Seit 2008 bedroht, ausgehend vom Finanzsektor, eine Wirtschaftskrise wie 1929 unser System. Nach kurzen koordinierten fiskalpolitischen Interventionen liegt seit Jahren die Stabilisierungslast allein bei den Zentralbanken. In der Eurozone hält die Null-Zins-Politik nun schon fünf Jahre an....

Seit 2008 bedroht, ausgehend vom Finanzsektor, eine Wirtschaftskrise wie 1929 unser System. Nach kurzen koordinierten fiskalpolitischen Interventionen liegt seit Jahren die Stabilisierungslast allein bei den Zentralbanken. In der Eurozone hält die Null-Zins-Politik nun schon fünf Jahre an....

Research findings of the latest round of the wiiw-GDN project on development in the Balkans are surveyed. Historical and structural deficiencies of development in the Balkan countries are discussed in detail with emphasis of the role of investment, integration, and structural and policy...

Research findings of the latest round of the wiiw-GDN project on development in the Balkans are surveyed. Historical and structural deficiencies of development in the Balkan countries are discussed in detail with emphasis of the role of investment, integration, and structural and policy...

Supporting its developing member countries (DMCs) affected by fragility and conflict is a high priority for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This is demonstrated by ADB’s adoption of its 2007 approach, which responds to the special challenges faced by DMCs experiencing conditions that are now...

This paper analyses the effect of public expenditure on economic growth from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. Given that the economic literature supplies numerous and conflicting views on the topic, the article offers a framework combining both theories of market failures and...

Reference system to which it is discussed involvement in the economy market with perfect competition, perfect competition system, characterized by absolute lack of opportunities to influence the price for participating business entities. Neoclassical economics has shown that market with perfect...

The record of aid to fragile and poorly-performing states is the real test of aid effectiveness. Rich countries can justify aid to fragile states both through altruism and self-interest. But, with some exceptions, donors have appeared at the wrong times and with the wrong attitudes, even...

How can development policy support weak, dysfunctional or fragile states? What constitutes state fragility and what are the appropriate instruments for state-building? After reviewing two recent quantitative indexes (The Index of State Weakness in the Developing World and The Ibrahim Index of...