Rebuilding Capitalism

Rebuilding Capitalism
Author: Andrés Solimano
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780472105205

The book considers the historical origins of the current wave of market-oriented reform, reviews existing controversies on the design of economic reforms, and offers alternative criteria to evaluate policy performance. In particular it focuses on issues of macroeconomic adjustment and stabilization, liberalization policies, reform of the state, and interactions between economic and political transformation during the course of systemic transformation.

Natural Resources, Neither Curse nor Destiny

Natural Resources, Neither Curse nor Destiny
Author: Daniel Lederman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2006-10-23
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0821365460

'Natural Resources: Neither Course nor Destiny' brings together a variety of analytical perspectives, ranging from econometric analyses of economic growth to historical studies of successful development experiences in countries with abundant natural resources. The evidence suggests that natural resources are neither a curse nor destiny. Natural resources can actually spur economic development when combined with the accumulation of knowledge for economic innovation. Furthermore, natural resource abundance need not be the only determinant of the structure of trade in developing countries. In fact, the accumulation of knowledge, infrastructure, and the quality of governance all seem to determine not only what countries produce and export, but also how firms and workers produce any good.

Globalism and the New Regionalism

Globalism and the New Regionalism
Author: Osvaldo Sunkel
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 134927268X

This is the first of five volumes reporting on the UNU-WIDER study on New Regionalism. It deals with the conceptions and meanings of two processes which probably will have a crucial influence on the shape of the 'new world order' - globalization and regionalization. These studies relate to each other as challenge to response, globalization being the challenge of economic and cultural homogenization of the world and regionalization being a social and political reaction. The leading writers in the field contribute thought-provoking and fascinating articles to this volume.

People-centered Development

People-centered Development
Author: David C. Korten
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Essays on a "people-centred" quality of life approach to development policy, stressing the role of social participation and popular participation in economic and social development - discusses long term perspectives of social change, and development planning alternatives; examines natural resources management, environmental protection, resource competition, poverty dynamics, rural development programming, planning for equity, basic needs and self reliance. Graphs, references.

The Structure of Protection in Developing Countries

The Structure of Protection in Developing Countries
Author: Bela Balassa
Publisher: Baltimore : Published for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank by the Johns Hopkins Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1971
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Provides sriteria for evaluating policies protection and applies the criteria to the case of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Norway.

Chronic Inflation in an Industrializing Economy

Chronic Inflation in an Industrializing Economy
Author: Vincent Parkin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1991-05-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521375405

Vincent Parkin explains the nature and causes of chronic inflation in middle-income developing countries by focusing on the Brazilian experience.

Progress, Poverty and Exclusion

Progress, Poverty and Exclusion
Author: Rosemary Thorp
Publisher: IDB
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781886938359

A comprehensive Statistical Appendix provides regional and country-by-country data in such areas as GDP, manufacturing, sector productivity, prices, trade, income distribution and living standards."--BOOK JACKET.

The ISA Handbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions

The ISA Handbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions
Author: Sujata Patel
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2010
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1847874029

This latest edition to the ISA handbook series actively engages with the many traditions of sociology in the world. Twenty-nine chapters from prominent international contributors discuss, challenge and re-conceptualize the global discipline of sociology; evaluating the diversities within and between sociological traditions of many regions and nation-states. They assess all aspects of the discipline: ideas and theories; scholars and scholarship; practices and traditions; ruptures and continuities through an international perspective. Its goal is to become a text for debating the contours of international sociology.