North-South foreign direct investment (FDI) is frequently viewed as a process in which jobs relocate from the North to …. I solve the model analytically without trade costs and imitation of products in the South. For the version with trade …

A recently much debated issue is why observed investment and growth rates inpoor countries are lower than traditional … poor and rich countries. However, there is still the unsolvedpuzzle that the relationship between development and … investment rates is notmonotonic but follows a hump-shaped pattern. The empirical evidence shows thatalthough very poor economies …

Research findings of the latest round of the wiiw-GDN project on development in the Balkans are surveyed. Historical … and structural deficiencies of development in the Balkan countries are discussed in detail with emphasis of the role of … investment, integration, and structural and policy deficiencies. These structural features have led to policy challenges in …

This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … progress, and makes the case that the post-2015 development agenda should include considerations related to trade rules and … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …