Unter veränderten weltpolitischen und weltwirtschaftlichen Konstellationen stellt sich die Frage, ob Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in ihrer jetzigen Form noch zeitgemäß ist. Sind ihre Ziele, Strukturen und Instrumente noch angemessen? Wie muss sie auf neue globale Herausforderungen reagieren,...

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...

From its initial focus on minimizing waste generation, the circular economy has evolved into a broad-based approach to make resource use more sustainable. A big part of the appeal of a circular economy is the opportunities it creates not only for resource savings and better human health and...

The WTO has not been able to recover since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Several ministerial conferences including the Buenos Aires meeting in December 2017 failed to reach agreement. The US Trump Administration launched a campaign to reform the WTO in 2018 and 2019. This book...