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...

This book offers new quantitative insights into how South African economy reacts to external economic shocks. The analysis includes focusing on economic growth and financial spill over, effects of capital inflows, contrasting the stock market price returns and volatility on economic growth and...

1 A New Light to Shine? Historical Legacies and Prospects for Myanmar’s Economy (Konosuke Odaka) -- 2 Remnantsof the Colonial Period and Economic Policies of Post Independence : Through the Study of Hla Myint (Asuka Mizuno) -- 3 Growth Structure and Macro-economy under Twenty Years of Junta...

Vielfältig sind die Krisenzeichen unserer Zeit. Der gesellschaftliche Zusammenhalt schwindet, die politischen Strukturen erodieren und die wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse überzeugen nicht mehr. Von einer Tendenzwende wird angesichts der Neuerungen, Enttäuschungen, Unbestimmtheiten,...

The Setting -- Overview -- The Development Process -- Reforms and Economic Planning -- Public Finance -- The Financial Sector -- Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) and Monetary Policy -- The Financial Markets -- The Saudi Capital Market -- The Domestic Sector -- The Private Sector:...

In this book, the author develops a framework for studying fundamental challenges to the modern Saudi Arabian economy. He offers an analysis of key challenges facing the Saudi economy, including the potential costs and benefits of privatization, globalization, and eventual membership in the WTO

Trade, Development and Political Economy takes fundamental issues in trade and development policy and subjects them to well-based economic analysis in a form that is easily accessible to the non-specialist. Distinguished contributors address some of the following questions: Are critics of...

This book analyses the development challenge faced by Latin America at a time at which the concerns for the large inequality in the region are at a peak. This volume focuses on growth-with-equity, and is written by an outstanding group of Latin American and international researchers and...

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s. The main thesis is that economic development was blocked by a set of parasitic mechanisms at all levels of the economy that prevented the development of value-added...

This book examines whether India is successfully integrating and adapting to the global strategic management system. It offers essential insights into the evolution of export controls for goods, which may have implications for the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction - an aspect that is...