Studies (free of charge)

This report explores how donors can effectively support public-private collaboration efforts in LDCs in order to attract sustainable investments and foster development. It takes stock of existing donor programs aimed at engaging the private sector in development activities...

There is going to be a brand new euro, at least from 2013 onwards, and people are talking about the Grand Design of a new European Economic Governance.

Change in Tunisia and Egypt was sudden and came as a surprise. The European Union should now provide pro-active support with the help of a transformation partnership. For this purpose it should as soon as possible subject the instruments and strategies that it has used...

In May 2010 the British Conservative Party returned to power. Propped up by the Liberal Democrats as junior coalition Partner, the new government has since then embarked on a radical programme of budgetray cuts, ringing in an age of fiscal austerity.

The discussion over global current account imbalances has intensified. Notions such as currency wars have come to dominate the debate. Many economists and politicians consider the rapid revaluation of the yuan to be a panacea for global imbalances. However, such a...

The Middle East is more than a hotbed of conflict, war and terror. It is time the EU woke up to the opportunities this region has to offer. The four Es – economy, energy, environment and education – suggest numerous areas of cooperation in which Europe can become profitably...

Slavery in Europe? Very few Europeans are Aware of the fact that human trafficking and forced labour exist in their midst.

The European Citizens’ Initiative is a feature of the Treaty of Lisbon that many people have as yet to discover. However, even though it has often been criticized as being a kind of bogus participation that is no more than a placebo, it may well change the European Union,...

On 8 July, at its last session before the summer recess, the European Parliament adopted with an overwhelming majority (549 for, 78 against, and 17 abstentions) the report of Elmar Brok on the “Proposal for a Council decision establishing the Organisation and functioning of...