Part I: The material basis of the economy and resource productivity. Natural resources: the material basis of the economy -- An evolving economic context and new environmental challenges -- Sustainable resource use and resource productivity -- The material basis of the global economy -- The...

This paper compares two alternative growth paths, assessing the effects on productivity of specialisation in natural resources (NR) and in technologically advanced products. The empirical analysis exploits product-level export data for 109 developing and 51 developed economies over the period...

Dieser Leitfaden will eine Praxisanleitung zur Durchführung von Analysen nach dem MIPS-Konzept sein. MIPS steht für Material-Input Pro Serviceeinheit, einem Maß, das am Wuppertal Institut entwickelt wurde und einen Indikator des vorsorgenden Umweltschutzes darstellt. Diese Praxisanleitung ist...

This study investigates how governance and infrastructure modulate the effect of natural resource rents on economic growth in a sample of 110 countries for the period 2000-2018. The empirical evidence is based on Panel Smooth Transition Regressions (PSTR). The following findings are established....