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AIDS and Aid : A Public Good Approach
Sonntag, Diana - 2010
The Challenge: A Transnational Response to HIV/AIDS -- Profiling the Provision Status of Health-Promoting Public Goods … Against AIDS -- International Transfers -- Regional Constraints and HIV/AIDS -- Summary and Concluding Remarks …The unfolding tragedy of the AIDS epidemic is an instance where a disease with local origins has created consequences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521335
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Western Financial Assistance to the Developing World : Perceptions of the Power Imbalance and its Impact on Fiscal Terms
Spencer, Chuku-Dinka R. - 2016
This unconventional book addresses the imbalance of power between countries that give and receive funds for international financial development, with particular attention to the outcomes and impacts of this imbalance on recipient countries. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perceptions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398147
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Multinationale Unternehmen und die "Base of the Pyramid" : Neue Perspektiven von Corporate Citizenship und Nachhaltiger Entwicklung
Hahn, Rüdiger (contributor) - 2009
Grundlegung -- Terminologische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen -- Vertiefung des Modells nachhaltiger Austauschrelationen -- Multinationale Unternehmen an der BoP: Reflexionen im Lichte von Corporate Citizenship -- Empirische Relevanz der behandelten Konzepte an der BoP -- Konklusion und Ausblick.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014873
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Mobilising Capital for Emerging Markets : What Can Structured Finance Contribute?
Köhn, Doris - 2011
Securitization: Wonder Drug or Financial Alchemy? -- Mobilising Capital for the Poor - How Does Structured Finance Fit in Emerging Markets? -- The Role of Public and Private Investors for Structured Finance in Emerging Markets -- Structured Finance - Mobilising New Means to Attract Capital --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015358
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The Value Chain of Foreign Aid : Development, Poverty Reduction, and Regional Conditions
Schabbel, Christian (contributor) - 2007
This book assesses the prospects of official development assistance (ODA) for poverty reduction. It analyzes the entire value chain of ODA, including provision, allocation and utilization. Within each of these components, coverage examines scope and limits of aid. The horizontal interactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520668
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Poverty Reduction and Beyond : Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries
Shiraishi, Takashi (ed.); Yamagata, Tatsufumi (ed.);  … - 2009
This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market mechanism and vigor of the private sector, focusing ODA on a few longer term challenges and leveraging advances in technology to the fullest, and underlining the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053824
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The Basel Capital Accords in Developing Countries : Challenges for Development Finance
Gottschalk, Ricardo (ed.) - 2010
This book is about the new capital adequacy framework - known as Basel II - approved by the Basel Committee in 2004. It aims to discuss Basel II implementation in different categories of developing countries, including emerging market economies, such as Brazil and low-income countries such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053851
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Development Aid : A Fresh Look
Mavrotas, George (ed.); McGillivray, Mark (ed.) - 2009
This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the year-on-year volatility of aid and evaluation of the country-level impacts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054208
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Aid as handmaiden for the development of institutions : a new comparative perspective
Nissanke, Machiko (ed.); Shimomura, Yasutami (ed.) - 2013
Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106314
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In Defence of Labour Market Institutions : Cultivating Justice in the Developing World
Berg, Janine (ed.); Kucera, David (ed.) - 2008
Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this book reaffirms the importance of labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054174