Minimum wage policy supported by a strong social policy is an efficient mechanism against poverty and income erosion of the poorest households. Minimum wage is one of the instruments which can control wage dispersion and in this way reduce income inequality. It can also help to prevent a general...

Ende Juni fand im kanadischen Bergdorf Kananaskis in den Rocky Mountains der G-8-Wirtschaftsgipfel der weltweit führenden Industrienationen statt. Dabei war ein ganzer Tag der von Afrika selbst eingebrachten Entwicklungsinitiative für den Kontinent Nepad (New Partnership for Africa's...