"Attracting financial capital is essential for economic growth in developing countries, but can often tragically foster nondemocratic politics. Consider, for example, the impact of foreign aid. Since 2008 Ethiopia has been one of the largest recipients of U.S. aid in Africa, averaging around $80...

Internationale Investitionsverträge – Bestandsaufnahme und Reformansätze (Kurzzusammenfassung der Dissertation, Michael Efler, 28.5.2005)Die beiden zentralen und eng miteinander verbundenen Fragestellungen dieser Arbeit sind, ob ein internationaler Investitionsvertrag abgeschlossen werden...

State take-over of infrastructure : 1967-1980 -- Indosat : foreign investment in a risky environment -- The Indosat deal -- Nationalization of Indosat -- The power of being needed -- Indosat : a successful state-owned firm -- Return of private ownership of infrastructure : electric power,...