This book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region. The three most important instruments China has at its disposal in Africa are development aid, investments and trade policy. The Chinese government, which believes the Western development aid...

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

Die politische Einigung auf das Europäische Gesetz zu kritischen Rohstoffen (Critical Raw Materials Act, CRMA) markiert einen bedeutenden Schritt in Richtung einer gemeinsamen Rohstoffpolitik der Europäischen Union (EU). In Anbetracht wachsender geopolitischer Spannungen strebt die EU nach...