Since 1970 the world economy has gone through a series of grave crises which have stimulated an intensive discussion about the economic and political relations between industrialized and developing countries. As seen from the Federal Republic of Germany, the witnessed events have not only an...

This paper deals with Germany’s new Africa policy. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) presented a new Africa concept in January 2017. The BMZ wants to counter the further marginalisation of Africa with inclusive and sustainable growth. Chancellor Angela Merkel...

This article aims to suggest a research agenda that reconciles the macroeconomic policy with the development policy. It starts with the structural analysis of Brazilian economy in historical perspective and identifies the structural constraints to economic development in Brazil. The current...

This issue of 'International Development Policy' looks at recent paradigmatic innovations and development trajectories in Latin America, with a particular focus on the Andean region. After a period of robust growth, poverty alleviation and inequality reduction associated with high commodity...

This paper first analyzes the comparative economic growth performance of Latin America in the period 1950-2001. Then it reviews industrial and trade policies, macroeconomic stabilization and institutional development in Latin American countries. In the final section the emerging approach to...