This paper introduces a new dataset of official financing — including foreign aid and other forms of concessional and non-concessional...

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving...

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of...

We establish a causal role for banking access in the spread of the Industrial Revolution over the period 1817–1881 by exploiting...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 147: Military interventions and economic sanctions are increasingly seen as strategic substitutes for achieving...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear how important multilateral cooperation is in overcoming global challenges, such as this global...

We use a dynamic trade model with two sectors and two types of workers to analyze the optimal setting of income-generating tariffs....

This paper considers the indirect impact the recent tariff increases between the US and China can have in third countries through...

In the second quarter of 2020, economic activity in the more than 5,000 Free Zones (or Special Economic Zones) worldwide is severely...

KBW 26: The COVID-19 virus has spread to 215 countries, virtually covering all areas of the world, and has plunged the world in a...

This Policy Brief is offered to the Saudi T20 process, as a recommendation to the G20 in 2020. Many of the prominent challenges of...

Official (government-to-government) lending is much larger than commonly known, often surpassing total private cross-border capital...

This paper studies the relationship between Asia’s economic engagements in Africa and individual African nations’ participation in...

This report examines key aspects of the European Union-China economic relationship, including trade, investment and China’s key...

This essay discusses the economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to the international trade...

The highly complex system of global value chains (GVCs) relies on the smooth functioning of global trade, which has been severely...

For around four decades, a large part of worldwide production has been organized in so-called Global Value Chains (GVCs). Raw...

This fifth issue of the Global Solutions Journal, has been launched on the occasion of the digital Global Solutions Summit 2020,...

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform...

COVID-19 has struck at the core of global value chains hub regions, including China, Europe and the US. The pandemic has severe...