The informal sector (IS) plays a significant role in developing countries viz. the provision of employment, income and supplying ignored markets. However, working and employment conditions within the sector are still poor. Its expansion and changing structures have thus drawn the attention of...

The productivity and competitiveness of local firms in non-OECD countries depends as much on technological capacities and successful upgrading as in industrialized countries. However, developing countries undertake very little to no original R&D and primarily depend on foreign technology....

Die in dieser Publikation enthaltenen Beiträge behandeln aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven die Beziehungen zwischen Weltwirtschaft und Armut, wie bspw. Prozesse der Marginalisierung, Wohlstandsgefälle von Nationen, Wohlstand und Armut in Europa, Lateinamerika, Asien und Afrika, die...