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United Nations Economic development in Africa report 2022:
Book SynopsisThe report examines how African countries can work towards diversifying their exports by identifying feasible and innovative mechanisms for investment and trade policies to drive incentives to divert economic activities into transformative sectors. It aims to equip African governments and development partners with knowledge on how to diversify exports and promote structural transformation through the services sector, financial services, and private businesses, underpinned by capable, inclusive, and accountable institutions at the national, regional, and global levels
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United Nations Harnessing the potential of nutraceutical
Book SynopsisThe present publication examines the potential, opportunities and challenges facing selected LLDCs from Africa, Asia, and Latin America (in particular, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nepal) in making the best of their biodiversity and biogenetic resources where they have comparative advantages and prospects for export diversification, value addition and structural transformation. In this context, the study explores the potential and constraints to fully harnessing health foods and nutraceuticals to enhance export diversification and improve socioeconomic conditions. It also analyses product and sector-specific challenges and opportunities and proposes a series of country-specific policy recommendations to harness the potential of nutraceutical products for socioeconomic transformation in the selected countries
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United Nations Asia-Pacific trade and investment report 2016:
Book SynopsisThe Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) is a major annual publication of the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of United Nations ESCAP. It aims to deepen understanding of trends and developments in trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and impacts of these policies on countries' abilities to meet the challenges of achieving inclusive and sustainable development. It offers innovative policy options to meet the challenges of achieving sustainable trade and investment. APTIR 2016 shows that 2015-2016 has been a worrying period for trade and investment n the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide, and there are few signs that the current economic and trade slowdown is simply a temporary phenomenon. Instead, this pattern may be the result of a change in the fundamental structure of world trade, which might lead to a persistent trade stagnation. On the other hand, good progress was made, especially at the regional level, with furthering cross-border paperless trade as one of the approached to deal with the upward pressure on the trade costs. Special feature of this volume is a chapter on digital trade in Asia-Pacific. Accepting the rising importance of e-commerce as a new trade platform, there is opening for the possible changes in the focus of trade and investment policies in order to leverage the potential of e-commerce to support intraregional trade.
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United Nations Asia-Pacific trade and investment report 2018:
Book SynopsisThis report aims at deepening understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region. It looks at emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and the impacts such policies have on countries' abilities to meet the challenges of achieving inclusive and sustainable development. It offers innovative policy options to meet the challenges of achieving sustainable trade and investment. It is aimed at policymakers, practitioners, experts, academics, business, international agencies and NGOs. It contains country specific briefs and shows trends and developments of trade in goods, trade in services, foreign direct investment, and trade and investment policies over 2017-2018.
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United Nations International trade outlook for Latin America and
Book SynopsisIn its 2022 edition, this ECLAC annual report examines the foreign trade performance of the region's economies during the year. It consists of three chapters. The first examines recent developments in global and regional trade amid the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, record-high inflation rates, the global economic slowdown, geopolitical tensions and the difficulties faced by China in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapter II presents an overview of the region's foreign trade in manufactures in the past three decades, with particular emphasis on its export performance. Chapter III discusses the profound disruptions observed in global shipping supply chains since the onset of the pandemic, which have been exacerbated by the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine
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United Nations Financial Production, Flows and Stocks in the
Book SynopsisThis Handbook aims to provide practical guidance on the calculation and allocation of the production of various types of financial services and issues related to the compilation of the financial account and balance sheets by institutional sector in the context of from-whom-to-whom relationships. The Handbook complements the 2008 SNA and related manuals, handbooks and guides. The concepts are described and defined in line with the 2008 SNA. Where appropriate, illustrative worked examples with step-by-step guidance are provided in the Handbook to give compilers and users a better picture of how to apply and interpret the various concepts. The Handbook is useful for staff working in national statistical offices, national central banks, international organizations and other institutions engaged in collecting, compiling and disseminating national accounts data, specifically on the financial corporations sector and financial account, and for users requiring a better understanding of such data.
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United Nations National accounts statistics: analysis of main
Book SynopsisThe National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2015 is the forty-sixth issue of this publication which comprises in the form of analytical tables a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas, covering 1970-2015. It also contains a section on the estimation methods used for compiling data. It is prepared by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations in cooperation with national statistical offices. Tables include analysis of data on gross domestic product (GDP) by different structural components. They are classified into: 1) analysis of the level of total and per capita GDP 2) analysis of the percentage shares of GDP by type of expenditure and gross value added by kind of economic activity 3) analysis of economic development expressed in terms of real growth of GDP and its components by type of expenditure and gross value added by kind of economic activity, and 4) analysis of price development reflected by implicit price deflators of GDP.
