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  • 1
    ISBN: 9781781003824
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (160 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Öffentliches Unternehmen ; Innovation ; China ; Government business enterprises ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Contents: Preface -- 1. State-owned enterprise, government, and the innovation ecosystem -- 2. Formation of the dual innovation systems in China -- 3. State Grid and user-driven innovation: the case of ultra-high voltage power transmission -- 4. TD-SCDMA, LTE-TDD, and China Mobile: catch-up and innovation in the Chinese telecommunications industry -- 5. China's high-speed train dream: CSR Group and the state-led innovation ecosystem -- 6. The CGN and engineering innovation in nuclear power -- 7. Revisiting SOEs' innovation in the large infrastructure sector -- Index.
    Abstract: "This original book is a unique and original in-depth study on how, in the past decade, Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have achieved technological innovation in the large infrastructure sectors. It reveals a 'new world' of Chinese innovation, showing that SOEs are willing to innovate and are also more than capable of doing so. Based on findings from first-hand data and years of observations, this book shows how the innovation ecosystem perspective incentivises and facilitates Chinese SOEs' innovation and highlights the entrepreneurial role of the government. Using the examples of UHV Power Transmission, mobile telecommunication standards, high-speed trains, and nuclear electric power, the book exhibits the complex determinants of SOEs' success in radical technological innovations within the large infrastructure sector. Chapters also demonstrate the innovation process of SOEs, the unique innovation model of China, as well as its advantages and disadvantages. Catch-Up and Radical Innovation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises will be a useful resource for academics in research disciplines such as development studies, innovation and entrepreneurship, and Chinese studies. It will also aid entrepreneurs, businesses and managers who intend to collaborate with Chinese SOEs, to better understand the trends of SOEs' engagement in radical innovation and the potential opportunities for broadening their international collaborations"--
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    ISBN: 9781788978972
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (232 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Neue Seidenstraße ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Globalisierung ; China ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Business logistics ; Electronic books ; Bibliographie enthalten
    Abstract: Contents: Preface: Beyond China, China, China -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Actions and Reactions -- PART II CHINA -- 2. From China's Logistics to China's Geologistics -- PART III THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT: LANDBRIDGES, ECONOMIC CORRIDORS AND DRY PORTS -- 3. Landbridging Eurasia -- 4. Secondary Economic Corridors, Dry Ports and Seaport Gateways -- PART IV THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: BLUE ECONOMIC PASSAGES, AN ECONOMIC CIRCLE AND SEAPORTS -- 5. China-Indian Ocean-Africa-Mediterranean Passage -- 6. China-Oceania-South Pacific Passage: Adding Antarctica -- 7. China-Arctic Ocean Passage -- 8. China-Trans-Pacific Ocean Passage: Latin America and the Caribbean -- PART V CONCLUSION -- 9. Five Years On, Centennial Goals and an Imperial Connection? -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Abstract: "This insightful book examines the growing role of China on the global stage by gauging the varying reactions of international spectators to Beijing's hugely significant Belt and Road Initiative. Featuring detailed studies of key geologistical projects, Peter Rimmer charts the swift transformation of China's domestic logistics systems into a global geologistics policy. Analyses of major international logistical projects, from the Great Stone Industrial Park of Belarus, through the ports of Gwadar, Piraeus, Darwin and Sabetta to the Nicaragua Canal, illustrate the global impact of China's geologistical developments and how key logistics skills are exported through the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. This book distils China's global logistics developments into three basic models - the transcontinental, the reverse and the classic - to reflect upon the effects of the first five years of the Belt and Road Initiative. Laced with detailed empirical studies and an array of illustrative maps, Rimmer assesses the domestic impact of the Initiative thus far and offers an astute appraisal of the imperial connotations of Beijing's global logistical project. This enlightening book provides crucial insights for academics and researchers in political science, transport studies and economics investigating China's recent policy initiatives, particularly those who examine the impact of geologistics. Policymakers and commentators will also benefit from the author's unique empirical insight into global logistics development"--
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9781785367533
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (384 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Contextualizing entrepreneurship in emerging economies and developing countries
    DDC: 658.421
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Schwellenländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Schwellenländer ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Entrepreneurship
    Abstract: Contents: 1. Contextualizing entrepreneurship in-between emerging economies and developing countries / Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Ethel Brundin and Magdalena Markowska -- Part I: Contextualizing the top-down driving forces for entrepreneurial practices -- 2. The political economy of indigenous ethnic entrepreneurship: the Ethiopian experience / Hussien Yimam -- 3. Who is really an ethnic minority? the puzzling paradox of conceptualization of ethnic entrepreneurship / Hussien Yimam -- 4. Women entrepreneurship in Rwanda: overcoming entrepreneurial stereotypes through government support / Jean Bosco Shema and Samuel Mutarindwa -- 5. The impact of the institutional context on women entrepreneurship in Ethiopia: breaking the cycle of poverty? / Hailemickael Deres Mekonnen and Joaquin Cestino -- 6. Contextualizing entrepreneurship as an antidote to institutional evangelizing: "diezmo" and informal contract commissions in Mexico / Edmundo Ramírez-Pasillas and Hans Lundberg -- 7. Contextualizing universities for new venture creation: the case of family business students of Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico / Fernando Sandoval-Arzaga, David Xotlanihua-González, Geraldina Silveyra and Maria Fonseca-Paredes -- 8. The discursive formation of 'seriousness' in the ship canal rat race between Panama, Mexico and Nicaragua / Hans Lundberg -- Part II: Contextualizing the bottom-up driving forces for entrepreneurial practices -- 9. Jugaar as entrepreneurial resourcefulness / Khizran Zehra -- 10. Contextualizing entrepreneurial networks in Ethiopia: the case of the Ekubs of the Gurage ethnic group / Yaschilal Shitaye Anely -- 11. Contextualizing crowdfunding in low income countries: the case of Pakistan / Nadia Arshad -- 12. Exploring antecedents for new venture creation in Ethiopia / Yikaalo Welu Kidanemariam -- 13. Contextualizing entrepreneurial opportunity creation as an outcome of social embeddedness / Demeke Chimdessa Gutu and Jebessa Teshome Bayissa -- 14. Exploring institutional entrepreneurship in developing countries - copreneurs in the tourism industry: a Bolivian case / Maria José Parada and Alexandra Dawson -- 15. The interplay between the context and family business continuity in developing countries / Pierre Sindambiwe -- 16. Entrepreneurship in family businesses in Ethiopia / Ermias Werkilul Asfaw -- Part III: Contextualizing hybrid driving forces for entrepreneurial practices -- 17. Placing the Ugandan entrepreneurship paradox in context / Peter Rosa and Waswa Balunywa -- 18. Barranquilla's carnival: the place where identity meets societal entrepreneurship / Erika Arévalo -- 19. New firms' survival in Rwanda: an analysis of institutional and social contexts / Samuel Kamugisha -- 20. Daring to be different: a case of entrepreneurial stewardship in a Guatemalan family's coffee farm / Marcos Vega Solano and Allan Discua Cruz -- 21. Financial performance of family versus non-family firms in the context of an economy in turmoil: a market from 'developed' to 'emerging' / Diogenis Baboukardos and Naveed Akhter -- 22. A literature review on mixed-embeddedness for immigrant entrepreneurship: lessons for developing countries / Asres Abitie Kebede -- 23. Influences of immigrants from emerging economies and developing countries on immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden / Quang evansluong -- 24. Epilogue - multiple embeddedness for entrepreneurship / Rodrigo Basco -- Index.
    Abstract: Entrepreneurship in emerging economies and developing countries presents us with a unique set of working attitudes, modes of thinking, social practices and processes. This book explores these characteristics, focusing on the conceptualization of entrepreneurship 'in-between'. It highlights top-down, bottom-up and hybrid initiatives as well as driving forces for entrepreneurial activities, presenting the diversity, nuances and multiplicity of facets of relevant but unexplored contexts that we need in order to expand our dominant and traditional understandings of entrepreneurship. This book examines entrepreneurship as a contextualized phenomenon from different theoretical and empirical perspectives, gathering a group of researchers with different nationalities, backgrounds and contexts to shed light on how societies with alternative paths of development trigger different entrepreneurial activities and practices. It covers geographical contexts from five continents in a novel and multifaceted analysis. Including case studies, literature reviews and discourse analysis, this book will be a valuable resource for academics and PhD students as well as programme directors in entrepreneurship, development studies and economic geography, and policymakers working with local and regional development and entrepreneurship
    Note: Includes index , Contributors include: N. Akhter, E. Arévalo, D. Baboukardos, W. Balunywa, R. Basco, E. Brundin, J. Cestino, D. Chimdessa Gutu, A. Dawson, H. Deres Mekonnen, A. Discua Cruz, Q. Evansluong, M. Fonseca-Paredes, S. Kamugisha, A.A. Kebede, H. Lundberg, M. Markowska, S. Mutarindwa, M.J. Parada, E. Ramírez Pasillas, M. Ramirez Pasillas, P. Rosa, F. Sandoval-Arzaga, J.B. Shema, Y. Shitaye Anely, G. Silveyra, P. Sindambiwe, J. Teshome Bayissa, M. Vega Solano, Y. Welu Kidanemariam, E. Werkilul Asfaw, D.S. Xotlanihua-González, H. Yimam, K. Zehra
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9781785369155
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (352 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: ADBI series on Asian economic integration and cooperation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Asian "poverty miracle"
    DDC: 339.4/6
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    Keywords: Armut ; Einkommensverteilung ; Asien ; Poverty ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Armut ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Einkommensverteilung ; Messung
    Abstract: Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other issues: a review of literature / Tomoki Fujii -- 4. Measuring the impact of vulnerability on the number of poor: a new methodology with empirical illustrations / Satya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, Jacques Silber, and Guanghua Wan -- 5. Climate change and vulnerability to poverty: an empirical investigation in rural Indonesia / Tomoki Fujii -- 6. Measuring multidimensional poverty in three Southeast Asian countries using ordinal variables / Valérie Bérenger -- 7. Poverty and nutrition: a case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam / Hermann Waibel and Lena Hohfeld -- 8. Poverty and ethnicity in Asian countries / Carlos Gradín.
