International trade in agricultural goods is governed by the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the 'SPS Agreement') of the World Trade Organization. Small economies, such as the economy of Belize, must have the necessary infrastructure in place to meet their obligations and exercise their rights under the SPS Agreement. In response to the shortcomings of a sma...

The three Baltic countries are often considered to be a group of relatively similar countries, but there are in fact, from both a cultural and an economic point of view, significant differences between them. This is also the case in relation to the speed and extent of the integration into the World Economy-into the economy dominated by the Western industrialized countries. How can these differe...

This is a paper about theory in political economy terms and political economy in theoretical terms. It unifies power transition theory and applies it to the central questions that now confront political economists. Will trade wars emerge as the security challenge declines? What are the economic effects of integration, trade and growth? How will economic patterns influence international power re...

Botswana is a semi-arid, middle-income African country that imports 90 percent of its food. Despite its relative prosperity, Botswana also suffers from one of the highest measures of income inequality in the world, persistent poverty, and relatively high levels of food insecurity. The objective of this paper is to explore how political economy, climate change and livelihood dynamics are synergi...

This paper explores the emergence of direct linkages between the international economy and the state government of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the early 1990s BadenWürttemberg embarked on a plan in which the laender government took the lead in organizing a large-scale, high technology project for the development of interactive television. Creating a `network' between itself and major economi...

RIPE is delighted to publish the annual lecture which marks the 10th anniversary of the journal. The annual RIPE lecture series seeks to highlight the work of a scholar who has made a significant contribution to the field of international political economy. Saskia Sassen, distinguished Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the Lond...

Literature on public and private firms has traditionally focused on the efficiency effects of differing firm ownership, although the literature has been largely dormant since the 1980s. State-led development models in Asia and Latin America warrant continued analysis of this fundamental issue in International Political Economy. This paper attempts to frame debate on natural resource governance ...