'The World Bank and Governance' delves into the bowels of the World Bank, exploring its organisational structure, professional culture and bureaucratic procedures, illustrating how these shape its engagement with an increasingly complex, diverse and challenging operational environment

China's initiative to establish the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), attracting membership from G7 countries against the vocal opposition of the United States, has been recognised as a significant moment in an ongoing hegemonic transition. This book examines how power transitions...

Die Beiträge der Studie stellen ein Gutachten zu den politischen und wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zwischen dem Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) und den asiatischen Ländern VR China, Japan und Vietnam dar. Das Gutachten wurde im Sommer 2000 für die Staatskanzlei NRW von Studierenden der...