Offering evidence from both detailed individual country studies and homogenized statistics across the Latin American and Caribbean region, this book examines the impact of the minimum wage on wages, employment, poverty, income distribution and government budgets in the context of a large...

The South in the World Economy: Past, Present and Future / Deepak Nayyar -- The Challenge of the South / Khalil Hamdani -- Capabilities and Human Development: Beyond the Individual-- the Critical Role of Social Institutions and Social Competencies / Frances Stewart -- Demography and Human...

2006 erhielt M. Yunus den Friedensnobelpreis für die Gründung der Grameen-Banks, die durch die Vergabe von Kleinstkrediten, vorrangig an Dorfbewohnerinnen, wirksam Armut bekämpfen, nachzulesen in M. Yunus: "Für eine Welt ohne Armut" (hier zuletzt ID 52/06) und bei P. Spiegel (BA 2/07). Hier...

The network perspective and the concept of productive system -- Data characteristics and methods explanation -- Regional productive structures and production systems -- Regional productive systems and development processes.