This paper discusses preliminary and still quite unknown trends on trade, finance, and technology of the ocean economy, outlines key impacts and measures taken to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and raises awareness about the potential of the ocean economy to contribute to a sustainable and...

This paper discusses preliminary and still quite unknown trends on trade, finance, and technology of the ocean economy, outlines key impacts and measures taken to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and raises awareness about the potential of the ocean economy to contribute to a sustainable and...

The burst of new Sovereign Wealth Funds is one of the major trends in international finance over the last decade and, as with the other mechanisms described elsewhere in this volume, it has the South at its core. However, while SWFs may be primarily Southern owned they are not particularly...

Voice, choice and diversity through creative industries : towards a new development agenda / Diana Barrowclough and Zeljka Kozul-Wright -- Opportunities presented and threats posed by the digital production/distribution revolution / Roger Wallis -- Financing creative industries in developing...

This book shows how regional cooperation and integration have increased massively in scale and scope in recent years, as developing countries seek new ways to shield themselves from economic turbulence and to kick-start their economies in the face of stagnant global demand. The trend is partly a...

1. Voice, choice and diversity through creative industries : towards a new development agenda / Diana Barrowclough and Zeljka Kozul-Wright -- 2. Opportunities presented and threats posed by the digital production/distribution revolution / Roger Wallis -- 3. Financing creative industries in...