Se recoge las ponencias presentadas en la conferencia "Investigación, políticas y desarrollo", realizada en Lima del 15 al 17 de noviembre del 2005. Los temas abordados fueron: Políticas públicas y desarrollo rural; Recursos naturales, innovación y desarrollo; Políticas sociales y empleo;...

The contributors to this volume assess the impact of policies and regulations and provide detailed analysis of specific components of the pension system, including taxation, Social Security reform, hybrid plans, pension guarantees, and nondiscrimination rules

This book examines current theories of institutional change. The chapters highlight the limitations of these theories. Instead a model emerges of contemporary political economies developing in incremental but cumulatively transformative processes. (Provided by publisher)

Der Sammelband vereinigt Beiträge aus Workshops der Gewerkschaften ver.di und IG Metall 2004 unter der These, dass demografischer Wandel "eine gestaltbare, gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe" sei. Kompetent in betriebspolitischen Fragen (vgl. J. Kerschbaumer: BA 10/02), erfahren in Stellungnahmen...

Over the last forty years, rising national income has helped reduce poverty rates, but this has been accompanied by an increase in economic inequality. While these trends are largely attributed to technological change and demographic shifts, such as changing birth rates, labor force patterns,...