In 1960, there were 101 middle-income countries. By 2008, only thirteen of these had become high-income countries. Why do so many middle-income countries fail to develop after a promising start, becoming mired in the so-called middle-income trap? This interdisciplinary volume addresses the...

Unlike its capital outlays in Africa, Chinese Aid in Southeast, South and Central Asia is considerably smaller despite an increasing trend in regional trade and investments. Also, extraction of natural resources does not seem to be the paramount logic for trade and investment decisions. Rather,...

Die Studie untersucht die Implikationen der Interventionen internationaler Agenturen im ländlichen Raum von Burkina Faso. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele zeigt der Autor, wie sich im Zusammenspiel von Nichtregierungsorganisationen mit Frauenorganisationen, Projekten des Ressourcenmanagements,...