Recent food shortages in Southern Africa, induced by rainfall variability but compounded by problems of governance and rising food prices, have resulted in massive relief efforts. A recent scientific innovation - supplying farmers with seasonal climate forecasts - has been touted as a way to...

Using microdata that serve as the foundation of the ifo Business Climate Index, Germany's leading business cycle indicator, I examine whether political uncertainty influences how firm owners perceive their present state and future development of business. I use state election months as...

Von Südafrika ging mit der politischen Wende am Kap die Hoffnung aus, das Land könnte für den gesamten Subkontinent zu einem Vorbild demokratischer Entwicklung, politischer Stabilität und wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs werden. Tatsächlich hat die Kaprepublik diesen Erwartungen bis heute...