Working Papers on Development Policy
December 31, 1969
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The American Enterprise Institute Working Paper Series in Development Policy is a forum forshowcasing new scholarly work that may help extend the realm of knowledge or enhance the understandingof policy makers, non-governmental specialists, and members of the public concerned withimproving the quality of international development policy.

The purview of this working paper series includes issues in demographics, public health and nutrition,human resources, development assistance, institutional and legal development, trade policy, thebroader interplay between policy and economic growth, and other matters ultimately bearing uponthe extension of human choice in low income regions.

The series is meant to offer rapid initial dissemination of original research and analysis that may findeventual publication in scholarly journals or other suitable venues.


Working Papers

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Western Aid: The Missing Link for North Korea's Economic Revival?
By Nicholas Eberstadt | AEI Online
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Despite a decade and a half of charitable assistance, North Korea remains on the verge of another eruption of mass hunger. So is effective international humanitarian aid conceivable? [Read more]
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World Population and the Global Economic Outlook
The Shape of Things to Come
By Nicholas Eberstadt | AEI Online
Monday, February 28, 2011
In many of today's important "emerging markets," demographic pressures may constraint economic growth more significantly than people may think. [Read more]
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Putting the "Kerala Model" to Rest
Lessons for a New Era of Development
By Apoorva Shah | AEI Online
Monday, September 20, 2010
Government welfare policies in Kerala had less positive impact on social development and more negative impact on economic development than commonly perceived. [Read more]
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Rethinking HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Has Response Been Overmedicalized?
By Nicholas Eberstadt, Laura M. Kelley | AEI Online
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
South Africa will likely face a number of challenges due to the effects of its AIDS-related excess mortality; the country needs programs that deliver a broader variety of services than are currently offered if it hopes to emerge as a prosperous regional power by midcentury. [Read more]
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Addressing Corruption in Haiti
By Robert Klitgaard | AEI Online
Friday, April 16, 2010
Haiti will receive unprecedented aid in the aftermath of a disastrous earthquake, but confronting the country's legacy of corruption will be necessary for success. [Read more]
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The United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
By Philip I. Levy | AEI Online
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
New market access was not a principal Peruvian goal in the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement; rather, the agreement was intended to encourage investment by locking in Peru's economic reforms. [Read more]


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