Seit Beginn der 90er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts sind wir Zeugen einer immer weiter voranschreitenden Herausbildung weltweiter Märkte für Waren und Dienstleistungen, der so genannten Globalisierung, geworden. Kennzeichen dieser Entwicklung ist nicht nur ein Anwachsen des...

Mit hohen Erwartungen startete Namibia im Jahre 1990 in ein demokratisches Experiment, dessen Entwicklung, nach nunmehr vierzehn Jahren, Gegenstand des vorliegenden Arbeitspapiers ist. Im Mittelpunkt der Analyse stehen die politischen Parteien des Landes, die auf ihren Beitrag zur Konsolidierung...

This book is an attempt of documenting the results from interdisciplinary cooperation within the second intake of IEE's PhD-school from the viewpoint of the PhD-students. Under the above main heading of the school, students of this second cohort were working on the "Micro-Foundation of...

The Consejos Departamentales de Alcaldes (CDAs) are departmental extensions of the National Corporation of Municipalities (COMURES) and emerged as new institutions in the decentralization process in El Salvador. Their organisational structure and function, as well as future role in the...

To explain the growth dynamics in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union the relative importance of monetary variables is analysed. A theoretical as well as an empirical approach are employed to make predictions about how financial development will affect economic...

Judicial enforcement of contracts can have an effect on credit market performance because it influences the risk and costs of credit transactions. This paper documents this point by empirically investigating the relation between the efficiency of judicial systems and credit market development...

With the recent wave of democratisation in Sub-Saharan Africa a new interest in elected local councils has appeared. The importance of elected local governments in promoting democracy is now emphasised by both national actors and the international community. It is also increasingly underlined by...