The ‘Troika’ is a word that is scorched into the narrative of the EU’s banking and economic crisis - a triumvirate constituted by the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund. The modus operandi of the Troika is defined by the authors of this book...

Part I. Political Crises and the Legitimacy of Public Debts (1770s-1860s) -- 1. An Empire of Debts? Spain and Its Colonial Realm -- 2. Publicity, Debt, and Politics: The Old Regime and the French Revolution -- 3. Politics of Credit: Government Borrowing and Political Regimes in Sweden -- 4....

Einführung -- Die Politik der Alternativlosigkeit: Wie es dazu kam und warum ein Wechsel angeraten ist -- Die Flüchtlings- und Eurokrise: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in der politischen Handhabung -- Niedrigzinsen: Folgen und Gefahren -- Nivellierung der Risikoprämien durch die EZB --...

Chapter 1 : Train Wreck Spotting (The Municipal Financial Crisis Is Here) -- Chapter 2: Inside City Budgeting -- Chapter 3: What City Government Does and What City Government Is -- Chapter 4: Why City Council Decisions Go Wrong -- Chapter 5: Failed Financial Analysis -- Chapter 6: Budget...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

Financial Inclusion in Developing Countries: Applying Financial Technology as a Panacea -- Revisiting the East Asian financial crises: Lessons from ethics and development pathways -- Financial Development and Natural Resources Rents-Human Capital Nexus: A New Approach -- Financial Inclusion...

Part 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction: Context Matters in Human Resource Management (Toyin Ajibade Adisa, Chima Mordi, and Gbolahan Gbadamosi) -- Part 2. The Africa World -- 2. Human Resource Management in Nigeria: A Review and Conceptual Model (Gbolahan Gbadamosi and Toyin Ajibade Adisa) --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Foreign Aid Conditionality and Economic Growth -- 3. Types of Aid -- 4. An Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity Approach to Examining Subnational Health -- 5. Evaluating Aid Agencies: Challenges, Comparisons, and Causes of Best Aid Practices -- 6. What Influences World...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture -- 3. Sustainability of Agricultural Systems -- 4. Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries -- 5. Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in High-Income Countries -- 6. Pathways to...

1. Introduction: Education and Human Capital, Current Debates, and Policy Imperatives -- 2. Unpacking the Rhetorical Equity for Development: Is Equity Available in an Unequal Society? -- 3. Educational Expansion in Africa (1965–2010): Implications for Economic Inequality between Countries --...