This book explains why the global community has been successful in correcting some recent large-scale problems, but has failed in addressing others. The analysis reaches from antibiotic-resistant microbes to greenhouse gases, from civil wars to international terrorism, and from the polluted...

This book maps the policy process and political economy of policymaking in Africa. Its focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique in the literature. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to...

Written by 27 World Bank experts, this book draws on the Bank's unique global capabilities and experience to promote an understanding of key global issues that cannot be solved by any one nation alone in an increasingly interconnected world. It describes the forces that are shaping public and...

Examines the relationship between the World Bank and civil society organisations within its HIV/AIDS policies in sub-Saharan Africa and argues that the Bank is using HIV/AIDS to reform state systems within sub-Saharan Africa from national to community level

Focuses on three areas, each of which is central to economic theorising: firms' organisation and behavior, technological change and the process of globalisation. This book looks at various questions surrounding firms' organisation, including why we can observe ordered paths of production, and...

Analyzes the politics, policy and practice of cultural heritage at the global level, identifying the major directions in which international heritage practice is moving, and exploring the key issues likely to shape the cultural heritage field well into the twenty-first century

The Great Recession and the turn towards all forms of protectionism stress the relevance of international trade policy. With the global economy undergoing deep structural changes, the negotiations between Canada and the EU on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) present a...

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in export industries. However, there has been growing concern about wages and labour standards in China. This book examines how wages are bargained, fought over and determined in China, exploring how the...