Public investment is likely to be an important component of any postcrisis recovery program. As countries work to ensure a smart, green, fair recovery, investing in modern, resilient, and efficient infrastructure assets will be key. This How to Note discusses how countries should manage public...

Countries in the European Union's neighborhood, such as those in the Eastern Partnership (EaP), have a particular interest in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) because investment inflows can guarantee them a number of advantages needed for accession. This paper proposes a comparative...

Taking into consideration diverse possible areas of cultural heritage impact on socio-economic development processes, the author aims to analyse relations between heritage and tourism in the context of the challenges of sustainable development. She investigates the conditions and factors making...

This paper examines the mainstream theories of "financial sustainability" and "financial development". It is suggested understanding "financial development" as the complex dynamic characteristics of the financial sector, which is formed under the influence of financial and economic policy...

Chapter 1. The Root Causes of Our Environmental Crises We Ignore -- Chapter 2. Risks From Transition to Low Carbon Energies and Global Warming for FSU Countries -- Chapter 3. The General Situation with Climate Change in the World and Risk Assessment for the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. Why the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. New pragmatism for new times -- Chapter 3. Political system and socio-economic development -- Chapter 4. People’s planet -- Chapter 5. Leadership: economics and politics of great change -- Chapter 6. One-third of the century of transformation -- Chapter 7....