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Kiel Policy Brief No. 105: Self-interested and biased arbitrators are often held responsible for the legitimacy crisis of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Based on UNCTAD’s database on ISDS since the late 1990s, the author Peter Nunnenkamp...

Die Bilanz der bisher erreichten Fortschritte bei der Bekämpfung der weltweiten Armut fällt ernüchternd aus. Zwar haben einige Staaten, insbesondere in Asien, den Einkommensrückstand zu den Industrieländern im Zuge der Globalisierung vermindert. Dazu...

A needs-based targeting of aid in priority sectors such as health and education should have an important say on whether donors help achieving the MDGs. Hence, in addition to the usual ranking of donors according to their overall “generosity”, the...

Investors from emerging and developing economies are becoming bigger players in FDI, particularly in developing countries. While some raise concerns that emerging economies might gain control over raw materials, others are hopeful that...

When President Bush proposed in July 2001 to provide up to half of aid supplied by development banks as grants, this sparked an intense debate. We discuss concerns that a shift from loans to grants would deplete future aid resources so that donors...

Miracles are rather unlikely to happen - especially where they are really needed.

Comparing the aid allocation of major DAC donors with those of newly emerging donors, we find: (1)On average, new donors care less for recipient need; (2)new and old donors alike disregard merit by not takiing the level of corruption in recipient...