Briefing Papers

Briefing Paper 32

COVID-19 und das Versagen pharmazeutischer Innovation für den Globalen Süden: Das Beispiel der „vernachlässigten Krankheiten“ und der Neuen Infektionskrankheiten

Wien, März 2021

Die Debatte um den mangelnden Zugang zu COVID-19-Impfstoffen für die Länder des Globalen Süd ...

Briefing Paper 32

COVID-19 and the failure of pharmaceutical innovation for the Global South: The example of "neglected diseases" and emerging infectious diseases

(english version)

Wien, März 2021

The debate over lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines for countries in the Global South joins ...

Briefing Paper 31

The long journey towards Pan-African integration: The African Continental Free Trade Area and its challenges

Bernhard Tröster / Eva Janechová

Wien, März 2021

As of 2021, African countries started to trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

Briefing Paper 30

Skills for Green and Just Transitions. Reflecting on the role of Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable Development.

Margarita Langthaler / Simon McGrath / Presha Ramsarup

Wien, Februar 2021

The human capability to learn is widely regarded as one of the most important resources for ...

Briefing Paper 29

Increasing security of supply for critical medical and pharmaceutical goods in the EU: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Jan Grumiller / Hannes Grohs

Wien, Februar 2021

This Briefing Paper examines the resilience of the medical product and pharmaceutical global ...

Briefing Paper 28

Digitalization, education and skills development in the Global South: an assessment of the debate with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Margarita Langthaler / Homa Bazafkan

Wien, November 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified discussions about the digital revolution, but has also ...

Briefing Paper 27

Blockchain Technologies for Commodity Value Chains: The solution for more sustainability?

Bernhard Tröster

Wien, September 2020

Blockchain technologies are seen as a key solution to contain poor social and environmental ...

Briefing Paper 26

Preventing migration with vocational education? Understanding the migration – vocational education nexus

Margarita Langthaler / Dilara Gündüz

Wien, Juni 2020

In many parts of the world, migration has become a controversially debated issue and a polic ...

Briefing Paper 25

Commodity-dependent countries in the COVID-19 crisis

Bernhard Tröster

Wien, Mai 2020

Commodity markets have reacted to the COVID-19 crisis with drastic price movements and chang ...

Briefing Paper 24

Going Global. Chinese natural resource policies and their impacts on Latin America

Karin Küblböck / Bernhard Tröster / Christoph Ambach

Wien, Oktober 2019

China is today the second-largest economy after the US (UN ECLAC 2018a) and the world-leadin ...