Panel debate on fiscal 'austerity' by prof. Kattel, prof.Sommers and Prof.Staehr

Jayati Ghosh - Women and Work in Developing Countries Part 4

Jayati Ghosh - Women and Work in Developing Countries Part 3

Jayati Ghosh - Women and Work in Developing Countries Part 2

Jayati Ghosh - Women and Work in Developing Countries Part 1

The winning essay for the essay prize competition on "Financial policies" by Johannes Schmidt

Paul Romer’s Charter Cities – A well grounded concept?

By Johannes Schmidt*

This essay deals with Paul Romer’s concept of charter cities. First the concept is introduced and later, on a closer scrutiny, it is evaluated.

The concept of cities which are governed by their own charter document instead of a state is not new. In fact it is frequently employed nowadays and furthermore already used as far back in time as the late 12^th century. The most repeatedly mentioned example of one of the first cities that received a charter is Lübeck, which was later to become the heart of the Hanseatic League.

Is addressing fragmented EU Aid useful without focussing on productive capacity?

By Riaz K. Tayob

republished from the TUT DPA and TG Blog

 

At an 11 November lecture at Tallinn University EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs very candidly highlighted the need for the EU to have “a more determined system” for its aid to address the fragmentation in European delivery. What does this mean in terms of development cooperation, and what should cooperation include?