Floriculture is a dynamic industry that has transformed from a regional business, where both production and consumption were concentrated in Europe, to a global business organized in global value chains. Although the Dutch still lead the industry, particularly through the Dutch auction, developing countries have strengthened their position as producers in the chain. While consumption in [...]

The Kenyan floriculture, together with the horticulture sector, is considered to be a success story of non-traditional exports in African countries. Kenya is the largest exporter of cut roses to the European Union, and accounts for about 8.4% of the global supply of cut flowers. The floriculture sector is the third highest export earner in Kenya, after tea and tourism, and has experienced steady [...]

Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar April 2018 Doppelbudget 2018/2019: Die Trendwende in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit wurde wieder einmal abgesagt Wenn das Budget in Zahlen gegossene Politik darstellt, dann ist im Bereich der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit des BMEIA die vom Außenminister Sebastian Kurz im Jahr 2017 ausgerufene Trendwende bereits im Jahr 2018 wieder [...]

Restructuring of global and local markets has led to an increased influence of commodity derivatives markets on commodity price setting. This has critical implications for price risks experienced by actors along commodity chains. Commodity derivatives markets have undergone significant changes that have been referred to as the ‘financialization of commodities’, which we define as an increase in [...]

Home Publikationen Aktueller Kommentar Aktueller Kommentar März 2018 Krise des Lernens oder Krise des Entwicklungsparadigmas? Anmerkungen zum World Development Report 2018 Der aktuelle Weltbank-Bericht widmet sich erstmals vollständig dem Thema Bildung. Gelingt es, Lernergebnisse sicherzustellen, dann spielt die Ressource Bildung eine zentrale Rolle als Entwicklungskatalysator, so der Tenor des [...]

The concept of the ‘resource curse’ has typically been used to explain the adverse effects of resource abundance on economic growth and development. More recently, however, the validity of this approach has been challenged. Not the abundance of natural resources per se, but the ability to cope with the volatility of commodity prices is now seen as one of the major factors for the development of [...]