After marked reductions in military spending in the 1990s, military budgets around the world are on the increase. In this book, renowned authorities re-examine the economics of military expenditure, arms production and arms trade in developing ......
With the emergence of fertility declines in the greater part of the developing world, study of the phenomenon has increased profoundly over the last three decades, and a voluminous amount of literature has emerged. Yet our knowledge of the ......
Accelerating globalization of world markets and increasing interdependence of the economies of the world has made policy-making very complex, especially in the United States. One of the most debated subjects in recent years has been whether the ......
Kolodko, former finance minister of Poland, considers the links between issues of globalization and post-communist transition, the two most important economic features of the turn of the century. He discusses the pattern of economic growth and ......
The world economy is on the brink of a profound crisis. The threat of global deflation and the emergence of chronic excess global capacity characterizes the contemporary phase of crisis and stagnation. Lucarelli argues that these pathological ......
Размышляя о реформе энергетического сектора: уроки Грузии - двуязычное издание Мирового Банка из серии рабочих докладов. Целью этих докладов является представление результатов исследований Банка, а также поощрение общественного обсуждения. В ......
To date, the record of economic transition has been decidedly mixed. The worldwide political climate is still in favour of economic reform and the process continues to have considerable momentum. On the other hand, this process now faces a ......
The post WWII flowering of industrial parks is an event of great significance, not only to industry but also to society as a whole. This book studies the emergence and expansion of the park concept, describing performance standards and design ......
This book provides a new approach to the understanding of economic policy reform by placing it in the context of the perennial conflict between the two historical social forces of economic globalization and economic nationalism and examines ......