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United Nations Survey of economic and social developments in the
Book SynopsisAs countries worldwide are still recovering from the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine is expected to result in severe implications for the global economy. The ongoing conflict is driving up energy and commodity prices, and threatening food security in many parts of the world. The magnitude of the impact on individual countries depends on the composition of their economies, and their trade and financial links with the two countries in conflict. The gross domestic product of the Arab region is expected to grow by 5.18 per cent in 2022 if the conflict ends by June 2022 (0.02 percentage point lower than the pre-crisis projections), and by 4.78 per cent if the conflict endures longer (0.42 percentage point lower than the pre-crisis projections - an estimated loss of around $11 billion). As heavy oil exporters, the Gulf Cooperation Council economies will benefit from the recovery in oil markets that started in 2021, and will grow at their fastest pace since 2014. These countries will also profit from oil price hikes caused by the war in Ukraine. All other Arab countries are expected to grow at a slower pace than pre-crisis projections. In addition to higher energy prices, these countries also face increasing food security concerns as a result of the economic sanctions on the Russian Federation, and disruptions to supply chains caused by military activities. Some will also face a decline in official development assistance
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United Nations International trade statistics yearbook 2021:
Book SynopsisThe 2021 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, Volume I Trade by Country provides a condensed and integrated analytical view of the international merchandise trade, and trade in services up to the year 2021 by means of brief descriptive text, concise data tables and charts. The information presented in the publication give an insight into the latest trends of trade in goods and services of around 175 countries (and areas) in the world. The yearbook is also made available online at https://comtrade.un.org/pb/. For more detailed data, users are requested to go to UN Comtrade (http://comtrade.un.org) which is the source of the information presented in the Yearbook, and is continuously updated. The publication is aimed at both specialist trade data users and common audience at large. The presented data, charts and analyses will benefit policy makers, government agencies, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, journalists, academics, researchers, students, businesses and anyone who is interested in trade issues. The information and analyses are presented in a way which can be comprehended by non-expert users of statistics
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United Nations International trade statistics yearbook 2021:
Book SynopsisThis report contains detailed tables showing international trade for 258 individual commodities, for the 11 main Extended Balance of Payments Services categories, and world/regional trade tables or figures presenting statistics up to the year 2021. The information in the publication is based on data provided by approximately 175 countries (or areas) in the world. For more detailed data, users are requested to go to UN Comtrade (http://comtrade.un.org) which is the source of the information presented in the Yearbook and is continuously updated. The publication is aimed at both specialist trade data users and common audience at large. The presented data, charts and analyses will benefit policy makers, government agencies, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, journalists, academics, researchers, students, businesses and anyone who is interested in trade issues. The information and analyses are presented in a way which can be comprehended by non-expert users of statistics
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United Nations World investment report 2023: investing in
Book SynopsisThe World Investment Report 2023 provides the latest trends and prospects for foreign direct investment. It documents a challenging year for cross-border investment flows, looking at greenfield investment in industry, project finance in infrastructure, and international production activities of the largest multinationals. Dedicated sections provide data on international investment in the SDGs and in sustainable energy. The Report further reviews recent policy developments, including trends in national investment policy measures and international investment agreements. It presents an overview of investment policy measures aimed at supporting the energy transition. The Report also documents sustainability trends in global capital markets, including sustainability-linked financial products, sustainable stock exchanges, institutional investor commitments and financial regulations - all with a special focus on the mobilization of funds for the energy transition. Finally, the theme chapter of the Report discusses ways and means to increase international private sector investment - in particular foreign direct investment and international project finance - in the energy sector in developing countries, taking into account both the energy transition imperative and SDG7 on affordable and reliable access to energy for all
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United Nations Survey of economic and social developments in the
