Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) spielen in Industrie- und Schwellenländern eine immer bedeutendere Rolle. Seit Mitte der 80er Jahre werden von seiten der Industrie- und Schwellenländer große finanzielle und organisatorische Anstrengungen unternommen, um die technische...

Many of the poor borrow, more save, and most of them demand insurance products or related substitutes. However, most of these financial products, especially those catering towards the need for consumption stabilization are only offered by the informal market. Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)...

This study examines four sets of questions: What is desertification, and how can its impact on productivity be monitored? How extensive is the desertification problem in the MENA region now, and how has it changed over time? What is the current status of the water-harvesting techniques used to...

This study identifies and analyses the factors that influence the export performance of Indian garments manufacturing firms. The data come from a sample of seventy-four firms located in Okhla. The results show that intensity of adoption of Information Technology (IT) was the most significant...

The diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their potential as a development tool have generated a wide array of views. The variety of views suggests that the role and impact of these technologies are still obscure and that the debate regarding them suffers from a lack...

Das Ziel dieser Studie besteht darin, durch Beschreibung der Strukturen und Trends im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel Chinas potentiellen Investoren und Exporteuren praktische Informationen bereitzustellen. Diese beschreibende Studie charakterisiert den derzeitigen Lebensmittelhandel Chinas, dabei...

This paper presents a framework for analyzing the determinants and effects of public governance and a survey of recent theoretical and empirical studies pertaining to developing and transition countries. It explains how informational, transactional and political constraints on government...

In this paper we study the impact of the international migration of unskilled workers on skill formation and the average skill level in the home country. We analyze what appears to be the least threatening scenario from the point of view of its effect on the supply of skills at home: namely,...