Economic Policy category: 3057 books
by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 1993
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, developing...
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...
by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
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, developing...
Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste
How Neoliberalism Survived the Financial Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
At the onset of the Great Recession, as house prices sank and joblessness soared, many commentators concluded that the economic convictions behind the disaster would now be consigned to history. Yet in the harsh light of a new day, attacks against government intervention and the global drive for austerity...
Rebuilding War-Torn States
The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2008
Post-conflict economic reconstruction is a critical part of the political economy of peacetime and one of the most important challenges in any peace-building or state-building strategy. After wars end, countries must negotiate a multi-pronged transition to peace: Violence must give way to public security;...
by Charlotte Lundgren
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
This paper analyzes the impact of Benin's public wage policy on medium and long-term fiscal and debt sustainability. The main findings are that if the wage bill continues to increase in line with recent trends, debt and fiscal sustainability could be compromised by excessive deficits or by crowding out...
Rio 2016
Olympic Myths, Hard Realities
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
A clear-eyed, critical examination of the social, political, and economic costs of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics
The selection of Rio de Janeiro as the site of the summer 2016 Olympic Games set off jubilant celebrations in Brazil—and created enormous expectations for economic development...
The Global Economic Crisis and the Future of Migration: Issues and Prospects
What will migration look like in 2045?
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
The reason for the depth the 2008's global depression lies in the intractability of modern economic systems. This has led to an emergence of unprecedented migratory patterns, the analysis and management of which is key to economic recovery.
Trade, Development and Structural Change
Central and Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
This book examines the evolution of trade and trade patterns in Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and assesses the implications of these patterns on structural change and economic development within transition economies. Taking the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 as a starting point,...
Capital Wars
The New East-West Challenge for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Economic Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Just a few years is all it took for the debt crisis to bring down the mighty 'twin towers' of American and European capitalism and undo two centuries of Western dominance on the world's economic and political stage. Daniel Pinto offers a unique insight into how the East is winning the battle for economic...
by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 1998
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...
Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Volume 1, Socio-Economic Transformations
Report of the International Panel on Social Progress
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
This is the first of three volumes containing a report from the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). The IPSP is an independent association of top research scholars with the goal of assessing methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Written in accessible language...
Supply-Side Follies
Why Conservative Economics Fails, Liberal Economics Falters, and Innovation Economics is the Answer
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Supply-Side Follies is a progressive political and economic challenge to the current George W. Bush policies. It debunks commonly held assumptions of conservative economic policies centered on the obsession that tax cuts led to greater productivity and prosperity. These fundamentally flawed policies...
by Kym Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international...