Islands & Small States Institute

Our publications

Our publications

  1. The Human Development Index with a focus on Small States
  2. ENGO impacts on climate change policy in European Malta
  3. In April 2017, Dr Mario Thomas Vassallo presented a co-authored paper at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow as part of the annual conference of the UK’s Political Studies Association. The paper embraces a study on the discourse and policy approaches of Maltese political parties towards irregular migration.
  4. Public Life In Malta
  5. Sociology of the Maltese Islands, edited by Michael Briguglio & Maria Brown (Miller Publishing)
  6. The relationship between economic openness and GDP growth volatility : implications for the ASEAN
  7. Trade Openness and volatility
  8. The vulnerability and resilience framework applied to the public health system
  9. Good governance and economic growth with reference to Small Island Developing States
  10. The Maltese economy: structure and performance
  11. The small states of the EU
  12. In November 2016, Dr Mario Thomas Vassallo was invited by the University of Corsica to deliver a lecture on the Europeanization of Government and Non-Government entities as part of the international workshop, 'Insular Territories and Europeanization'.
  13. The Maltese economy: structure, performance and European Union membership
  14. Climate Change and Small Island States with reference to Malta
  15. A  vulnerability/resilience framework applied to climate change with special reference to small island states
  16. Why does good governance negatively correlate with economic growth? – A focus on the Caribbean SIDS
  17. Economic Vulnerability and Economic Resilience of Small Island Developing States
  18. Why does good governance negatively correlate with economic growth? –  A focus on the Pacific SIDS
  19. The eurozone crisis and beyond
  20. Economic aspects of the migration problem in the EU
  21. Climate Forecasting for Small Island Nations (WMO, 2016)
  22. Resilience: its meaning and its relevance for small island developing states
  23. Why does good governance negatively correlates with economic growth? : a focus on the Philippines
  24. Competition law and policy in small states
  25. Occasional paper written by Michael Briguglio's  in 2015
  26. Presentation by Lino Briguglio and Stefano Moncada for the International Scientific Conference,'Our Common Future Under Climate Change' Paris, France, 7-10 July 2015. The presentation puts forward a conceptual framework to position climate change impact in a vulnerability/resilience framework. It is argued that many communities are located in territories that are predisposed and inherently prone to being negatively affected by global warming in terms of health. This is the vulnerability side of the argument. The resilience side of the argument relates to what can be done, policy-wise, to strengthen the ability of communities to cope with or withstand health problems and survive, recover from, and even possibly improve their health condition, in the face of global warming.
  27. Professor Briguglio was invited to act as a distinguished speaker at the Caribbean Growth Forum organised by the World Bank at St Lucia 16-17 June 2015. The presentation is organised in two main sections, with the first focussing on Malta and the second drawing some lessons  for small island developing states two economically successful small island states, namely Malta and Singapore. Importance will be assigned to economic resilience and economic competitiveness, as essential elements for economic success.
  28. Presentation on 'The future of Manufacturing in the EU Small States' by Lino Briguglio and Melchior Vella. The presentation was delivered during the conference 'Small States in the EU: Passive policy takers or industrious agenda-setters?' held at the Valletta Campus of the University of Malta on 11 May 2015.
  29. Presentation on 'Governance in the Caribbean Small States' by Lino Briguglio and Melchior Vella. The presentation was delivered during the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean, held in Trinidad and Tobago, on 5-7 May, 2015.
  30. The Eurozone and the Greek Conundrum
  31. Professor Briguglio addressed World Bank officials through Video Conference on Thursday 29 January 2015 on the theme 'The Competitiveness/ Resilience Nexus'. This presentation was delivered to officials of the Asian Development Bank on 22 April 2015.
  32. Small States and the Resilience/ Competitiveness Nexus
  33. Technological advance, the labour share of national income and income inequality in the EU
  34. The Philippine economy in a global context – evidence from governance indicators
  35. Labour demand in the EU and returns to scale : a production function approach
  36. 2014 is year of small island states
