International Economic Law

This treatise presents a comprehensive exploration of the legal foundations of the international economy. Covering all aspects of international economic law, such as the GATT/WTO, the International Monetary System, transnational investment, and economic sanctions, this book will be of interest to international lawyers and ...

Developing agricultural trade

new roles for government in poor countries

Cross-cultural communication

the essential guide to international business

Foreign direct investment in the real and financial sector of industrial countries

A collection of papers on the determinants and consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real and financial sectors of industrial countries. The text sheds new light on the determinants of FDI, in particular the role of governmental incentives. Another main topic is the ...

World Bank literature

European integration, 1950-2003

superstate or new market economy?

This title explains integration, the most significant European historical development in the past 50 years, eclipsing in importance even the collapse of the USSR. This movement toward economic and political union has not only helped revive, transform, and rejuvenate a battered civilization, it is opening ...

International economics

a European focus

Massive changes took place in the world economy in the last quarter of the twentieth century and the speed with which markets in goods, services, and finance were liberalised has no historical precedent. This brand new international economics text reflects recent developments in the world ...

International trade and developing countries

bargaining coalitions in GATT an WTO

This work provides a much-needed study of the bargaining coalitions of developing countries in the GATT and WTO. It traces, explains and theorises on the formation and achievements of coalitions from 1982 to the present day. Bargaining together in groups is common practice in international ...

Wealth by association

global prosperity through market unification

European monetary unification has produced a $15 trillion windfall to its member nations that is rarely discussed or accounted for in analyses of economic integration. The authors argue persuasively that the reduction in cross-border risks is directly responsible for an explosion in the value of ...

Japan and East Asia in transition

trade policy, crisis and evolution, and regionalism

This book examines how Japan has changed its economic relationship with East Asia since the mid 1990s by looking at its commitments to import relief, regional financial and industrial transformations, and regionalism. While the Japanese government has taken proactive initiatives to sustain the sound development ...

Agricultural trade policies in the new millenium

Stability and growth in Europe

towards a better pact

Monitoring European Integration was established in 1990 as an annual series of reports on the progress of economic integration in Europe. The objective of the reports is to raise the level of public discussion on European policy issues. Monitoring European Integration combines intellectual rigor with ...

Globalization in historical perspective

As awareness of globalization grows, so too does our need to understand it historically. This volume is one of few to consider globalization in the context of the history of international trade: its eleven papers explore how the process of globalization can be measured by ...

Total global strategy II

El reto del capitalismo global

la economía mundial en el siglo XXI

La obra describe los riesgos y oportunidades inherentes a la globalización con la claridad y profundidad analíticas del experto en relaciones internacionales Robert Gilpin. Su exposición proporciona una nueva y equilibrada mirada que pone el contrapunto al excesivo triunfalismo que ha caracterizado el pensamiento norteamericano ...

The globalization reader

Globalization effectively captures the growth of linkages across national boundaries, the global expansion of a market economy and the rise of a complex but integrated world society. "The Globalization Reader" makes sense of a term that has become an all-purpose catchword in contemporary debates. The ...

La convergencia real de España en el seno de la Unión Europea ampliada

El gobierno de Europa = The government of Europe

diseño institucional de la Unión Europea = institutional design for the European Union

La inminencia de una ampliación que pondrá a prueba la cohesión europea y la presencia en la agenda comunitaria de competencias de elevada sensibilidad política, como la política exterior y la seguridad común, en las que lo político predomina sobre lo técnico y la toma ...

Economía y bienestar social en Cuba a comienzos del siglo XXI

Asean

economic development and cooperation

The book presents a systematic analysis of the process of economic development and regional cooperation in ASEAN. It discusses the evolution of ASEAN, from its establishment as a regional organization designed to promote political stability in Southeast Asia to its increasing role in world trade ...