Oman and Bahrain are Middle Eastern success stories. There are some key similarities. Both have followed pragmatic development strategies built on a stable foundation of strengthened governance structures and enhanced economic liberalization. These improvements occurred in somewhat different...

The article aims at helping to provide a conceptual framework for the Brazilian debate on economic development strategies. It designs a strategy on the basis of the idea of the existence of three demand-led growth fronts, or three engines of investment: mass consumption, natural resources and...

Brazil has the fifth biggest population and territory and is on its way to become also the number five on the GDP world ranking list. The country should be expected to be one of the leading countries in the reform of the world power system in an active and creative way. It was in this...

With the dwindling of natural resources, like oil and gas, even resource-rich countries like Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia have to re-adjust their development strategies. Governing knowledge for development (K4D) is seen as a way out of the dilemma of reduced revenues from natural resources....

The article focuses on the ongoing activities in the Silesian Voivodeship for the purpose of developing enterprises from the SME sector, inter alia, through increasing innovation. An analysis of desk research strategies and regulations in the Silesian Voivodeship facilitating the growth of a...

Innovations significantly affect a country's economic development, at the same time contributing to raising its position. A very important role in improving the innovativeness of enterprises, regions or the national economy is played by the state, creating a strategy, programmes or regulations...

Im vorliegenden Artikel stehen die Herausforderungen ländlicher Räume, die gestaltende Kraft der Bürger und das Förderprogramm der Dorfentwicklung im Mittelpunkt. Es wird die Bedeutung von gemeinsamer Verantwortungsübernahme in Dörfern durch eine Zusammenarbeit u. a. der...

The maldevelopments due to aid-tied growth-maximisation strategies of the past decades have led to cynicism, and sometimes downright opposition to aid donation by taxpayers in the industrialised countries. On the other hand, radicals in the developing countries view aid as a Trojan horse to...