Experts address "the development puzzle"--unprecedented growth coupled with unequal distribution of that growth across different countries--and focus on the importance of institutional arrangements and norms and culture.

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Foundations for Price and Cost-of-Living Indexes -- 3 Index Domain -- 4 Evolving Market Baskets: Adjusting Indexes to Account for Quality Change -- 5 New Goods and New Outlets -- 6 The Special Case...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Information Technology and the Productivity Paradox -- 3 Individual and Organizational Productivity: Linkages and Processes -- 4 What Is Enough? A Systems Perspective on Individual-Organizational Performance Linkages -- 5 Measuring and...

ASSIGNING ECONOMIC VALUE TO NATURAL RESOURCES -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Overview -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS -- Historical Background -- National Accounts Dilemmas -- ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING CHALLENGES -- ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING --...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- [Organization] -- Organization -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- The Evolving Internet: Technology, Regulation and Pricing -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE -- 1.3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET -- 1.4. INTERNET PRICING...

"Cover" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "The Learning Tactics Inventory Self-Assessment Survey" -- "Background" -- "Four Sets of Learning Behaviors" -- "Scoring Sheet" -- "Interpretation Sheet" -- "Personal Development Plan" -- "Summary

"Front " -- "TABLE OF CONTENTS" -- "CHAPTER ONE" -- "CHAPTER TWO" -- "CHAPTER THREE" -- "CHAPTER FOUR" -- "CHAPTER FIVE" -- "CHAPTER SIX" -- "CHAPTER SEVEN" -- "CHAPTER EIGHT" -- "CHAPTER NINE" -- "CHAPTER TEN" -- "CHAPTER ELEVEN" -- "CHAPTER TWELVE" -- "CHAPTER THIRTEEN" -- "CHAPTER FOURTEEN"...

"Asia has benefitted greatly from its integration into the world economy. But globalization has its challenges, including those that are the subject of this excellent new study: how to manage the interface with global capital markets, especially in the current, highly unusual monetary policy...