Volkswirtschaftliche Entwicklung
Our view

This time, they must get it right

In view of rising interest rates and growing debt levels, the lessons of past structural-adjustment policies are of great relevance

ODA

Lessons learned

Whether ODA succeeds or fails depends on many things

Development policy

Not an end in itself

Stephan Exo-Kreischer from the ONE Campaign explains why development policy is successful internationally

Development policy

Too many failures

Kurt Gerhardt of the Bonn Appeal issues a fundamental critique of Germany’s development policy

Economic policymaking

Low-hanging fruit

In the early 1990s, India’s economic reforms triggered high growth rates for the long term

Crisis lending

Two lessons from structural adjustment

Indonesian economist looks back at IMF conditions in Asian crisis

Digital technologies

Endangered employment

The digital revolution needs to be harnessed towards the public good, a study by the German Development Institute argues

Energy

Rapid change

Indian government expects renewables to account for half of power generation by 2040

Electricity

Clean energy

To fully electrify Bangladesh by 2020, the government should invest in renewable energy

Kishore Mahbubani asks: “Has the west lost it?”

Valid criticism of established powers; excessive praise for rising ones

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