Commentary · Public Policy
The new OECD Arrangement on export credits: breakthrough or bad compromise?
Does the modernised OECD Arrangement on officially supported export credits level the playing field, and where does the reform fall short?
Research
Journal articles, books and book chapters, policy briefs, discussion papers, reports and practitioner opinions by lill researchers, across the three pillars and five programmes. Every entry carries its pillar, programme, full author list and a link to the publisher or the document.
Pathways for Development
Reclaiming Public Value
Shaping the Future of Trade
Strategic Collaboration
Supporting the Energy Transition
42 publications in Public Policy · sorted by date · page 2 of 3
Journal article · Public Policy
Bridging the digital divide in Africa via universal service funds: an institutional theory perspective
Draws on 25 stakeholder interviews to show how institutional voids weaken African universal service funds, and recommends governance reforms and cross-sector collaboration to close the digital divide.
Journal article · Public Policy
Debating Conflict, war and revolution: Introduction to the special section
Introduces a Global Policy special section asking whether research centred on global cooperation and legitimate institutions still holds in an era of war, conflict and multipolar rivalry.
Book chapter · Public Policy
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Presents Dipesh Chakrabarty as a postcolonial historian and political thinker, examining his idea of the Anthropocene and the links he draws between freedom, capitalism and climate change.
Book chapter · Public Policy
The diffusion of authority
Traces how authority in global governance has spread from states to transnational bodies and non-state actors, and argues that legitimate, renewed multilateralism is needed against climate change and pandemics.
Journal article · Public Policy
How ‘safe’ is the WTO ‘safe haven’? A need to modernise disciplines for officially supported export credits
Why do WTO and OECD disciplines on officially supported export credits need reform to provide a credible ‘safe haven’?
Journal article · Public Policy
Reinvigorating Europe-Africa Partnerships for Knowledge and Development
Reflects on uneasy Europe–Africa relations in research and policy, after the 2022 EU–Africa Summit, and argues for rebuilding knowledge and development partnerships on a more equal footing.
Journal article · Public Policy
Tripod missions: five principles for solving society’s most pressing challenges
What can the pandemic response teach governments about designing missions to tackle climate change and other major societal challenges?
Book chapter · Public Policy
The good society 2.0
What would a renewed social democratic vision of the good society look like as an alternative to today’s failing economic model?
Book chapter · Public Policy
Institutional Capacity, Trade and Investment in African Economies
Examines how the quality of institutions in African host economies shapes their trade performance and inflows of foreign direct investment, and what this implies for growth.
Book chapter · Public Policy
Harnessing the potential of the fourth industrial revolution in South Asia
How can South Asia, home to a quarter of humanity but a small share of global output, benefit from the fourth industrial revolution?
Book · Public Policy
The handbook of global trade policy
What do researchers and practitioners need to know about the institutions, instruments and debates that shape global trade policy?
Journal article · Public Policy
Targeting Aid for Trade for Impactful Capacity-Building in the Least Developed Countries
Argues that the Enhanced Integrated Framework's evidence-based needs assessments, country ownership and targeted support help least developed countries overcome binding constraints on expanding trade.
Report · Public Policy
Creating shared value (CSV): operationalising CSV beyond the firm
How can the idea of creating shared value be applied beyond the single firm, to how governments and wider systems create value for society?
Journal article · Public Policy
Impediments to the implementation of universal service funds in Africa – A cross-country comparative analysis
Compares African universal service funds and finds that weak policy design, poor stakeholder engagement, limited accountability and political interference stop them extending telecoms coverage to rural areas.