This paper analyzes the selection and allocation decisions of major and like-minded bilateral donors as regards development assistance for health for the period of 1990 till 2007. The central question is to what extent health indicators, reflecting the health objectives stated in the Millennium...

This paper analyzes the targeting of development assistance for health across countries in a multivariate regression framework, based on data from 22 bilateral donors to 160 recipients between 1990 and 2007. Donor characteristics, recipient characteristics and the donor-recipient-relationship...

1. Introduction -- 2. The basic principles of genetic resources as regards ABS -- 3. The economic framework of the ABS concept -- 4. The effectiveness of ABS : critical factors and measures used to address them -- 5. Implementation of ABS regulations in provider and user countries -- 6. Conclusions.

Diese Studie beleuchtet das Thema Cloud Computing aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln. Primär wird dabei eine ökonomische Analyse der Vor- und Nachteile des Cloud Computing für Unternehmen durchgeführt. Im Sinne des Optimierungsansatzes soll der größtmögliche Nutzen bei kleinstmöglichen...