on theory and
practice
13. Two proposals submitted to the INDIAN-
EUROPEAN RESEARCH
NETWORKING PROGRAMME
IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
14. Research proposal on Health Seeking
Behavior In India, Visiting Scholar
Programme
NWO Free
Competition
DFG-NWO-ESRC-
ICSSR
Submitted in May/June 2011
Resubmitted 2012 (Cofinancing
by Ministery of Economics,
Agriculture and Innovation
agreed:150K)
Submitted in September 2011
Under review
NWO-ICSSR Submitted in September 2011
Under review
15. MFSII Evaluations in India and Indonesia NWO-WOTRO Awarded in December 2011
16. Migrant/minority entrepreneurs in Asia and
Africa
NWO Resubmitted 2012
12. Financial sustainability of the Research Programme
These are the numbers for SG1
2010: staff time NL 226,162 euro and staff time abroad 87,716 euro

2011: staff time NL 195,304 euro and staff time abroad 66,708 euro
13. Academic Leadership
According to the 2012 research assessment “The leadership of this group has been good for a
sustained period of time. The group appears to be very cohesive and collegial. These two
attributes have reinforced each other.” We want to continue working with a management team
of 3 persons that deals with research, teaching and human resources in an integrated manner.
The member of the management team (a full professor) that is responsible for research will
act as the leader of the research programme and also be a member of the ISS Research
Committee
All members of the research team are expected to lead bids for funding and to supervise
PhDs.
The minimum size of the research programme membership, taking into
account critical mass as well as cohesion and future sustainability
6 full professors, 2 tenure track professors, 3 tenure track assistant/associate professors., 3
post docs, 1 to 2 visiting scholars (annual basis), 15 PhDs, 6 TRAs, 1 office manager
(0.75FTE)
Criteria adopted for selecting the participating staff, PhD students and
visiting researchers.
For staff: excellence in teaching and research (shown by a strong publication record and
impact scores) – we will only hire people that meet requirements for a research intensive
profile or that can be expected to achieve a research intensive profile in two years.
For PhDs: Only PhDs that meet both the requirements of the RDC and fit into the research
programme will be admitted as on site. We will take a liberal attitude to off site PhD
candidates with respect to their research themes.
We take a liberal view regarding visiting scholars if their presence can be motivated as part of
capacity building.