The world is changing, and public administration is changing with it. Polycrisis, instability, multipolarity, geopolitical tensions and an increasing diversity of norms and institutions characterise the complex situation we find ourselves in today. This is pushing traditional administrative and governmental systems to their limits. Since the beginning of the millennium, reform approaches in [...]

Political and scholary debates on the potentials and constraints of inclusive and sustainable development in the global periphery are at the core of the developmental discourse. This paper argues that discussions on the effectiveness, inclusiveness and sustainability of economic development need to take the political economic contexts of specific peripheral countries into account. The paper [...]

Im Zusammenhang mit dem Diskurs von der globalen Wissensgesellschaft und dem Erstarken der so genannten "Emerging Economies" hat das Gewicht des Faktors Wissen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZA) und Entwicklungspolitik in den vergangenen Jahren stark zugenommen. Wissenschaft und Forschung wird damit eine wichtige Rolle zugeschrieben. Welche Rolle aber spielt Entwicklungsforschung? Die [...]

Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar Jänner 2019 EU-Afrika Forum: Pop-Up Inszenierung oder Paradigmenwechsel in den EU-Afrika Beziehungen? Das High-Level Forum Africa-Europe am 18. Dezember 2018 in Wien wurde als das entwicklungspolitische „Highlight“ der österreichischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft angesehen. Mit Hilfe der Verknüpfung von Digitalisierung, Wirtschaft und [...]

Import promotion has become an important pillar of private sector development activities in many European development cooperation (DC) programs. Import promotion is seen as a way of building up sustainable sourcing chains for European companies, while at the same time promoting exports of LICs and the upgrading of their export industries. While other European donors such as the Netherlands, [...]

This rise of textiles and clothing global value chains (GVCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally perceived as a successful process of beginning the industrial development process through leveraging preferential market access (PMA) and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). However, simply using an aggregated analysis of SSA clothing exports masks some crucial differences: end-market [...]