The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of Latin American dependencia theory for five dimensions of development (democracy and human rights, environment, human development and basic human needs satisfaction, gender justice, redistribution, growth and employment) on a global...

Focusing on labour requirements incorporated into GVCs, in the following, we develop a novel, non conventional measure of learning capabilities, represented by knowledge embodied along the division of labour within global production networks. In order to capture the division of labour, and the...

This paper investigates the dependency relations that intertwine the mining activity and the economy of the municipality of Brumadinho (MG). Based on the theoretical framework of the Dependency Theory, the text addresses different socio-economic dimensions such as aggregate production,...

Zwischen China und dem Westen bestehen gegenseitige Abhängigkeiten, die für beide Seiten das Potenzial haben, bei einem geopolitischen Konflikt hohe wirtschaftliche Kosten entstehen zu lassen. Sollte China tatsächlich eine Invasion Taiwans planen, wäre der Westen bei dann wahrscheinlichen...

We critically evaluate the empirical basis for the so-called resource curse and find that, despite the topic’s popularity in economics and political science research, this apparent paradox is a red herring. The most commonly used measure of ‘resource abundance’ can be more usefully...

We study fiscal spending by supranational unions, where participation is voluntary and countries bargain over contributions to and the allocation of a central budget. We establish and explore the link between the budget's allocation and nations' contributions that occurs since bargaining power...

Diese Ausgabe der Publikation "Österreichische Entwicklungspolitik" widmet sich dem Schwerpunktthema "Staat & Entwicklung". In der Broschüre thematisieren verschiedene AutorInnen aus verschiedenen Perspektiven und Disziplinen die Frage nach der Rolle des Staates als Akteur innerhalb von...