The paper addresses the complex interaction between globalization, democracy and development, measured respectively by the KOF (Swiss Economic Institute) index, the Freedom House index and GDP per capita relative to the US. The approach follows from previous simultaneous estimates of the three...

Le titre évoque l’interaction complexe entre globalisation, démocratie et développement, mesurés respectivement par l’indice du KOF (Institut Économique Suisse), l’indice de Freedom House et le PIB par habitant relatif aux États Unis. L’approche revient à des estimations...

What is the impact of political decentralisation in Latin America? This book considers the problems raised by political decentralisation in the region and identifies the challenges ahead. Political decentralisation tends to devolve a certain amount of financial responsibility to the sub-national...

The virtuous cycle between development success and foreign policy in Cape Verde reflects a positive interaction between globalization and governance. Development success under globalization entails positive market perceptions regarding the orientation and predictability of policies as well as...

Policy complementarity matters for a sustainable reform process: a positive interaction with the rate of growth is found in the new members of the European Union. Reform design also helps understand the effects of the change in currency regime implied by monetary union, as suggested by...

Europa e lusofonia configuram-se como esteios da nossa diferencialidade, enquanto resposta adequada da governação as tres vagas de globalizacao. A primeira vaga equilibrou a Europa e o Atlanticos; nas vagas seguintes, a nova dinamica das liberdades politica e financeira afectou a das pertencas...

This inter-disciplinary volume focuses on the economic and legal challenges confronting globalisation and the evolution of the global system. The Law and Economics of Globalisation discusses the hotly debated topic of globalisation from a wide set of perspectives of law, economics and...