This paper reviews the methods and empirical findings from economic analyses of women's contribution to social welfare and the determinants of their human capital. To understand better women's roles in agricultural households, three themes have gained prominence in the economics literature....

A consensus has been forged in the last decade that recent periods of sustained growth in total factor productivity and reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling, particularly in low-income countries. Estimates of the...

This paper investigates the impact of the history of crises on macroeconomic performance. We first study the impact of past banking crises on the probability of a future banking crisis. Applying data for 1980 - 2010 for all countries for which the required information is available, controlling...

Development policy affects human rights in manifold ways. For example, trade agreements can have an adverse impact on the rights to health or food by making essential medicines or goods less accessible or available. Or large-scale investment projects influence indigenous rights when they entail...

The financialisation of commodity derivative markets, reflected in the increased presence of financial investors, and its effects on commodity prices and the fundamental roles of these markets, i.e. price discovery and price risk management for commercial traders, have been controversially...

In the context of recent commodity price hikes, the financialisation of commodity derivative markets, reflected in the increased presence of financial investors and new financial products such as commodity index and exchange traded funds has been controversially discussed. Many studies focus on...

Berufliche Bildung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZA) erlebt derzeit nach einer Phase relativer Vernachlässigung eine Renaissance. Dies hängt einerseits mit dem weltweiten Anstieg der Jugendarbeitslosigkeit, andererseits mit der Erkenntnis, dass Primarschulförderung als Bildungsstrategie...

Given the far-reaching implications of commodity prices for developing countries an understanding of the factors behind recent commodity price developments is crucial. ÖFSE research shows that besides structural changes in fundamental supply and demand conditions, the increasing presence of...

Über die Wirksamkeit der Entwicklungspolitik wurde in den letzten Jahren viel spekuliert. Vor allem deshalb, weil hierzu - trotz vielfältiger Evaluationsaktivitäten - sowohl in der Wissenschaft als auch bei den Geberorganisationen selbst nur wenige profunde Ergebnisse vorlagen. Mittlerweile...