    Abstract: Following rapid economic growth in recent decades, Asia and the Pacific experienced an impressive reduction in extreme poverty, but this drop was not uniform and achievements are still incomplete. Vulnerability to natural disasters, the increasing impact of climate change and economic crises should all be taken into account. There is also a need to consider the multidimensional nature of poverty and the non-uniformity of the decrease across different ethnic groups. This book explores the Asian 'poverty miracle' and argues for the development and use of an Asia-specific poverty line. This is a timely and multidimensional assessment of the much-neglected issues of, and links between, poverty, vulnerability, and ethnicity in Asia. It will be of great interest to lecturers and researchers of Asian development and economics, along with policy makers, public and private institutions, NGOs, and international aid agencies
    Note: Contributors include: V. Berenger, S.R. Chakravarty, N. Chattopadhyay, T. Fujii, C. Gradín, L. Hohfeld, S. Klasen, J. Silber, H. Waibel, G. Wan , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
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    ISBN: 9781785360312
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256 p) , ill , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of climate-resilient development
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    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Entwicklung ; Climatic changes Risk management ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Klimaänderung ; Anpassung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Klimaänderung ; Anpassung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Climate-resilient development: an introduction / S. Fankhauser and T. Mcdermott -- Part I concepts -- 2. The role of climate in development / D. Castells-Quintana, M. Lopez-Uribe and T. Mcdermott -- 3. Poverty and climate change / S. Hallegatte, M. Bangalore, L. Bonzanigo, M. Fay, T. Kane, U. Narloch, J. Rozenberg, D. Treguer and A. Vogt-Schilb -- 4. Coping with climate risk: the options / D. Castells-Quintana, M. Lopez-Uribe and T. Mcdermott -- 5. Locking in climate vulnerability: where are the investment hotspots? / S. Dietz, C. Dixon and J. Ward -- 6. Assessing climate-resilient development options / P. Watkiss and A. Hunt -- Part II actions -- 7. Adaptation experience and prioritisation / P. Watkiss -- 8. Climate-resilient cities / H. Costa, G. Floater and J. Finnegan -- 9. Climate-resilient development in agrarian economies / M. Bezabih, S. Lovo, G. Singer and C. Mclaren -- 10. Insurance instruments for climate-resilient development / S. Surminski -- 11. Migration and climate-resilient development / M. Waldinger.
    Abstract: Some climate change is now inevitable and strategies to adapt to these changes are quickly developing. The question is particularly paramount for low-income countries, which are likely to be most affected. This timely and unique book takes an integrated look at the twin challenges of climate change and development. The book treats adaptation to climate change as an issue of climate-resilient development, rather than as a bespoke set of activities (flood defences, drought plans, and so on), combining climate and development challenges into a single strategy. It asks how the standard approaches to development need to change, and what socio-economic trends and urbanisation mean for the vulnerability of developing countries to climate risks. Combining conceptual thinking with practical policy prescriptions and experience the contributors argue that, to address these questions, climate risk has to be embedded fully into wider development strategies. This point of view is gaining in prominence in the development community; however, the contributors assert that a comprehensive analytical treatment is so far lacking. This unique and innovative book will appeal to the development community, such as think tanks and aid agencies, as well as academics and those involved in climate change policy and development
    Note: Contributors include: M. Bangalore, M. Bezabih, L. Bonzanigo, D. Castells-Quintana, H. Costa, M. del Pilar Lopez-Uribe, S. Dietz, C. Dixon, S. Fankhauser, M. Fay, J. Finnegan, G. Floater, S. Hallegatte, A. Hunt, T. Kane, S. Lovo, T. McDermott, C. McLaren, U. Narloch, J. Rozenberg, G. Singer, S. Surminski, D. Treguer, A. Vogt-Schilb, M. Waldinger, J. Ward, P. Watkiss , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782544685
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (848 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of alternative theories of economic development
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftstheorie ; Entwicklungstheorie ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Welt ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Ideengeschichte
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel and Jayati Ghosh -- Part I development thinking across history and geography -- 2. Giovanni Botero (1588) and Antonio Serra (1613): Italy and the birth of development economics / Erik S. Reinert -- 3. Economic emulation and the politics of international trade in early modern Europe / Sophus A. Reinert -- 4. Cameralism and the German tradition of development economics / Erik S. Reinert and Philipp R. Rössner -- 5. Friedrich List: from "spiritual" and competitive power to collaboration / Arno Mong Daastøl -- 6. Kathedersozialismus and the German historical school / Wolfgang Drechsler -- 7. Chinese development thinking / Ting Xu -- 8. The economic cycle of imperial China and its development / Xuan Zhao -- 9. The Islamic world and capitalism / Ali Kadri -- 10. Unity and diversity in the Ottoman school of national economy: a reappraisal of Ziya Gökalp and Ethem Nejat / Eyüp Özveren, Mehmet Salih Erkek and Hüseyin Safa Ünal -- 11. Development thinking in India / Goddanti Omkarnath -- 12. Latin american structuralism: the co-evolution of technology, structural change and economic growth / Mario Cimoli and Gabriel Porcile -- 13. Revisiting the debate on national autonomous development in Africa / Issa G. Shivji -- 14. Development as the struggle for liberation from hegemonic structure of domination and control / Yash Tandon -- 15. The League of Nations and alternative economic perspectives / Carolyn N. Biltoft -- 16. The Havana charter: when state and market shake hands / Jean-Christophe Graz -- 17. The UNCTAD system of political economy / Ricardo Bielschowsky and Antonio Carlos Macedo E Silva -- Part II approaches to understanding development -- 18. Marxist theory and the "underdeveloped economies" / Prabhat Patnaik -- 19. Economic development as an evolutionary process / Richard B. Nelson -- 20. Classical development economists of the mid-20th century / Rainer Kattel, Jan A. Kregel and Erik S. Reinert -- 21. Development and régulation theory / Robert Boyer -- 22. The "dependency school" and its aftermath: why Latin America's critical thinking switched from one type of "absolute certainties" to another / José Palma -- 23. Feminist approaches to development / Maria Sangrario Floro -- 24. Reading Freeman when ladders for development are gone / Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz -- 25. Albert O. Hirschman / Michele Alacevich -- 26. Michal Kalecki / Jayati Ghosh -- Part III issues in development -- 27. The agrarian question and trajectories of economic transformation: a perspective from agrarian south / Sam Moyo, Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros -- 28. The effective demand approach to economic development / Jan A. Kregel -- 29. Development planning / C.p. Chandrasekhar -- 30. The Nordic route to development / Lars Mjøset -- 31. Competitiveness and development: a Schumpeterian approach / Mehdi Shafaeddin -- 32. Innovation systems and development: history, theory and challenges / Bengt-Åke Lundvall -- 33. Latecomer industrialisation / John A. Mathews -- 34. The developmental state in the late 20th century / Elizabeth Thurbon and Linda Weiss -- 35. Development, ecology and the environment / Edward B. Barbier and Jacob P. Hochard -- 36. Competition, competition policy, competitiveness, globalisation and development / Ajit Singh -- 37. Knowledge governance: intellectual property management for development and the public interest / Leonardo Burlamaqui -- 38. Legal structures and economic development / Jürgen G. Backhaus -- 39. Deindustrialisation and premature deindustrialisation / Fiona Tregenna -- 40. The post-Soviet industrial extinctions and the rise of jihadi terrorism in the north Caucasus / Georgi Derluguian -- 41. Epilogue: the future of economic development between utopias and dystopias / Sylvi Endresen, Ioan Ianos, Erik S. Reinert and Andrea Saltelli.
    Abstract: The Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today's mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by the foremost authorities in their respective fields, this volume represents a landmark in the field of economic development. It elucidates the richness of the alternative and sometimes misunderstood ideas which, in different historical contexts, have proved to be vital to the improvement of the human condition. 2The subject matter is approached from several complementary perspectives. From a historical angle, the Handbook charts the mercantilist and cameralist theories that emerged from the Renaissance and developed further during the Enlightenment. From a geographical angle, it includes chapters on African, Chinese, Indian, and Muslim approaches to economic development. Different schools are also explored and discussed including nineteenth century US development theory, Marxist, Schumpeterian, Latin American structuralism, regulation theory and world systems theories of development. In addition, the Handbook has chapters on important events and institutions including The League of Nations, The Havana Charter, and UNCTAD, as well as on particularly influential development economists. Contemporary topics such as the role of finance, feminism, the agrarian issue, and ecology and the environment are also covered in depth. This comprehensive Handbook offers an unrivalled review and analysis of alternative and heterodox theories of economic development. It should be read by all serious scholars, teachers and students of development studies, and indeed anyone interested in alternatives to development orthodoxy
    Note: Contributors include: M. Alacevich, R. Arocena, J.G. Backhaus, E.B. Barbier, R. Bielschowsky, C.N. Biltoft, R. Boyer, L. Burlamaqui, C.P. Chandrasekhar, M. Cimoli, A.M. Daastøl, G. Derluguian, W. Drechsler, S. Endresen, M.S. Erkek, M.S. Floro, J. Ghosh, J.-C. Graz, J.P. Hochard, I. Ianos, P. Jha, A. Kadri, R. Kattel, J.A. Kregel, B.-Å. Lundvall, A.C. Macedo e Silva, J.A. Mathews, L. Mjøset, S. Moyo, R.R. Nelson, G. Omkarnath, E. Özveren, J.G. Palma, P. Patnaik, G. Porcile, E.S. Reinert, S.A. Reinert, P.R. Rössner, A. Saltelli, M. Shafaeddin, A. Singh, I.G. Shivji, J. Sutz, Y. Tandon, E. Thurbon, F. Tregenna, H.S. Ünal, L. Weiss, T. Xu, P. Yeros, X. Zhao , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9781781003312
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 207 p) , ill , cm
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    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ozawa, Terutomo, 1935 - Evolution of the world economy
    DDC: 338.8/8851
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Fluggänsemodell ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; China ; Competition, International ; International economic relations ; Electronic books ; China ; Weltwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Konvergenz ; China ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Konvergenz ; Multinationales Unternehmen
    Abstract: pt. I. Reformulation in structuralist perspective -- pt. II. Home-grown multinationals at different stages of growth -- pt. III. Flying-geese formation at a new crossroads.
