The workshop is a part of the 10th Annual ICSID Conference "Political Economy in a Changing World". Contributions from the fields of political economy, economics and political science are invited. We welcome submissions that adopt theoretical as well as empirical, qualitative as well as...

Recent German and international policy initiatives such as the Compact with Africa or the Marshall Plan with Africa all have had a strong focus on promoting (foreign) private investment for job creation. The development success of these initiatives hinges on their ability to create decent work...

Topics: - Collective actions and public goods - Comparative studies of governance - Social capital, trust, and cultural norms - Human capital and economic development - Political elites and economic performance - History and persistence of economic growth The conference will follow the EACES-HSE...

The workshop is going to be part of the 4th ICSID Conference 2015 in Moscow. Contributions from the fields of political economy and political science are invited. Submissions that adopt research of recent processes and new challenges in political economy are especially welcome.

The conference will include sessions on agriculture, the environment, rural communities and economic development, food and related industries, land use, and development economics.

The central theme of the conference will be the consequences of and the lessons to be learnt from the economic and political rise of new global actors, including countries like China and India. The resulting power shifts and the strengthening of interactions between developing countries have...

Im ersten Jahrzehnt des 21. Jahrhunderts ist eine rasante Schwerpunktverschiebung der Weltwirtschaft zu den Schwellenländern zu beobachten, vor allem zugunsten der wachstums-starken Bevölkerungsgiganten China und Indien. Der OECD-Report Global Perspectives on Development 2010 diskutiert unter...

The conference will include sessions on agriculture, the environment, rural communities and economic development, food and related industries, land use, and development economics. Day 1 will be a joint conference with Société Française d'Economie Rurale (SFER). [gemäß den Informationen des...

Ab dem 11. Juni findet zum ersten Mal eine Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft auf afrikanischem Boden statt. Von dem Fußballfest in Südafrika können positive Effekte für ganz Afrika ausgehen; sei es auf politischem, wirtschaftlichem, gesellschaftlichem, kulturellem oder sportlichem Gebiet. Die...

Die Welthungerhilfe, das GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies und der Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg laden gemeinsam zum Symposium „Afrika – Befreiung aus der Armutsfalle? Ein Dialog zwischen Politik, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft“ ein. Diskutiert werden...