Economic Policy category: 3057 books
Public Infrastructure in the Western Balkans
Opportunities and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
An assessment of public infrastructure development in the Western Balkans. The paper quantifies the large gaps across various sectors/dimensions, evaluates current infrastructure plans, and discusses funding options available to countries in the region. The paper also identifies important bottlenecks...
The Chinese Banking Industry
Lessons from History for Today's Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2007
This book provides detailed systematic micro-level analysis of the historical development of the Chinese banking industry, focusing in particular on the development of the Bank of China (BOC) in the period 1905 to 1949.
Banking reform is a key area of China’s economic transformation, and...
Public–Private Partnerships
Policy and Governance Challenges Facing Kazakhstan and Russia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This innovative new book examines government approaches to Public-private partnership (PPP) formation. It explores the management experience and challenges that key stakeholders involved in PPP governance face in Russia and Kazakhstan. An increasingly common method of delivering public services, PPP...
The European Union Illuminated
Its Nature, Importance and Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
The EU is under stress. Many believe in the euro’s demise because they blame it for the 2008 financial crisis and the unwelcome austerity measures. Many resent the immigrants from the new EU member states, threatening the survival of the Single European Market. Many complain of a ‘Brussels diktat’,...
The Whimpering of the State
Policy after MMP
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
A successor to the widely read The Commercialisation of New Zealand, this book by a leading independent commentator continues the story of the New Zealand reforms, giving a trenchant and critical account of recent political and economic change and its impact on different sectors of New Zealand society. Includes case studies.
by Rezaul Jahedi
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, Sun-Yat-sen-University, course: International Master of Public Administration, language: English, abstract: Bangladesh is a promising developing nation in South Asia region. Based on the World Bank report, Bangladesh...
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen documents the startling rise of the Arab Gulf States as regional powers with international reach and provides a definitive account of how they have become embedded in the global system of power, politics, and policy-making.
Marginality and Crisis
Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa extends the scope and understanding of the effects of globalization and its forces on Africa. With each chapter written by specialists who recognize that the future of Africa is entwined with that of the rest of the world, this...
by Julia Mahr
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 2,7, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Lehrstuhl für Auslandswissenschaft), course: Seminar: International Trade, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The major event...
Building Telecom Markets
Evolution of Governance in the Korean Mobile Telecommunication Market
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
The mobile telecommunication industry has been one of the fastest growing industries in the global economy since the late 1990s. As the first country to offer commercial Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular service in the world, Korea was able to jump right into the digital mobile markets,...
International and Comparative Business
Foundations of Political Economies
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
'Erudite and accessible, McCann demonstrates how the national gets reconfigured around the global without losing some of its unique features. Far from being a one-size-fits-all Anglo-American template, neoliberalism comes in many different hues and variations. This is by far the best textbook in...
by Nils De Rop
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2004
Essay from the year 2000 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,7 (A-), University of Warwick (Warwick Business School), course: Industrial Relations in Europe, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this essay, I present the main features of the former...
Clusters in Automotive and Information & Communication Technology
Innovation, Multinationalization and Networking Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Information & communication technology (ICT) and the automotive sector are two of the most important industries in the EU and the US. The EU’s eastern expansion and economic globalization have reinforced competition on the one hand; on the other hand the importance of outsourcing and off-shoring...
Land Rights in India
Policies, movements and challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
This volume engages with the topical issue of land rights in neoliberal India. It examines government policies, laws, land governance and land reforms from the perspective of social justice and people’s response to dispossession of land.
Looking beyond the dominant discourse of land acquisition...