Das vorliegende Buch befaßt sich mit Umweltfragen in den Transformationsländern. Dabei stehen weniger Berichte über den momentanen Zustand der Umwelt auf dem Programm, als vielmehr Analysen darüber, unter welchen Aspekten dort Umweltprobleme behandelt und Umweltpolitik betrieben werden. Es...

This book provides a broadly managerial perspective on key trends that affect business decision-making in Central and Eastern Europe twenty years after the beginning of the region's transition to market economy. Reflecting different viewpoints, including economic, social, and political...

The wave of neoliberal economic reforms in the developing world since the 1980s has been regarded as the result of both severe economic crises and policy pressures from global financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Using comparative evidence from the initiation and...

As populations age and revenues diminish, government and private pension funds around the world are facing insolvency. The looming social security crisis is especially dire for women, who live longer than men but have worked less in the formal labor force. This groundbreaking study examines...