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Author | : David A. Dyker |
Publisher | : Imperial College Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1860945996 |
In this collection of essays David A Dyker explores some of the mostdifficult and fascinating aspects of the process of transition fromautocratic real socialism to a capitalism that is sometimesdemocratic, sometimes authoritarian. The stress is on the economicdimension of transformation, but the author sets the economic dramafirmly within a political economy framework and a historicalperspective. Trends in key economic variables are analysed against thebackground of the struggle between different social and politicalgroups for power and command over resources. While the book pays dueattention to topical issues like EU enlargement, the underlyingperspective is a long-term one. Transition is viewed not as a set ofonce-and-for-all institutional changes or a process of short-termstabilisation, but as a historic opportunity to solve the inheritedproblem of poverty and underdevelopment in Central-East Europe and theformer Soviet Union. The book ends with a critical assessment of howeconomics, as a discipline, has coped with the challenge of thathistoric opportunity.
Author | : Yong Zhao |
Publisher | : ASCD |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1416608737 |
Yong Zhao, a distinguished professor at Michigan State University who was born and raised in China, offers a compelling argument for what schools can--and must--do to meet the challenges and opportunities brought about by globalization and technology.
Author | : Shuhe Li |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Comparative economics |
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Author | : Nicholas Crafts |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2018-08-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1108424406 |
Highlights the interactions between institutions and policy choices, as well as the importance of historical constraints on Britain's relative economic decline.
Author | : Craig Jarrow |
Publisher | : Mango Media Inc. |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2019-09-15 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 1633538923 |
“This book will help you own your calendar, block time for what matters most and reclaim your life.” —Paula Rizzo, author of Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You You want more time to spend with family, to achieve big goals, and to simply enjoy life. Yet, there seem to be more and more things competing for your time, and more distractions interrupting your day. Craig Jarrow has spent many years testing time management tactics, tools, and systems and written hundreds of articles on productivity, goals, and organization, Through it all he’s learned a simple truth: Time management should be easy, not complicated and unwieldy. And it shouldn’t take up more of your precious time than it gives back! Time Management Ninja offers 21 rules that will show you an easier and more effective way to take control of your time and manage your busy life. Follow these simple principles and get more done with less effort. It’s no-stress, uncomplicated time management that works. “Read this book, apply its rules, and you’ll find freedom.” —Hyrum Smith, bestselling author of Purposeful Retirement
Author | : Erich Gundlach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Developing countries |
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Author | : Shuhe Li |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
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ISBN | : |
This paper addresses the question of why some followers catch up to the leader while others fall behind. We first summarize a set of stylized facts of the world economic growth and development. Then a leader-follower model is built to match these facts. A key hypothesis is that how fast a follower can learn from the leader depends on its own knowledge of capital stock, the distance from the leader's technology frontier, and the efforts it puts into learning as well as its learning capability. The results match the stylized facts very well. Conditional convergence of output per capita across countries can be derived from our model. We have demonstrated that the growth rate of the follower tends to converge to the leader's, and hence, given a leader, all economies tend to converge to the same growth rate. A follower would catch up (fall behind) the leader if its learning capability is above (below) a critical level.
Author | : W. W. Rostow |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-03-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780292729636 |
Bearing on fundamental issues of economic theory, history, and public policy, this volume elaborates and goes beyond themes enunciated in W. W. Rostow's previous works. The eight essays presented here are unified by the author's insistence that neo-Keynesian and neoclassical theory are an inadequate basis for economic analysis and policy prescription. Changes in technology and in the supply of energy, food, and raw materials, he contends, must be taken into account. The scale and character of the investments required to respond to these changes link his analysis back to conventional income analysis. Rostow outlines in several contexts the framework for a general, disaggregated theory of production and prices that meets this criterion. The theoretical and historical essays include a review and unification of various long-cycle theories; a formal mathematical model of the Kondratieff cycle; a review of theories relating technology and the price system, including Rostow's own formulation of the appropriate linkage; a lengthy analysis of the pre-1914 relation between money and prices, including a detailed critique of modern monetarist interpretations; and an analysis of the proposition that economic growth assumes an S-shaped path of acceleration and deceleration. The policy essays include an examination of the links between energy-related investment, full employment, and patterns of regional development in the United States; the discussion of an appropriate framework and procedure for North-South international economic negotiations; and the text of a 1965 talk on inflation that touches on the relations among economics, economists, and the performance of societies as a whole.
Author | : Richard Record |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2017-11-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1464811954 |
Despite decades of development efforts supported by significant amounts of foreign aid, Malawi has experienced weak and volatile economic growth performance over a sustained period of time. Malawi’s growth remains an outlier even compared to its geographically and demographically similar peers. Moreover, growth has been distributed unequally, with little impact on poverty. Per capita income has improved only minimally in the 50 years since independence, and Malawi now has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world. From Falling Behind to Catching Up aims to improve readers’ understanding of the puzzle of Malawi’s development performance and identify ways for the country to achieve robust growth and stay on a stable growth path that helps the poor. The book places a strong emphasis on assessing Malawi’s growth experience since independence from a comparative international perspective. It seeks to benchmark Malawian outcomes on growth, structural change, and transformation against peers and explores possible reasons for divergence from international trends. The book also puts deeper drivers of economic growth at the center of the discussion, looking in particular at the institutions and policies that may have affected Malawi’s growth outcomes and ones that could help Malawi avoid macroeconomic instability in the future. This book first begins by discussing Malawi’s macroeconomic situation and challenges in fiscal management, reviewing and drawing lessons from the instability, slippages, and shocks Malawi has experienced since independence. Second, given how critical the agricultural sector is to poverty reduction in Malawi, the overview explores the current state of agricultural markets. Third, looking at the factors that may constrain higher growth in the future, challenges in private sector development and job creation are discussed. Finally, building on the analysis of challenges, the book concludes with a summary of policy recommendations aimed at helping Malawi begin catching up with its peers.
Author | : Hartmut Berghoff |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2013-10-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107030137 |
The contributors to this volume consider the economic history of East Germany within its broader political, cultural and social contexts.