Book SynopsisThe present study shows that the economic recovery that started in 2021 with 4.1 per cent growth for the Arab region is expected to continue at 3.7 per cent in 2022 and 3.6 per cent in 2023 for the baseline scenario, and 3.9 per cent in both years for the alternate scenario. The extent of economic recovery varies among Arab subregions and depends on the course of the pandemic, the speed of vaccination, dependency on oil revenues, tourism receipts, and levels of remittance inflows and official development assistance. For the Arab region as a whole, poverty is expected to decline from 26.94 per cent of the population in 2021 to 26.23 per cent in 2023, based on national poverty lines. The region made a slight improvement in closing the gender gap in 2020 but at the current pace of change needs 142 years to reach gender parity. Social protection systems in the region face severe shortcomings in coverage and effectiveness, particularly in countries with limited fiscal space and persistent political instability. Arab governments need to pursue tax reforms they initiated a while ago. Qualitative reforms should make tax systems fairer and more progressive, with simpler and more transparent administrative procedures for better tax compliance. At the national level, reforms should include redesigning tax brackets, rationalizing exemptions, introducing wealth or property taxes, and improving tax data. At the regional and international levels, enhanced cross-border tax cooperation is critical to coordinate tax incentives, review treaties and reinforce tax transparency
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in a
Book SynopsisThis book explores the establishment process, mechanism design, and role orientation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) under the new background of global economic governance. After the international financial crisis in 2008, the process of economic globalization and the comparison of international forces have presented a new situation, and the global economic governance system since has entered a period of deep adjustment and transformation. At the same time, the problems and drawbacks of the original multilateral development financial system have become increasingly prominent. This not only provides a historical opportunity for the establishment of the AIIB, but also gives it a new important role in the global multilateral development financial system. The innovation of the AIIB’s governance model, such as organizational structure, equity, and voting rights allocation, makes it more efficient in operation. And in practice, it is playing an increasingly important role in promoting policy connectivity, infrastructure connectivity, trade connectivity, financial connectivity and people-to-people connectivity of Asian region.Table of ContentsPreface.- Foreword.- Chapter 1 Global Economic Governance in an Era of Transformation.- Chapter 2 Realistic Needs: Development Financial System Calls for New Members.- Chapter 3 The Creation of AIIB: Preparation and Operation.- Chapter 4 Mechanism Design: Governance Structure and Rules of AIIB.- Chapter 5 Vision and Mission: AIIB and Regional Connectivity.- Annex I: Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.- Annex II Members, Subscriptions and Voting Power of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.- References.- Postscript.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Brazil—Japan Cooperation: From Complementarity to
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. Relations between Brazil and Japan progressed dynamically in the 1960s and 1970s, centering on the substantial complementarity between Japan’s needing primary goods to sustain high economic growth and Brazil’s seeking non-hegemonic investment to invigorate its resource potential. Now that this complementarity has lost significance, the two countries are restructuring their relations to protect shared values of democracy, freedom, the rule of law, and the need for maintaining good relations with both China and the United States. Analyzed here is the development of this renewed bilateral relationship in multiple directions: productivity, global environment and health, migration, and triangular cooperation in third countries’ development. Facing the prospect of a declining population, Japan may become more open to international migration, but the experience with Japanese-descent Brazilian workers since the amendment of the migration control law in 1990 presents many lessons and challenges for the symbiosis of multicultural groups. Brazil, for its part, needs to address social inequality. To this end, it is fundamental to improve the quality of work.This book argues that Brazil and Japan can benefit from cooperation in managing those country-specific issues. It also discusses ways that Brazil and Japan can profit from coordinating action on global problems such as greenhouse gas reduction, mitigation of tropical diseases, healthy community building, and high-quality infrastructure for poverty reduction.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Danielly Ramos) Part I: Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Global Perspective Chapter 1 Brazil - Japan Relationship: A Partnership? (Henrique Altemani de Oliveira and Antonio Carlos Lessa) 1. Introduction 2. From an economic standpoint to a political perspective: basis for a strategic partnership? 