Seit Dekaden hören wir, Entwicklung hilft: Die südlichen Länder der Welt schliessen zum reichen Norden auf, die Armut hat sich in den vergangenen 30 Jahren halbiert, bis zum Jahr 2030 ist sie verschwunden. Das ist eine tröstliche Geschichte, die von Politik und Wirtschaft gerne bestätigt...

The Third Development Decade of the United Nations opened with a promising outlook for the developing countries. The economic situation of the OECD countries had improved during 1979 and the "North-South dialogue" seemed to be making progress. But the further course of 1980 and the subsequent...

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...

This thesis consists of four essays on the political economy of foreign aid. These essays cover issues related to the allocation, the timing, and the economic consequences of foreign aid for recipient countries. Chapters 1 and 3 consider the allocation of official development assistance across...