Economía liberal para no economistas y no liberales

Convencido de las bondades de la economía liberal de mercado, Sala i Martín expone su pensamiento con el carácter divulgativo que caracteriza sus colaboraciones en los medios de comunicación. Un libro serio y a la vez entretenido y asequible. Un libro de economía para no ...

Manual de sociedad civil y movimientos sociales

Este Manual de sociedad civil y movimientos sociales analiza la acción colectiva desde muy distintas perspectivas teniendo en cuenta tanto los últimos marcos teóricos analíticos como la realidad de los movimientos sociales más actuales. En primer lugar se profundiza en dos cuestiones previas: la sociedad ...

Regional powerhouse

the greater Pearl River Delta and the rise of China

"The Pearl River Delta has played a vital role in China's remarkable economic growth in the last 25 years. This book will help the reader understand the dynamics of the region, its contributors to China's development, and its outlook to the future." - Sir ...

Las Cumbres Iberoamericanas (1991-2005)

logros y desafíos

La XV Cumbre Iberoamericana de Salamanca y la puesta en marcha de la Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB) bajo la responsabilidad de Enrique Iglesias, marcan un punto de inflexión en la construcción de un espacio común iberoamericano. Es pues un momento idóneo para hacer un balance ...

La pobreza en el mundo y los Derechos Humanos

La parte más pobre de la población mundial, nada menos que el 46 %, sólo posee el 1,2 % de la renta global. Su poder adquisitivo por persona y día es insignificante. Y muchos de ellos ni siquiera tienen suficiente comida para sobrevivir. Un tercio de ...

The millennium development goals

raising the resources to tackle world poverty

How can the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) be made a reality by 2015? If the MDGs are to halve global poverty and significantly improve conditions for the world's poor on schedule, it is essential to put the requisite funding in place. This is an ...

La realidad de la ayuda 2005-2006

"Un año de cambio y expectativa". Bajo este significativo título se repasa en La realidad de la ayuda 2005-2006 el intenso período comprendido entre julio de 2004 y julio de 2005, en el cual la cooperación española ha experimentado cambios trascendentales en su orientación política ...

Trading blocs

States, firms, and regions in the world economy

Global commerce is rapidly coalescing around regional trading blocs in North America, Western Europe, Pacific Asia, and elsewhere, with enormous consequences for the world trading system. Trading Blocs examines how domestic politics have driven the emergence of these trading blocs. Author Kerry Chase argues that ...

Microcrédito en países desarrollados

problemas, retos y propuestas

Los microcréditos son préstamos de pequeña cuantía para personas que no pueden optar a un préstamo bancario convencional. Su situación socioeconómica, las características del préstamo que necesitan, la imposibilidad de aportar garantías o de cumplir con los requerimientos administrativos que exigen las entidades financieras les ...

Ayuda, mercado y buen gobierno

los lenguajes del desarrollo en África en el cambio de milenio

El desarrollo ha conformado, desde su aparición en las portrimerías de la época colonial, un lenguaje y un ámbito de intensos debates sobre el bien común y los procesos sociales deseables para conseuirlo. El continente africano, donde la pobreza, la opresión y los conflictos son ...

Energy for rural livelihoods

a framework for sustainable decision making

Energy is vital to health, well being and economic survival. But the task of providing sustainable energy services to rural communities in developing countries is a complex one. Social priorities, environmental issues, financial constraints, gender differences, demographic characteristics, technical considerations and institutional frameworks all play ...

El mediterráneo en la Unión Europea ampliada

INDICE: Descubrir el mediterráneo. Nuevo valor estratégico del mediterráneo en la Unión Europea ampliada. La custión chipriota. Diversidad religiosa ¿ choque cultural?. Solidaridad grupal e individualismo universal: un conflicto entre culturas. Mitos, leyes de extranjería y migraciones internacionales en el mediterráneo. Las relaciones de la UE ...

Fair trade for all

how trade can promote development

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They ...

The aid effect

giving and governing in international development

Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships? Giving Aid demonstrates the fruitfulness of an ethnographic approach to aid, policy reform and global governance. The ...

Global politics of regionalism

theory and practice

Examines 'regionalism' - countries working together in small trade groups, instead of the 'free' market of globalisation Shows that regionalism is growing, as a result of the pressures of globalisation Multidisciplinary - ideal for students in economics, globalisation, geography and international studies Explores issues including security, money ...

The poverty of the State

reconsidering the role of the State in the struggle against global poverty

The specter of poverty has had an enduring within the history of humankind. However, in these times the eradication of extreme poverty may be feasible. The resources to do so in a reasonable period of the time are available. The desire and willingness of international ...

European migration

what do we know?

First, it studies migration streams since World War II, and reviews major migration policy regimes. Second, it summarizes the empirical evidence measuring wages, unemployment, and occupational choices. Third, it investigates how migrants affects the labour markets of their host countries, and evaluates econometric studies into ...

Monetary Union

the European Union as a neo-liberal construction

This volume presents a radical reinterpretation of the European Community or Union as a neo-liberal construction. It was neo- liberal rather than classically liberal because it was designed and used as an external instrument to weaken the interventionist welfare state that protected working people and ...

EU enlargement and the environment

institutional change and environmental policy in Central and Eastern Europe

This volume focuses attention on key environmental and institutional changes associated with eastern expansion of the European Union, assessing and challenging prevailing views about the outcomes and processes of this historic development. Looking at four central themes - capacity changes and limitations, the EU's mixed ...

The principles of mutual recognition in the european integration process

Mutual Recognition (MR) implies that each Member State is free to use the standards for production it prefers but cannot inhibit the import from other Member States lawfully using other standards, unless justified by emergency reasons. The home country rule then prevails on the host ...