Working Papers

Working Paper 52

Commodity dependence and price volatility in least developed countries: A structuralist computable general equilibrium model with applications to Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Mozambique

Rudi von Arnim / Bernhard Tröster / Cornelia Staritz / Werner Raza

Wien, June 2015

Many least developed countries (LDCs) face commodity dependence on the export and im-port si ...

Working Paper 51

Private sector development – business plan or development strategy?

Karin Küblböck / Cornelia Staritz

Wien, April 2015

Private sector development (PSD) has taken on an increasingly prominent role in both the deb ...

Working Paper 50

Global Competition, Institutional Context, and Regional Production Networks: Up- and Downgrading Experiences in Romania’s Apparel Industry

Leonhard Plank / Cornelia Staritz

Wien, November 2014

Regional suppliers still play an important role in the global apparel industry. By studying ...

Working Paper 49

Living up to Policy Coherence for Development? The OECD’s Disciplines on Tied Aid Financing

Livia Fritz / Werner Raza

Wien, September 2014

With tied aid credits donors aim at boosting the international competitiveness of domesticen ...

Working Paper 48

Soft Loans as an Instrument of Development Finance: A Comparative Assessment and Options for the Future

Livia Fritz / Werner Raza

Wien, September 2014

Within the framework of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, discussions on Financing for Devel ...

Working Paper 47

South Africa’s post-apartheid microcredit-driven calamity

Comparing ‘developmental’ to ‘anti-developmental’ local financial models

Milford Bateman

Wien, June 2014

Microcredit was once universally lauded in international development community circles as a ...

Working Paper 46

Regionalism, end markets and ownership matter: Shifting dynamics in the apparel export industry in Sub Saharan Africa

Mike Morris / Cornelia Staritz / Leonhard Plank

Wien, March 2014

This paper shows the importance of ownership, end markets and regionalism within the global ...

Working Paper 45

Re-regulation of commodity derivative markets

Critical assessment of current reform proposals in the EU and the US

Cornelia Staritz / Karin Küblböck

Wien, October 2013

In the context of recent commodity price hikes, a political consensus has emerged on regulat ...

Working Paper 44

Financialisation and the microstructure of commodity markets

a qualitative investigation of trading strategies of financial investors and commercial traders

Christine Heumesser / Cornelia Staritz

Wien, October 2013

The financialisation of commodity derivative markets, reflected in the increased presence of ...

Working Paper 43

Fundamentals or Financialisation of Commodity Markets

What Determines Recent Wheat Prices?

Bernhard Tröster / Cornelia Staritz

September 2013

Food price developments have various impacts at the country and household level, in particul ...

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