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Uzbekistan – A Region of World Society (?) Variants of Differentiation in Agricultural Resources Governance
(2015-04)
This article studies the layered coexistence and mutual shaping of three forms of differentiation (functional, segmentary, hierarchical) in rural Uzbekistan, a region of world society that, since 1991, is undergoing ...
Embracing Chinese modernity? Articulation and positioning in China-Kazakhstan trade and exchange processes
(2014-07)
While much has been written recently about the increasing geo-political and economic impact of Chinese ‘soft power’ on neighbouring countries to the West, relatively few studies explore local people’s reflections of China’s ...
Tapping Potentials of Innovation for African Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Growth: an Africa-wide Perspective
(2015-09)
While in the past, increased use of inputs and expansion of agricultural land accounted for a good part of agricultural growth in Africa, improvements in productivity will need to be a major driver of growth in the future. ...
From agricultural to economic growth: Targeting investments across Africa
(2018-03)
This paper examines whether investment in the agriculture and food sectors in Africa significantly increases overall economic growth and, hence, reduces food and nutrition insecurity. To this end, the study examines the ...
Frontier analysis and agricultural typologies
(2018-03)
PARI’s main goal is to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food security in Africa and India by supporting the scaling of proven innovations in the agri-food sector in collaboration with all relevant actors. ...
EU external energy policy in natural gas: A case of neofunctionalist integration?
(2017)
Die Energiepolitik der Europäischen Kommission hat zu einer tieferen Integration in Erdgasimport-Fragen geführt. In der Energiezusammenarbeit auf EU-Ebene und der gemeinsamen Kooperation mit Drittstaaten sind die Politikprozesse ...
The energy union - a solution for the European energy security?
(2015)
Das Thema der Energiesicherheit führte eine lange Zeit ein Schattendasein in der Europäischen Union. Die Zeiten ändern sich jedoch, wie die Rahmenstrategie zur Energie Union zeigt, die die neue Europäische Kommission ...
Innovations of the European central bank in the context of financial and monetary integration: a Chinese assessment
(2015)
Seit der Einführung des Euros vor 15 Jahren hat sich der Integrationsprozess innerhalb der Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion sowohl in Ausdehnung als auch tiefergehenden Fragestellungen rasant weiterentwickelt. ...
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): an insight into its transatlantic relations and global context
(2016)
Im letzten Jahr gaben die meisten der europäischen und amerikanischen Bürger an, zumindest einmal von Verhandlungen über ein Freihandelsabkommen, genannt TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), welches die ...
ZEI Future of Europe Observer, 2016, Vol. 4, No 3: Post BREXIT EU
(2016-11)
In June of this year a new and unprecedented challenge was laid at the feet of the European Union. For the first time in European integration a majority in a member state voted to leave. The BREXIT vote, which stunned many ...