About us
BKP Economic Advisors (BKP) is an economic research and consulting firm owned and managed by its five partners, and with a core staff of about thirty experts. The company was established in 2006 and is based in Munich and Berlin (Germany) with associates in Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana and the Netherlands.
Innovative Financing for Development - Options for the EU
August 2017
Especially since the last economic crisis of 2008 discussions about innovative financing for development have gathered pace. In the 2011 Agenda for Change, the European Commission recognises that government and donor funds are largely insufficient to cover the substantial investments required to improve living conditions in developing and transition countries. This paper analyses key initiatives influencing the current reasoning behind financing of EU external aid measures, and presents options to pursue innovative financing for development by the EU.
Study on the EU-Turkey customs union and potential modernisation published
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Our study for the European Commission's DG Trade serving as a background document to the Commission's impact assessment has just been published. The Commission has proposed to modernise the existing bilateral trade framework and requested a mandate from the Council to negotiate such modernisation with Turkey. Download the study.
How can companies in emerging markets acquire new technology?
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In a blogpost on the World Economic Forum's Agenda website, Dan Ciuriak and Derk Bienen discuss three alternative modes of how developing countries can acquire technology: “build” (developing new technology in-house), “borrow” (attracting FDI), and “buy” (buying technology). The authors suggest that the third mode constitutes an alternative to the mainstream "build" and "borrow" modes worthwhile to be considered by policy-makers in developing countries, and provide some recommendations for its implementation.
Improving Market Access for Small Enterprise in Regional Trade Agreements
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Dan Ciuriak, Hanne Melin and Derk Bienen contribute an analysis of the design principles for the mega regional trade negotiations to facilitate SME utilisation of these agreements. Published in the Brazilian edition of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development’s journal, Pontes.
An English version of the paper is available on SSRN.