| Canada Can Do More and Better For Democracy Promotion Abroad. As the long-awaited international policy review has yet again been delayed, a new study by the IRPP concludes that Canadians should have a forum to debate whether they want to invest in a renewed and enhanced role in democratic assistance. The study notes that Canada's endeavours in democracy assistance, while remaining quite limited, have earned international appreciation. "Canada presents a non-threatening moderate face to the world, and, as a pluralist, federalist, multicultural ethnically and linguistically diverse country, offers potentially useful experience on the democratic accommodation of differences," says author Gerald J. Schmitz. | By Institute for Research on Public Policy, Canada. | International Development Policy Resource. |
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| Standort UK? German DFI and employment "
Germany is a significant investor in the UK, providing the second largest source of direct foreign investment (DFI) into the UK in terms of both stock and flow of such investments. This study investigates the quantitative and qualitative employment effects of German DFI into the UK in both home and host countries and sets out to answer questions as how important traditional and embeddedness factors as drivers of DFI into the UK are, whether German DFI create jobs in the UK, what types of jobs are associated with German DFI into the UK and whether German DFI lead to a loss of jobs and/or a loss of skilled jobs in Germany. The study concludes with an outline of policy implications. By Ulrich Hoppe, Frank McDonald, Heinz-Josef Tüselmann and David Williams for the Anglo-German Foundation UK | By Anglo-German Foundation , UK. | Macro Economic Policy Resource. |
economic-policy.org/pdfs/076.pdf
| Genetically Modified Food. Public opposition to the genetic engineering of food crops has not been based solely on concern about biological risks. Economic risks have been widely cited too: the fear that the world's food supply will be concentrated in the hands of a few large firms, the fear that such firms will engage or are already engaging in anti-competitive practices, and the fear of the transfer of ownership rights over genetic resources to the private sector. This essay by Dietmar Harhoff, Pierre Régibeau and Katherine Rockett assesses whether these fears are justified. "Genetically Modified Food: Evaluating The Economic Risks" is published by Economic Policy.
| By Economic Policy, UK. | International Trade Policy Resource. |
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