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Policy Brief: Women in the Informal Economy
UNU’s latest policy brief focuses on female workers and entrepreneurs in the global informal economy. The paper looks into a range of governance experiments, covering both top-down and bottom-up initiatives, and considers ways to improve the sustainability of women-owned businesses. From Latin America to Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors find that many top-down actions are only effective in gender-neutral development programmes. They also conclude that successful women role models are often the best agents for sweeping change. The brief complements an earlier working paper, which can also be downloaded below.
See: http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=899
Recruitment: Seven research fellow positions at UNU-MERIT
UNU-MERIT is now recruiting for seven new research positions: one senior research fellow in social economics, requiring a PhD and at least seven years of professional experience; plus six research fellows in governance, innovation and development economics / policy, each requiring a PhD and at least three years of professional experience. See the vacancies page for the full job descriptions. Closing date: 31 May 2013.
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    The PAL-V is a gyrocopter that can fly as far as 500 kilometres at an altitude of up to 1,200 metres. When it lands, it tucks away its rotor-blades and turns into a road-legal three-wheeled vehicle with a range of 1,200 kilometres.

    In development since 2008, the first commercial models of the arrow-shaped PAL-V are expected to go on sale in 2014 at EUR 250,000-300,000.

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    Latest publications

    Centre-based versus home-based childcare
    R. Bauchmüller, UNU-MERIT Working Paper
    Dynamic models of R&D, innovation and productivity: Panel data evidence for Dutch and French manufacturing
    W. Raymond, J. Mairesse, P. Mohnen & F. Palm, UNU-MERIT Working Paper
    How do ICT firms in Turkey manage innovation? Diversity in expertise versus diversity in markets
    S. Akçomak, E. Akdeve & D. Fındık, UNU-MERIT Working Paper
    Eliciting Illegal migration rates through list randomization
    D. McKenzie & M. Siegel, UNU-MERIT Working Paper
    Fathers' use of parental leave. What do we know?
    N. Zhelyazkova, UNU-MERIT Working Paper


    Conferences & Seminars

    Open Workshop for Online (Senior) Communities
    UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, May 22, 2013
    The distribution of individual income gains and losses in Russia 2000-2009
    UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, May 23, 2013
    Investing in Early Childhood Care and Education: The Impact of Quality on Inequality
    UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, May 23, 2013
    International Policy Debate on Remittances, Entrepreneurship and Development
    UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, May 29, 2013
    International Workshop: Migrants: Transnational Entrepreneurs or Entrepreneurial Refugees?
    UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, May 30, 2013


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