25 years of reform have transformed China from a centrally planned and closed system to a predominantly market-driven and open economy. China is emerging as the new powerhouse for the world economy. This book discusses the impact and significance of this transformation, presenting conclusions...

1. Emerging Risks: An Overview; Thomas Walker, Dieter Gramlich, Kalima Vico, and Adele Dumont-Bergeron -- Part I. Ecological Risks -- 2. Climate Change: Macroeconomic Impact and Implications for Monetary Policy; Sandra Batten, Rhiannon Sowerbutts, and Misa Tanaka -- 3. Global Warming and Extreme...

For the first time in its history, Latin America can benefit from not one but three major engines of world growth. Until the 1980s, the United States was the region's major trade partner. In the 1990s, a second growth engine emerged with the European investment boom in Latin America. Now, at the...

International trade is the core foundation of globalization. This current and up-to-date volume brings together the finest academics working in the field today, containing contributions in key areas of policy research, such as, modelling frameworks, trade policy, trade and migration, trade and...