3. Phases of the bilateral relationship during the Cold War 4. First attempts to resume the relationship and the importance of the Asian Crisis 5. Conclusion Chapter 2 Global Environmental Governance and ODA from Japan to Brazil (Shuichiro Masukata, Cristina Y. A. Inoue, and Nanahira de Rabelo e Sant’Anna) 1. Introduction 2. Multilateral-global dimension/level 3. Japan’s cooperation trajectory and “green” ODA to Brazil 4. Subnational-local: Prodecer in Paracatu and Agroforestry Systems in Tomé-Açu 5. Conclusion Lessons learned from cooperation in environmental sustainability Chapter 3 Global Health (Rodrigo Pires de Campos and Saori Kawai) Contents to be added Chapter 4 Trilateral Cooperation for Infrastructure (Akiko Koyasu and Danielly Ramos) Contents to be added Part II: Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Bilateral Perspective Chapter 5 Brazilian Workers in Japan and Public Policies for Promoting their Social Integration with a Focus on Basic Education to the Children (Mauricio Bugarin and Keiichi Yamazaki) 1. Recent trends of the Brazilian workers and their families in Japan 2. Challenges faced by the children 3. Public intervention 4. Formal modeling: Schooling choices and government intervention 5. Conclusions Chapter 6 Dissemination of Japanese Quality Control in Brazil (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Silvio Miyazaki) 1. Introduction 2. Japanese TQC transfer to Brazil until the 1980s 3. Japanese-style TQC in Brazil since the 1990s 4. Contemporary cases of TQC in Brazil 5. Final remarks: TQC in Japan-Brazil relation in the next stage Conclusion: Structuring Brazil-Japan Cooperation from Complementarity to Shared Value (Nobuaki Hamaguchi and Danielly Ramos)
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Indian Agriculture Under the Shadows of WTO and
Book SynopsisThis book examines the various issues and concerns faced by Indian agriculture under the obligations of WTO and the Free Trade Agreements. While the issues discussed pertain mainly to India, the lessons can also be derived for many other similarly placed developing countries. The book delves into various aspects of Indian agricultural trade and evaluates the domestic policies and regulations of government while also looking at external factors like WTO, free trade agreements and non-tariff barriers. Chapters of this book have been contributed by eminent agricultural economists, lawyers and social scientists providing the perspective from their sector. This book highlights the challenges and opportunities for agriculture sector under the rapidly growing regional trade agreements and results of negotiations under the WTO. It also provides critical insights into the ongoing fisheries subsidies negotiations at the WTO and issues relating to non-tariff measures. The findings have broad implications for developing countries in general and India in particular. This book will greatly benefit trade negotiators, policymakers, civil society, farmer groups, researchers, students, and academics interested in issues related to the WTO, FTAs, tariff and non-tariff barriers and other allied issues concerning Indian agriculture. The techniques used in analytical part will mostly benefit the researchers as they can not only use these techniques and methodologies for their future research, but to also carry the research forward. The book is useful for many educational institutes which teach international trade, agricultural economics, and WTO and FTAs studies.Table of Contents
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ISEAS COVID-19 and the Structural Crises of our Time
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWe live in paradoxical times. Traditionally, the West has led the world in theory and practice. Yet, recent developments, from COVID-19 to the storming of the US Capitol, show how lost the West has become. This loss of direction has deep roots. In their usual thoughtful and incisive fashion, Lim Mah-Hui and Michael Heng Siam-Heng draw out the deeper origins of our current crises and show us a new way forward. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand our strange times." —Kishore Mahbubani, founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, is the author of Has China Won?""This book provides plenty of food for thought for many pondering if the COVID-19 crisis could lead to a major transformation of the global economic system shaped by unfettered market forces and policies of governments in their service."" —Yilmaz Akyuz, former Director, UNCTAD, Geneva
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ISEAS SME Responses to Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisMicro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for approximately 97 per cent of all active business entities within the ASEAN region. They are an important contributor to both emissions generation and future reduction.A recent large-scale, multi-country quantitative assessment was undertaken into how SMEs are dealing with climate change in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Most respondents reported a high level of concern about climate change.Over 90 per cent of firms are currently undertaking measures to reduce emissions, albeit that they are typically simple steps such as reducing air conditioning and electricity, recycling or installing low-energy lighting.Common intentions to deal with future extreme weather events include reducing emissions, developing a disaster plan, or reviewing business insurance policies.
