This paper discusses possible strategies for developing countries in negotiations on trade in services in the ongoing WTO Doha Development Round (DR). The liberalization of service imports (including through direct investment) will generate benefits through higher quality, lower prices, and...

Household surveys from 13 developing countries are used to describe consumption choices, health and education investments, employment patterns and other features of the of the economic lives of the “middle classes†defined as those whose daily consumption per capita is between $2 and...

Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums für 155 Länder die Kaufkraftparitäten und auf dieser Grundlage die Pro-Kopf-Einkommen im Jahr 1994 ermittelt. Während das Einkommensniveau der Entwicklungsländer auf der Basis der Kaufkraftparität teilweise erheblich höher...