Economic Policy category: 3057 books
Inequality
Trends, Causes, Consequences, Relevant Policies
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
This book is the fifteenth volume in the renowned International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series which explores the latest developments in political economy. Containing contributions by experts in the field, this book focuses on topics that address the ongoing debate of inequalities in economic...
International Political Economy in Context
Individual Choices, Global Effects
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Although many international political economy texts offer good descriptions of what events have occurred in global economic and political relations, they fail to develop explicit theoretical frameworks explaining why. Andrew C. Sobel's International Political Economy in Context: Individual Choices,...
World Economic Outlook, October 2017
Seeking Sustainable Growth: Short-Term Recovery, Long-Term Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The global upswing in economic activity is strengthening. Global growth, which in 2016 was the weakest since the global financial crisis at 3.2 percent, is projected to rise to 3.6 percent in 2017 and to 3.7 percent in 2018. The growth forecasts for both 2017 and 2018 are 0.1 percentage point stronger...
When Sovereigns Go Bankrupt
A Study on Sovereign Risk
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The public debt crisis that Eurozone countries have experienced since 2010 has been accompanied by a resurgence of sovereign risk. Greece was obliged to restructure its debt in 2012. The credit position of even the wealthy countries is shakier than at any time since the Great Depression. Now more...
by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
The Regional Economic Outlook assesses the near-term outlook for each of the three subregions: the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) oil exporters, the MENAP oil importers, and the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA). The report also looks at medium-term issues of particular concern...
by Kenobi Krukru
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 2.1, , course: Public Administration, language: English, abstract: The establishment of public enterprises by governments of developing economies has been identified as a strategic approach to accelerated...
Regional Economic Issues--Special Report 25 Years of Transition:
Post-Communist Europe and the IMF
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The past 25 years have seen a dramatic transformation in Europe’s former communist countries, resulting in their reintegration with the global economy, and, in most cases, major improvements in living standards. But the task of building full market economies has been difficult and protracted. Liberalization...
The Last Empires
Governing Ourselves, Our Nations, and Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This book is a forthright and novel examination of efforts to improve national and global governance over the last forty years. Much has changed since Michel Foucault considered, and rejected, economics and neoliberalism as a potential mechanism for individuals to govern themselves and their nations....
Europe: One Continent, Different Worlds
Population Scenarios for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
On the threshold of a new century the organisers of the European Population Conference 1999 (EPC99) in The Hague decided not only to highlight the population trends that Europe is facing today but also the changes in the 21 st century that are set to shape the future of Europe. They decided to focus...
Still Counting
Wellbeing, Women's Work and Policy-making
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
‘Underneath the numbers, a philosophical judgement is always being made based on values, not facts.’
Thirty years ago Marilyn Waring’s groundbreaking book Counting for Nothing was released. Waring explained, through meticulous economic analysis, how the success of the global economy rests...
World Economic Outlook, April 2015
Uneven Growth: Short- and Long-Term Factors
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Global growth remains moderate and uneven, and a number of complex forces are shaping the outlook. These include medium- and long-term trends, global shocks, and many country- or region-specific factors. The April 2015 WEO examines the causes and implications of recent trends, including lower oil prices,...
Casinonomics
The Socioeconomic Impacts of the Casino Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Casinonomics provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic and social impacts of the casino industry. Examining the latest cutting-edge research, with a mix of theory and empirical evidence, Casinonomics informs the reader on the most important facets at the forefront of the public policy debate...
by Basil Al-Nakeeb
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
For two centuries economists have dismissed the choice between morality and immorality as a personal preference, overlooking their opposite effects on economic efficiency, thereby, seeding the economic and political crises of the Western World. Hence, there is a need for a framework to expound and...
by International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Trade policy occupies an unusual and at times problematic place in the work of the IMF. Though trade policies of IMF members have strong influences on macroeconomic stability, they are often seen as peripheral to the IMF’s core competency. This evaluation, which examines the IMF’s involvement in...