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Mit Beiträgen von Elisabeth Förg, Christoph Gütermann, Georges Hallermayer, Ishraga Mustafa Hamid, Günther Lanier, Birgit Mayerhofer, Tobias Orischnig, Werner Ruf, Markus Schauta, Franz Schmidjell, Mariam Wagialla und Charlotte Wiedemann. "Sahel" bedeutet auf Arabisch "Ufer" oder "Küste" – gemeint ist das Südufer der Sahara, des großen Sand- und Steinmeeres. Dieses Sahara-"Ufer" erstreckt sich vom Atlantik im Westen bis zum Roten Meer im Osten. Anteil am Sahel haben die Staaten Senegal, Mauretanien, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Tschad, Sudan und Eritrea. Einst lebte im Sahel der reichste Mann der Welt. Als Mansa Mussa im Jahr 1324 auf seinem Weg vom antiken Mali nach Mekka de...
This volume deals with the multifaceted and interdependent impacts of climate change on society from the perspective of a broad set of disciplines. The main objective of the book is to assess public and private cost of climate change as far as quantifiable, while taking into account the high degree of uncertainty. It offers new insights for the economic assessment of a broad range of climate change impact chains at a national scale. The framework presented in the book allows consistent evaluation including mutual interdependencies and macroeconomic feedback. This book develops a toolbox that can be used across the many areas of climate impact and applies it to one particular country: Austria.
This paper evaluates the state of fiscal transparency in Austria. Austria has built strong fiscal institutions over the past decade, notably through the budget reforms introduced in 2009 and 2013, which have significantly improved fiscal transparency. Many elements of sound fiscal transparency practices are in place in Austria. Fiscal reports, covering a substantial part of public activities, are published in a frequent and timely manner and include reconciliations between alternative measures of fiscal aggregates. Budgets and forecasts have a clearer medium-term and performance-oriented focus, and are guided by clear fiscal policy objectives, the compliance with which is subject to independent scrutiny. In addition, there is regular, high-quality reporting on the long-term sustainability of public finances.
ger: In der Arbeit werden verschiedene Simulationsmethoden auf ihre Brauchbarkeit zur Behandlung der Probleme aus der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit untersucht. Nach einem Überblick über unterschiedliche Ansätze von Simulationsverfahren in den Sozialwissenschaften werden Theorien, Geschichte und Probleme der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit behandelt. Hierbei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf Afrika. Ausgehend von den theoretischen Erörterungen und der zur Verfügung stehenden Datenlage wird die Methode "System Dynamics" für die Behandlung eines konkreten Projekts der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in Burkina Faso ausgewählt. Für diese Situation wird ein Simulationsmodell entwickelt und es werden verschied...
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In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, when thousands of young women and men fought for the opportunity to realize their aspirations and potential, the question of jobs continues to be crucial in the Middle East and North Africa region. This report uses jobs as a lens to weave together the complex dynamics of employment creation, skills supply, and the institutional environment of labor markets. Consistent with the framework of the 2013 World Development Report on jobs, of which this report is the regional companion, this work goes beyond the traditional links between jobs, productivity, and living standards to include an understanding of how jobs matter for individual dignity and expectations...