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Opinion: Dilemmas of development aid

Meeting of the High Level Forum on Trade Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea

28.09.2018

Like other areas of public policy, development aid has had its recurrent fads. The pendulum has swung from socialist-style big-push schemes to pro-market reforms and their latest iteration, results-based aid. This micro-oriented approach has recently come under attack for neglecting the wider “macro” environment of states and institutions. Decades after the flaws of the traditional aid model were exposed, economists are still casting about for a better alternative.

Dr. Emmanuel Martin

ECONOMY

The economics and geopolitics of global fisheries

South Korean Coast Guard chases Chinese fishermen violating territorial waters

19.12.2017

About 90 percent of global ocean fishing stocks are fully exploited or overfished. Competition to exploit this declining resource has led to geopolitical conflicts and social ills such as piracy and pollution, while regulation and subsidies only exacerbate the problem. Economics offers some institutional solutions that give the fishing industry incentives to manage stocks for the long term.

Dr. Emmanuel Martin

ECONOMY

Hong Kong’s youth rebel against unification with China

Hong Kong, July 14, 2015: umbrella revolution student leaders Joshua Wong (R) and Nathan Law, protest before hearing charges of obstructing police and burning copies of a controversial State Council document (source: dpa)

16.03.2016

Nearly a year and a half after Hong Kong’s “umbrella revolution” (Sept.-Dec. 2014), the legacy of the seemingly unsuccessful protest still dominates Hong Kong’s political debate. This adds a new twist to the city’s already complicated relations with Beijing, writes GIS Guest Expert Joseph Dobbs. Perceived interference by...

Joseph Dobbs

POLITICS

Kadyrov’s gambit: deciphering the antics of Chechnya’s leader

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov (L) and his chief of staff, Magomed Daudov (R), have launched a bizarre social media campaign as the end of Kadyrov's term nears (source: dpa)

03.03.2016

As Russia sinks deeper into economic crisis, the political games being played in that country have become increasingly alarming and difficult to interpret. The latest is a series of pointed threats against the political opposition, issued by Ramzan Kadyrov, the hardline leader of Chechnya. What is Mr. Kadyrov playing at, what does he hope to gain, and why does the ...

Professor Stefan Hedlund

DEFENSE

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