Cross-country regressions suggest little connection from foreign capital inflows to more rapid economic growth for developing countries and emerging markets. This suggests that the lack of domestic savings is not the primary constraint on growth in these economies, as implicitly assumed in the...

Die hohe Auslandsverschuldung zwingt viele Entwicklungsländer, ausländische Kredite durch heimische Ressourcen zu ersetzen. Entsprechend gewinnt die Mobilisierung von zusätzlichem inländischen Sparkapital für die Entwicklungsfinanzierung an Bedeutung. In der Literatur, die sich mit den...

The paper describes and evaluates unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) - a relatively new and not well-known way of providing unemployment benefits. The UISAs reduce work disincentives by allowing recipients to keep their own unused unemployment contributions, and offer the...