Die Untersuchung "Perception of RUB-Students on German Developmemt Co-operation" wurde am Institut für Entwicklungsforschung und Entwicklungspolitik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Mai 2003 durchgeführt. Diese Untersuchung verlief in Rahmen einer Studienveranstaltung des Studiengangs Master of...

Trotz der nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges erwarteten Friedensdividende erreichte die Zahl der Kriege und bewaffneten Konflikte Anfang der 1990er-Jahre eine Rekordzahl, wobei über 90 Prozent der Kriege und Konflikte in der so genannten Dritten Welt ausgetragen wurden. Durch diese Entwicklung,...

The paper assesses the impact of foreign aid on the change in the quality of regulations, and identifies the drivers of this change in a case study on Rwanda. In the empirical analysis, we find that highly targeted Aid for Business has a significantly positive impact on regulations across...

The Macroeconomic Aid Effectiveness Literature (Macro AEL) has had a resounding effect both within the academic community and within the policy arena where its policy recommendations carry substantial weight. Although the empirical aspect of this literature has received substantial scrutiny, the...

This Paper "The Economic Shock to Afghanistan Caused by Aid Reduction and Troops Withdrawal" is the first part of my M.Sc. thesis submitted to the Management and Economics Faculty of the Ruhr-University Bochum, which aims to analyze, quantify and describe the economic shock caused by the...

We investigate the impact of Chinese activities in sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the growth performance of economies in that region. Using a Solow-type growth model and panel data for the period 1991 to 2011, we find that African economies that export natural resources have...