Economic Development category: 2617 books
Balancing Act
Cutting Energy Subsidies while Protecting Affordability
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia there are significant pressures for residential energy tariffs to rise, as government budgets are increasingly stretched and cannot afford to pay large energy subsidies. Further pressures for tariffs to rise come from environmental concerns, as the tariff levels that...
Gravity Shift
How Asia's New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2010
The rapid growth, diversity and strategic importance of the emerging Chinese and Indian economies have fired the world's imagination with both hopes and fears for the future. Wendy Dobson's perceptive analysis of changing institutions, demographics, and politics paints a thoughtful and surprising...
European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean
Investments for growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This document is a contribution by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the preparatory process for the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union, which will be held in Santiago on 26...
by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Globalization, Technological Change and Labor Markets is an edited collection of papers drawn from the conference held at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in June 1997. This conference brought German and American perspectives to bear on the complex issues of global competition,...
A Change for Good
Temperatism; in pursuit of a People Centred Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Temperatism is a new ideology, invented by Carrie, that is basically a political manifesto; economic treaty and social call to arms.
Change For Good asks the childlike, innocent question “What if Organizations pursued something other than an economic agenda?” As an Organizational...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) can be effective tools for national resources revenue management. These state-owned investments, funded by commodity exports, foreign exchange reserves, or other national assets, are adaptable to the challenges posed by financial shocks and have been successfully employed...
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)
A Study of Machine Production
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Hobson’s The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926. The work traces the developments in trade and industry which characterised the first decades of the twentieth century. In the first part, Hobson deals with...
China's Growth
The Making of an Economic Superpower
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
China's economic growth has transformed the country from one of the poorest in the world to its second largest economy. Understanding the drivers of growth remains elusive as the country is affected by both its transition from central planning and the challenges of a developing country. This book...
Combating Global Poverty
Investing in the Governance and Growth Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Although funding for governance and economic growth is a part of U.S. foreign aid, it remains a relatively low priority in spite of rhetorical pronouncements to the contrary. There is significant reason, however, to reverse this trend and return to a focus on governance to ensure broad-based economic...
by Alexander P. Abramov
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This book is devoted to the study of dynamical models of decentralized economic systems. The models considered are based on the Leontief simple dynamic model with various mechanisms for decentralized planning and management. Branches of the economic system are treated as fully independent economic...
Africa at a Crossroads
Overcoming the Obstacles to Sustained Growth and Economic Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Many of Africa’s economies are at a crossroads, with an unprecedented opportunity for sustained growth, structural change, and accelerated development. Each will face a unique set of economic and political circumstances, but key to the success of all will be building critically needed infrastructure, deepening regional integration, and building a skilled workforce.
by Vivienne W L Wang, Elias G. Carayannis
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2011
Since the pioneering work of Joseph Schumpeter (1942), it has been assumed that innovations typically play a key role in firms’ competitiveness. This assumption has been applied to firms in both developed and developing countries. However, the innovative capacities and business environments of...
Manufacturing in Britain
A Survey of Factors Affecting Growth and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2013
Manufacturing in Britain: A Survey of Factors Affecting Growth & Performance
This is a concise, comprehensive study of manufacturing growth and performance in Britain.
The book begins with a review of general trends and issues before examining individual firm and industry cases....