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Editorial Ariel Bienes pblicos globales poltica econmica y
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La gran brecha / The great divide: Unequal Societies and What we can do about th em: Que hacer con las sociedades desiguales
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TusQuets Cuanta Globalizacion Podemos Soportar?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Regional Policy in Europe
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Oxford University Press International Banking 18701914
Book SynopsisJointly sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, this book brings together experts from each of the countries covered: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Sweden, UK, USA, and the former USSR. Together, they provide a comprehensive survey of this critical period in the emergence of the modern world economy.Contributors: B. V. Anan''ich, Hubert Bonin, V. I. Bovykin, Albert Broder, Rondo Cameron, Fred V. Carstensen, Vincent P. Carosso, P. L. Cottrell, Ian M. Drummond, A. A. Fursenko, Martine Goossens, Peter Hertner, Kanji Ishii, Hans Christian Johansen, Frank H. H. King, Gyorgy Kover, Maria Barbara Levy, Ragnhild Lundstrom, Ruth AmEnde Roosa, Richard Sylla, Jacques Thobie, Richard Tilly, Herman Van der Wee, Ulrich Wengenroth, and Mira Wilkins.Trade Review`Cameron and Bovykin have put together an important volume. In the impoverished context of banking history, the book stands out as a key work which will form the basis of much future study.' Andrew Freeman, Financial Times`Rondo Cameron and V.I. Bovykin must be congratulated for performing so well the herculean task of assembling such a group of talented academics, and steering them safely towards the publication of this most useful volume.' Business History`Historians of multinational business will be amongst those most interested in the material presented here. There are fascinating discussions of the different institutional and contractual choices made by different countries when engaging in international banking and finance ... Rondo Cameron and V.I. Bovykin must be congratulated for performing so well the herculean task of assembling such a group of talented academics, and steering them safely towards the publication of this most useful volume.' Business History'This volume is the outcome of an unusually extensive effort of international collaboration ... this collection provides a feast of data and information which will be welcomed particularly for areas otherwise little known to English-speaking scholars. The value of the essays lies in the detailed assembly of data which, and this is their great merit, do dovetail well to form a persuasive general picture. They offer the opportunity of a firm jumping-off ground for further dtailed regional and national research. Meanwhile, they also represent a splendid example of the possibilities of fruitful international collaboration, for which the editors and organisers deserve our respect and gratitude.' Sidney Pollard, University of Sheffield,Table of ContentsList of Contributors: B.V. Anan'ich, Hubert Bonin, V.I. Bovykin, Albert Broder, Rondo Cameron, Fred V. Carstensen, Vincent P. Carosso, P.L. Cottrell, Ian M. Drummond, A.A. Fursenko, Martine Goossens, Peter Hertner, Kanji Ishii, Hans Christian Johansen, Frank H.H. King, György Köver, Maria Bárbara Levy, Ragnhild Lundström, Ruth AmEnde Roosa, Richard Sylla, Jacques Thobie, Richard Tilly, Herman Van der Wee, Ulrich Wengenroth, and Mira Wilkins Rondo Cameron: Introduction Part I: International Factors in the Formation of Banking Systems P.L. Cottrell: Great Britain Vincent P. Carosso and Richard Sylla: U.S. Banks in International Finance Hubert Bonin: The Case of the French Banks Richard Tilly: International Aspects of the Development of German Banking Herman Van der Wee and Martine Goossens: Belgium V.I. Bovykin and B.V. Anan'ich: The Role of International Factors in the Formation of the Banking System in Russia H.C. Johansen: Banking and Finance in the Danish Economy Ragnhild Lundström: Sweden Ian M. Drummond: Banks and Banking in Canada and Australia Kanji Ishii: Japan Part II: Foreign Banks and Foreign Investment Mira Wilkins: Foreign Banks and Foreign Investment in the United States B.V. Anan'ich and V.I. Bovykin: Foreign Banks and Foreign Investment in Russia Ruth AmEnde Roosa: Banks and Financial Relations between Russia and the United States György Köver: The Austro-Hungarian Banking System Peter Hertner: Foreign Capital in the Italian Banking Sector M.B. Levy: The Banking System and Foreign Capital in Brazil Frank H.H. King: Extra-Regional Banks and Investments in China Jacques Thobie: European Banks in the Middle East Part III: International Banking and Multinational Enterprise The Oil IndustryA.A. Fursenko: Albert Broder: Banking and the Electrotechnical Industry in Western Europe Ulrich Wengenroth: Iron and Steel Fred V. Carstensen: International Harvester and its Competitors V.I. Bovykin and Rondo Cameron: Conclusions
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Capitalism
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Clarendon Press Globalization Institutions and Regional Development in Europe
