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The Brazilian Economy since the Great Financial Crisis of 2007/2008
Prates, Daniela Magalhaes (ed.);  … - 2017
This book examines the performance of the Brazilian economy since the Great Financial Crisis of 2007/2008 with focus on both the productive and financial dimensions, along with distributional and social issues. The book will bring to light the causes of the fast recovery over 2009-2010 as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397733
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The Elusive Quest for Growth in Argentina
Chudnovsky, Daniel; López, Andrés - 2007
This book explores a big puzzle in development economics - why Argentina, despite rich natural resources and ample human capital, has endured such poor growth performance. The authors use rigorous economic analysis and an institutional and historical approach to show what went wrong, in a timely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054209
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Migration, Cross-Border Trade and Development in Africa : Exploring the Role of Non-state Actors in the SADC Region
Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe (ed.); Moyo, Inocent (ed.) - 2017
such as Zimbabwe, it also discusses the role of local authorities in managing migration to achieve development. Thus, the … Chinese Migrant Entrepreneurship in a Deteriorating Socio-Economic Environment in Zimbabwe; Maureen Kademaunga -- 6. An …: Cross-Border Shopping and the Political Economy of the Zimbabwe - South African Borderland; Nedson Popiwa -- 8. The Tenacity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396082
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The Primacy of Regime Survival : State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
Simpson, Mark; Hawkins, Tony - 2018
1. Introduction -- 2. The Economics of State Fragility -- 3. Zimbabwe’s First Decade: Building the One-Party State and …This book analyses the past and ongoing decline of Zimbabwe under the rule of ZANU-PF, with a primary focus on the … period 1997 to the present. In contrast to much existing literature on post-independence Zimbabwe which has focused on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256193
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The Global Economic Crisis and Consequences for Development Strategy in Dubai
Sadik, Ali Tawfik Al (ed.); Elbadawi, Ibrahim Ahmed (ed.) - 2012
This book identifies and addresses the impacts of the global financial crisis on Dubai and the region. The issues are highlighted and analyzed by a group of distinguished scholars. Specifically, discussions are focused on the following four interrelated issues: Why and how the financial crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106300
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106401
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Global Markets and Financial Crises in Asia : Towards a Theory for the 21st Century
Khan, Haider Ali - 2004
Khan presents a theory of financial crises in the age of globalization from an evolutionary perspective and suggests policies that may be necessary for averting or managing new financial crises. Starting with the Asian financial crises, he identifies new types of financial crises that result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053766
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The Unbalanced Economy : A Policy Appraisal
Driver, Ciaran; Temple, Paul - 2012
During the 1980s Britain became one of the world's most market-oriented economies, an approach which resulted in three severe recessions and a deepening degree of inequality. This book argues that a rebalancing of the economy will remain elusive until proactive policies are implemented at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106351
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The American Economy from Roosevelt to Trump
Valli, Vittorio - 2018
‘This is essential reading for anybody interested in global history.’ -Professor Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland This illuminating book offers a compact survey and new interpretation of trends and policies in the US economy from the end of the nineteenth century to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396968
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Economic Wealth Creation and the Social Division of Labour : Volume II: Network Economies
Gilles, Robert P. - 2019
‘This is the second book of a two-volume set that continues Adam Smith's work, using the tools mathematical, experimental, and behavioural economists have developed since 1776. As in the first volume, markets are not the central organising principle. Instead, attention centres on social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397079