Introduction : global market integration, financial crises and policy imperatives / Geoffrey R.D. Underhill and Xiaoke Zhang -- Reform of the international financial architecture : what has been written? / Jonathan Story -- Costs and benefits of financial globalisation : concepts, evidence and...

The role of learning, training and development in organizations -- The identification of learning, training and development needs -- The planning and designing of learning, training and development -- Delivering learning, training and development -- Assessment and evaluation of learning,...

The contributions to this volume offer an insight into the way that economists analyse the causes of money (mis)management in the US, Latin America, Europe and Japan, and prescribe stabilizing reforms. The mechanisms that link monetary policy - including foreign exchange regimes and the...

The Economics of Financial Markets presents a concise overview of capital markets, suitable for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in financial economics. Following a brief overview of financial markets - their microstructure and the randomness of stock market prices -...

The terms of the debate: what's democracy got to do with it? / Leslie Elliott Armijo -- Global financial architecture and hegemonic leadership in the new millennium / Mark R. Brawley -- Capital controls: why do governments hesitate? / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Reforming the international financial...

"Credit reporting is a critical part of the financial system in most developed economies but is often weak or absent in developing countries. It addresses a fundamental problem of credit markets: asymmetric information between borrowers and lenders that can lead to adverse selection and moral...

Introduction : bringing domestic institutions back in / Linda Weiss -- Disappearing taxes or the 'race to the middle'? Fiscal policy in the OECD / John Hobson -- Withering welfare? Globalisation, political economic institutions, and contemporary welfare states / Duane Swank -- Globalisation and...