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Rural poverty, risk and development
Fafchamps, Marcel - 2003
This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work … affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk …1. Introduction -- 2. Risk and poverty -- 3. The risk coping strategies of the rural poor -- 4. The limits to risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851057
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The rise of unemployment in Europe : a Keynesian approach
Stockhammer, Engelbert - 2004
This book offers a long overdue and refreshing Keynesian approach to the rise of European unemployment. It critically discusses the NAIRU theory and presents econometric evidence to assess the relative importance of capital investment and labor market institutions. The author also explores the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851695
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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations
Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor);  … - 2004
Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851995