Recent discussions about the low effectiveness of development assistance have generated new approaches with respect to incentive structures and institutional innovation on the recipient side. The equally relevant incentive structure on the donor side, however, has been largely neglected so far....

In spite of their great oil wealth, the Middle East’s oil exporting countries are under ever-increasing demographic and budgetary pressure to generate economic growth and improve their long-term prospects. As part of this shift, the national oil companies are being called upon to drive...

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Going back to Krugman’s seminal work in 1991, various new economic geography models have been developed. At present, related empirical work is relatively sparse and not sufficient for validating the new economic geography framework. Objective of the conference is to discuss current...

Globalization has substantially increased the flow of private capital available to emerging markets compared with official flows from multilateral institutions. Countries that pursue sound polices will attract large capital inflows, but those that do not will suffer net capital outflows. This...

The free market offers almost limitless choices in everything from what we eat, to the books we read, to the vehicles we drive. It's constantly at work, providing ever broadening opportunities for us to increase our happiness and realize our dreams. Yet, when it comes to American elementary and...

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