Stagnation Versus Growth in Europe
This book explores the debate on the policies required to overcome the crises of 2008 and 2011, in which the focus on short-term measures has overshadowed the need to analyze the low growth rate in the European Union, and especially the Eurozone, as the basis for interventions that will counteract the tendency toward stagnation. Factors that lie at the root of the low growth are examined in depth, covering, for example, the impact of the demographic trend toward an aging population in Europe, co...
Argues that the United States can greatly move ahead by eliminating our addiction to adversarial competition and by emphasizing the teamwork necessary to create an M Form society, like Japan.
With a few notable exceptions, articles and books on the Chinese-African relationship are produced by Western authors and they are founded on relatively similar analyses, slamming together the varied actions of China on the African continent, and reaching similar, inevitable conclusions. This book is, in contrast, a new take on Sino-African cooperation. This book analyzes the reasons for the renewed interest in Africa and its economic, political and diplomatic effects. This book, which is meant...
Friends of the Earth commissioned the author of this book to conduct an enquiry into Britain's aid to the Third World. The results are presented here, describing the history of aid and its multiple forms. The author analyzes the different kinds of aid and its differing effects. The book is an effective plea from one of the West's more influential environmentalist lobbies, for concentration of aid effort on sustainable projects and for a move away from profitable investment to genuine support for...
Development economics is about understanding how and why lives change. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics studies a single village in a crucially important country to illuminate the drivers of these changes, why some people do better or worse than others, and what influences mobility and inequality. How Lives Change draws on seven decades of detailed data collection by a team of dedicated development economists to describe the evolution of Palanpur's economy, its socie...
Colonial Bureaucrats and the Mexican Economy (American University Studies, Series 9: History, #13)
by John S Leiby
The limitations of fossil fuel supply and the need for decarbonization of energy systems presage the dawn of the hydrogen economy. However, realizing this vision will require developing and implementing solutions to engineering and technology challenges in hydrogen production, storage, utilization and distribution. "Hydrogen: Science, Engineering, and Energy Systems" presents a comprehensive overview of these issues. Hydrogen production alternatives are examined and the competing options analyze...
Rethinking Agency: Developmentalism, Gender and Rights: Developmentalism, Gender and Rights
by Sumi Madhok
Sustentabilidad Ambiental En La Industria (Estudios Economicos, E/028)
by Alfonso Mercado Garcia and Ismael Aguilar Barajas
This popular and classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of post-war America, Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes which have coloured the country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform.
Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization: The Latin American Experience (Latin American Development Forum)
by Augusto de la Torre and Sergio Schmukler
Development co-operation report 2016
OECD Economic Surveys: Austria (OECD Economic Surveys: Austria)
Water governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD studies on water)