    Abstract: The world economy is near a critical crossroads, as a rising China, the greatest-ever beneficiary of US-led capitalism, dreams to replace America's supremacy as a new hegemonic power with a non-liberal world order. This third volume of the trilogy on reformulating the 'flying-geese' theory explains how capitalism has changed industrial structures across the world. It asks whether the 'flying-geese' formation will survive the changes that have produced the East Asian miracle, and - as hoped - spread to Africa. Terutomo Ozawa's reformulated 'flying-geese' theory explains structural changes as an innovation-driven, ratcheting-up process of economic growth and shows that market-driven multinational corporations are key players for a successful 'flying-geese' formation and structural transformation. The book argues that the 'ladder' of economic development must be conceived as a double-helix with inter- and intra-industry rungs, the latter embedding cross-border supply chains and adaptive innovations. A thorough exploration of the structural changes under Pax Britannica and Pax Americana - moving from 'kicking away the ladder' from emerging economies to then providing it - demonstrates that this trend engenders multinational corporations that can facilitate structural transformation, particularly in catching-up economies. Ozawa shows that China is now in the critical transitional period that requires more sophisticated institutional, socio-political setups, as well as more advanced knowledge and ethics to move from the lower to the higher rungs. This enlightening, accessible and timely conclusion to Ozawa's trilogy will be of great interest to many, particularly those specialising in international business, economics, political science, and international relations. Academics and practitioners alike will find this an invaluable resource
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p.182-194) and index
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    ISBN: 9781783476831
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (576 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of social capital and regional development
    DDC: 338.9
    Keywords: Sozialkapital ; Regionalentwicklung ; EU-Strukturfonds ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Entrepreneurship ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Regional planning ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Economic development ; Human capital ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Soziales Kapital ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Social capital and regional development: an introduction / Hans Westlund and Johan P. Larsson -- 2. Social capital and networks in spatial economies / Börje Johansson -- Part I aspects of entrepreneurship -- 3. Local social entrepreneurship and social capital / Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Beate Volker -- 4. Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital? / Michael Fritsch and Michael Wyrwich -- 5. Women's entrepreneurship and social capital / Pia Arenius and Riikka Franzén -- 6. Dealmakers in place: social capital connections in regional entrepreneurial economies / Maryann P. Feldman and Ted Douglas Zoller -- 7. Social capital and the economics of cities / Martin Andersson, Johan P. Larsson and Joakim Wernberg -- 8. Indonesian entrepreneurs in the UK: a social capital perspective on challenges and opportunities of migrant entrepreneurs / Eddy Setiawan, Dessy Irawati and Roel Rutten -- 9. Social capital, entrepreneurship and living standards: differences between migrants and the native born / Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot and Laura King -- Part II measurement and regional performance -- 10. The social capital of European regions / Emanuele Ferragina -- 11. Social capital and regional economic performance: a study across U.S. metropolitan statistical areas / Michael F. Thompson and Timothy F. Slaper -- 12. Social capital and income convergence in European regions / Emili Tortosa-Ausina and Jesús Peiró-Palomino -- Part III aspects of regional development -- 13. Challenges and opportunities for local development initiatives to influence social capital for health promotion purposes: theoretical and empirical support / Malin Eriksson and Maria Emmelin -- 14. Social capital and rural development in southern European regions: the case of EU-funded leader projects / Asimina Christoforou and Elena Pisani -- 15. Research on social capital and regional development in China: what has been done so far and what should be done in future? / Ailun Xiong and Yongjian Pu -- Part IV governance, strategies and planning -- 16. Social capital and regional learning governance: a Japanese perspective / Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Tsuyoshi Hatori -- 17. Clusters as a take-off for glocal strategies: the role of social capital / Bengt Johannisson, Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas and Malin Lindberg -- 18. A habermas-inspired approach to social capital in regional planning / Roger E. Bolton -- 19. Researchers' role in regional development - collaboration and social capital in Swedish higher education institutions / Maria Ljunggren.
    Abstract: The role of social capital in regional development is a multifaceted topic which is studied all over the world using various methods and across numerous disciplines. It has long been evident that social capital is important for regional development, however, it is less clear how this works in practice. Do all types of social capital have the same effects and are different kinds of regions impacted in the same way? This book is the first to offer an overview of this rapidly expanding field of research and to thoroughly analyse the complex issue of social capital and regional development. The authoritative and original chapters, written by leading scholars from around the world, combine theory and new empirical research to analyse various types of regions from metropolitan to rural. A particular focus is on entrepreneurship and the social capital of enterprises, whilst the role of social capital for modern governance and planning is also highlighted. The different components of social capital and data availability are also treated in depth. This Handbook is an ideal resource for students and scholars studying social capital, social networks, and regional growth and development. It also offers great insight for policymaker and planners in the fields of urban, regional and rural development
    Note: Contributors include: M. Andersson, P. Arenius, R.E. Bolton, N. Bosma, A. Christoforou, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, M.P. Feldman, E. Ferragina, R. Franzén, M. Fritsch, T. Hatori, D. Iriwati, B. Johannisson, B. Johansson, L. King, K. Kobayashi, J.P. Larsson, M. Lindberg, M. Ljunggren, J. Peiró-Palomino, E. Pisani, J. Poot, Y. Pu, M. Ramírez Pasillas, M. Roskruge, R. Rutten, V. Schutjens, E. Setiawan, T.F. Slaper, M.F. Thompson, E. Tortosa-Ausina, B. Volker, J. Wernberg, H. Westlund, M. Wyrwich, A. Xiong, T.D. Zoller , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781783473830
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (328 p) , ill , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovation systems for development
    Keywords: 2000-2010 ; Technologiepolitik ; Entwicklungsindikator ; Soziale Lage ; Entwicklungsländer ; Bolivien ; Vietnam ; Tansania ; Mosambik ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungsländer ; Innovationsförderung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Science, technology and innovation for whom? / Bo Göransson -- 2. The socio-economic context and the millennium development goals / Claes Brundenius -- 3. Emerging innovation systems in developing countries: Bolivia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Mozambique / Claes Brundenius, Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Tran Ngoc Ca, Bitrina Diyamett and Maximiano Dgedge -- 4. The national innovation system in Bolivia and its relevance for development / Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Javier Aliaga Lordeman, Ignacio Garrón Védia and Raúl Rubín De Célis Cedro -- 5. The national innovation system in Vietnam and its relevance for development / Tran Ngoc Ca -- 6. The national innovation system in Tanzania and its relevance for development / Bitrina Diyamett, Heric Thomas, Lanta Daniel, Justine Liberio and Carlos Aguirre-Bastos -- 7. The national innovation system in Mozambique and its relevance for development / Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Sérgio Chicumbe, Maximiano Dgedge, and Bo Göransson -- 8. Making research matter: a synthesis of survey findings / Bo Göransson.
    Abstract: The rise and expansion of organized scientific research has led individuals to become accustomed to an unceasing delivery of new scientific results and technical improvements that resolve even seemingly unsolvable problems. This timely book examines how science-based research and innovation is designed, implemented and applied in developing countries in support of development and poverty alleviation. The expert contributors trace and compare the emergence of national innovation systems (NIS) in four developing countries - Bolivia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Vietnam. Dedicated chapters on each country identify the main structural and organizational problems for improving the relevance and quality of research output for the productive sector, and conclude by offering suggestions on how the process of applying research outputs and innovations in support of development goals can be improved. Scholars and students of development, innovation and related subjects will find this book, with its focus on national innovation systems, to be useful. It will also be of interest to policy advisors, decision makers and other practitioners involved in development issues
    Note: Contributors include: C. Aguirre-Bastos, C. Brundenius, T.N. Ca, S. Chicumbe, L. Daniel, R.R. de Celis Cedró, M. Dgedge, B. Diyamett, B. Göransson, J. Liberio, J.A. Lordeman, H. Thomas, I.G. Védia , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9781785367939
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (392 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lee, Keun, 1960 - Economic catch-up and technological leapfrogging
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; Technologietransfer ; Wirtschaftslage ; Südkorea ; Small business ; Korea (South) Economic conditions ; Electronic books ; Korea ; Makroökonomie ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- Part I catch-up and leapfrogging at the economy level -- 2. Historical origins and initial conditions for economic catch-up (with H.Y. Lee) -- 3. Korean model of catch-up development: a 'capability-based view' -- 4. Intellectual property rights and technological catch up -- 5. From miracle to crisis and the mirage of the post-crisis reform (with Chung Lee) -- 6. Maintaining macro stability for a crisis-resilient growth in Korea (with H. Kim, H.S. Song and J. Kim) -- 7. Is leapfrogging-style reform possible in North Korea (with B.Y. Kim and I.S. Yee)-- Part II catch-up and leapfrogging at the sector level -- 8. Catch-up and leapfrogging in the 6 sectors in the 1980s and 1990s (with C. Lim) -- 9. Digital technology as a window of opportunity for leapfrogging: display industry (with C. Lim and W. Song) -- 10. Technological catch-up in capital goods sector (with Y. Kim) -- Part III catch-up and internationalization by big businesses and the SMEs -- 11. Samsung, created in Korea and replicated overseas (with X. He) -- 12. Moving factories overseas and impacts on domestic jobs: case of Samsung (with M. Jung) -- 13. Catch-up and path-creating by SMEs: from OEM to OBM (with J. Kwak and J.Y. Song) -- 14. Sequential internationalization of the Korean SMEs in China (with H. Lee and J. Kwak).