Book SynopsisWhat are the economic prospects of European regions in a globalizing world? One view suggests that European regions will be overwhelmed by global forces; another suggests the rise of a new localism leading to a Europe of the regions. This book argues that neither of these accounts is correct. The authors offer detailed accounts of the local economies of Baden Wüttemberg, Emilia-Romagna, Switzerland, and Eastern Germany amongst others to support their view. In so doing they discuss a number of important and topical issues: industrial districts and their distinctiveness, organizational flexibility, regional economic planning, and the role of transnational companies.Through the application of an institutionalist perspective which stresses the importance of institutionalizing processes within the economy, the chapters in the book argue that regional economic prosperity will depend upon the degree to which regions are able to mobilize flexible institutional strategies. The book concludes thTrade ReviewI enjoyed reading this book because it conveys important messages about European regions ... the editors have worked hard to ensure continuity and development ... the book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of European and global geography. * Geography *This closely-edited collection is an important contribution ... Like any good read, the book ends up posing almost as many questions as it answers ... This is a stimulating and thought-provoking text ... Whilst written in subtle and sophsticated prose, it is clear to read and the arguments are well-explained; as such, it is worth persevering with, even for those who might normally look to source material in other languages. * European Urban and Regional Studies *I enjoyed reading this book because it conveys important messages about European regions ... the books makes a significant contribution to our understanding of European and global geography. * Geography *In recent years considerable research effort has been expended in an exploration of the tensions between international economic processes and changing prospects for regional development. This closely-edited collection is an important contribution to that debate ... This is a stimulating and thought-provoking text. * European Urban and Regional Studies *This book firmly establishes its position within the new institutionalist cam,.but at the same time it represents an attempt to forge a unique geographical dimension to the debate ... this book is a model of presentation and editing ... Amin and Thrift present a carefully honed introductory chapter that both contextualizes and attempts to bring together all of the contributors under a coherent intellectual umbrella. Individual chapters demonstrate both a depth and range that is illuminating, each chapter has a similar structure with a clear introduction and conclusion, the whole collection is then tied up with a closing chapter by the editors. * Andy C. Pratt, London School of Economics and Political Science, TIBG, August 1996 *Table of ContentsPreface and Introduction ; Living in the Global ; The Local Embeddedness of Transnational Corporations ; Global Agro-Food Complexes and the Refashioning of Rural Europe ; The Uneven Landscapes of Innovation Poles: Local Embeddedness and Global Networks ; Growth Regions Under Duress: Renewal Strategies in Baden Wurttemberg and Emilia-Romagna ; Flexible Districts, Flexible Regions? The Institutional and Cultural Limits to Districts in an Era of Technological Paradigm Shifts ; Regulating Labour: The Social Regulation and Reproduciton of Local Labour Markets ; The Disembedded Regional Economy: The Transformation of East German Industrial Complexes into Western Enclaves ; Institutional Change, Cultural Transformation, and Economic Regeneration: Myths and Realities from Europe's Old Industrial Areas ; Local and Regional Broadcasting in the New Media Order ; Global-Local Social Conflicts: Examples from Southern Europe ; Holding Down the Global
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Oxford University Press Mercantilism Reimagined
Book SynopsisRethinking Mercantilism brings together a group of young early modern British and European historians to investigate what use the concept mercantilism might still hold for both scholars and teachers of the period. While scholars often find the term unsatisfactory, mercantilism has stubbornly survived both in our classrooms and in the general scholarly discourse. These essays propose that it is largely impossible to rethink mercantilism, given its unique status as a non-entity, by looking for mercantilism itself. Economics as a discipline had not emerged by the seventeenth century, yet economic considerations were part of most intellectual pursuits, whether scientific, political, cultural, or social. Thus, the search for mercantilism is best undertaken through an investigation of how economic considerations were embedded in debates throughout the early modern intellectual landscape. With this in mind, this book seeks to rethink mercantilism inductively rather than deductively. Such an aTrade ReviewThe eighteen essays in Merchantilism Re-imagined make very clear the multifaceted nature of political economy in early modern Britain, both in terms of ideas and practise. Some of the essays argue powerfully for emphasizing certain policies where balance of trade considerations were incedental. Thus there are important essays on the significance of population and labour to conceptions of economic potential and power ... The volume provides