This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from in total 135 countries, between 1975 and 2010. According to the findings, aid comes to have a statistically significant and positive effect on infant mortality rate, as doubling of aid leads to an...

Since the end of the Cold War the number of free trade and preferential partnership agreements has been increasing worldwide. A large part of these treaties are made between developing- and emergent countries. This dissertation studies the questions whether so called South-South RIAs (regional...

Verlagsinfo: Stefan Schmalz widmet sich in seiner Studie der Außen(wirtschafts)politik der brasilianischen Mitte-Links-Regierung Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva. Seine These: Dies ist der Politikbereich, in dem sich die klarste Umorientierung vollzogen hat. Zur Analyse der Veränderungen erprobt...