Taxes have extraordinary roles in any country's economic development and policymaking. This study extends prior studies by investigating the impact of direct and indirect taxes on the economic development of 47 developed and 90 developing countries. All data about the variables involved in the...

The extension of the shelf life of food through processing makes food available beyond the shelf-life of fresh agricultural produce, which has implications for food and nutrition security. Food processing creates products for the specified nutritional needs of persons with special nutritional...

The purpose of this article is to determine the significance of transnational business in the development of the global economic system, to present perspectives on its further functioning and distribution in the global economy, and to develop recommendations for state regulation of...

The paper reports an empirical study of the factors affecting burden sharing among OECD’s 22 DAC members in ‘bankrolling’ the multilateral aid agencies. These are the UN agencies, World Bank’s IDA and non-IDA programmes, regional development banks, European Community, and other...

In der klimapolitischen Praxis sind plurilaterale Initiativen als Ergänzung zum multilateralen Forum der Vereinten Nationen zuletzt wieder wichtiger geworden. Die Gründe dafür liegen vor allem im mangelnden Fortschritt bei der Umsetzung des Pariser Abkommens und den erschwerten Bedingungen im...