The price of the Euro

This volume presents a critical examination of the EMU from different perspectives. It includes essays on the political economy of currency unions, on the Growth and Stability pact, the European Central Bank, an evaluation of the first four years of the EMU, and the costs ...

Emigración, pobreza y desarrollo

Los movimientos migratorios constituyen un fenómeno de creciente relevancia en el mundo actual. Consideradas en su conjunto, las migraciones son un importante factor de cambio social, tanto para los países emisores como para los receptores. Si para estos últimos el reto es disponer de políticas ...

Alternatives to economic globalisation

a better world is possible

Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before. Focusing on constructive ...

Debt relief for poor countries

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief substantially raise growth? How do we make sure that ...

Geopolítica del hambre

hambre:¿quién es responsable?

Que nadie diga que no podemos hacer nada. El hambre es un arma que apunta hacia numerosos pueblos, víctimas de una discriminación deliberada. ¿Cómo acabar con las manipulaciones de los regímenes criminales? ¿Qué políticas habría que defender para conseguir una mayor justicia alimentaria? Esta obra ...

New sources of development finance

1 A. B. Atkinson: Innovative Sources to Meet a Global Challenge 2 A. B. Atkinson: Over-Arching Issues 3 A. Sandmo: Environmental Taxation and Revenue for Development 4 M. Nissanke: Revenue Potential of the Tobin Tax for Development Finance: A Critical Appraisal 5 E. Aryeetey: A ...

Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation

essays in the political and institutional economics of development

This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, Pranab Bardhan, a leader in the field of development economics, offers a relatively ...

El debate sobre el desarrollo y el futuro de las ONG

La cooperación internacional para el desarrollo ya ha cumplido más de medio siglo. Un buen momento para reinventar las bases de actuaciones futuras y, si es necesario, establecer nuevos paradigmas. En este libro varios expertos y expertas en diversas disciplinas dibujan el presente, el pasado ...

The poverty reduction strategy initiative

an independent evaluation of the World Bank's Support through 2003

This book provides an independent assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative for the World Bank as well as the broader development community. It offers a frank and in-depth review of the progress thus far, with particular focus on the role and effectiveness of the ...

Financing development

the power of regionalism

The historic 2002 United Nations Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, overlooked a crucial question: regionalism. Financing Development: The Power of Regionalism is designed to correct this omission. Editors Nancy Birdsall and Liliana Rojas-Suarez call for a more open and radical regionalism. They ...

Empowering squatter citizen

local government, civil society and urban poverty reduction

With the rapid growth in urban poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America, most cities now have 30 to 60 per cent of their population living in shanty towns. The civil and political rights of these people are either ignored or constantly contravened. They face ...

El patrocinio de los proyectos de desarrollo social

inversión de futuro

Estamos asistiendo a la redefinición de las relaciones entre las empresas y las distintas entidades no lucrativas de desarrollo social. Unas y otras se deben a sus distintos públicos y buscan beneficios que no están tan enfrentados como pudiéramos creer. El patrocinio surge como una ...

El comercio justo en España 2004

situaciones y perspectivas

INDICE: Agradecimientos. Presentación. Prólogo. I. Comercio justo: una cuestión de ética. II. El sello FLO: la certificación de productos de comercio justo. III. El comercio justo en España 2000-2003. IV. Comercio justo y administraciones públicas. V. La responsabilidad social corporativa y el comercio justo. Anexos.

Hacia otra integración sudamericana

críticas al Mercosur neoliberal

#Luego del desastre de la crisis económico-social argentina de 2001 y de los problemas estructurales de Brasil, no podemos conformarnos con cambiar las políticas económicas de los países sin repensar nuevamente el tipo de integración latinoamericana. Este libro se propone desarrollar una crítica del modelo ...

Monetary policy, fiscal policies and labour markets

macroeconomic policymaking in the EMU

Three years after the birth of the European Monetary Union (EMU) economists are still divided in their assessment of the ability of its key institutions to provide macroeconomic stability and foster the reforms necessary to stimulate economic growth. In this collection, experts focus on issues ...

Building a dynamic Europe

the key policy debates

Edited by Jordi Gual. This succinct book provides a broad panorama of the key economic policy challenges facing the European Union today. The enlargement of the EU and its lacklustre performance over the last decade in terms of employment and productivity growth have prompted wide-ranging ...

Monetary strategies for joining the euro

In this book, well-known economists an policymakers look at the next step in the integration process for accesssion countries: accession to European Monetary Union

The European Union

economics and policies

The European Union is designed for readers from all disciplines studying the EU, its economics and policies, and the effects of economic integration. Its wealth of information, detail and analysis will ensure that it is read by students, researchers and professional policymakers alike. The European ...

Europe, globalization and sustainable development

This edited volume considers the ways in which European states and the European Union can and should organize themselves economically and socially in order to address the challenges of sustainable development. It will interest students and researchers of environmental policy and European politics. INDICE Part ...

Shaping the New Europe

economic policy challenges of European Union enlargement

This volume brings together contributions on the major economic policy issues which have opened up as a result of the process of European Union enlargement. The issues analysed range from modelling and analysing the costs and benefits of enlargement, to challenges for macroeconomic policy both ...