The collapse of socialism and opening up of markets in the East has led to a significant structural change in direct investment behaviour on a worldwide scale. The trend is particularly evident in Germany's direct investment patterns over the past two years. While newly industrializing countries...

Ende Juni fand im kanadischen Bergdorf Kananaskis in den Rocky Mountains der G-8-Wirtschaftsgipfel der weltweit führenden Industrienationen statt. Dabei war ein ganzer Tag der von Afrika selbst eingebrachten Entwicklungsinitiative für den Kontinent Nepad (New Partnership for Africa's...