Aid diversion poses a significant challenge to aid-recipient countries by depleting vital resources and hindering sustainable development. In many developing nations, high levels of corruption raise concerns about whether aid funds reach their intended destination. This paper studies the impact...

Gary Gereffi first explains how foreign corporations took over the flourishing Mexican steroid industry in the 1950s and 1960s and thwarted the country's later attempts to establish a more equitable distribution of industry benefits. In this valuable theoretical contribution Professor Gereffi...

Though political and trade matters have generally received the greatest attention in ASEAN related discussions, cooperation in ASEAN banking and financial matters is increasingly cited as a major goal. A variety of regional effeorts having been made at both government and private sector levels,...

Im ersten Band werden die Grundlagen gelegt. Es wird gefragt, was unter Entwicklung zu verstehen ist, wie man Entwicklung definieren kann. Die geschichtlichen Erfahrungen der Industriestaaten werden aufgearbeitet, die theoretischen Grundlagen gelegt, wobei auch ein dogmengeschichtlicher...

Industry decarbonisation is a cornerstone to reach net-zero emissions by this mid-century. The diversity of industrial activities, processes and products, the complexity of global industrial value chains, and the international competition make industry decarbonisation a challenging objective....

Despite the global resolve to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation, several people across the world still have very limited or no access to basic drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Therefore, this study primarily examined the effect of...

Purpose - This article analyses the effect of bank concentration on women's political empowerment in 80 developing countries over the period 2004-2020. Design/methodology/approach - Banking concentration (BC) is measured by the assets held by the three largest commercial banks as a percentage of...

Nüchtern und sachlich werden hier erschütternde Fakten zusammengetragen, wie sich Grosskonzerne weltweit Land sichern, Ackerland für die Grossproduktion von z.B. Zucker, Palmöl, Reis, Soja. Dabei werden die Einheimischen von ihren Feldern und Wohnsitzen vertrieben, Behausungen brennen,...

A very commonly observed phenomenon in developing and emerging market economies is the use of another country’s currency (US dollar or other) in lieu or in addition to the local currency. Governments in these countries have been encouraging dollariz