Home Research & Consulting Austrian and International Development Policy Austrian and International Development Policy Development policies, both national and international, have been at the core of our research interests since OeFSE was founded in 1967. In the area of international development policy , OeFSE is concerned with global goals, institutions and trends. These include, for example, [...]

Home About Us Staff Research Department Cornelia Staritz Dr. in Cornelia Staritz PhD Senior Research Associate Contact: cornelia.staritz@univie.ac.at Cornelia Staritz is Associate Professor in Development Economics at the Department of Development Studies at the University of Vienna. She is also a Senior Research Associate at the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) and a Research [...]

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 About Us Staff Research Department Mr. Werner Raza Mr. Werner Raza Director phone: +43 1 317 40 10 – 101 w.raza@oefse.at Werner Raza has been head of ÖFSE since October 2010. He is an economist specialising in international trade and development and a lecturer at various universities and universities of applied sciences in Austria and abroad. Dr Raza has also served as a member of advisory [...]

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 [...]