Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 New Policies and New Goals for Changing Times -- The Need for Sustained Economic Reform in Europe -- Reform Progress to Date -- A Framework for Transforming the European Economy -- Summarizing the Nature of the Reform Proposals --...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Difficult Questions, Different Answers -- Development Data -- About This Book -- How to Use The Book -- 1. What Is Development? -- Goals and Means of Development -- Sustainable Development -- 2. Comparing Levels of Development -- Gross...

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- PART I: OVERVIEW AND POLICY OPTIONS -- A Configuration of "Bandwagon" Reforms Could Make a Difference -- The Big Picture: Past and Present -- Growth and Poverty Reduction -- Understanding Growth in Jamaica --...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Overview -- 1. Shifting to New Sources of Growth -- 2. Missed Opportunities in Global Integration -- 3. Identifying the Barriers: Trade Policy, Investment Climate, and the Political Economy -- 4. Achieving the...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Title -- Foreword ix -- Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xv -- Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii -- 1 Economic Changes and Policy Implications in East Asia 1 -- 2 Strengthening East Asian Economies: Macroeconomic Stability, Corporate and Financial Reform, and the Rule of Law 35...

"Compared to other regions of the world, the Middle East was once unique in its combination of authoritarianism and stultifying stability: No longer. Beginning in Tunisia, a wave of political upheaval has rolled across the region, reaching Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and other countries caught...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Our Study -- Our Findings -- Organization of This Report -- Note -- Reference -- Chapter 1 Energy Markets in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Setting...

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis of the evolution of successful economic policies in East Asia, this study advances a thorough examination of the sustained economic growth enjoyed by the countries in this region