Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar September 2019 Der „Kampf gegen den Klimawandel“ braucht eine andere Politik für nachhaltige, globale Entwicklung Die Klimakrise war das Topthema des Nationalratswahlkampfs. Die wahlwerbenden Parteien sind allerdings über Ankündigungen nicht hinausgekommen. Für eine neue Regierung muss es darum gehen, die notwendige Verringerung des CO2 [...]

Economic partnership agreements (EPAs) mark a new era in economic relations between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries that will lead to reciprocal tariff liberalization. Model‐based impact assessments have become a powerful tool in trade negotiations and mixed results are reported for ACP countries. Given their set‐up within a neoclassical framework, these [...]

A few weeks before the Brexit date of 31 October 2019, the big questions remain unanswered: Will Britain withdraw from the European Union? And if so, with or without a deal? These decisions not only affect the European Union and the United Kingdom itself, they also have consequences for the 79 countries of the ACP group, which have many links with both partners. Above all, a 'hard brexit' would [...]

Abstract: The apparel export industry in Ethiopia has increased significantly since the 2000s. Apparel exports emerged due to low labour costs and preferential trade agreements with the United States and European Union, but more importantly to proactive government industrial policies and the decisions of US and EU buyers and core suppliers to invest in or source from Ethiopia. Foreign direct [...]

Das Konzept der globalen Partnerschaft in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit kann auf eine längere Geschichte zurückblicken. Insbesondere seit den späten 1990er-Jahren hat es eine zentrale Stellung inne. Das vorliegende Briefing Paper 23 geht den Fragen nach, was hinter diesem Konzept steckt, wie erfolgreich es bislang war und welche Voraussetzungen es braucht, damit eine globale Partnerschaft [...]

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, [...]