Occassional Papers

The Institute publishes six occasional papers every year. The first issue was in February 1994. To view the titles of the occasional papers and information about the papers click here.

Publications

Briguglio, L  and Piccinino, S. (2011) "Growth with Resilience in East Asia and the 2008-2009 Global Recession", Paper presented at the 49th annual meeting of the Philippines Economic Society. [link]

Briguglio, L (2011) was commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to prepare a paper on Growth with Resilience to make a case for the Commonwealth's advocacy role within the G20 (the group of 20 major economies in the World) [link]

Briguglio, L (2011) Macroeconomics and the Maltese Economy. Gutenberg Press, Malta [link]

Briguglio, L., Cordina, C., Vella, S., Vigilance, C. (2010) Profiling Vulnerability and Resilience: A Manual for Small States. Commonwealth Secretariat, London [link]

Lino Briguglio (2010). "Defining and assessing the risk of being harmed by climate change" International Journal of Climate Change: Strategies and Management Vol. 2 (1): 23-34 [link]

Lino Briguglio, Gordon Cordina, Nadia Farrugia, Stephanie Vella (2009) Economic Vulnerability and Resilience: Concepts and Measurements. Oxford Development Studies [PDF]

Paper on Profiling Vulnerability and Resilience published in the book: Small Economies and Global Economics [PDF] [link]

Professor Lino Briguglio, was commissioned, together with Professor Bishnodat Persaud and Mr Richard Stern by the World Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat to write a report on the strategy that small states should adopt. The report is entitled "Toward an Outward-Oriented Development Strategy for Small States: Issues, Opportunities, and Resilience Building" [click here to view report]

Briguglio, L., Cordina, G., Farrugia, N., Vigilnace, C. (2008) Small States and the Pillars of Economic Resilience of Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London [PDF]

Briguglio, L., Cordina, G., Kisanga, E. J. (2006) Building the Economic Resilience of Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London [PDF]
      
Briguglio, L., Kisanga, E. J. (2004) Economic Vulnerability and Resilience of Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta and Commonwealth Secretariat, London [PDF]
      
Briguglio, L., Cordina, G. (2004) Competitiveness Strategies for Small States. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London [PDF]
       
Briguglio, L., Bare, T., Cordina, G., Endeley, R. (2004) Maximising Malta's Competitiveness Potential. Islands and Small States Institute, University of Matla and Commonwealth Secretariat, London [PDF]

Briguglio, L., Galea, W. (2003) Updating and Augmenting the Economic Vulnerability Index. [PDF]      

Professor Lino Briguglio, the Director of the Institute, was entrusted with leading a team of authors to write the Malta National Report for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August-September 2002 [click here to view report] .

WSSD Malta National Report [PDF]

Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop Competitiveness Strategies for Small States, held in Malta on 22 April to 3 May 2002. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2002).
      
Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop on Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies, held in Malta on 2-13 December 2002. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2002).
      
Environment and Sustainable Development in Malta. Islands and Small States Institute in collaboration with the Ministry for the Environment Malta and the United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (2001). [PDF]
      
Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop on Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies, held in Malta on 1-12 October 2001. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2001).
      
Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop on Banking and Finance in Small States: Issues and Policies, held in Malta on 2-13 October 2000. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2000).

A selection of publications prior to the year 2000

      
Lino Briguglio (Ed.). Waste Management in Small Island Developing States. Report on the Proceedings of the UNEP Meeting of Experts on Waste Management in Small Island Developing States held at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, London, between 2 and 5 November 1999. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (1999).
      
Lino Briguglio, Ursula Kaly and Craig Pratt (Eds.). Report of the Meeting of Experts on the Environmental Vulnerability Index . Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (1999).

Lino Briguglio   "Small Country Size and Returns to Scale in Manufacturing," World Development, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 507-515, 1998 [PDF]
      
Lino Briguglio (Ed.) The Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Atlantic Regions. Report on the Meeting on Sustainable Development of IMA-SIDS held in Malta on 24-27 November 1998. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (1998).
      
Michael Bowe, Lino Briguglio and James W. Dean (Eds.). Banking and Finance in Islands and Small States. London: Pinter (1998).
      
Sylvia Mary Haslam and Joe Borg (Eds). The River Valleys of the Maltese Islands. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (1998).
      
Lino Briguglio (Ed.). Integrated Management of Freshwater, Coastal Areas and Marine Resources in Small Island Developing States. Report on the Workshop on "Integrated Management of Freshwater, Coastal Areas and Marine Resources" held in Malta on 8-12 December 1997. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (1997).
      
Peter Mayo and Lino Briguglio (Eds.). "Adult Continuing Education in Islands and Small States" Convergence, Canada: International Council fort Adult Education (1996).
      
Lino Briguglio, Brian Archer, Jafar Jafari and Geoffrey Wall (Eds.). Sustainable Tourism in Islands and Small States: Issues and Policies. London: Pinter (1996).
      
Briguglio, L., Butler, R., Harison, D. and Filho, W.L. (eds) (1996) Sustainable Tourism in Islands & Small States: Case Studies. London: Pinter.  
             
Lino Briguglio.  “Small Island States and their Economic Vulnerabilities,” World Development, Vol. 23(9), 1615-1632 (1995). [PDF]
      
Lino Briguglio and John Kaminarides (Eds.). "Islands and Small States: Issues and Policies", In a special issue of World Development. New York: Pergamon Press (1993).
      
Kaminarides, J. Briguglio, L. and Hoogendong, H. The Economic Development of Small Countries. Netherlands: Eburon Publishers (1989).

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