Who are the most prone to pay bribes? Who are angled for bribes? Who pay? This article explores these issues in sub-Saharan Africa, an area of the world where corruption is widespread. This paper empirical basis is a rich collection of comparable data provided by the Afrobarometer surveys...

What determines the share of public employment, at a given size of the State, in countries of similar levels of economic development? While the theoretical and empirical literature on this issue has mostly considered technical dimensions (efficiency and political considerations), this paper...

German Abstract: Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) steht unter hohem Veränderungsdruck. Das traditionelle EZ-Modell – ein Ressourcentransfer von Nord nach Süd – ist überholt. Weltweit gibt es nur noch 36 Länder mit niedrigem Einkommen. Zwei Drittel der Ärmsten leben in Ländern mit...

German Abstract:Angesichts veränderter globaler Herausforderungen bedarf es neuer Kooperationsansätze. Ist Entwicklungszusammenarbeit ein Auslaufmodell oder der Ausgangspunkt für die systematische Bearbeitung globaler Probleme?

Global energy demand is likely to increase by 45 percent by 2030. Climate change will threaten existing employment and necessitate new green jobs. Funding has gone towards such renewable energy technologies as wind and solar; such fuel economy options as second-generation hybrids, plug-in...

There is a possibility that the development ministers of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will agree on a new definition of official development assistance (ODA) at the end of 2014. Ongoing discussions on this matter may appear purely "technical" at first glance....

Development cooperation is under pressure to change. The traditional aid model – a resource transfer from North to South – is outdated. There are only 36 low-income countries left in the world. Two-thirds of the poorest people live in middle-income countries. Eradicating poverty has become...

Most developing economies rely on foreign capital to finance their infrastructure needs. These projects are usually structured as long-term (25-35 year) franchises that pay in local currency. If investors evaluate their returns in terms of foreign currency, exchange rate volatility introduces...

Since the introduction of the Structural Adjustment Programs and subsequent World Bank and the IMF economic adjustment initiatives, there have been increasing concerns about their economic impacts in developing countries. The commonplace concern is that the Neo-liberal economic philosophies of...

Stimulating economic growth is one of the key issues of economic sciences. The European Union has developed several policies and has allocated a considerable budget to reduce economic disparities among its members. The states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 undertake extensive efforts to...