Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt den Versuch dar, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Finanzierung von lokalen Infrastrukturmaßnahmen durch kostendeckende Tarife aufzuzeigen, wobei sich der Fokus auf die Situation in den Entwicklungsländern richtet. Kostendeckende Tarife gewinnen für die Finanzierung...

In this paper we demonstrate that the Post-Keynesian Two-Gap Model merits its destiny as a ghost in economic discussions not only as a result of the well-known neoclassical criticism on its assumptions but also because of its general inconsistency. If adjusted for this inconsistency the Two-Gap...

Trotz der nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges erwarteten Friedensdividende erreichte die Zahl der Kriege und bewaffneten Konflikte Anfang der 1990er-Jahre eine Rekordzahl, wobei über 90 Prozent der Kriege und Konflikte in der so genannten Dritten Welt ausgetragen wurden. Durch diese Entwicklung,...

The paper analyzes the comparative effects of alternative health financing mechanisms on economic growth within a two-sector model with human capital. The transitional growth effects of a social insurance system are stronger than those of an out-of-pocket payment system. A private health...

This paper analyzes the effects of structural change on the rates of growth of wages, employment and per-capita income in low-income countries, their dualistic structure shown by a Lewis-type two-sector model. Structural change is measured by the varying shares of sectoral employment in total...

The Macroeconomic Aid Effectiveness Literature (Macro AEL) has had a resounding effect both within the academic community and within the policy arena where its policy recommendations carry substantial weight. Although the empirical aspect of this literature has received substantial scrutiny, the...

Based on a neoclassical growth model for open low income economies this paper shows that development strategies, which rely on net borrowing abroad lead to a position of sustainable foreign indebtedness (provided that all capital imports are used for investment financing), but turn out to be...