Considering the process of impact assessment, this book shows how and why it needs to be integrated into all stages of development programmes - from planning to evaluation. Its basic premise is that impact assessment should not refer to the immediate outputs of a project or programme, but to any...

The rapidly growing federal government debt has become a concern for policy makers and the public. Yet the U.S. government has seemingly unbounded access to credit at low interest rates. Historically, Treasury yields have been below the growth rate of the economy. The paper examines the...

Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist zu einem verankerten Leitbild in Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit geworden, welches die Diskussionen über die künftige Entwicklung der Menschheit bestimmt. Es geht im Kern um die Suche nach einem gerechten Zivilisations- und Wirtschaftsmodell,...

"Food waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks--these are exactly the kind of issues we expect food regulations to combat. Yet, today in the United States, laws exist at all levels of government that actually make these problems worse. Baylen Linnekin argues that,...