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Household vulnerability and conditional cash transfers : consumption smoothing effects of PROGRESA-Oportunidades in rural Mexico, 2003−2007
Uchiyama, Naoko - 2017
This book empirically analyzes the vulnerability of poor households in rural areas of Mexico and the effects of the … panel data for 2003−2007. The period covered by this book coincides with the unexpected reversal of the poverty trend … observed in 2006 to the present which raised a question of vulnerability to poverty of Mexican households that had emerged from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397937
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Great Divergence and Great Convergence : A Global Perspective
Grinin, Leonid - 2015
Introduction. And yet the Twain Meet: Great Convergence brings the East closer to the West -- Great Divergence and the Rise of the West -- Great Convergence and the Rise of the Rest -- The Great Convergence and Globalization: How the Former Colo-nies Became the World Economic Locomotives --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819105
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Practical Economics : Economic Transformation and Government Reform in Georgia 2004-2012
Gilauri, Nika - 2017
This book is open access under a CC BY license. In this book, Nika Gilauri reveals his formulas for government reform and economic recovery, including how to fight against corruption, reform fiscal policy and tax systems, privatize state-owned enterprises, build a welfare system for those most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705221
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Trade, Development and Structural Change : Central and Eastern Europe
Voicu, Anca M.; Sen, Somnath; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2018
1. Introduction: The journey begins -- 2. Central and Eastern Europe: A brief history of trade between 1945-1989 -- 3. The Fall of the “Iron Curtain”: Can the Central and East European Countries (CEECs) Face the Challenge of Trade-Restructuring and Integration? -- 4. CEECs and EU in Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256194
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Economic Growth in Developing Countries : Structural Transformation, Manufacturing and Transport Infrastructure
Lakhera, Mohan L. - 2016
Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698656
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International Macroeconomics in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis
Ferrara, Laurent (ed.); Hernando, Ignacio (ed.);  … - 2018
This book collects selected articles addressing several currently debated issues in the field of international macroeconomics. They focus on the role of the central banks in the debate on how to come to terms with the long-term decline in productivity growth, insufficient aggregate demand, high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396762
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Towards a Sustainable Economy : Paradoxes and Trends in Energy and Transportation
Da Costa, Pascal (ed.); Attias, Danielle (ed.) - 2018
This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396763
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Technology and Globalisation : Networks of Experts in World History
Pretel, David (ed.); Camprubí, Lino (ed.) - 2018
at the Centre for Historical Studies, Colmex, The College of Mexico, Mexico. He specialises in the global history of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396764
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The Political Economy of Neo-modernisation : Rethinking the Dynamics of Technology, Development and Inequality
Baek, Seung Jin - 2018
‘It is of great value to complement the limitations of contemporary mainstream economic growth discourse by exploiting the complex relations between technology, development, and inequality, while concurrently providing a better academic orientation in the era of the upcoming Industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396829
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New Developments in Eco-Innovation Research
Horbach, Jens (ed.); Reif, Christiane (ed.) - 2018
Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396880