Home Research & Consulting Private Sector Development (PSD) and Industrial Policy Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Although the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been debated for at least the last three decades, it has once more gained momentum in recent years. On an international level, this is attributable to the increasing [...]

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 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 Commodities and Development Financialisation of Commodity Markets Financialisation of Commodity Markets Given the commodity price boom in the 2000s and the large fluctuations in commodity prices in recent years, questions about the factors behind these price developments are of central importance. One is the role of financial investors , especially banks, institutional [...]

Home Research & Consulting Commodities and Development Resource Politics and Resource Fairness Resource Politics and Resource Fairness The unequal distribution of natural resources between countries and regions has for decades led to conflicting interests and tensions. On the one hand, countries that do not have large reserves of raw materials have a crucial interest in gaining access to resources [...]

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 [...]