Economic development

In this fourth edition of his textbook, E. Wayne Nafziger analyzes the economic development of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and East-Central Europe. This comprehensive and clearly written text explains the growth in real income per person and income disparities within and between developing countries. The ...

Evolution of markets and institutions

a study of an emerging economy

The new institutional economics has been one of the most influential schools of thought to emerge in the past quarter century. Taking its roots in the transaction cost theory of the firm as an economic organization rather than purely a production function, it has been ...

The production of knowledge

the challenge of social science research

Bill Starbuck has been one of the leading management researchers over several decades. In this book, he reflects on a number of challenges associated with management and social science research - the search for a 'behavioral science', the limits of rationality, the unreliability of many research ...

Understanding poverty

Brings together essays by thirty-four leading economists about important things they have learnt from their research that relate to poverty. These essays range from the impact of colonialism and globalization to the future of micro-credit and the quest for vaccines.

Los límites del crecimiento

30 años después

La humanidad puede y debe responder a las señales que indican que el crecimiento mundial alcanza ya unos niveles insostenibles. Ha llegado el momento de buscar soluciones políticas, económicas y sociales para alejar el mundo del borde del abismo al que se asoma. Los límites ...

Economic development

Índice: I. PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS. 1. Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective. 2. Comparative Development: Differences and Commonalities among Developing Countries. 3. Classic Theories of Economic Development. 4. Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment. II. PROBLEMS AND POLICIES: DOMESTIC. 5. Poverty, Inequality, and Development ...

Globalization and organization

world society and organizational change

All around the world, societies are experiencing an explosion of organizations and organizing: community clubs, religious groups, social movements, as well as schools, hospitals, businesses and government agencies, increasingly take the form of complex and formal organization. Why? Why is global society recast in this ...

Institutions, development, and economic growth

Leading international economists discuss how and why institutions influence growth. This work talks about the empirical and theoretical studies that provide an overview and contribute to the current research. The determinants of economic growth and development are hotly debated among economists. Financial crises and failed ...

Innovation dynamism and economic growth

a nonlinear perspective

Contents: Preface 1. Nonlinear Dynamism of Innovation: Executive Summary Part I: Diffusion of Innovation and Economic Growth 2. Dynamics of Product Diffusion and Economic Development 3. Kondratiev Business Cycles and Innovation Dynamism 4. Sequence of Bubble, Crash and Depression 5. Trunk Innovations and Institutional Change ...

Living standards and the wealth of nations

successes and failures in real convergence

A group of prominent international economists consider what makes for successful convergence - what policies and economic conditions help poor countries catch up to the living standards of rich countries. The question of convergence, or under what conditions the per capita income levels of developing countries ...

Economic development and environmental sustainability

new policy options

Economic growth, as we know it today, cannot persist indefinitely if it entails continuous degradation of natural resources and the environment. While in a few countries around the world, it appears that environmental degradation has been the result of rapid economic growth, in the vast ...

Economic growth with income and wealth distribution

The book deals with economic issues related to income and wealth among individuals, regions and countries. It presents a general theory with endogenous capital, knowledge and preference changes for an economic system with heterogeneous households, multiple sectors, multiple regions and multiple countries. Economic issues and ...

Regionalismo y desarrollo en Asia

procesos, modelos y tendencias

Uno de los principales rasgos del auge económico y geopolítico del continente asiático es la existencia de dinámicos procesos de integración regional. Desde la UE se promueve que éstos sean abiertos e inclusivos, en parte para no perder acceso a sus mercados. Sin embargo, es ...

Las microfinanzas, instrumento de desarrollo entre Europa e Iberoamérica

INDICE: Siglas y abreviaturas. Prólogo. Sistema financiero, microfinanzas y desarrollo: especial referencia a América Latina. Microfinanzas en los países del sur: surgimiento y características generales. Reflexiones sobre la sostenibilidad y alcance de las instituciones microfinancieras en el Perú. Marcos reguladores de las microfinanzas en Centroamérica ...

Growth theory

solow and his modern exponents

The problem of economic growth today constitutes one of the most important concerns facing policy planners from developing, as well as developed countries. This has triggered renewed interest in growth economics among theorists. This volume highlights some recent advances in growth theory, including: long run ...

Foreign direct investment and the regional economy

The 'boom' in foreign direct investment (FDI) since the mid-1980s, continues to be paramount in policy interest. This book reviews the literature on the nature of FDI and reports the recent results on the performance of FDI plants in order to show the implications for ...

The impact of FDI on economic growth

an analysis for the transition countries of central and eastern Europe

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between FDI and economic growth with special attention to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Within a new semi-endogenous growth model, the book illustrates the impact of FDI on economic growth for every stage of ...

Stability with growth

macroeconomics, liberalization and development

There is growing dissatisfaction with the economic policies advocated by the IMF and other international financial institutions - policies that have often resulted in stagnating growth, crises, and recessions for client countries. This book presents an alternative to "Washington Consensus" neo-liberal economic policies, by showing that ...

Clusters and globalisation

the development of urban and regional economies

Clustering as an economic policy concern has become increasingly fashionable. The authors of this book shed light on this subject of which there remains remarkably little understanding, and even less agreement, regarding what clusters are, what they require for success and what impacts they are ...

Deuda externa y comercio mundial

momento de establecer vínculos

En la actualidad los países en desarrollo adeudan más de tres veces la cantidad que debían hace 25 años. El pago de la deuda absorbe la mayor parte de sus recursos que, en consecuencia, no pueden emplearse en reducir la pobreza, en mejorar la salud ...