The Independence of Namibia came about in 1990 as the result of a negotiated decolonisation process. The controlled change implied a perpetuation of the existing socio-economic inequalities under the former liberation movement as the new government. The country’s constitution endorsed the...

India has risen internationally since the 1990s. The most important reasons for this success are its economic reforms since 1991 and new international constellations since the East-West conflict. Both have earned the country a significantly greater say on global issues, but India's rise is quite...

Das schwedische Wirtschaftswachstum wies 2003 moderat aufwärts, obwohl auch hier der Irak-Krieg und der starke Ölpreisanstieg im Frühjahr gebremst haben. Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt nahm um 1½% und damit stärker als der westeuropäische Durchschnitt zu. Auf dem Arbeitsmarkt...