The paper provides an overview on recent trends of immigration in OECD countries and on the possible effects of immigration on labour markets and government budgets. It also discusses migration policies from an economic point of view. By bringing together a bulk of international literature on...

In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past three decades into two parts: A lost period from 1981 to 1995 and a recovery period since the second half of the 1990s. During the first period, Africa did not catch up but lost...

Fiscal positions of African countries have improved significantly during the past decade. Higher economic growth, better terms of trade, improved donor support notably through debt relief and better control of expenditure contributed to this improvement. But at the same time government revenue...

Fiscal positions of African countries have improved significantly during the past decade. Higher economic growth, better terms of trade, improved donor support notably through debt relief and better control of expenditure contributed to this improvement. But at the same time government revenue...

With rapidly rising government debt and ageing populations implying high contingent liabilities in public pension systems, the issue of longer-term fiscal developments is gaining importance. The question arises whether, and to what extent, future generations will be burdened by current policies....

Am 11. September 2001 wurden die USA mit der Zerstörung des World Trade Center in New York und den Attacken auf das Pentagon in Washington vom größten Terroranschlag der Geschichte erschüttert. Welche Auswirkungen dieses Attentat auf die internationale Politik und die Weltwirtschaft haben...

Vom 15. bis 17. November 2002 veranstaltete die Akademie für politische Bildung Tutzing unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Peter Hampe, Akademie für politische Bildung, Tutzing, und Dr. Martin Held, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, eine Konferenz zu dem Thema »Weltwirtschaftliche Folgen des...

This chapter is an assessment of the economic situation of Europe, with some concentration on those countries which have adopted the euro in 2001 and 2002 drawing on a wide variety of sources including Ifo survey data. At 1.6% in 2001 and 1.3% in 2002, these GDP growth rates are both, lower than...