The history of debt relief goes back several decades. It reveals that a country's accumulation of unsustainable debt stems from such factors as deficiencies in macroeconomic management, adverse terms-of-trade shocks, and poor governance. Debt-relief initiatives have provided debt-burdened...

Der Weltentwicklungsbericht 2008 geht der Frage nach, welchen Beitrag die Agrarwirtschaft zur Entwicklung leisten kann. Drei von vier Menschen in Entwicklungsländern leben auf dem Land und die Existenz der meisten hängt direkt oder indirekt von der Agrarwirtschaft ab. Der Bericht bietet einen...

"In the context of the economies of the world becoming greener, this book provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the condition of the world's water resources and the infrastructure used to manage it. It focuses on current social and economic costs of water provision, needs and...