Developing countries frequently face large adverse shocks to their economies. We study two distinct types of such shocks: large declines in the price of a country's commodity exports and severe natural disasters. Unsurprisingly, adverse shocks reduce the short-term growth of constant-price GDP...

Developing countries frequently face large adverse shocks to their economies. We study two distinct types of such shocks: large declines in the price of a country’s commodity exports and severe natural disasters. Unsurprisingly, adverse shocks reduce the short-term growth of constant-price GDP...

Wissenschaftliche Analyse der Migrationsdynamik und ihrer Auswirkungen auf Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur der jeweiligen Heimatländer und der Aufnahmeländer. Auf dieser Basis sollte eine neue Einwanderungspolitik zur optimalen Steuerung der Migration erarbeitet werden. (Reinhild Khan)