  37. The Greening of the Mediterranean - Crisis and Recovery
  38. Institutions and markets in the Philippines – evidence from global indicators
  39. Resilience building in vulnerable small states
  40. Resilience building and the pacific island countries
  41. The Effect of Minimum Wage on Employment in Malta Development
  42. The Root Causes of the Debt Challenges in Commonwealth Small States
  43. Climate Change and ENGOs in Malta and the EU
  44. Basic principles of economics for competition law
  45. EU Accession and Civil Society Empowerment - The Case of Maltese ENGO's
  46. Growth with resilience in East Asia and the 2008-2009 Global Recession
  47. Competition law and policy in the European Union – some lessons for south East Asia
  48. Nature, Society and Social Change
  49. The Euro Crisis
  50. Growth with Resilience: Perspectives from the Commonwealth and the Francophonie and Recommendations to the G20
  51. Growth with Resilience in East Asia and the 2008-2009 Global Recession
  52. Growth with Resilience to make a case for the Commonwealth's advocacy role within the G20
  53. Macroeconomics and the Maltese Economy
  54. Profiling vulnerability and resilience: a manual for small states (OAR collection with individual chapters)
  55. Profiling vulnerability and resilience: a manual for small states (entire publication)
  56. Sustainability Indicators for Malta 2010
  57. Defining and assessing the risk of being harmed by climate change
  58. Global and European Institutional Perspectives of the Green Economy, and Civil Society NGOs perspective
  59. Economic vulnerability and resilience: concepts and measurements
  60. Profiling vulnerability and resilience
  61. Toward an Outward-Oriented Development Strategy for Small States: Issues, Opportunities, and Resilience Building
  62. Small States and the Pillars of Economic Resilience of Small States
  63. Lobbying in Malta: Environmental NGOs and Social Capital
  64. Small islands by N. Mimura, L. Nurse, R.F. McLean, J. Agard, L. Briguglio, P. Lefale, R. Payet and G. Sem (2007)
  65. Building the Economic Resilience of Small States
  66. Conceptualising and Measuring Economic Resilience
  67. Economic Vulnerability and Resilience of Small States by L. Briguglio and E. Kisanga
  68. Competitiveness Strategies for Small States
  69. Maximising Malta's Competitiveness Potential
  70. Updating and Augmenting the Economic Vulnerability Index
  71. The Economic Vulnerability and Potential for Adaptation of the Maltese Islands to Climate Change
  72. The Malta National Report
  73. Report on the Commonwealth Training Workshop Competitiveness Strategies for Small States, held in Malta from 22 April to 3 May 2002 Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (2002)
  74. 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)
  75. Nurse L., Sem G. Hay E., Suarez A., Wong P.P., Briguglio L., Ragoonaden S. (2001) 'Small Island States,' in Climate Change 2001: Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, K.S., University Press, Cambridge, Eds., UK: 845-870.
  76. Environment and Sustainable Development in Malta
  77. 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)
  78. 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)
  79. Implications of accelerated sea level rise (ASLR) for Malta
  80. 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)
  81. 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)
  82. Small Country Size and Returns to Scale in Manufacturing
  83. 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)
  84. Michael Bowe, Lino Briguglio and James W. Dean (Eds.). Banking and Finance in Islands and Small States. London: Pinter (1998)
  85. Sylvia Mary Haslam and Joe Borg (Eds). The River Valleys of the Maltese Islands. Malta: Islands and Small States Institute (1998)
  86. 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)
  87. Peter Mayo and Lino Briguglio (Eds.). 'Adult Continuing Education in Islands and Small States' Convergence, Canada: International Council fort Adult Education (1996)
  88. Lino Briguglio, Brian Archer, Jafar Jafari and Geoffrey Wall (Eds.). Sustainable Tourism in Islands and Small States: Issues and Policies. London: Pinter (1996)
  89. Sustainable Tourism in Islands & Small States: Case Studies
  90. Lino Briguglio, 'Small island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities,' World Development, Vol. 23(9), 1615-1632 (1995).
  91. 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).
  92. Kaminarides, J. Briguglio, L. and Hoogendong, H. The Economic Development of Small Countries. Netherlands: Eburon Publishers (1989).
  93. Factors Affecting the Ratio of Currency Demand to Total Monetary Assets in Malta
  94. The Structure and Performance of the Maltese Economy between 1960 and 1984

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