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Public Finance in China: Reform and Growth for a Harmonious Society
ISBN: 9780821369272 / Angielski / Miękka / 369 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1980, China's economy has been the envy of the world. Is annual growth rate of more than 9 percent during this period makes China today the world's fourth-largest economy. And this sustained growth has reduced the poverty rate from 60 percent of the population to less than 10 percent. However, such rapid growth has also increased inequalities in income and access to basic services and stressed natural resources. The government seeks to resolve these and other issues by creating a 'harmonious society' -- shifting priorities from the overriding pursuit of growth to more balanced economic...
Since 1980, China's economy has been the envy of the world. Is annual growth rate of more than 9 percent during this period makes China today the worl...
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Local Public Financial Management
ISBN: 9780821369371 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transparent and prudent local financial management has come to be recognized as critical to the integrity of local public sector and to gaining and retaining trust of local residents. Such integrity and trust is sometimes lacking in some local governments in developing countries, especially in the Africa region. This volume attemptsto provide practical guidance to local governments interested in establishing sound financial management systems. Leading international experts have contributed to all relevant aspectsof local public financial management - cash management, internal controls,...
Transparent and prudent local financial management has come to be recognized as critical to the integrity of local public sector and to gaining and re...
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Budgeting and Budgetary Institutions
ISBN: 9780821369395 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Budgeting and budgetary institutions play a critical role in resource allocation, government accountability, and improved fiscal and social outcomes. This volume distils lessons from practices in designing better fiscal institutions, citizen friendly budgets, and open and transparent processes of budget preparation and execution. It also highlights newer concepts of performance budgeting, accrual accounting, activity based costing, and the use of information and communication technology in budgeting. These tools of analysis are supplemented by a review of budgeting in post-conflict countries...
Budgeting and budgetary institutions play a critical role in resource allocation, government accountability, and improved fiscal and social outcomes. ...
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Local Budgeting
ISBN: 9780821369456 / Angielski / Miękka / 381 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of local budgeting needed to develop sound fiscal administration such as setting priorities, planning, financial control over inputs, management of operations and accountability to citizens. Topics covered include fiscal administration, forecasting, fiscal discipline, fiscal transparency, integrity of revenue administration, budget formats, and processes including performance budgeting, and capital budgeting.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of local budgeting needed to develop sound fiscal administration such as setting prioritie...
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Understanding Growth and Poverty: Theory, Policy, and Empirics
ISBN: 9780821369531 / Angielski / Miękka / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The literature on growth and poverty is voluminous and still evolving. This title distills the most important lessons from developing countries' experience with growth and poverty. It provides a broad understanding of the impact of economic policies on growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. After describing basic economic relationships that summarize the workings and the measurement of the macroeconomy--and after confirming that growth is the most critical factor in alleviating poverty--the book turns to individual policy areas. These include the various roles of government,...
The literature on growth and poverty is voluminous and still evolving. This title distills the most important lessons from developing countries' exper...
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Institutional Pathways to Equity: Addressing Inequality Traps
ISBN: 9780821370131 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Questions of equity and inequality have moved to the center of debates on development and poverty reduction. This reflects growing awareness that even countries with high rates of growth can experience stagnating or increasing inequality, and that inequality can itself limit the poverty reducing effects of growth. Indeed, recent work indicates that, in addition to its intrinsic value, equity should be valued for its positive impacts on growth and the poverty-reducing effects of such growth. These concerns are coupled with questions of governance. This is because institutional arrangements...
Questions of equity and inequality have moved to the center of debates on development and poverty reduction. This reflects growing awareness that even...
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Social Assistance in the New EU Member States : Strengthening Performance and Labor Market Incentives
ISBN: 9780821371596 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study analyzes the performance of social assistance and family benefit programs in eight new member states of the European Union from the perspective of fiscal impact and effectiveness. It is based on household survey data for six countries, as well as budget data and information on program design collected at the national level.It finds that, although social assistance programs in the new member states are small in terms of coverage and expenditure levels (reaching 2 to 5 percent of the population), the programs are an important safety net for the poor. Programs are relatively well...
This study analyzes the performance of social assistance and family benefit programs in eight new member states of the European Union from the perspec...
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques and Tools
ISBN: 9780821372685 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume assembles methodologies and techniques to evaluate the poverty impact of macroeconomic policies. It deals with evaluating the impact of macro-economic policies or shocks on poverty and income distribution using cutting-edge approaches, presenting a comprehensive array of modern micro-simulation techniques.
This volume assembles methodologies and techniques to evaluate the poverty impact of macroeconomic policies. It deals with evaluating the impact of ma...
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Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money
ISBN: 9780822321712 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As countries in the European Union struggle to comply with the Maastricht Treaty, the question of monetary integration is at the forefront of European politics. "Germany and the Politics of Europe's Money" explores how and why Germany--whose economic power makes it a pivotal player in the European monetary system--has developed inconsistent policies toward European monetary institutions and how international institutions affect domestic politics that, in turn, influence state policies toward these institutions.
Moving away from state-centered and Marxist approaches to the study of the... As countries in the European Union struggle to comply with the Maastricht Treaty, the question of monetary integration is at the forefront of European...
