This paper reviews the channels through which empowerment may improve the efficiency and quality of public service delivery, particularly in developing Asia. Departing from a macro perspective, we focus and revisit microeconomic evidence for three broad measures aimed at empowering the poor:...

Nun liegt es auch auf Deutsch vor: „Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert“ von Thomas Piketty, jenes Buch, das in den USA und von dort nach Europa ausstrahlend für ein ökonomisches Werk ungewöhnlich viel Medienaufmerksamkeit bekam – ironischerweise sogar im Magazin „Vanity Fair“, das im...

Reviews on Dieter Engels (Hrsg.): 300 Jahre externe Finanzkontrolle in Deutschland - gestern, heute und morgen. Festschrift zur 300. Wiederkehr der Errichtung der Preußischen General-Rechenkammer (Andreas Thier); Joachim Scholtyseck: Die Geschichte der National-Bank 1921 bis 2011 (Harald...

Computational Statistics is an international journal that fosters the publication of applications and methodological research in the field of computational statistics. In this article, we will discuss the motivation, history, some specialties, and the future scope of this journal. --...

This paper reviews the channels through which empowerment may improve the efficiency and quality of public service delivery, particularly in developing Asia. Departing from a macro perspective, we focus and revisit microeconomic evidence for three broad measures aimed at empowering the poor:...

The paper reviews 'The Economics of Good and Evil' book by T. Sedlacek. We conclude that this is a really valuable book, which interestingly reconstructs the history of economic ideas. However, we also point out that the book has some shortcomings while discussing methodological issues in...

Education of present and future generations is the mission of Universities: and sustainability is a core issue to be tackled in this perspective. This is the key message of the book "Towards a Sustainable University" , which aims at analysing the role of universities in the creation and spread...