We evaluate the contribution of investment on education to Sri Lanka’s economic growth during the period 1959–2008. Physical capital, economic policy changes and the ethnic war are also evaluated due to their substantial importance. This study uses a framework encompassing both the...

Ab Wintersemester 05/06 werden die Studienplätze im Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BWL) an der Justus-Liebig-Universität (JLU) Gießen nicht mehr von der Zentralstelle für die Vergabe von Studienplätzen vergeben, sondern von der Universität selbst. Die Studieninteressierten müssen...

This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030....

The ability of households to insure consumption from adverse shocks is an important aspect of vulnerability to poverty. How is consumption insurance achieved in a low-income setting where formal credit and insurance markets have been observed to be imperfect or missing? Using 2003 data from the...

Doctor of Philosophy