Die britische Wirtschaft beginnt immer mehr unter dem Brexit zu leiden. Zwar läuft der Arbeitsmarkt weiter rund. Aber neben dem schwächelnden privaten Konsum haben die privaten Investitionen stark an Dynamik verloren. Einen regelrechten Einbruch gibt es vor allem bei den Direktinvestitionen...

Renewable energy is widely acknowledged as an essential response to climate change, which poses a severe threat to humanity and natural ecosystems. Drawing from the greenhouse theory of climate change and the pollution haven hypothesis, this study contributes to the literature by addressing...

Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms in SSA, while other investment climate factors, such as infrastructure, human capital, and insitutions, are....

Agricultural demand linkages and growth multipliers in rural Indonesia / Asep Suryahadi ... [et al.] -- Trends and contrainsts associated with labour faced by non-farm enterprises / Armida S. Alisjahbana and Chris Manning -- The constraints in accessing credit faced by rural non-farm enterprises...

1. Setting the Scene: The China Picture -- Shanghai & the YRD in Perspective -- 2. Provinces and cities of the YRD: Shanghai -- Jiangsu Province: Changzhou -- Nanjing -- Suzhou -- Changshu -- Kunshan -- Taicang -- Wuxi -- Yangzhou -- Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou -- Ningbo -- Wenzhou -- Anhui...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the constraints facing the development of rural non-farm enterprises in Indonesia. Recent years have seen a substantial effort by the Indonesian government to improve the investment climate. To date, much of this effort has focused on the...