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Applying Evaluation to Development and Aid: Can Evaluation Bridge the Micro-macro Gaps in Aid Effectiveness?: Léonce Ndikumana
New Jobs — Cleaner Air: Employment Effects Under Planned Changes to the EPA’s Air Pollution Rules: James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier and Ben Zipperer
CLEAR Economics: State-Level Impacts of the Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal Act on Family Incomes and Jobs: James Boyce and Matthew Riddle
Cooling the Planet, Clearing the Air: Climate Policy, Carbon Pricing, and Co-Benefits: James Boyce and Manuel Pastor
Decent Work in America: The 2005 Work Environment Index: Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Robert Pollin and James Heintz
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy: How the Economic Stimulus Program and New Legislation Can Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Employment: Robert Pollin, James Heintz and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
The Economic Benefits of a Green Chemical Industry in the United States: Renewing Manufacturing Jobs While Protecting Health and the Environment: James Heintz and Robert Pollin
Building a Green Economy: Employment Effects of Green Energy Investments for Ontario: Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States: Robert Pollin, Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Globalization, Economic policy and Employment: Poverty and Gender Implications: James Heintz
Missing Women: The G20, Gender Equality and Global Economic Governance: James Heintz
A Rapid Impact Assessment of the Global Economic Crisis on Liberia: James Heintz
Rethinking Monetary and Financial Policy: Practical suggestions for monitoring financial stability while generating employment and poverty reduction: Gerald Epstein
Justice in the Air: Tracking Toxic Pollution from America's Industries and Companies to Our States, Cities, and Neighborhoods: Michael Ash, James Boyce, Grace Chang, Justin Scoggins and Manuel Pastor
The Impact of Taxes on Migration in New England: Jeffrey Thompson
The Employment Impacts of a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for Minnesota: Heidi Garrett-Peltier
An Economic Analysis of the Nashville Living Wage Proposals: Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Robert Pollin
Employment, Poverty and Economic Development in Madagascar: Gerald Epstein, James Heintz, Leonce Ndikumana and Grace Chang
Analysis of Job Creation and Energy Cost Savings from Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Policy: Heidi Garrett-Peltier
19 Million Jobs For U.S. Workers: The Impact Of Channeling $1.4 Trillion In Excess Liquid Asset Holdings Into Productive Investments: Robert Pollin, James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier and Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study of Employment Impacts: Heidi Garrett-Peltier
How Infrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Robert Pollin, James Heintz and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities: 2011 Update: Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Combining Minimum Wage and Earned Income Tax Credit Policies to Guarantee a Decent Living Standard to All U.S. Workers: Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Jeffrey Thompson
Pushing Working Families into Poverty: Assessing the New Haven Plan to Privatize the Public Schools’ Custodial Services: Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs & Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy: Robert Pollin, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, James Heintz and Helen Scharber
Prioritizing Approaches to Economic Development in New England: Skills, Infrastructure, and Tax Incentives: Jeffrey Thompson
Inequality as a Cause of Environmental Degradation: James Boyce
Engendering Foreign Direct Investment: Family Structure, Labor Markets, and International Capital Mobility: Elissa Braunstein
To Honor and Obey: Efficiency, Inequality and Patriarchal Property Rights: Nancy Folbre and Elissa Braunstein
Anatomy of Clintonomics: Robert Pollin
From Natural Resources to Natural Assets: James Boyce
Ecological Distribution, Agricultural Trade Liberalization, and In Situ Genetic Diversity: James Boyce
Democratizing Global Economic Governance: James Boyce
Economic Analysis of the Florida Minimum Wage Proposal: Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Mark D. Brenner and Robert Pollin
Aid for Peace: Can International Financial Instutitions Help Prevent Conflict?: Manuel Pastor and James Boyce
The Globalization of Market Failure? International Trade and Sustainable Agriculture: James Boyce
Creating International Credit Rules and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment: What are the Alternatives?: Gerald Epstein and Elissa Braunstein
Can the Global Neoliberal Regime Survive Victory in Asia? The Political Economy of the Asian Crisis: Gary Dymski and James Crotty
Structural Contradictions of the Global Neoliberal Regime: James Crotty
Trading State-Led Prosperity for Market-Led Stagnation: From the Golden Age to Global Neoliberalism: James Crotty
The Case for Capital Controls: James Crotty
Korea's Neoliberal Restructuring: Miracle or Disaster?: Kang-Kook Lee and James Crotty
Raising Revenue from High-Income Households: Should States Continue to Place the Lowest Tax Rates on Those with the Highest Incomes?: Jeffrey Thompson
The Economic Consequences of Cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Jeffrey Thompson and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities: An Updated Analysis: Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Targeting Employment Expansion, Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Outlines of an Alternative Economic Programme for the Region: James Heintz and Robert Pollin
Impact of Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Aid on Gender Equity and Human Development: Lynda Pickbourn and Léonce Ndikumana