“This is a very well written book, technically sound, and a great source of material for anyone who wants to understand the factors that have shaped much of international economics for the past half a century.” -K.Y. Amoako, President of the African Center for Economic Transformation, Ghana...

US aid interventions have greatly advantaged some countries in their quest for development, but not others. The extensive development assistance, technology transfers and market access that the United States government granted Taiwan and South Korea in their development and the aid recently...

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...

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.

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 --...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...