Dossier 2014/09 - privatsekotr

Harnessing market forces

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Reparing motorbikes in Hanoi.
Editorial
– by Hans Dembowski

The real challenge

Development is neither about overcoming capitalism nor setting free market forces
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Information technology
– by Tayo Akinyemi

“Huge potential”

Information technology has the potential to contribute to economic growth in Africa
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Agriculture
– by Gerd Müller

Promoting structural change

Innovation and knowledge management are the driving forces behind successful small-scale agriculture in developing countries.
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Food security
– by Marita Wiggerthale

Not the solution

Oxfam warns that huge private-public partnerships in agriculture may cause hunger
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Financial markets
– by Jürgen Kaiser

Argentina and the vultures

Argentina’s new financial troubles result from a legal loophole in the international economic order
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Private sector
– by Ipsita Sapra

Unlocking potential

Private-sector companies in India realise the benefits of employing persons with disabilities
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Private-sector development
– by Floreana Miesen

Attracting investors

African economies have been doing well, but could – and should – do even better
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Poverty
– by Valentin Lang, Hildegard Lingnau

Redefining poverty

Valentin Lang and Hildegard Lingnau: The post-2015 agenda needs to redefine poverty and measure it in new ways
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Employment
– by Pater Savio Silveira

Transcultural training

German managers learn about informal vocational training and slum life in Mumbai
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Interview
– by Ulrich Schröder

Crisis-induced expansion

Government-owned development banks matter in the global financial crisis – and they must accept the principle of subsidiarity
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Financial sector
– by Katharina Braun, Anna Luisa Paffhausen

A development bank for Mozambique

Mozambique hopes to stimulate its economy with the help of a new government-owned development bank
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Sanitation
– by Isabel Günther, Alexandra Horst

Access to better toilets

How to improve the sanitation situation in slum settlements
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Technology
– by Christina Stobwasser

Assessing global costs

IT purchasers must pay attention to social and environmental standards, since demand has an impact on supply
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Climate finance
– by Morten Elkjær, Niels Egerup

Raising additional investment capital

Innovative Danish approach to mobilising private capital for climate-related investments in the developing world
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Banking
– by Kilasa Mtambalike

Money flows with M-Pesa

Financial transactions by mobile phone have radically changed African economies
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Global Governance
– by Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho

The rise and fall of the G20

The emergence of the G20 as a forum of the world’s most important leaders raised great expectations in late 2008. They have been disappointed.
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World Bank
– by Sabine Balk

Social inclusion

World Bank study calls for social inclusion and proposes meaningful measures
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