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Debt Wish: Entrepreneurial Cities, U.S. Federalism, and Economic Development
ISBN: 9780822955993 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Albert Sbragia considers American urban government as an investor whether for building infrastructure or supporting economic development. Over time, such investment has become disconnected from the normal political and administrative processes of local policymaking through the use of special public spending authorities like water and sewer commissions and port, turnpike, and public power authorities. Sbragia explores how this entrepreneurial activity developed and how federal and state policies facilitated or limited it. She also analyzes the implications of cities creating... Albert Sbragia considers American urban government as an investor whether for building infrastructure or supporting economic development. Over time... |
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The Social Democratic State: Swedish Model And The Bureaucratic Problem
ISBN: 9780822956747 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Swedish Social Democratic Party, the SAP, is the most successful social democratic party in the world. It has led the government for most of the last six decades, participating either alone or as the dominant force in coalition government. The SAP has also worked closely with trade unions that have organized nearly 85 percent of the labor force, the highest rate among the advanced industrial democracies. Rarely has a political party been so dominant or so closely linked to labor movement. Yet Sweden remains very much a capitolist society with economic and social power firmly in the... The Swedish Social Democratic Party, the SAP, is the most successful social democratic party in the world. It has led the government for most of th... |
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Handbook of Global Technology Policy
ISBN: 9780824703479 / Angielski / Twarda / 557 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Handbook of Global Technology Policy presents and compares nonideological resolutions to environmental pollution and toxic waste, urbanization and transportation, homelessness, health-care policies around the world. It provides an evaluation of industrial interventions and energy sources, explores flow control and corporate growth, privatization and liberalization, health data networks, and electronic innovation and governance. Other topics include pharmaceutical policies, the state of science and technology in Africa, the reemergence of tuberculosis, wind energy technology development...
The Handbook of Global Technology Policy presents and compares nonideological resolutions to environmental pollution and toxic waste, urbanization and...
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Japan: Why It Works, Why It Doesn't
ISBN: 9780824819675 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of twenty-six essays furnishes concise explanations of everyday Japanese life in simplified economic terms. They begin with such questions as, Do Japanese live better than Americans? Why don't Japanese workers claim all their overtime? Why don't Japanese use personal checking accounts? Why do Japanese give and receive so many gifts? The essays are written in non-technical, accessible language intended for the undergraduate or advanced placement high school student taking an economics course or studying Japan in a social science course. The general reader... This collection of twenty-six essays furnishes concise explanations of everyday Japanese life in simplified economic terms. They begin with... |
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Economic Effects of Health Reform
ISBN: 9780844770192 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides guidelines for policy makers to consider as they reconfigure the government's role in the market for health care, to promote total economic well-being.
This text provides guidelines for policy makers to consider as they reconfigure the government's role in the market for health care, to promote total ...
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Responsible Tax Credits for Health Insurance
ISBN: 9780844771618 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1990s saw no progress in the financing of health care. About 40 million Americans still have no health insurance - including 22 per cent of America's children. This text suggests a tax credit/voucher system with as much simplicity and flexibility as possible to combat the problem
The 1990s saw no progress in the financing of health care. About 40 million Americans still have no health insurance - including 22 per cent of Americ...
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Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well
ISBN: 9780847683826 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arguing that Americans should turn to private entrepreneurs rather than the federal government to guarantee the protection and improvement of environmental quality, the authors document numerous examples of how entrepreneurs have satisfied the growing demand for environmental quality. Beginning with historical cases from the turn of the century, they illuminate the benefits of entrepreneurial participation in wildlife preservation, aquatic habitat production, and environmentally friendly housing development. As government budgets shrink and more people question the efficacy of government...
Arguing that Americans should turn to private entrepreneurs rather than the federal government to guarantee the protection and improvement of environm...
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The New Political Economy of Emu
ISBN: 9780847690190 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creation of an economic and monetary union (EMU) in Europe is among the most important_and controversial_developments of the 1990s. This clear and balanced book brings together economists and political scientists to explain why the creation of a European monetary union is so contentious; how the debate has affected the political determination to construct a monetary union; and how it will influence the functioning of EMU into the next century. Focusing on how economics and politics interact both in the prelude to unification and in its aftermath, the authors provide an innovative analysis...
The creation of an economic and monetary union (EMU) in Europe is among the most important_and controversial_developments of the 1990s. This clear and...
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Sanctions Beyond Borders: Multinational Corporations and U.S. Economic Statecraft
ISBN: 9780847693085 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sanctions Beyond Borders tests the assumption that economic globalization and the decline of U.S. hegemony give overseas corporate behavior a free reign in defying U.S. imposed sanctions abroad. It examines the use of sanctions from the early Cold War era through the sanctions decade of the 1990s, including the Helms-Burton Law and the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act. On the one hand, the book shows that multinationals are often susceptible to U.S. influence because they fear political fallout. At the same time, the book demonstrates that even though the use of sanctions has been widely promoted by...
Sanctions Beyond Borders tests the assumption that economic globalization and the decline of U.S. hegemony give overseas corporate behavior a free rei...
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Vital Signs, Vibrant Society: Securing Australia's Economic and Social Wellbeing
ISBN: 9780868408835 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sets out a program of economic and social reform for the next 50 years aimed at boosting the living standards and overall well being of all Australians during a period when the nation s population will age significantly."
Sets out a program of economic and social reform for the next 50 years aimed at boosting the living standards and overall well being of all Australian...
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Governing Science Technology: In A Democracy
ISBN: 9780870495069 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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