a good sense of how historians are now weaving together a wide range of factors when exploring the significance of economic policy as a reason of state. Most of the essays are rich, insightful and suggestive. * Julian Hoppit, The Time Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsList of Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction-Philip J. Stern and Carl Wennerlind ; Part 1: Circulation ; 1. Population: Modes of Seventeenth-Century Demographic Thought, Ted McCormick ; 2. Labor: Employment, Colonial Servitude, and Slavery in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic, Abigail Swingen ; 3. Money: Hartlibian Political Economy and the New Culture of Credit, Carl Wennerlind ; Part 2: Knowledge ; 4. Epistemology: Expertise and Knowledge in the World of Commerce, Thomas Leng ; 5. Natural History and Improvement: The Case of Tobacco, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson ; 6. Cameralism: A German Alternative to Mercantilism, Andre Wakefield ; Part 3: Institutions ; 7. Corporations: Humanism and Elizabethan Political Economy, Henry S. Turner ; 8. Companies: Monopoly, Sovereignty, and the British East Indies, Philip J. Stern ; 9. The Church: Anglicanism and the Nationalization of Maritime Space, Brent S. Sirota ; 10. Pirates and Smugglers: Political Economy in the Red Atlantic, Niklas Frykman ; Part 4: Regulation ; 11. Polycentric States: The Spanish Reigns and the "Failures" of Mercantilism, Regina Grafe ; 12. Financial Markets: The Limits of Economic Regulation in Early Modern England, Anne L. Murphy ; 13. Consumption: Commercial Demand and the Challenges to Regulatory Power in Eighteenth-Century Ireland, ; Martyn J. Powell ; Part 5: Conflict ; 14. War and Peace: Trade, International Competition, and Political Economy, John Shovlin ; 15. Neutrality: Atlantic Shipping in and after the Anglo-Dutch Wars, Victor Enthoven ; 16. Rivalry: Greatness in Early Modern Political Economy, Sophus A. Reinert ; Afterword: From Mercantilism to Macroeconomics-Craig Muldrew ; Index
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Taylor & Francis The USA and Canada 2020
Book SynopsisCombining impartial analysis with reliable facts and figures, this fully revised and updated 21st edition provides up-to-date commentary on these vast North American nations.General SurveyEssays by leading experts analyse topics of regional importance, including:- US-Canadian integration, immigration, and the treatment of Indigenous peoples in North America.Country SurveysEach country is dealt with in greater detail within its own section. Country chapters include:- a chronology of political events - essays covering key socio-political and economic themes, including: recent political developments; foreign policy; constitution; the economy; energy policy; agriculture; trade; health and social policy- additional essays examining timely subjects such as US-Chinese economic competition, religion in US politics and the US Judicial system- historical, political and economic surveys of each of the US states and Canadian provinces and territories- statistical surveys of economic and demographic indicators- comprehensive directory sections covering public affairs, the economy and society, which provide contact details and other useful information for the most significant institutions in the region.Table of ContentsPart 1: General Survey Part 2: The USA 1. Introduction 1.1. The USA: A Chronology since Colonization 1.2. Presidents of the USA 1.3. Area and Population 2. Essays 2.1. Essays on Public Affairs 2.2. Essays on US Economic and Social Affairs 3. Directory 3.1. Public Affairs 3.2. The Economy 3.3. Society 4. The States Part 3: Canada 1. Introduction 1.1. Canada: A Chronology since Colonization 1.2. Prime Ministers of Canada 1.3. Area and Population 2. Essays 2.1. Essays on Public Affairs 2.2. Essays on Canadian Economic and Social Affairs 3. Directory 3.1. Public Affairs 3.2. The Economy 3.3. Society 4. The Provinces and Territories
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Book SynopsisExhaustively researched and updated, South Asia 2020 is an in-depth library of information on the countries and territories of this vast world region. General SurveyEssays by specialists examine issues of regional importance.Country SurveysIndividual chapters on each country, containing:- essays on the geography, recent history and economy of each nation- up-to-date statistical surveys of economic and social indicators - a comprehensive directory providing contact details and other useful information for the most significant political and commercial institutions.In addition, there are separate sections covering each of the states and territories of India. Regional Information- detailed coverage of international organizations and their recent activities in South Asia - information on research institutes engaged in the study of the region- a survey of the major commodities oTable of ContentsPart 1: General Survey. Part 2: Country Surveys Includes sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies. Part 3: Who's Who of South Asia Part 4: Regional Information Regional Organizations. Major Commodities of South Asia. Calendars and Weights and Measures. Research Institutes Studying South Asia. Select Bibliography - Books. Select Bibliography - Periodicals. Index of Regional Organizations.
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