Hanns-Günther Hilpert und Bettina Rudloff, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, sehen die EU-Handelspolitik in einer Nachhaltigkeitsfalle. Die EU verfolge ihre handelspolitischen Ziele zunehmend durch unilaterale und damit einseitig entschiedene Maßnahmen, deren Wirkung sich entlang...

Economists around the world rely in addition to official statistics on business (and consumer) surveys, which are more up-to-date. However, for many emerging and developing countries there is a lack of such surveys. This gap can, at least partly, be filled by the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES)....

With rapidly rising government debt and ageing populations implying high contingent liabilities in public pension systems, the issue of longer-term fiscal developments is gaining importance. The question arises whether, and to what extent, future generations will be burdened by current policies....

In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past three decades into two parts: A lost period from 1981 to 1995 and a recovery period since the second half of the 1990s. During the first period, Africa did not catch up but lost...

Fiscal positions of African countries have improved significantly during the past decade. Higher economic growth, better terms of trade, improved donor support notably through debt relief and better control of expenditure contributed to this improvement. But at the same time government revenue...

Fiscal positions of African countries have improved significantly during the past decade. Higher economic growth, better terms of trade, improved donor support notably through debt relief and better control of expenditure contributed to this improvement. But at the same time government revenue...

The paper provides an overview on recent trends of immigration in OECD countries and on the possible effects of immigration on labour markets and government budgets. It also discusses migration policies from an economic point of view. By bringing together a bulk of international literature on...

Am 11. September 2001 wurden die USA mit der Zerstörung des World Trade Center in New York und den Attacken auf das Pentagon in Washington vom größten Terroranschlag der Geschichte erschüttert. Welche Auswirkungen dieses Attentat auf die internationale Politik und die Weltwirtschaft haben...