    Abstract: This book elaborates upon the dynamic changes to Korean firms and the economy from the perspective of catch-up theory. The central premise of the book is that a latecomer's sustained catch-up is not possible by simply following the path of the forerunners but by creating a new path or 'leapfrogging'. In this sense, the idea of catch-up distinguishes itself from traditional views that focus on the role of the market or the state in development. The author provides a comprehensive account of the micro and macro level changes, deals with both firm- and country-level capabilities, and explores the issue of macroeconomic stability to overcome financial crisis. The book demonstrates that at the firm level the focus is on innovation capabilities, diversification, internationalization and job creation. It goes on to examine the rise and upgrading of big businesses, such as Samsung, as well as the global success of SMEs. Comprehensive and illuminating, this is an ideal book for students, academics and researchers interested in the economics of development and technological innovation. It will also be a valuable source book for policy makers in international development agencies, governments and the public sector
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781784716424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade and inequality
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    Keywords: Außenhandel ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Industrieökonomik ; Mikroökonomik ; Heterodoxe Ökonomik ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Quelle ; Welthandel ; Soziale Ungleichheit
    Abstract: This volume brings together the most influential theoretical and empirical contributions to the topic of trade and inequality from recent years. Segregating it into four key areas, the collection forms a comprehensive study of the subject, targeted at academic readers familiar with the main trade models and empirical methods used in economics. The first two parts cover empirical evidence on trade and inequality in developed and developing countries, while the third and fourth sections confront transition dynamics following trade liberalization and new theoretical contributions inspired by the previously-discussed empirical evidence, respectively. Presented with an extensive original introduction by the editor, Trade and Inequality will be an invaluable tool in the study of this field to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty alike
    Abstract: Elhanan Helpman, Oleg Itskhoki, Stephen Redding (2010), 'Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy' -- Pol Antràs, Luis Garicano and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (2006), 'Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy' -- Arnaud Costinot, Jonathan Vogel and Su Wang (2012), 'Global Supply Chains and Wage Inequality'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Adrian Wood (1995), 'How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers' -- Amit Khandelwal (2010), 'The Long and Short (of) Quality Ladders' -- David H. Autor, David Dorn and Gordon H. Hanson (2013), 'The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States' -- Robert C. Feenstra and Gordon H. Hanson (1999), 'The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wages: Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990' -- David Hummels, Rasmus Jørgensen, Jakob Munch and Chong Xiang (2014), 'The Wage Effects of Offshoring: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data' -- Maarten Goos, Alan Manning and Anna Salomons (2014), 'Explaining Job Polarization: Routine-Biased Technological Change and Offshoring' -- Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi K. Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2004), 'Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia' -- Guido G. Porto (2006), 'Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy' -- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2005), 'Trade, Wages, and the Political Economy of Trade Protection: Evidence from the Colombian Trade Reforms' -- Petia Topalova (2010), 'Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence on Poverty from India' -- Brian K. Kovak (2013), 'Regional Effects of Trade Reform: What Is the Correct Measure of Liberalization?' -- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2003), 'The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization' -- Eric A. Verhoogen (2008), 'Trade, Quality Upgrading and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector' -- Irene Brambilla, Daniel Lederman and Guido Porto (2012), 'Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills' -- Brian McCaig (2011), 'Exporting Out of Poverty: Provincial Poverty in Vietnam and U.S. Market Access' -- Erhan Artuç, Shubham Chaudhuri and John McLaren (2010), 'Trade Shocks and Labor Adjustment: A Structural Empirical Approach' -- Rafael Dix-Carneiro (2014), 'Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Dynamics' -- Gueorgui Kambourov (2009), 'Labour Market Regulations and the Sectoral Reallocation of Workers: The Case of Trade Reforms' -- Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel (2010), 'Matching and Inequality in the World Economy'
    Note: The recommended readings are available in the print version, or may be available via the link to your library's holdings
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  • 12
    ISBN: 9781464802270 , 9781464802287
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2014 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332.609676
    Keywords: East African Community Economic policy ; East African Community Economic policy ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments ; Public-private sector cooperation ; East African Community ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Part A:The status of PPP frameworks and portfolios in the EAC.BackgroundPartner state PPP frameworksPartner state portfoliosCurrent status of capital marketsExisting capacities and activities of EAC.Part B:Lessons learned from regional project case studies.Summary of country case studiesKey questions and lessons in defining a role for RECs.Part C:Regional PPP policy framework issues.Key considerations for a regional PPP policyEAC regional PPP policy: key areas of priority and optionsEAC regional PPP resource center: issues and optionsPPP financing: issues and optionsConclusion--key elements of a strategic business planKey criteria for a strategic business planEstablishing measurable policy outcomesCreation of a task forceBudgetary requirements.Annex 1:PPP country framework templatesAnnex 2:PPP portfolios in EAC partner statesAnnex 3:Rift Valley Railway caseAnnex 4: Johannesburg to Maputo N4 Toll Road caseAnnex 5:West African Gas Pipeline caseAnnex 6:EADB--preliminary institutional assessment (as of October 2011).
    Note: "December 2013 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781784713065
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
    Series Statement: Elgar research reviews in economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Measuring WTO's contributions to global economic welfare
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    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ; WTO-Recht ; WTO-Verhandlungen ; WTO-Mitgliedschaft ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Messung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Welt ; International economic relations ; International trade ; Intellectual property (International law) Economic aspects ; Free trade ; Foreign trade regulation Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: At a time when political leaders of the member nations are not acting to strengthen the multilateral trading system via the World Trade Organization, it is worthwhile to reflect on the WTO's contributions to global welfare since its inception more than 65 years ago. This volume assembles seminal empirical studies which estimate the past and prospective, national and global economic welfare impacts of GATT/WTO-induced multilateral trade liberalizations. It also touches on the effects of the Uruguay Round's TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property rights, and the benefits from WTO accessions and trade facilitation initiatives. In his authoritative introduction, Professor Anderson points to the numerous additional contributions of the WTO (and its predecessor, the GATT) which, though difficult to quantify, are nonetheless of great value and highlights those areas where further empirical research could shed more light on the net benefits of this important institution
    Abstract: Bagwell, Kyle, Petros C. Mavroidis and Robert W. Staiger (2007), 'Auctioning Countermeasures in the WTO', Journal of International Economics 73: 309-332 -- Bagwell, Kyle and Robert W. Staiger (1999), 'An Economic Theory of GATT', American Economic Review 89(1): 215-48, March -- Bagwell, Kyle and Robert W. Staiger (2002), The Economics of the World Trading System, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Bairoch, Paul (1989), 'European Trade Policy, 1815-1914', Ch. 1 (pp. 1-60) in The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Volume 8, edited by P. Mathias and S. Pollard, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Balassa, Bela (1965), 'Tariff Protection in Industrial Countries: An Evaluation', Journal of Political Economy 73(6): 573-94, December -- Balassa, Bela et al. (1967), Studies in Trade Liberalization, Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press -- Balassa, Bela et al. (1971), The Structure of Protection in Developing Countries, Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press -- Baldwin, Richard (2012), 'Global Supply Chains: Why They Emerged, Why They Matter, and Where They Are Going', CEPR Discussion Paper 9103, London, August -- Barber, C. L. (1955), 'Canadian Tariff Policy', Canadian Journal of Economics 21: 513-30, November -- Beghin, John C. and Jean-Christophe Bureau (2001), 'Quantitative Policy Analysis of Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Technical Barriers to Trade', Economie Internationale 87(3): 107-30 -- Bernard, Andrew B., J. Bradford Jensen, Stephen J. Redding and Peter K. Schott (2012), 'The Empirics of Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade', Annual Review of Economics 4: 283-313 -- Bhagwati, Jagdish N. (1971), 'The Generalized Theory of Distortions and Welfare', pp. 69-90 in Trade, Balance of Payments and Growth: Papers in Honor of Charles P. Kindleberger, edited by Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Ronald W. Jones, Robert A. Mundell and Jaroslav Vanek, Amsterdam: North-Holland -- Bhattasali, Deepak, Shantong Li and Will Martin (eds.) (2004), China and the WTO: Accession, Policy Reform and Poverty Reduction, London and New York: Oxford University Press -- Blackhurst, Richard (1991), 'Strengthening GATT Surveillance of Trade-Related Policies', pp. 123-55 in The New GATT Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, 2nd Edition, edited by M. Hilf and E.-U. Petersmann, Deventer: Kluwer -- Borchert, Ingo, Batshur Gootiiz and Aaditya Mattoo (2012), 'Policy Barriers to International Trade in Services: Evidence from a New Database', Policy Research Working Paper 6109, World Bank, Washington DC, June -- Boue͏̈t, Antionne and David Laborde (2010), 'Assessing the Potential Cost of a Failed Doha Round', World Trade Review 9(2): 319-51 -- Boumellassa, Hossein, David Laborde and Cristina Mitaritonna (2009), 'A Picture of Tariff Protection across the World in 2004: MAcMap-HS6, Version 2', CEPII Working Paper 2009-22, Paris, and IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 00903, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, October -- Bown, Chad P. (2004), 'On the Economic Success of GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement', Review of Economics and Statistics 86(3): 811-23 -- Bown, Chad P. (ed.) (2006), The WTO, Safeguards, and Temporary Protection from Imports, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing
