Bald nach der Unabhängigkeit begann das Interesse der Medien an Namibia zu schwinden. In jüngerer Zeit hat das Land wieder, wenn auch nicht in positiver Weise, die Aufmerksamkeit der Welt auf sich gelenkt. Nach der legalen Änderung der 1990 ob ihres demokratischen Gehalts vielgelobten...

Since the mid-1990s, Brazil has undergone extensive reforms that have finally reversed the dismaying economic performance of the 1980s. In particular, poverty and inequality indicators have improved dramatically, especially since the late-2000s. This paper provides an overview of such recent...

In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes except for Luxembourg according to features related to...