In Portugal ist der in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zu beobachtende wirtschaftliche Aufholprozeß zum Stillstand gekommen. Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt nahm mit 3,3% entsprechend dem westeuropäischen Durchschnitt zu. Auch auf dem Arbeitsmarkt besserte sich die Lage langsamer als zuvor, die...

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions. First, it affects macroeconomic stability and growth. Second, the tools of...

To continue its economic growth and create new and better livelihoods, Africa must transform the productive side of its economy. Ongoing globalization - in trade, finance, and technology - opens up new possibilities for structural transformation, but also new risks as Africa's integration with...

We argue that donors could improve the effectiveness of foreign aid by pursuing complementary and coherent non-aid policies. In particular, we hypothesize that aid from donors that are open to immigration has stronger growth effects than aid from closed donors. We estimate the aid-growth nexus...