Unión Europea

acceso a la financiación y desarrollo de proyectos

The origin of goods

rules of origin in regional trade agreements

The dark side of preferential trade agreements, Rules of Origin (RoO) are used to determine the eligibility of goods to preferential treatment. Ostensibly meant to prevent the trans-shipment of imported products across Free Trade Agreement borders after superficial screwdriver assembly, they act in reality as ...

Desarrollo y transición en Asia

Un estudio comparativo de los procesos de transición económica y política en Asia y de sus efectos sobre el desarrollo.

The economics of international integration

The splintering of the multilateral trading system into a number of trading blocs and arrangements has been one of the most important issues in international economics, particularly after the establishment of the World Trade Organisation in 1995 and especially after the launch of the Doha ...

Global regionalisation

core peripheral trends

Global Regionalization examines the astonishing political and economic changes that have completely reshaped the political geography of certain regions during the past fifteen years. It deals with the concept of global bloc formation, examining the impacts that changing political-economic conditions and relationships in and between ...

The Eurogroup

how a secretive circle of finance ministers shape european econommic governance

This is the first study on the work of the Eurogroup - the monthly informal meetings of the euro area's finance ministers, the Commission, and the European Central Bank. It: explains how the particular working method applied by the Eurogroup impacts on the conduct and ...

Dictionary of international business terms

Financial World Publishing has developed a series of dictionaries on international banking and finance. As the publishing imprint of an educational institute that delivers and administers professional finance qualifications at a variety of levels around the world, they appreciate the need for and are able ...

La deuda loca

propuestas didácticas sobre la deuda externa

Pensada inicialmente para ser trabajada dentro de la asignatura Economía del Bachillerato, los materiales que contiene y la utilización de los mismos que se propone pueden servir para otras disciplinas curriculares (en asignaturas de Ciencias Sociales, por ejemplo) pero también en la educación no formal ...

Nations and firms in the global economy

an introduction to international economics and business

This accessible introduction to the world economy and to the theory and practice of globalization argues that key topics in international economics cannot be understood without knowledge of international business, and vice versa. It reviews and combines insights from both literatures and applies them to ...

Business guide to Japan

a quick guide to openning doors and closing deals

Everything you need to know to win at the business game in Japan is explained in this no-nonsense guide. Learn how to penetrate company bureaucracy, how to read the subtle signals of "belly talk," how to win the name-card game and how to master the ...

Ilícito

cómo traficantes, contrabandistas y piratas están cambiando el mundo

Desde la caída del muro de Berlín y la desaparición de la Unión Soviética, el comercio ilegal se ha disparado. Un libro definitivo para comprender el alcance e importancia del comercio ilegal de mercancías para muchas economías y países.

The white man's burden

why the west's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little Good

We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to ...

The theory of international trade and unemployment

In this book, Paul Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalization, and trade economists usually working with full employment models.

Rusia en la era de Putin

¿Cómo es posible que un presidente como Vladímir Putin mantenga cotas tan altas de apoyo popular en un escenario en el que, como se pone de relieve en este libro, es más que dudoso que sus políticas estén produciendo los resultados deseados? ¿Se trata realmente ...

Transforming East Asia

the evolution of regional economic integration

East Asian economic integration is on the rise. Free trade agreements have proliferated throughout the region, and moves toward broader forms of regional cooperation are afoot. These initiatives have caused alarm in some quarters, leading observers to warn that East Asia may become a closed ...

Monetary and wage policies in the Euro area

This book studies the interactions between monetary and wage policies in the euro area. It carefully discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. As to policy competition, the focus is on competition between the European central bank, the American central ...

One in a Billion

xploring the new world of China

The world#s largest, fastest developing market#China#is a place of seduction, opportunity, mystery, and allure. And for business, much of the allure is in the numbers. Five thousand years of history. More than 20 percent of the planet#s population. Two hundred million ...

The China code

what's left for us?

China is growing at an extraordinary pace and exerting a powerful influence upon the global economy. As China emerges as a dominating global player, it is also having a significant impact upon America, Europe and Japan in terms of manufacturing, employment and economic arrangements. The ...

La economía en América Latina ante el siglo XXI

del Congreso de Washington al pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento de la Unión Europea, la cumbre de Monterrey de Naciones Unidas, la agenda del Desarrollo de Barcelona y la Cumbre Iberoamericana de Salamanca

Redes de colaboración solidaria

aspectos económico-filosóficos: complejidad y liberación

La reflexión sobre el mundo globalizado puede ser desesperanzadora o estimulante. Podemos enfatizar las piedras que obstruyen viejos caminos ya conocidos, o identificar, en los campos contemporáneos de posibilidad, nuevos caminos que se abren entre ellos. Frente a tanto sufrimiento, exclusión e injusticias que son ...