    Abstract: Brandt, Loren, Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Luhang Wang and Yifan Zhang (2012), 'WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms', Discussion Paper 9166, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, October -- Braga, C. A. Primo and Olivier Cattaneo (eds.) (2009), The WTO and Accession Countries (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Broda, Christian, Nuno Limão and David E. Weinstein (2008), 'Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence', American Economic Review 98(5): 2032-65, December -- Brown, Drusilla K. and Robert M. Stern (eds.) (2007), The WTO and Labor and Employment, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (1994), The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Busch, Marc L. and Edward D. Mansfield (eds.) (2007), The WTO, Economic Interdependence, and Conflict, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Bütler, Monika and Heinz Hauser (2000), 'The WTO Dispute Settlement System: A First Assessment from an Economic Perspective', Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 16(2): 503-33, October -- Carmody, A. T. (1952), 'The Level of the Australian Tariff: A Study in Method', Yorkshire Bulletin of Economic and Social Research 4(1): 53-65 -- Chisik, Richard (2003), 'Gradualism in Free Trade Agreements: A Theoretical Justification', Journal of International Economics 59: 367-97 -- Clemens, Michael A. and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2010), 'Endogenous Tariffs and Growth: Asia versus Latin America, 1870-1940', mimeo, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, June -- Cooter, Robert D. (1997), 'The Rule of State Law versus the Rule-of-Law State: Economic Analysis of the Legal Foundations of Development', pp. 191-218 in Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1996, edited by Michael Bruno and Boris Pleskovic, Washington DC: World Bank -- Copeland, Brian R. and M. Scott Taylor (2003), Trade and the Environment: Theory and Evidence, Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press -- Corden, W. Max (1963), 'The Tariff', pp. 174-214 in The Economics of Australian Industry, edited by Alex Hunter, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press -- Corden, W. Max (1971), The Theory of Protection, Oxford: Clarendon Press -- Corden, W. Max (1974), Trade Policy and Economic Welfare, (revised edition 1997), Oxford: Clarendon Press -- Corden, W. Max (1975), 'The Costs and Consequences of Protection: A Survey of Empirical Work', pp. 51-91 in International Trade and Finance: Frontiers for Research, edited by Peter Kenen, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Crawford, John G. (1934), 'Tariff Level Indices', Economic Record 10: 213-21, December -- Croser, Johanna L. and Kym Anderson (2011), 'Changing Contributions of Different Agricultural Policy Instruments to Global Reductions in Trade and Welfare', World Trade Review 10(3): 297-323, July -- Croser, Johanna L., Peter J. Lloyd and Kym Anderson (2010), 'How Do Agricultural Policy Restrictions to Global Trade and Welfare Differ across Commodities?' American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(3): 698-712, April
    Abstract: Deardorff, Allan V. and Robert M. Stern (1979), An Economic Analysis of the Effects of the Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations on the United States and Other Major Industrial Countries, MTN Studies 5, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office -- Deardorff, Allan V. and Robert M. Stern (1986), The Michigan Model of World Production and Trade: Theory and Applications, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Dee, Philippa, Kevin Hanslow and Duc Tiem Pham (2003), 'Measuring the Cost of Barriers to Trade in Services', pp. 11-46 in Services Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger, Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press for the NBER -- de Melo, Jaime and David Tarr (1990), 'Welfare Costs of US Quotas on Textiles, Steel and Autos', Review of Economics and Statistics 72: 489-97 -- Djankov, Simeon, Caroline Freund and Cong Si Pham (2010), 'Trading on Time', Review of Economic and Statistics 92(1): 166-73, February -- Dutt, Pushan, Ilian Mihov and Timothy Van Zandt (2013), 'The Effect of WTO on the Extensive and the Intensive Margins of Trade', Journal of international Economics 91(2): 204-19, November -- Ethier, Wilfred J. and Ayre L. Hillman (eds.) (2008), The WTO and the Political Economy of Trade Policy, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Feenstra, Robert E. (1995), 'Estimating the Effects of Trade Policy', Ch. 30 in Handbook of International Economics, Volume III, edited by Gene Grossman and Ken Rogoff, Amsterdam: North-Holland -- Findlay, Christopher and Tony Warren (eds.) (2000), Impediments to Trade in Services: Measurement and Policy Implications, London and Sydney: Routledge -- Finger, J. Michael (1996), 'Legalized Backsliding: Safeguard Provision in GATT', Ch. 11 in The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, edited by Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Finger, J. Michael (2002), 'Safeguards: Making Sense of GATT/WTO Provisions Allowing for Import Restrictions', Ch. 22, pp. 195-205 in Development, Trade and the WTO: A Handbook, edited by Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo and Philip English, Washington DC: World Bank -- Finger, J. Michael (2012), 'Flexibilities, Rules, and Trade Remedies in the GATT/WTO System', Ch. 19, pp. 418-40 in The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization, edited by Amrita Narlikar, Martin Daunton and Robert M. Stern, New York: Oxford University Press -- Francois, Joseph F. (2001), 'Maximizing the Benefits of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism for Developing Countries', Ch. 12 in Developing Countries and the WTO: A Pro-active Agenda, edited by Bernard Hoekman and Will Martin, Oxford: Blackwell -- Francois, Joseph F. and Bernard Hoekman (2010), 'Services Trade and Policy', Journal of Economic Literature 48(3): 642-92, September -- Francois, Joseph F. and Will Martin (2004), 'Commercial Policy, Bindings and Market Access', European Economic Review 48(3): 665-79, June -- Francois, Joseph F. and Ian Wooton (2001), 'Trade and Competition in Shipping Services and the GATS', Review of International Economics 9(2): 249-61, May -- Furusawa, Taiji and Edwin L.-C. Lai (1999), 'Adjustment Costs and Gradual Trade Liberalization', Journal of International Economics 49: 333-61 -- GATT (1972), Basic Documentation of the Tariff Study, Geneva: GATT Secretariat -- Grubel, Herbert G. and Harry G. Johnson (eds.) (1971), Effective Tariff Protection, Geneva: GATT Secretariat
    Abstract: Guimbard, Houssein, Sébastien Jean, Mondher Mimouni and Xavier Pichot (2012), 'MAcMap-HS6 2007, an Exhaustive and Consistent Measure of Applied Protection in 2007', Ch. 10B in Global Trade, Assistance, and Production: The GTAP 8 Data Base, edited by Badri Narayanan, Angel Aguiar and Robert McDougall, West Lafayette IN: Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University -- Hamilton, Bob and John Whalley (1984), 'Efficiency and Distributional Implications of Global Restrictions on Labor Mobility', Journal of Development Economics 14: 61-75 -- Harrison, Glenn W., Thomas F. Rutherford and David G. Tarr (1996), 'Quantifying the Uruguay Round', Ch. 8 in The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, edited by Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Henson, Spencer and John S. Wilson (eds.) (2005), The WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Herz, Bernhard and Marco Wagner (2011), 'The "Real" Impact of GATT/WTO: A Generalized Approach', The World Economy 34(6): 1014-41, June -- Hoekman, Bernard (1996), 'Assessing the General Agreement on Trade in Services', Ch. 4 in The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, edited by Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Hoekman, Bernard (ed.) (2012), The WTO and Trade in Services (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Hoekman, Bernard, Will Martin and Carlos Braga (eds.) (2009), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response, London: Palgrave MacMillan and Washington DC: World Bank -- Hoekman, Bernard, and Çağlar Özden (eds.) (2006), Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Horn, Henrik and Petros C. Mavroidis (2001), 'Economic and Legal Aspects of the Most-Favored Nation Clause', European Journal of Political Economy 17: 233-79 -- Horn, Henrik and Petros C. Mavroidis (2011), WTO Dispute Settlement Dataset and Users' Guide, updated November at www.worldbank.org/trade/wtodisputes -- Hummels, David L., Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Alexandre Skiba (2009), 'The Trade Reducing Effects of Market Power in International Shipping', Journal of Development Economics 89(1): 84-97 -- Hummels, David L. and Georg Schaur (2013), 'Time as a Trade Barrier', American Economic Review 103(7): 2935-59, December -- Ikenson, D. (2008), 'While Doha Sleeps: Securing Economic Growth through Trade Facilitation', Trade Policy Analysis No. 37, Washington DC: Cato Institute -- Irwin, Douglas A. (1995a), 'The GATT in Historical Perspective', American Economic Review 85(2): 323-28, May -- Irwin, Douglas A. (1995b), 'The GATT's Contribution to Economic Recovery in Post-War Western Europe', Ch. 5, pp. 127-50 in Europe's Post-War Recovery, edited by Barry Eichengreen, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Irwin, Douglas A. (2010), 'Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961', American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2(3): 111-33, August -- James, Sallie and Kym Anderson (1998), 'On the Need for More Economic Assessment of Quarantine/SPS Policies', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 42(4): 525-44, December -- Keesing, Donald B. (1998), Improving Trade Policy Reviews in the World Trade Organization, Washington DC: Institute for International Economics
