The long-lasting, widespread COVID-19 pandemic has imposed huge challenges on public health as well as economic recovery. Governments must take an active role in designing and enforcing economic policies to address various problems that pure market forces cannot, such as externalities and the...

Egypt is lagging behind other countries in the Mediterranean region in reforming its economy. This book explains why. The authors contend that the Egyptian political system, based to a large extent on discrete patronage and dominated by powerful interest groups was inherently resistant to...

Der rapide Aufstieg Chinas ist das große Wirtschaftswunder der vergangenen drei Jahrzehnte. Seit 1978 befindet sich China in einem beispiellosen Modernisierungsprozess, in dem auch die Integration der ehemals wirtschaftlich nahezu isolierten Volkswirtschaft in die Weltwirtschaft erheblich...