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Che Guevara : The Economics of Revolution

Yaffe, Helen - 2009

Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.

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The Early Years : Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy

Berlinski, Samuel (ed.); Schady, Norbert (ed.) - 2015

This book is open access under a CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license. Children are the future of Latin America and the Caribbean. This book analyses the development of children in the early years of their life and makes a compelling case for government intervention in what is instinctively a family...

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Competition Policies in Emerging Economies : Lessons and Challenges from Central America and Mexico

Schatán, Claudia (contributor); Rivera, Eugenio (contributor) - 2008

As countries large and small, rich and poor are drawn inexorably into the global economy, protectionist policies are proving increasingly inefficient and ineffective for driving growth. The countries of Latin America, which have long pursued agendas of state ownership and heavy regulation of key...

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Towards Sustainable Development in Central America and the Caribbean

Danielson, Anders (ed.); Dijkstra, Anneke Geske (ed.) - 2001

Since the economic decline in the early 1980s, most countries in Central America and the Caribbean have returned to positive growth rates. The recovery often coincided with or followed extensive neoliberal reforms. The contributors to this book address the crucial question of whether these...

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The Military as an Economic Actor : Soldiers in Business

Brömmelhörster, Jörn (ed.); Paes, Wolf-Christian (ed.) - 2003

Armed forces across the globe engage in economic activities both in times of war and peace. This book provides a critical analysis of this phenomenon, comparing experiences with 'military business' from four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America). Taking an interdisciplinary...

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Agrarian Policies in Central America

Pelupessy, Wim (ed.); Ruben, Ruerd (ed.) - 2000

Macroeconomic adjustment and sectoral reforms have strongly modified the framework for rural development in Central America. This book offers a structural analysis of agrarian policies in Central America and their impact on production conditions and farmers' welfare.

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Financing the Family : Remittances to Central America in a Time of Crisis

Inchauste, Gabriela (ed.); Stein, Ernesto (ed.) - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the...

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Ethical Dimensions of the Economy : Making Use of Hegel and the Concepts of Public and Merit Goods

Eecke, Wilfried (contributor) - 2008

This book reflects philosophically about the socio-political dimension of economics. Part I provides normative …

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Economics and Its Enemies : Two Centuries of Anti-Economics

Coleman, William - 2002

Anti-economics is described as the opposition to the main stream of economic thought that has existed from the … Eighteenth-century to the present day. This book tells the story of anti-economics in relations to Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Walras …, Keynes and Hicks as well as current economic thinkers. William Coleman examines how anti-economics developed from the …

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Re-Examining the History of the Russian Economy : A New Analytic Tool from Field Theory

Hass, Jeffrey K. (ed.) - 2018

Chapter 1: Fields in Russian Economic History -- Part I: Fields of Discourses and Theory: Economics and Russia …

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