Eines der bekanntesten Klimaphänomene ist das El-Niño-Phänomen. Starke El-Niño-Episoden können mit schweren Schäden an Umwelt und Landwirtschaft einhergehen und haben weitreichende sozioökonomische Konsequenzen. Der Beitrag erläutert zunächst die Entstehung des El-Niño-Phänomens und...

The author shows with pooled OLS estimations based on transport margins from international social accounting data that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to significantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly confirmed for industrial...

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transfirmational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This article reviews and synthesizes...

The report 'Achieving Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Sahel after the Era of Desertification' was written by Simon Bolwig, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Kjeld Rasmussen, Tine Breinholt, and Michael Mortimore as part of a study commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...