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Economic aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: The collapse of the Oslo accord
Naqib, Fadle M. - 2002
Since October 2000 Israel and the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have become entangled in a bloody confrontation. This paper focuses on the economic relationship between the Israeli economy and the Palestinian economy of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the ways in which this has...
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Trade Policy and Labor Services : Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza
Schiff, Maurice - 2004
This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors,...
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Wage differential between Palestinian non-refugees and Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza
Hallaq, Sameh - 2019
This paper measures the wage differential between Palestinian non-refugees and Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza over the years 1999-2012. First, the main individual and occupational differences between the two groups in the two regions are presented. Then, the wage differential is...
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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Benner, Maximilian - 2012
Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries is an appealing perspective for practitioners, as it can be seen as a way to anchor economic activity in regions in an era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it...
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Task force: development policy and strategies in East Asia by the case of chinese environment policy
Heberer, Thomas (contributor);  … - 2009
This report approaches current domains of development and tension within China. It was elaborated by students in the frame of a 'Task Force Seminar' in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). It addresses the issues of...
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The Evolution of Development Thinking: Theory and Policy
Ranis, Gustav - 2004
This paper makes an effort to trace the course of development thinking and associated development policy over the past six decades. Section I focuses on the early Post-War Consensus, with theory focused on extensions of classical dualism theory and policy concentrating on creating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369187
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Human rights impact assessments as a new tool for development policy?
Baxewanos, Fabiane; Raza, Werner - 2013
Development policy affects human rights in manifold ways. For example, trade agreements can have an adverse impact on the rights to health or food by making essential medicines or goods less accessible or available. Or large-scale investment projects influence indigenous rights when they entail...
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Die Sachs-Easterly-Kontroverse: "Dissent on Development" revisited
Hielscher, Stefan - 2008
zunehmenden Interdependenzen, so dass die Entwicklungspolitik konzeptionell auf einem sicheren Fundament sozialstruktureller … Reziprozität aufgebaut werden kann. Zweitens fokussiert sie auf die gemeinsamen Interessen an Entwicklung und identifiziert auf … beitragen, die Anreizstrukturen in der Entwicklungspolitik und der Entwicklungspraxis zu reformieren – im Interesse der Armen …
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Kooperation statt Hilfe: Zur Theorie der Entwicklungspolitik aus ordonomischer Sicht
Hielscher, Stefan - 2012
Dieser Beitrag beinhaltet eine modifizierte Fassung des Vortrags, der anlässlich der Verteidigung der Dissertation des Autors an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg am 18. November 2010 gehalten wurde. Das Diskussionspapier vermittelt einen thesenhaften Überblick über den...
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Kooperation statt Hilfe: Rede und Presseerklärung anlässlich der Verleihung des Wissenschaftspreises der Plansecur-Stiftung 2012
Hielscher, Stefan - 2012
ordonomischer Beitrag zur Theorie der Entwicklungspolitik”, erschienen 2012 im Wissenschaftlichen Verlag Berlin (wvb). Aus diesem … Beitrag zur Theorie der Entwicklungspolitik”, published 2012 at wvb Berlin. Hence, the press statement formulates three …
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