International Economics category: 4483 books
The Exorbitant Burden
The Impact of the U.S. Dollar's Reserve and Global Currency Status on the U.S. Twin-Deficits
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Many economists and experts interpret the U.S. twin-deficits, the twin-wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2008 Great Recession that escalated the US debt to vertiginous altitudes" as the signs of time that the dollar is now set to repeat the history of the British Pound. But is really the role...
The Developing Role of Islamic Banking and Finance
From Local to Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
This volume is designed to present a conceptual and practical illustration for the contemporary developing role of Islamic Banking and Finance components including Islamic Banking, Non Islamic Banking (Takaful and Financial Markets Tools and Products.) with stronger focus directed to the regulatory...
by James B. Ang
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
This book is concerned with the role of financial intermediation in economic development and growth in the context of Malaysia. Using an analytical framework, the author investigates the Malaysian economy from 1960 onwards to examine how far financial development has progressed in the course of economic...
by Tetsuya Konuki, Mauricio Villafuerte
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Excessively procyclical fiscal policy can be harmful. This paper investigates to what extent the fiscal policies of sub-Saharan African countries were procyclical in recent years and the reasons for the degree of fiscal procyclicality among these countries. It finds that a tendency for procyclical fiscal...
The Global Rise of Asian Transformation
Trends and Developments in Economic Growth Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Asian countries are catching up with the West by transforming their primarily agrarian societies into industrial powerhouses. Manufacturing is driving innovation, productivity growth, and higher standards of living for billions of Asians. In the colonial past, the Asian production and supply chains...
Local Clusters in Global Value Chains
Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The international fragmentation of economic activities – from research and design to production and marketing – described through the lens of the global value chain (GVC) approach impacts the structure and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agglomerated in economic clusters....
Asian Development Outlook 2014 Update
Asia in Global Value Chains
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Developing Asia is maintaining steady growth momentum. Despite recovery in the major industrialized economies falling short of expectations, the region is on track to meet its favorable forecasts as policy stabilizes investment in the People’s Republic of China and signs emerge of a long-awaited...
Mining in the Asia-Pacific
Risks, Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This book provides the most comprehensive survey of mining activity and the principal challenges confronting the resources industry in the Asia-Pacific region today, and presents new theoretical and practical insights into the political and business risks faced by mining companies operating in the...
What Chinese Want
Culture, Communism and the Modern Chinese Consumer
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Today, most Americans take for granted that China will be the next global superpower. But despite the nation's growing influence, the average Chinese person is still a mystery - or, at best, a baffling set of seeming contradictions - to Westerners who expect the rising Chinese consumer to resemble...
by Pat Choate
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
From one of the most respected and vigorous economic thinkers in Washington, a wake-up call about the perils of unfettered globalization. In this impassioned, prescient book, Pat Choate shows us that while increased worldwide economic integration has some benefits for our fiscal efficiency, it also...
From the Great Wall to Wall Street
A Cross-Cultural Look at Leadership and Management in China and the US
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Wei Yen explores how differences in world views between Eastern and Western thought and culture have on management and leadership behaviors.
In The Geography of Thought Richard Nisbett showed how the thought and culture of the East is rooted in Chinese Confucian ideals while that of the West...
Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism
Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
“Sir John’s ability to comprehend complex concepts and distill these into money-making ideas for his investors was legendary. With this book, Scott Phillips extends Sir John Templeton’s crystal clear vision to some of tomorrow’s most interesting and powerful money-making opportunities. All readers...
Understanding the Crisis in Greece
From Boom to Bust
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the failed policies and political corruption that have bankrupted the nation. The authors comment on recent bailouts and haircuts and explore the uncertain future of Greece in the Eurozone.
Age of Diversity
The New Cultural Map
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In twenty-five years, 80% of the world population will live in Asia and Africa. What changes, culturally I particular, should be expected in this century? This is the vast and fascinating question Jean-Louis Roy tries to answer with the help of correspondents from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe....