Verschiedene Szenarien zur Unterstützung und Anreizschaffung für privatwirtschaftliche Investitionen in fragile Länder Unter Beachtung der Fragestellung aus der Motion von Nationalrat Béglé ist das Ziel dieser Arbeit (1) die aktuelle Versicherungssituation für politische Risiken im Bereich von Investitionsgarantien auf nationaler und internationaler und im öffentlichen als auch privaten Sektor aufzuzeigen; (2) infolge der daraus resultierenden […]
Job Creation
Infrastructure Development and Pension Funds
Reducing the Infrastructure Gap through Pension Fund Investments This paper deals with the question of how the PIDG (Private Infrastructure Development Group) could incentivize pension funds to invest in infrastructure projects in developing countries and therefore contribute to close the infrastructure gap. First of all, the importance of infrastructure will be high-lighted. In a second step, […]
Vocational Skills Development – Best practices and breakthrough innovations
Abstract This paper presents seven different social enterprises located in Southern and Eastern Africa, India and Latin America. All chosen projects distinguish themselves through an innovative business approach and provide vocational skills development services to people from a disadvantaged background. An in-depth analysis of every project’s business model allows the identification of several success elements, […]
Impact Potential of Incubators for Employment and Income Creation
An analysis of the potential of incubators as a part of the development strategy of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in the SENAP region with a special focus on Tunisia, Tanzania, Zambia and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Summary “Incubators and their cousins, accelerators, provide hands-on training and mentoring, and often a physical space, […]
Job creation in Tunisia
The purpose of this paper is to identify a mix of industrial policies which leads to massive job creation. The Competitive Industries and Innovation Program (CIIP) was the starting point from which the elaboration of a further reaching and more comprehensive industrial policy measure mix was developed. – The case of Tunisia… Read & Download studies
Berufsbildung: Case Study Employment Fund Nepal
Berufsbildung gilt als Antwort für viele Probleme: Reduktion von Armut, Konflikten und Arbeitslosigkeit, Steigerung Selbstwertgefühl, Empowerment, etc. Der Employment Fund in Nepal gilt als besonders innovatives Beispiel…. Read & Download studies
Wirkungsmessung im Bereich Financial Education
Noch immer haben viele Millionen Menschen weltweit keinen Zugang zu Finanzdienstleistungen. Bessere Kenntnis über Begriffe und Produkte wie Kredit, Sparen, Zinsen, Versicherungen können Armut reduzieren, Kundenschutz verbessern, aber eben auch den Verkauf von kundenorientierten neuen Finanzdienstleistungen, wie Versicherungen und mobilen Zahlungsverkehr, erleichtern…. Read & Download studies
Economic Foundation and Stability in fragile States
This paper analyses the correlation between economic foundations and stability in the context of fragile states and the Message on Switzerland’s International Cooperation in 2013–2016…. Read & Download studies
The economy behind the wall
Was sind die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkung der politischen Situation, die zu Untätigkeit und Unvermögen führt, einer wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit nachzugehen oder zu importieren oder zu exportieren.
What are the economic consequences of the political situation of Palestine with its “economy behind the wall” that leads to unemployment, and prevents people from undertaking meaningful economic activities and to freely export and import. The study proposes to support IT industries that can overcome the wall…. Read & Download studies