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Curb Migration by correct use

Aid can actually reduce migration if it improves public services. But it is only one of many factors affecting migration decisions.

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Can development aid curb migration? Contrary to the dominant view among development experts, new research shows how aid can...

Hintergrund-Börse und Finanzen Wirtschaft

German foreign investment, especially direct investment, is better than its reputation. Criticism of Germany’s net capital...

Konstruktion auf Indus entlang des Karakorum Highway

Op-ed: The BRI could spread economic activity to rural and remote areas.

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A stop to climate change and a move away from fossil fuels will lead to profound changes in society and the lifestyles of...

Millions of refugees would like to come to Europe, especially Germany. How can these people be integrated? What are the...

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Md. Alam Hossain Mondal , Claudia Ringler , Perrihan Al-Riffai ...

This paper presents an evaluation of energy supply strategies for Egypt’s power sector and identifies prospects to meet rising...

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Gender and corruption: The neglected role of culture

European Journal of Political Economy

12/2018

Julia Debski , Michael Jetter , Saskia Mösle ...

Empirical findings of a negative association between female participation in politics and the labor market, and levels of corruption...

Julian Donaubauer , Peter Kannen , Frauke Steglich

Geocoding firm-level data and matching them to georeferenced household survey data, we are the first to analyze whether the presence...

Frank Bickenbach , Wan-Hsin Liu , Peter Nunnenkamp

It is open to question whether the intensified worldwide competition for FDI has reduced its traditionally strong concentration in a...

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Stefan Kooths claims that the White House's protectionist policies are starting to harm the American economy. ...

Stefan Kooths doubts the need of a common eurozone budget.

Rolf Langhammer says, it is unlikely that the threat of the US to withdraw from the WTO will become a reality. ...

Rolf Langhammer and Dennis Snower say, in case of a Brexit there have to be exceptions around the Irish border. ...

Holger Görg warns in his oped that the German government’s plan to tighten controls on foreign investment poses risks to its...

Underlining the risks to Germany’s export-led economy, the leading German economic institutes cut their growth forecast. ...

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