Angola's economy rebounded strongly in 2024 with a real GDP growth of 4.4 percent, fueled by a revitalized oil sector and robust performance in non-oil industries like mining, commerce, and agriculture. While macroeconomic stability has been maintained, underlying vulnerabilities persist....

This Selected Issues paper examines Swiss labor productivity from a firm-level perspective, highlighting factors that influence recent trends. Switzerland's strong labor productivity is driven by robust R&D, a high-quality education system, and deep global integration. However, challenges such...

At the request of the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA), a technical assistance (TA) mission from the Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) Department visited Luanda, Angola from May 20 to May 24, 2024. The mission helped the authorities review its forecasting and policy analysis system (FPAS),...

Research on the spatial variation in 'populist' and 'anti-establishment' voting focuses on the role of 'left behind places', where these parties are particularly successful in regions that have been left behind economically or culturally. Applying this perspective to the German case, this paper...

1 Einführung -- 2 Reduktion von negativen Emotionen und inneren Konflikten oder Spannungen -- 3 Nutzen von Ritualen für sich selbst, privat und im Job -- 4 Umgang mit mir selbst -- 5 Wie gestalte ich bewusst den Umgang mit anderen -- 6 Hilfreiche Sprachmuster / Verstehensprozesse -- 7...