We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...

Nach dem massiven Einbruch im Herbst 2008 schrumpfte die Weltproduktion im ersten Quartal 2009 nochmals sehr kräftig. Sowohl in den Industrieländern als auch in den meisten Schwellenländern setzte sich die Talfahrt in ungebremstem Tempo fort. Inzwischen deutet jedoch vieles darauf hin, dass...

In response to the worldwide financial crisis, many countries have put together fiscal stimulus packages of substantial size comprising increases in public spending, tax cuts, and transfers to the private sector. These packages vary considerably in respect to size, composition, and timing....

The ongoing global financial crisis has been preceded by a steady rise in global current account imbalances. Recently, in the course of the global recession, global imbalances have declined, albeit without having disappeared completely. As the outlook for global growth gets brighter, it is...

Assessing the quantitative impact of the fiscal packages which have been adopted in the current financial crisis is extremely difficult. The studies which are presented in this paper show wide differences, both for short-term and for medium-term multipliers. Moreover, multipliers which are...