In jüngster Zeit wird viel über die aktuellen Wachstumsprobleme und die weitere wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der deutschen Regionen diskutiert. Bei dieser Debatte stehen vielfach die Auswirkungen des demographischen Wandels im Vordergrund. Dabei darf nicht vergessen werden, dass auch weitere...

Development aid attracts currently high public attention, e.g. because of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations. Thereby so-called weak factors gain importance in the debate of development policy. In this regard the establishing of enabling conditions, which allow and support...

The study examines the spatial distribution of business activities in East Germany and exhibit in which industries the East German regions are specialised. The findings of the investigation show that in East Germany numerous industries are spatially concentrated and that the most important...

Consequences of EU enlargement for regional policy in East Germany EU enlargement will change the status of regions currently assisted by EU regional policy. A number of regions will probably lose their status as “Objective 1 Region” and will hence have to exist without EU regional policy...

The objective of the paper is to examine regional disparities within Germany with respect to the endowment with growth factors. The study is based on a cluster analysis. Growth factors considered are innovation activity, human capital, private and public capital, and regional concentration. The...