The extended period of limited growth experienced until recently in many European countries raises the issue as to which policies could be most effective in improving their economic performance. This paper argues that further financial sector reforms may be a valuable complement to ongoing...

WWWforEurope has developed a comprehensive strategy to set Europe on a path to a socio-ecological transition. The strategy begins by renouncing the long-established concept of using GDP growth figures as the benchmark for economic and societal progress. In contrast, it sets “well-being in a...

Nach den Bundestagswahlen am 27. September 2009 sah der Koalitionsvertrag zwischen CDU, CSU und FDP zahlreiche steuerliche Änderungen vor, die die Bundesregierung zunächst in Form eines "Gesetzes zur Beschleunigung des Wirtschaftswachstums (Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz)" umgesetzt hat. Das...

"Abenomics" refers to the economic policies advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who became prime minister of Japan for a second time when his party, the Liberal Democratic Party, won an overwhelming majority at the general election in December 2012. Abenomics has "three arrows": (i)...

We know a lot about what kinds of policies are needed to support the development of productive sectors, but much less about why governments pursue these policies and why some governments achieve better outcomes than others. The paper reviews the many but disparate arguments on the comparative...

This paper will synthesise the main findings from case studies of productive sectors in Mozambique.6 The research questions that guided the work focused on the following questions. Which productive sector initiatives did the Mozambican government support? Why were they supported? How were they...

Since the Fourth Republic was inaugurated in 1993, politics in Ghana has been increasingly characterized by competitive clientelism. Ruling coalitions are characterized by a high degree of vulnerability in power due to a strong opposition party, by strong lower-level factions within the ruling...