International Economics category: 4483 books
The Cuban Embargo under International Law
El Bloqueo
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
The United States embargo against Cuba was imposed over fifty years ago initially as a response to the new revolutionary government's seizure of US properties, which was viewed by the US as a violation of international law. However, while sanctions can be legitimate means of enforcing established...
Greek Endgame
From Austerity to Growth or Grexit
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
The book explores in depth both the origins of the Greek debt crisis and the conditions under which the economy might be turned around from its current malaise. Greek debt turned explosive after the 2008 global crisis, through a combination of a fiscal spree and domestic policy complacency,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration provides readers with a brief but comprehensive overview of topics related to the process of European integration in the post-World War II period. Its short chapters reflect the most up-to-date and concise research, written by a collective...
Location of International Business Activities
Integrating Ideas from Research in International Business, Strategic Management and Economic Geography
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
In recent years an extensive range of new research has been revisiting the topic of the location of international business activities, from a variety of different perspectives and background interests. This work has been inspired in part by two apparently quite different but actually related contemporary...
by International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2011
"Africa's Middle-Class Motor" finds growing evidence that a recent resurgence in the continent's economic well-being has staying power. In his overview article, Harvard professor Calestous Juma says the emphasis for too long has been on eradicating poverty through aid rather than promoting prosperity...
The World Bank and Governance
A Decade of Reform and Reaction
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
This timely book offers the first critical examination of World Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade.
The World Bank is viewed as one of the most powerful international organizations of our time. The authors critically analyze the influence of the institution’s policy...
by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2005
The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, and economics...
Global Rivalries
Standards Wars and the Transnational Cotton Trade
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
As the economies of China, India, and other Asian nations continue to grow, these countries are seeking greater control over the rules that govern international trade. Setting the rules carries with it the power to establish advantage, so it’s no surprise that everyone wants a seat at the table—or...
by Sally Cummings
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Approaching Central Asia from the perspective of geopolitics, transition, oil and stability, the authors provide a very broad and diverse analysis of the region, examining domestic and international developments since 1991. The book both provides an introduction to the region and presents advanced...
by International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
"Asia Leading the Way" explores how the region is moving into a leadership role in the world economy. The issue looks at Asia's biggest economy, China, which has relied heavily on exports to grow, and its need to increase domestic demand and to promote global integration if it is to continue to thrive....
by International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
"All for One" examines inequality and the many ways it matters. In our overview article, the World Bank's Branko Milanovic explains how income inequality is measured and tells us that it's increased in most countries. The good news, he says, is that global inequality--between countries--could be on the...
International and European Monetary Law
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
This book introduces the fundamental monetary law problems of cross-border economic activity and the solutions thereto in international monetary law, and in EU law. After decades of having been neglected by legal scholars, international and European monetary law has attracted increasing attention...
The Domestic Politics of Negotiating International Trade
Intellectual Property Rights in US-Colombia and US-Peru Free Trade Agreements
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The Domestic Politics of International Trade considers the issues surrounding intellectual property rights in international trade negotiations in order to examine the challenges posed to domestic policy-makers by the increasingly broad nature of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). Throughout the book the...
International Banking Intelligence Report
International Banking Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
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