While China's economy has shown impressive dynamism following the increased reliance on market-based policies, the governance structures themselves will have to be reformed deeply for this growth to be sustainable. This report examines the many challenges of governance which China is facing. In...

La gravité des problèmes environnementaux a été au cœur de la vague de contestations qui a marqué la fin des régimes communistes en Europe centrale et orientale comme dans l’ex-Union soviétique. Cet ouvrage jette un nouvel éclairage sur les interactions qui se sont mises en place...

Colombia is somewhat unique in this series, in that it was never a centralised, communist state. Nonetheless, it does share some of the characteristics of the centralised socialist economies since the reins of power remained in a small clique which denied access to other parts of the society....

Les pouvoirs publics et les opérateurs du secteur privé s’accordent de plus en plus à reconnaître qu’il est possible de stopper l’érosion de la biodiversité en mobilisant les marchés. Certains de ces produits et services sont déjà commercialisés et procurent des bénéfices. Le...

Egypt is lagging behind other countries in the Mediterranean region in reforming its economy. This book explains why. The authors contend that the Egyptian political system, based to a large extent on discrete patronage and dominated by powerful interest groups was inherently resistant to...