Auf Basis mehrerer Haushaltsbefragungen und einer Vielzahl statistischer Informationen wird der Zusammenhang zwischen politischer Zielsetzung, ökonomischer Entwicklung und ethnischer Vielfalt analysiert und aus verschiedenen Perspektiven durchleuchtet. Neben allgemeinen Fragestellungen zu...

Since recent financial crises in Asia and Latin America, developing countries have been strongly advised to rely primarily on foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to promote economic development on a sustainable basis. Even harsh critics of rash capital account liberalization argue in favor...

In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going...