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Media, development and institutional change
Coyne, Christopher J. - 2009
Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media's profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development. The authors use the tools of economics to illuminate the media's role in enabling and inhibiting political-economic reforms that promote development
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851126
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Economic reform in developing countries : reach, range, reason
Fanelli, José María (contributor); Squire, Lyn (contributor) - 2008
This book offers insights into the process of economic reform in developing countries. It is organized around three factors that are critical to the success of any reform. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, these key dimensions are Reach, Range, and Reason. "Reach" refers to the ability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851651
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30 years of transition in Europe : looking back and looking beyond in CESEE countries
Holzmann, Robert (ed.); Ritzberger-Grünwald, Doris (ed.);  … - 2020
/ Anton Pelinka -- 3 The price of unity: the transformation of Germany and Eastern Europe after 1989 / Philipp Ther -- PART II … in EU-CEE11, Russia and Ukraine / Marina Gruševaja -- 9 Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe's reunion with Europe … / Andrzej Sławiński -- PART IV Lessons from three decades of catching-up in Asia -- 10 Catching-up in Central and Eastern Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416716
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Incentives, regulations and plans : the role of states and nation-states in smart growth planning
Knaap, Gerrit-Jan (contributor) - 2007
This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420036
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Environmental co-operation and institutional change : theories and policies for European agriculture
Hagedorn, Konrad (ed.) - 2002
Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing … an easy process, not only because agricultural policies in Europe are dominated by specific interest groups, but … relevant to policymakers within EU nations, as well as policymakers within the countries of Eastern and Central Europe who will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474109
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Social innovations, institutional change and economic performance : making sense of structural adjustment processes in industrial sectors, regions and societies
Hämäläinen, Timo J. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420026
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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
Sideras, Jörn (contributor);  … - 2006
This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432
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Economic welfare, international business, and global institutional change
Sobbrio, Giuseppe (contributor); Navarra, Pietro (contributor) - 2003
The distinguished authors in this volume address the fundamental causes for such heterogeneous international experiences, placing particular emphasis on the role of institutions. They demonstrate how the study of economic development is increasingly linked to the development of institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851666
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Conversations on growth, stability and trade : an historical perspective
Snowdon, Brian - 2002
debates in economic history. The author examines the many controversies relating to the role of government in a modern economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420073
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Foreign direct investment in Europe : a changing landscape
Liebscher, Klaus (contributor) - 2007
countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The book cuts through the existing data fog by offering a wide range of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419984