A personal note -- The meaning of development -- Meaning of sustainable development -- Culture and society -- Development of human societies -- Economy and society -- Economy and globalization -- Perspectives on development -- Cultural theory of development -- Obstacles to development --...

Viele Länder in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika stehen noch immer vor enormen Entwicklungsherausforderungen. Gleichzeitig ist die Bereitschaft der Geberländer begrenzt, angesichts ihrer eigenen wirtschaftlichen Probleme mehr öffentliche Mittel für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit bereitzustellen

"In order to reduce widespread poverty in developing countries, it is essential to create jobs by promoting industrial development. Yet, there is no clear-cut and effective strategy to develop industries. This study tackles the problems facing cluster-based industrial development and suggests...

Structural transformation of agriculture typically involves a gradual increase of mean farm sizes and a reallocation of labor from agriculture to other sectors. Such structural transformation is often fostered through innovations in agriculture and newly emerging opportunities in manufacturing...

Comparing the emigration rates of countries at different stages of economic development, an inverse u-shape emerges. Although merely based on cross-sectional evidence, the "migration hump" is often treated as a causal relationship. Since the peak is located at rather high per capita incomes of...