    Abstract: Kym Anderson and Signe Nelgen (2011), 'What's the Appropriate Agricultural Protection Counterfactual for Trade Analysis?', in Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo (eds), Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda, Chapter 13, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Bank, 325-54 -- L. Alan Winters, Terrie L. Walmsley, Zhen Kun Wang and Roman Grynberg (2003), 'Liberalising Temporary Movement of Natural Persons: An Agenda for the Development Round', World Economy, 26 (8), August, 1137-61 -- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2009), 'The Doha Development Agenda and Preference Erosion: Modeling the Impacts', in Bernard Hoekman, Will Martin and Carlos A. Primo Braga (eds), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response, Chapter 9, London: Palgrave-Macmillan and Washington, DC: World Bank, 357-99 -- Andrew K. Rose (2004), 'Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade?', American Economic Review, 94 (1), March, 98-114 -- Arvind Subramanian and Shang-Jin Wei (2007), 'The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly but Unevenly', Journal of International Economics, 72 (1), May, 151-75 -- Michael Tomz, Judith L. Goldstein and Douglas Rivers (2007), 'Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? Comment', American Economic Review, 97 (5), December, 2005-2018 -- Andrew K. Rose (2007), 'Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? Reply', American Economic Review, 97 (5), December, 2019-25 -- Jason H. Grant and Kathryn A. Boys (2012), 'Agricultural Trade and the GATT/WTO: Does Membership Make a Difference?', American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94 (1), January, 1-24 -- Pao-Li Chang and Myoung-Jae Lee (2011), 'The WTO Trade Effect', Journal of International Economics, 85 (1), September, 53-71 -- Zdenek Drabek and Marc Bacchetta (2004), 'Tracing the Effects of WTO Accession on Policy-Making in Sovereign States: Preliminary Lessons from the Recent Experience of Transition Countries', World Economy, 27 (7), July, 1083-125 -- Elena Ianchovichina and Will Martin (2004), 'Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization', World Bank Economic Review, 18 (1), 3-27 -- Thomas F. Rutherford and David G. Tarr (2008), 'Poverty Effects of Russia's WTO Accession: Modeling "Real" Households with Endogenous Productivity Effects', Journal of International Economics, 75 (1), May, 131-50 -- Man-Keung Tang and Shang-Jin Wei (2009), 'The Value of Making Commitments Externally: Evidence from WTO Accessions', Journal of International Economics, 78 (2), July, 216-29 -- Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (2011), 'What Do Trade Negotiators Negotiate About? Empirical Evidence from the World Trade Organization', American Economic Review, 101 (4), June, 1238-73 -- Bernard Hoekman and Alessandro Nicita (2011), 'Trade Policy, Trade Costs, and Developing Country Trade', World Development, 39 (12), December, 2069-79 -- J. Michael Finger (2008), 'Trade Facilitation: The Role of a WTO Agreement', ECIPE Working Paper, No. 01/2008, Brussels: European Centre for International Political Economy, 1-42
    Abstract: Laborde, David, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2011), 'Measuring the Benefits of Global Trade Reform with Optimal Aggregators of Distortions', Policy Research Working Paper 5665, World Bank, Washington DC, May -- Laird, Sam (1997), 'Quantifying Commercial Policies', Ch. 2, pp. 27-75 in Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook, edited by Joseph F. Francois and Kenneth A. Reinert, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Laird, Sam (1999), 'The WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism - From Through the Looking Glass', The World Economy 22(6): 741-64, August -- League of Nations (1927), Tariff Level Indices, Geneva: League of Nations -- Lerner, Abba (1936), 'The Symmetry between Import and Export Taxes', Economica 3(11): 306-13, August -- Li, David and Changqi Wu (2004), 'GATT/WTO Accession and Productivity', Ch. 4, pp. 109-48 in Growth and Productivity in East Asia, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NBER -- Liepmann, Heinrich (1938), Tariff Levels and the Economic Unity of Europe, London: Allen and Unwin -- Little, Ian M.D., Tibor Scitovsky and Maurice Scott (1970), Industry and Trade in Some Developing Countries: A Comparative Study, London: Oxford University Press -- Liu, Xuepeng (2009), 'GATT/WTO Promotes Trade Strongly: Sample Selection and Model Specification', Review of International Economics 17(3): 428-46 -- Lloyd, Peter J. (1974), 'A More General Theory of Price Distortions in an Open Economy', Journal of International Economics 4(4): 365-86, November -- Lloyd, Peter J. (2008), '100 Years of Tariff Protection in Australia', Australian Economic History Review 48(2): 99-145, July -- Lloyd, Peter J., Johanna L. Croser and Kym Anderson (2010), 'Global Distortions to Agricultural Markets: New Indicators of Trade and Welfare Impacts, 1960 to 2007', Review of Development Economics 14(2): 141-60, May -- Loveday, A. (1929), 'The Measurement of Tariff Levels', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 92(4): 487-529 -- Maddison, Angus (2008), Historical Statistics of the World Economy: 1-2008 AD, available at http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/ -- Maizels, Alfred (1963), Industrial Growth and World Trade, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Markusen, James R. (1983), 'Factor Movements and Commodity Trade as Complements', Journal of International Economics 13: 341-56 -- Martin, Will and Aaditya Mattoo (eds.) (2011), Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research for the World Bank -- Martin, Will and L. Alan Winters (eds.) (1996), The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Maskus, Keith E. (2002), 'Benefitting from Intellectual Property Protection', Ch. 36, pp. 369-81 in Development, Trade and the WTO: A Handbook, edited by Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo and Philip English, Washington DC: World Bank
    Abstract: Maskus, Keith E. (ed.) (2004), The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Economy, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Maskus, Keith E. (2012), Private Rights and Public Problems: The Global Economics of Intellectual Property in the 21st Century, Washington DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics -- Maskus, Keith E. and John S. Wilson (eds.) (2001), Quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade: Can It Be Done? Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press -- Maur, Jena-Christophe and John S. Wilson (eds.) (2010), Trade Costs and Facilitation: Open Trade and Economic Development, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Mavroidis, Petros and Alan Sykes (eds.) (2005), The WTO and International Trade Law/Dispute Settlement, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- McCalman, Phillip (2005a), 'Who Enjoys "TRIPs" Abroad? An Empirical Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights in the Uruguay Round', Canadian Journal of Economics 38(2): 574-603, May -- McCalman, Phillip (2005b), 'International Diffusion and Intellectual Property Rights: An Empirical Analysis', Journal of International Economics 67(2): 353-72, December -- Meade, James (1955), Trade and Welfare, London: Oxford University Press -- Melitz, Marc J. (2003), 'The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity', Econometrica 71(6): 1695-725 -- Michaely, Michael (1977), Theory of Commercial Policy, Oxford: Philip Allan -- Milton, Giles (1999), Nathaniel's Nutmeg, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton) -- Mundell, Robert A. (1957), 'International Trade and Factor Mobility', American Economic Review 47: 321-35 -- OECD (2013), Producer and Consumer Support Estimates, OECD Database 1986-2012, at www.oecd.org/agriculture/pse -- Orden, David, David Blandford and Tim Josling (eds.) (2011), WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Pietras, Jaroslaw (1998), 'The Role of the WTO for Economies in Transition', Ch. 13, pp. 353-64 in The WTO as an International Organization, edited by Anne O. Krueger, Chicago: University of Chicago Press -- Porto, Guido and Bernard Hoekman (eds.) (2010), Trade Adjustment Costs in Developing Countries: Impacts, Determinants and Policy Responses, London: CEPR and Washington DC: World Bank -- Primo Braga, Carlos A. and Olivier Cattaneo (2010), The WTO and Accession Economies (2 volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Qian, Yi (2007), 'Do National Patent Laws Stimulate Domestic Innovation in a Global Patenting Environment? A Cross Country Analysis of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection, 1978-2002', Review of Economics and Statistics 89(3): 436-53, August -- Rose, Andrew K. (2004), 'Do WTO Members Have More Liberal Trade Policy?' Journal of International Economics 63(2): 209-35, July
