Securing access to raw materials plays an important role in EU growth strategies. In 2008 the European Commission launched the "Raw Materials Initiative" (RMI) expressing the need for an integrated policy response to ensure access to mineral-based raw materials. At the same time, in many resource-rich developing countries the debate has intensified on too little benefits of their mineral wealth [...]

Cotton is one of the most important cash crops in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and has had an important role in job creation, poverty reduction and foreign exchange generation. SSA cotton exporters face particularly three interconnected challenges - how to increase yields and quality in the context of small holder farming; how to deal with volatile international prices; how to increase value addition [...]

Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar Mai 2018 „Eine EU, die schützt, stärkt und verteidigt“ vernachlässigt die globale nachhaltige Entwicklung Das EU-Budget für die Periode 2021-2027 sieht unter anderem mehr Geld für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit vor. Jubel darüber wäre aber verfrüht, droht doch eine Verwässerung der entwicklungspolitischen Zielsetzungen. Michael Obrovsky [...]

Home Forschung & Beratung Private Sector Development (PSD) und Industriepolitik Private Sector Development (PSD) und Industriepolitik Ein dynamischer Privatsektor kann einen wichtigen Beitrag im wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozess leisten. Als ein Motor von Investitionen, Innovation und Wachstum kann er wesentlich zur Schaffung von Beschäftigung, Einkommen und Wohlstand beitragen. In diesem Sinne [...]

The global spread of COVID-19 represents a massive challenge for developing countries. Beyond the health crisis and the sudden stop of domestic economic activities, many countries face turmoil linked to commodity dependence. Commodity prices have reacted strongly to the crisis, reflecting changes in supply and demand due to policy measures to limit contagion. Commodity-dependent developing [...]

The European Union (EU) recently presented a new development policy agenda that centers on the subject of "change." We first assess the approach of the EU policy by discussing change in the sense of how it is used within the EU agenda. Second, we relate it to two recently published political economy frameworks (North et al. 2009, and Acemoglu/Robinson 2012), which discuss the mechanisms of [...]