This volume examines different aspects of the Japanese experience in a comparative context. There is much here of relevance to contemporary developing countries anxious to initiate the experience of miraculous growth and anxious to avoid the subsequent stagnation.
Such issues of the role of government in providing the right amount of infant industry protection, the relevance of the financial system, the country's peculiar corporate structure and the role of education in a comparative context serve to illuminate the lessons and legacies of this unique experience in...
This volume examines different aspects of the Japanese experience in a comparative context. There is much here of relevance to contempora...
This book explores the problems of fiscal policy as an instrument of economic and social development in the modern environment, primarily focusing on the transition economies of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Evaluating the transformational experience in these countries, this work meets a need for a critical analysis in the aftermath of the 1990s market liberalization reforms, of current trends and to outline the roadmap for future development.
This book explores the problems of fiscal policy as an instrument of economic and social development in the modern environment, primarily focusing on ...
Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, How China Disrupted Global Commodities comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of commodities, analyses the drivers of ChinaOCOs demand for commodities the factors constraining global supply and in the role which the financialisation of commodities is playing in constraining commodity production. It also documents and the growing role of China as a foreign investor in the commodities sectors. All of these trends are woven together to explore the fabric of strategic choices confronting public and...
Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, How China Disrupted Global Commodities comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the...
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realisation of these gains is far from obvious, as the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the negotiations. Against the background of the agenda of the present trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization and its slow progress, this book outlines the positions of the main players.
The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realisation of these gains is far from obviou...
The whirlwind of financial globalization has descended upon emerging market economies and rapid change has brought both benefits and problems upon a dynamic group of nations. This book examines the impact of ever increasing financial globalization on emerging market economies, both in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the developing world in general. This impressive volume covers themes and issues such as: *global capital flows and financial liberalization *global financial architecture *financial and macroeconomic instability Financial Globalization and...
The whirlwind of financial globalization has descended upon emerging market economies and rapid change has brought both benefits and problems upon a d...
Incorporating new empirical data and using a wide variety of methods such as econometrics, general equilibrium and case studies, this detailed volume provides a thorough investigation into the causes of the deterioration in the relative economic fortunes of less-skilled workers across various countries, with a focus on the role of globalization. It reveals how in the past 30 years, the decline in the wages and employment of less-skilled workers relative to skilled workers in Europe and North America has coincided with an acceleration in 'globalization'.
Incorporating new empirical data and using a wide variety of methods such as econometrics, general equilibrium and case studies, this detailed volume ...
This collection of essays critically examines the new global policy of 'good governance'. The impact of neoliberal governance in a wide range of countries and territories is considered - Chile, Russia, Argentina and Indonesia.
This collection of essays critically examines the new global policy of 'good governance'. The impact of neoliberal governance in a wide range of count...
In this book, Alice Landau sets out to demystify the World Trade Organization, instrument of globalization. She describes and explains the processes, conventions and rules around which world trade functions.
In this book, Alice Landau sets out to demystify the World Trade Organization, instrument of globalization. She describes and explains the processes, ...
Recently, initial attempts have been made to understand the patterns of corporate technological diversification and their implications on economic and managerial dimensions. This book consolidates these attempts.
Recently, initial attempts have been made to understand the patterns of corporate technological diversification and their implications on economic and...
Dealing with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, this work discusses the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions.
Dealing with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, this work discusses the nature of financial systems ...