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Anderson, James E. (2009), 'Consistent Trade Policy Aggregation', International Economic Review 50(3): 903-27 -- Anderson, James E. and J. Peter Neary (1994), 'Measuring the Restrictiveness of Trade Policy', World Bank Economic Review 8(2): 151-70, May -- Anderson, James E. and J. Peter Neary (2005), Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Anderson, James E. and Eric van Wincoop (2003), 'Gravity without Gravitas: A Solution to the Border Puzzle', American Economic Review 93(1): 268-94, March -- Anderson, James and Eric van Wincoop (2004), 'Trade Costs', Journal of Economic Literature 42(3): 691-751, September -- Anderson, Kym (1992), 'The Standard Welfare Economics of Policies Affecting Trade and the Environment', Ch. 2, pp. 25-48 in The Greening of World Trade Issues, edited by Kym Anderson and Richard Blackhurst, London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf and Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press -- Anderson, Kym (2002), 'Peculiarities of Retaliation in WTO Dispute Settlement', World Trade Review 1(2): 123-34, July -- Anderson, Kym (2003), 'Measuring Effects of Trade Policy Distortions: How Far Have We Come?' The World Economy 26(4): 413-40, April -- Anderson, Kym (2013), 'Trade Barriers and Subsidies: Multilateral and Regional Reform Opportunities', Ch. 12 (pp. 673-98) in Global Problems, Smart Solutions, edited by B. Lomborg, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Anderson, Kym and Yujiro Hayami (1986), The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection: East Asia in International Perspective, Boston, London and Sydney: Allen and Unwin -- Anderson, Kym and Bernard Hoekman (eds.) (2005), The WTO's Core Rules and Disciplines (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Anderson, Kym and Tim Josling (eds.) (2005), The WTO and Agriculture (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Anderson, Kym, Marianne Kurzweil, Will Martin, Damiano Sandri and Ernesto Valenzuela (2008), 'Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited', World Trade Review 7(4): 675-704 -- Anderson, Kym, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2013), 'Estimating Effects of Price-Distorting Policies Using Alternative Distortions Databases', Ch. 13 (pp. 877-931) in the Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, Vol. 1B, edited by Peter Dixon and Dale Jorgenson, Amsterdam: Elsevier -- Anderson, Kym and Signe Nelgen (2013), Updated National and Global Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, 1955 to 2011, Database at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions -- Anderson, Kym, Gordon Rausser and Johan F.M. Swinnen (2013), 'Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets', Journal of Economic Literature 51(2): 423-77, June -- Anderson, Kym and Ernesto Valenzuela (2008), Global Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, 1955 to 2007, Database at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions -- Anderson, Kym and L. Alan Winters (2009), 'The Challenge of Reducing International Trade and Migration Barriers', Ch. 8, pp. 451-503 in Global Crises, Global Solutions (2nd edition), edited by Bjorn Lomborg, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Arvis, Jean-François, Monica A. Mustra, Lauri Ojala, Ben Shepherd and Daniel Saslavsky (2012), Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, Washington DC: World Bank. www.worldbank.org/lpi
    Abstract: Rose, Andrew K. (2010), 'The Effect of Membership in the GATT/WTO on Trade: Where Do We Stand?' Ch. 7, pp. 195-216 in Is the World Trade Organization Attractive Enough for Emerging Economies, edited by Zdenek Drabek, London: Palgrave Macmillan -- Rutherford, Thomas F. and David G. Tarr (2002), 'Trade Liberalization, Product Variety and Growth in a Small Open Economy: A Quantitative Assessment', Journal of International Economics 56(2): 247-72 -- Saggi, Kamal (2009), 'The MFN Clause, Welfare, and Multilateral Cooperation between Countries of Unequal Size', Journal of Development Economics 88(1): 132-43, January -- Sampson, Gary and John Whalley (eds.) (2005), The WTO, Trade and the Environment, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Shepotylo, Oleksandr and David G. Tarr (2012), 'Impact of WTO Accession and the Customs Union on the Bound and Applied Tariff Rates of the Russian Federation', Policy Research Working Paper 6161, World Bank, Washington DC, August -- Snape, Richard H. (1969), 'Sugar: Costs of Protection and Taxation', Economica 36(141): 29-41, February -- Staiger, Robert and Guido Tabellini (1999), 'Do GATT Rules Help Governments Make Domestic Commitments?' Economics and Politics 11(2): 109-44 -- Swinnen, Johan F.M. (2010), 'Agricultural Protection Growth in Europe, 1870 to 1969', Ch. 6 in The Political Economy of Agricultural Price Distortions, edited by K. Anderson, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Swinnen, Johan F.M., Alessandro Olper and Thijs Vandemoortele (2012), 'Impact of the WTO on Agricultural and Food Policies', The World Economy 35(9): 1089-101, September -- Tyers, Rod and Kym Anderson (1986), Distortions in World Food Markets, Background Paper No. 22 for the World Development Report 1996, World Bank, Washington DC, January -- Tyers, Rod and Kym Anderson (1992), Disarray in World Food Markets: A Quantitative Assessment, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Valenzuela, Ernesto and Kym Anderson (2008), 'Alternative Agricultural Price Distortions for CGE Analysis of Developing Countries, 2004 and 1980-84', Research Memorandum No. 13, West Lafayette IN: Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, December. Freely downloadable at https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/res_display.asp?RecordID=2925 -- Valenzuela, Ernesto, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe and Kym Anderson (2009), 'General Equilibrium Effects of Price Distortions on Global Markets, Farm Incomes and Welfare', Ch. 13 in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955-2007, edited by Kym Anderson, London: Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank -- Venables, Anthony J. (2004), 'Small, Remote and Poor', World Trade Review 3(3): 453-7, November -- Vernon, James et al. (1965), Report on a Committee of Economic Enquiry (two volumes), Canberra: Commonwealth Government Printing Office -- Whalley, John (1985), Trade Liberalization among Major World Trading Areas, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Wilson, John S., Catherine L. Mann and Tsunehiro Otsuki (2003), 'Trade Facilitation and Economic Development: A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact', World Bank Economic Review 17(3): 367-89 -- Winters, L. Alan (ed.) (2007), The WTO and Income Inequality/Poverty (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Winters, L. Alan and Wendy E. Takacs (1991), 'Labour Adjustment Costs and British Footwear Protection', Oxford Economic Papers 43: 479-501
    Abstract: World Bank (2012), Doing Business 2013, Washington DC: World Bank, October. http://doingbusiness.org -- Woytinsky, W.S. and E.S. Woytinsky (1955), World Commerce and Governments: Trends and Outlook, New York: Twentieth Century Fund -- WTO (2008a), 'Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture', TN/AG/W/4/Rev.4, World Trade Organization, Geneva, 6 December -- WTO (2008b), 'Draft Modalities for Non-Agricultural Market Access', TN/MA/W/103/Rev.3, World Trade Organization, Geneva, 6 December -- Bela Balassa (1971), 'Effective Protection: A Summary Appraisal', in Herbert G. Grubel and Harry G. Johnson (eds), Effective Tariff Protection: Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 17 to 20 December, Chapter 13, Geneva: GATT Secretariat and Graduate Institute of International Studies, 247-63 -- Kym Anderson (2010), 'Krueger, Schiff, and Valdés Revisited: Agricultural Price and Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries since 1960', Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 32 (2), Summer, 195-231 -- Hiau Looi Kee, Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga (2009), 'Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices', Economic Journal, 119 (534), January, 172-99 -- Tony Warren and Christopher Findlay (2000), 'Measuring Impediments to Trade in Services', in Pierre Sauvé and Robert Stern (eds), GATS 2000: New Directions in Services Trade Liberalization, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 57-84 -- John B. Shoven and John Whalley (1992), 'Global Trade Models', in Applying General Equilibrium, Chapter 8, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 197-229, references -- K. Anderson and R. Tyers (1993), 'More on Welfare Gains to Developing Countries from Liberalizing World Food Trade', Journal of Agricultural Economics, 44 (2), 189-204 -- Joseph F. Francois, Bradley McDonald and Håkan Nordström (1996), 'The Uruguay Round: A Numerically Based Qualitative Assessment', in Will Martin and L. Alan Winters (eds), The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, Chapter 9, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 253-91 -- Phillip McCalman (2001), 'Reaping What You Sow: An Empirical Analysis of International Patent Harmonization', Journal of International Economics, 55 (1), October, 161-86 -- Shubham Chaudhuri, Pinelopi K. Goldberg and Panle Jia (2006), 'Estimating the Effects of Global Patent Protection in Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study of Quinolones in India', American Economic Review, 96 (5), December, 1477-514 -- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2006), 'Estimating the Benefits of Trade Reform: Why Numbers Change', in Richard Newfarmer (ed.), Trade, Doha, and Development: A Window into the Issues, Chapter 4, Washington, DC: World Bank, 59-75 -- Joseph F. Francois and Will Martin (2010), 'Ex Ante Assessment of the Welfare Impacts of Trade Reforms with Numerical Models', in Hamid Beladi and E. Kwan Choi (eds), Frontiers of Economics and Globalization Series, Volume 7: New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy, Chapter 13, London: Emerald Group Publishing, 379-434 -- Edward J. Balistreri, Russell H. Hillberry and Thomas F. Rutherford (2011), 'Structural Estimation and Solution of International Trade Models with Heterogeneous Firms', Journal of International Economics, 83 (2), March, 95-108 -- Joseph Francois, Hans van Meijl and Frank van Tongeren (2005), 'Trade Liberalization in the Doha Development Round', Economic Policy, 20 (42), April, 349, 351-91 -- Kym Anderson, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2006), 'Doha Merchandise Trade Reform: What Is at Stake for Developing Countries?', World Bank Economic Review, 20 (2), 169-95 -- David Laborde, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2011), 'Potential Real Income Effects of Doha Reforms', in Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo (eds), Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda, Chapter 10, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Bank, 255-75
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    Edition: 2012 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 332.67/22
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sustainable development Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sustainable development Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sustainable development
    Description / Table of Contents: Rationale for green infrastructure finance frameworkEconomic rationale of green investments -- Conceptual methodology for assessing and allocating risks -- Assessment of green investment climate in eap countries -- Conclusion and next steps -- Annex 1: Green investment climate matrix -- Annex 2: Bibliography.
