Die Arbeit befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen der Ostöffnung auf Grenzregionen entlang des ehemaligen Eisernen Vorhangs. Hierbei wird besonders auf die Veränderungen am Arbeitsmarkt eingegangen. Die grundlegende Hypothese war, dass es in den betrachteten Regionen aufgrund des externen Schocks...

Hohe finanzielle Zuschüsse- vor allem aus Westdeutschland und der EU- prägen die ökonomische, soziale und räumliche Entwicklung in den neuen Bundesländern. Der Aufbau einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaftsstruktur ist in den peripheren Räumen der neuen Bundesländer in einem genauso...

In diesem Besprechungsaufsatz setzt sich der Autor kritisch mit dem 1981 erschienenen Buch "Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Indiens in den Jahren 1951-1978 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Auslandshilfe" von Helmut Tischner auseinander. Clemens Jürgenmeyer weist auf die unzureichenden...

Contemporary theories of economic development have concentrated on socioeconomic and epidemiological indices of development to the exclusion of issues of psychological and spiritual development. Yet, economic development without attention to individual human development may produce increasing...

Prepared for a Conference on Transnational Networks in Princeton in 2001, this paper explored the comparative dynamics of the trans-local networks which South Asian migrants from Mirpur (Pakistan), Jullundur (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh) have constructed around themselves.

Bhutan has shown remarkable economic performance over the last two decades, supported by generous aid inflows and buoyant hydropower exports to India. However, the Bhutanese Ngultrum has appreciated over time, raising concerns if this is a sign of Dutch disease, shadowing the growth prospects of...

This paper takes a close look at the impact of large-scale overseas emigration - and the resultant inflow of migrant remittances - on the local economy of Mirpur District in Pakistan. No other District in Pakistan has seen a higher proportion of its population engage in transnational migration...

The document contains a paper submitted for consideration by the House of Commons Select Committee on International Development in the course of the inquiry into Migration and Development. It is largely a product of the author's longstanding interest in migratory flows from the Punjab region of...

This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...