Economic Development category: 2617 books
The Third Pillar
How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
**A Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the Week
From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.**
Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist,...
Japan’s Industrious Revolution
Economic and Social Transformations in the Early Modern Period
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
This book explains in fascinating detail how economic and social transformations in pre-1600 Japan led to an industrious revolution in the early modern period and how the fruits of the Industrious Revolution are what have supported Japan since the eighteenth century, improving living standards and...
by Padma Desai
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
In this book, Padma Desai makes the complexities of economic policy and financial reform accessible to a wide audience. Merging a compelling narrative with scholarly research, she begins with a systematic breakdown of the factors leading to America's recent recession, describing the monetary policy,...
The World Under Pressure
How China and India Are Influencing the Global Economy and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
The rapid rise of China and India is reshaping our global economic and environmental systems—raising major issues of stability, governance, and sustainability. This book develops a framework that shows the interdependence between economic size, trade, finance, technology, environment, security,...
Does Education Matter?
Myths About Education and Economic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2002
"Education, education, education" has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. It is seen as an economic panacea: an engine for growth and prosperity. But is there a link between increased spending on higher eductaion and economicgrowth? Professor Alison Wolf takes a critical...
Aid and Influence
Do Donors Help or Hinder?
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Aid is always a means of influence: political, commercial, military and security-related. Some influence is benign, but much of it is coercive, even 'imperialistic'. Given the nature of aid, its effectiveness should be judged not only in developmental terms, but in terms of international relations....
Export Diversification and Economic Growth
An Analysis of Colombia’s Export Competitiveness in the European Union’s Market
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
The main research problem addressed in the book is the one regarding the role that export diversification could play for enhancing economic growth in Colombia, both in terms of new products and new geographic markets. The underlying motivation for centering the analysis on the European Union’s market...
Global Food-Price Shocks and Poor People
Themes and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This book examines the effects of high and volatile food prices during 2007-08 on low-income farmers and consumers in developing, transition, and industrialized countries. Previous studies of this crisis have mostly used models to estimate the likely impacts. This volume includes actual evidence from...
Doing Business 2013
Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Tenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 185 economies, Doing Business 2013 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: ¿ Starting a business ¿ Dealing with construction permits ¿ Getting electricity ¿ Registering property ¿ Getting credit ¿...
Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018
Bankers without Borders
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Successful international integration has underpinned most experiences of rapid growth, shared prosperity, and reduced poverty. Perhaps no sector of the economy better illustrates the potential benefits--but also the perils--of deeper integration than banking. International banking may contribute to...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Global Financial Development Report 2013 is the first in a new World Bank series. It provides a unique contribution to financial sector policy debates, building on novel data, surveys, research, and wide-ranging country experience, with emphasis on emerging-market and developing economies. The global...
Latin America and the Rising South
Changing World, Changing Priorities
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need to go...
Capitalism and Commerce
Conceptual Foundations of Free Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2002
In Capitalism and Commerce, Edward Younkins provides a clear and accessible introduction to the best moral and economic arguments for capitalism. Drawn from over a decade of business school teaching, Younkins's work offers the student of political economy and the educated layperson a clear, systematic...
Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education
Learning in an age of transformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change. This book asks how we can equip students and scholars with the capabilities to promote sustainability and how the higher education...