The in-depth assessment of the situation of the European textile and clothing sector is composed by six independent reports with a close focus on key aspects useful to understand the dynamics and the development of the textile and clothing industry, drivers of change – most notably the impact of the …

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in Latin America and the Northern Hemisphere. The country is in this bad position due to military conflicts in the past, corrupt and dubious politics in the past and present, a weak economy, and bad quality education and low school enrolment rates. The accumulation …

The following report concerns the bilateral decentralised development cooperation in Spain. The starting point is the international political framework in the field of development cooperation and the national development cooperation policy, which incorporates the international framework. According to …

Creative SMEs are heavily focusing on the creating process designing new products and services. Consequently, their managers tend to loose contact with crucial management issues. Especially their knowledge of the financial aspects of their business can be so limited that they fail to connect with the …

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is an underdeveloped region, but had seen significant economic growth before the global financial crisis. Due to the crisis economic growth has stopped or even decreased. In addition, several other aspects are expected to become worse, such as incomes, child mortality and access …

This paper focuses on the concept climate refugees in the 21st Century and mainly concerns environmentally displaced persons from developing countries. It seeks to answer the following question: 'Should the concept of climate refugees best be approached from a juridical or an environmental point of view?' …

Managing the channel network brings challenges each distributing manufacturer will have to face business life. As the ultimate goal of both manufacturer and intermediaries is to maximize their profitability in the market, it takes mutual understanding and serious devotion, close teamwork and effective …