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In the early 21st Century, prospects for human development are threatened by a deepening global water crisis. Debunking the myth that the crisis is the result of scarcity, this report argues poverty, power and inequality are at the heart of the problem.

It is a privilege to introduce the reader to this book, as I believe that it will make a signi?cant contribution to, given the dif?culties in the knowledge of the Indian Ocean, developing cooperation in the Indian Ocean region. There have been numerous failed efforts at regional cooperation in different fora in the Indian Ocean. As a result of the land-based orientation of the people in the region, the importance for countries to develop the power to govern the sea has largely been ignored. The...

This study examines the relationship between multinationality and the performance of Japanese manufacturing companies during the period 1999-2008 by using geographic segment information. Despite the enormous interest in and importance given to multinationality from the academic and business worlds, prior findings about the multinationality-performance relationship are conflicting and inconsistent. The overall results of the present study show that multinationality has a positive impact both on a...

Die Frage, ob die EG-Mitgliedschaft der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Griechenlands forderlich ist, wurde von Anfang an kontrovers diskutiert und hat auch heute nicht an Aktualitat verloren. Ausgehend von einer Analyse der Wirtschaftsstruktur Griechenlands, versucht die vorliegende Arbeit, eine umfassende Darstellung der mit dem Beitritt verknupften Erwartungen zu geben, wobei die einzelnen Aspekte in Beziehung zu den Instrumenten der EG-Politik gesetzt werden. Anhand der Erfahrungen der Anpassun...

Blending a flair for textual nuance with theoretical engagement, Theaters of Desire not only contributes to our understanding of the most influential form of early Chinese song-drama in local and international cultural contexts, but adds a Chinese perspective to the scholarship on print culture, authorship, and the regulatory discourses of desire. The book argues that, particularly between 1550 and 1680, Chinese elite editors rewrote and printed early plays and songs, so-called Yuan-dynasty zaju...

Das Thema Lastenteilung, d.h. die gerechte Verteilung kollektiver Aufwendungen, stellt seit Grundung der NATO einen kontroversen Gegenstand der Diskussion dar. Als Ursache fur diesen mangelnden politischen Konsens gelten vorrangig die bisher angelegten Massstabe zur Bewertung der Verteilungsgerechtigkeit innerhalb des Bundnisses, welche der Vielschichtigkeit des Problems nicht gerecht werden. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird erstmals ein multidimensionaler Verteilungsansatz entwickelt, der es erm...

To what degree are trade liberalization, productivity, and economic growth correlated? Can economic policies designed to encourage competition and curtail industry protection result in large-scale improvements, such as increased innovation and reduced unemployment? After 20 years of economic reform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), economic performance is still lagging behind many regions of the world. Even in those countries that are the most advanced in implementing reforms, includin...

In this book, Kalyan Sanyal reviews the traditional notion of capitalism and propounds an original theory of capitalist development in the post-colonial context. In order to substantiate his theory, concepts such as primitive accumulation, governmentality and post-colonial capitalist formation are discussed in detail. Analyzing critical questions from a third world perspective such as: Will the integration into the global capitalist network bring to the third world new economic opportunities? W...

1968 wurde ein "Generalized System of Preferences" eingerichtet, welches Industrienationen im Handel mit Entwicklungslandern die Moglichkeit einraumte, letzteren einseitig allgemeine, nicht-reziproke und nicht-diskriminierende Zollpraferenzen zu offerieren. Aufbauend auf eine Darstellung der unterschiedlichen nationalen Praferenzmodelle untersucht die Arbeit die Konzeption eines Allgemeinen Zollpraferenzsystems und weiterer Instrumente der handelspolitischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit auf ihre h...

Asia's economic power has never been greater. Japan is firmly entrenched as the second largest economy in the world, and China is rapidly building itself into the next global economic superpower. Despite their economic success stories, China and Japan have little in common other than two things. They distrust each other deeply. And they play the same game.Australia is central to North Asia's economic rise, providing minerals on a huge scale to feed industries which have become the pride of moder...

The 37th issue provides detailed national accounts estimates for 182 countries and areas. Estimates are arranged in tables, in terms of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The country tables are organized alphabetically in four sections: summary information, including expenditures