Home Research & Consulting Commodities and Development Resource-based Development Resource-based Development Developing countries, in particular the nations of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) are still significantly defined by resource dependency . Many countries remain highly dependent on resource extraction and exports, despite efforts to promote industrial development as well as the diversification of [...]

Home Research & Consulting International Trade and Global Value Chains International Trade and Global Value Chains Since the 1990s, achieving integration into the world economy through international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a central focus of development strategies in the countries of the Global South. Yet within the last decade, the global business environment has [...]

Home Research & Consulting Commodities and Development Commodities and Development Global extraction, trade and consumption of natural resources have increased continuously over the past 30 years. At the same time, commodity prices were characterised by strong fluctuations. In this context, natural resources have become a key issue in international politics again. Competition for access to and [...]

Home Research & Consulting Private Sector Development (PSD) and Industrial Policy PSD and Industrial Policy Strategies PSD and Industrial Policy Strategies Private sector development (PSD) has taken on an increasingly prominent role in both the debates as well as budgets of international development cooperation in recent years. PSD interventions generally put emphasis on comparative advantage, an [...]

Home Resources Austrian Development Cooperation – A Historical Overview from 2011 Historical Overview from 2011 (german) 2011 wurde in Busan eine „ Globale Partnerschaft für wirksame Entwicklung “ konstituiert, die auch die „ neuen Geber “ (Brasilien, China, Indien, etc.), die Zivilgesellschaft sowie den Privat- und Wissenschaftssektor als strategische Geber einbindet. Um die beschlossenen [...]

Home Events Working Papers Workshop - Papers Agriculture Geurts, Guus: A Just and Green CAP and Trade Policy in and Beyond the EU Topuria, Salome: Free Trade Agreements: Remedy for (under-) Development? The Case of Georgia and the European Union Friedrich, Juliane; Frisch, Lou; Heck, Lukas; Patki, Pooja; Progscha, Sophie: From local staple food to superfood: the rise of quinoa in a colonial global [...]