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    ISBN: 9780821378632 , 9780821385524
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 179 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 352.2/9
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Finance ; Finance
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170) and index
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    ISBN: 9780821386439 , 9780821386446
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xx, 511 p) , ill., maps , 28 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 382/.9091724
    Keywords: Economic development ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Economic development ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Economic development ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; Developing countries Foreign economic relations ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; Developing countries Foreign economic relations
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    ISBN: 9780821387030 , 9780821387047
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 124 p) , col. ill , 24 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 338.94
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Public-private sector cooperation
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    ISBN: 082138712X , 0821387138 , 9780821387122 , 9780821387139
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxx, 425 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development : Trade
    DDC: 382/.90972
    Keywords: Free trade ; Central America Commercial policy ; Central America Foreign economic relations
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    ISBN: 9781849809979
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 487 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economies of Argentina and Brazil
    DDC: 330.98106
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    Keywords: Volkswirtschaft ; Industriestruktur ; Landwirtschaft ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Einkommensverteilung ; Privatisierung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Geldpolitik ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Argentinien ; Brasilien ; Industrialization ; Industrialization ; Electronic books ; Argentina Economic conditions 1945- ; Brazil Economic conditions 1945- ; Brasilien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Industrialisierung ; Geschichte 1945- ; Argentinien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Industrialisierung ; Geschichte 1945-
    Abstract: This book compares the successes and failures of the development and growth processes of Argentina and Brazil. It provides important insights into the different performances of these economies through a series of comparative essays written by Argentinian and Brazilian economists
    Abstract: pt. 1. Industrialization -- pt. 2. Agriculture -- pt. 3. The service sector : formal and informal -- pt. 4. Income distribution -- pt. 5. The state and the privatization experience -- pt. 6. Regional development -- pt. 7. Inflation and stabilization policies -- pt. 8. Foreign trade and investment : past and present
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
    ISBN: 9781785362347
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (p) , cm)
    Series Statement: Critical perspectives on the global trading system and the WTO 18
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade costs and facilitation
    Keywords: International economic relations ; Free trade ; Electronic books
    Abstract: C. Fred Bergsten (1997), 'Open Regionalism', World Economy, 20 (5), 545-65 -- Gerard McLinden (2006), 'Needs, Priorities and Costs Associated with Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Implementation of a WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: A Comparative Study Based on Six Developing Countries', World Bank Working Paper, November, 1-5, 9-35 -- J. Michael Finger (2008), 'Trade Facilitation: The Role of a WTO Agreement', ECIPE Working Paper No. 01/2008, 1-42 -- Jean-Christophe Maur (2008), 'Regionalism and Trade Facilitation: A Primer', Journal of World Trade, 42 (6), 979-1012 -- Minette Libom Li Likeng, Thomas Cantens and Samson Bilangna (2009), '"Gazing into the Mirror": Operational Internal Control in Cameroon Customs', Regional Integration and Transport - RIT Series, World Bank Discussion Paper No. 8, January, i, v, 1-3, 5-27, 29-32
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Robert A. Mundell (1957), 'International Trade and Factor Mobility', American Economic Review, 47 (3), June, 321-35 -- Paul Krugman (1980), 'Scale Economies, Product Differentiation, and the Pattern of Trade', American Economic Review, 70 (5), December, 950-59 -- Paul Krugman (1991), 'Increasing Returns and Economic Geography', Journal of Political Economy, 99 (3), June, 483-99 -- Alan V. Deardorff (2001), 'International Provision of Trade Services, Trade, and Fragmentation', Review of International Economics, 9 (2), 233-48 -- Spiros Bougheas, Panicos O. Demetriades and Edgar L.W. Morgenroth (1999), 'Infrastructure, Transport Costs and Trade', Journal of International Economics, 47 (1), February, 169-89 -- J.M. Finger and A.J. Yeats (1976), 'Effective Protection by Transportation Costs and Tariffs: A Comparison of Magnitudes', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 90 (1), February, 169-76 -- James E. Anderson and Eric van Wincoop (2004), 'Trade Costs', Journal of Economic Literature, XLII (3), September, 691-751 -- Nuno Limão and Anthony J. Venables (2001), 'Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade', World Bank Economic Review, 15 (3), 451-79 -- John McCallum (1995), 'National Borders Matter: Canada-U.S. Regional Trade Patterns', American Economic Review, 85 (3), June, 615-23 -- Charles Engel and John H. Rogers (1996), 'How Wide Is the Border?', American Economic Review, 86 (5), December, 1112-25 -- Anne-Célia Disdier and Keith Head (2008), 'The Puzzling Persistence of the Distance Effect on Bilateral Trade', Review of Economics and Statistics, 90 (1), February, 37-48 -- John S. Wilson, Catherine L. Mann and Tsunehiro Otsuki (2003), 'Trade Facilitation and Economic Development: A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact', World Bank Economic Review, 17 (3), 367-89 -- David Dollar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Taye Mengistae (2006), 'Investment Climate and International Integration', World Development, 34 (9), 1498-516 -- Gae͏̈l Raballand (2003), 'Determinants of the Negative Impact of Being Landlocked on Trade: An Empirical Investigation Through the Central Asian Case', Comparative Economic Studies, 45, 520-36 -- Alberto Portugal-Perez and John S. Wilson (2008), 'Trade Costs in Africa: Barriers and Opportunities for Reform', Policy Research Working Paper No. 4619, 1-31 -- Ben Shepherd and John S. Wilson (2009), 'Trade Facilitation in ASEAN Member Countries: Measuring Progress and Assessing Priorities', Journal of Asian Economics, 20, 367-83 -- Thomas W. Hertel, Terrie Walmsley and Ken Itakura (2001), 'Dynamic Effects of the "New Age" Free Trade Agreement between Japan and Singapore', Journal of Economic Integration, 16 (4), December, 446-84 -- Joseph Francois, Hans van Meijl and Frank van Tongeren (2005), 'Trade Liberalization in the Doha Development Round', Economic Policy, 20 (42), April, 351-91 -- Thomas W. Hertel and Roman Keeney (2006), 'What Is At Stake: The Relative Importance of Import Barriers, Export Subsidies, and Domestic Support', in Kym Anderson (ed) and Will Martin (ed) (eds), Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda, Chapter 2, Washington, DC: The World Bank and New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 37-62
    Abstract: Simeon Djankov, Caroline Freund and Cong S. Pham (2010), 'Trading on Time', Review of Economics and Statistics, 92 (1), February, 166-73 -- Carolyn L. Evans and James Harrigan (2005), 'Distance, Time, and Specialization: Lean Retailing in General Equilibrium', American Economic Review, 95 (1), March, 292-313 -- Maria Persson (2008), 'Trade Facilitation and the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements', Journal of Economic Integration, 23 (3), September, 518-46 -- Caroline L. Freund and Diana Weinhold (2004), 'The Effect of the Internet on International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 62 (1), January, 171-89 -- Carsten Fink, Aaditya Mattoo and Ileana Cristina Neagu (2005), 'Assessing the Impact of Communication Costs on International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 67 (2), December, 428-45 -- Ximena Clark, David Dollar and Alejandro Micco (2004), 'Port Efficiency, Maritime Transport Costs, and Bilateral Trade', Journal of Development Economics, 75(2), December, 417-50 -- Carsten Fink, Aaditya Mattoo and Ileana Cristina Neagu (2002), 'Trade in International Maritime Services: How Much Does Policy Matter?', World Bank Economic Review, 16 (1), 81-108 -- Alejandro Micco and Tomás Serebrisky (2006), 'Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: The Effects of Open Skies Agreements', Journal of International Economics, 70 (1), September, 25-51 -- David Hummels, Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Alexandre Skiba (2009), 'The Trade Reducing Effects of Market Power in International Shipping', Journal of Development Economics, 89 (1), May, 84-97 -- James E. Rauch (1999), 'Networks Versus Markets in International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 48, 7-35 -- Marc Auboin and Moritz Meier-Ewert (2003), Improving the Availability of Trade Finance during Financial Crises, Geneva, Switzerland: World Trade Organization, i, 1-18 -- Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Enrico Pinali and Massimo Geloso Grosso (2006), 'Logistics and Time as a Trade Barrier', OECD Trade Policy Working Papers, No. 35, OECD Publishing, 1-3, 6-58 -- Dean Yang (2008), 'Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Customs Reform', Journal of Law and Economics, 51, February, 25-57 -- Jose Anson, Olivier Cadot and Marcelo Olarreaga (2006), 'Tariff Evasion and Customs Corruption: Does Pre-Shipment Inspection Help?', Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 5 (1), i, 1-24 -- James E. Anderson and Douglas Marcouiller (2002), 'Insecurity and the Pattern of Trade: An Empirical Investigation', Review of Economics and Statistics, 84 (2), May, 342-52 -- Gae͏̈l Raballand and Enrique Aldaz-Carroll (2007), 'How Do Differing Standards Increase Trade Costs? The Case of Pallets', World Economy, 30 (4), 685-702 -- Witold Czubala, Ben Shepherd and John S. Wilson (2009), 'Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Harmonised Standards on African Exports', Journal of African Economies, 18 (5), 711-44 -- Maggie Xiaoyang Chen and Aaditya Mattoo (2008), 'Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?', Canadian Journal of Economics, 41 (3), August, 838-63 -- Patrick A. Messerlin and Jamel Zarrouk (2000), 'Trade Facilitation: Technical Regulations and Customs Procedures', World Economy, 23 (4), 577-93
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    ISBN: 9780821387818 , 9780821388204
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 61 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2011 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 658.15224
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Background: Current status of PPP markets in selected countries. This reportSources of financing: Sources of local financing for PPP projects. Local commercial banks. Pension funds. Insurance funds. Local capital market -- Sources of international financing for PPP projects: International commercial banks. Private infrastructure funds. Donor infrastructure funds. Sovereign wealth funds and other public entities -- The legislative and institutional framework -- A well-structured PPP pipeline -- Risk allocation and fiscal management of PPPs -- Medium-term options for PPP financing: Tackling high upfront capital costs. Longer-term local debt financing. Risk mitigation guarantee products. PPP market failures deriving from country size and cross-border infrastructure financing constraints -- Recommendations: Developing long-term financing for infrastructure. Strengthening other aspects of a strong enabling environment.
    Note: "This report was produced at the request of the Government of Ghana (GOG) under the leadership of the Project Finance and Analysis (PFA) Unit of the Public Investment Department (PID) of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) and with support from the World Bank and Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)"--Acknowledgements , Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61)
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821384104 , 9780821384107 , 9780821384114
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 177 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 382/.45000917724
    Keywords: General Agreement on Trade in Services ; General Agreement on Trade in Services ; Foreign trade regulation ; Free trade ; Service industries Law and legislation ; Service industries ; Foreign trade regulation ; Free trade ; Service industries Law and legislation ; Service industries ; General Agreement on Trade in Services ; Foreign trade regulation ; (1994) ; Free trade ; Service industries ; Service industries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce
    Description / Table of Contents: The strategic development role of trade in services / Sebastián SáezNegotiating trade in services : a practical guide for developing countries / Mario Marconini and Pierre Sauvé -- The negotiation and management of regulations in the trade in services / Sebastián Sáez and Marcel Vaillant -- Liberalization in the trade in services : a negotiation exercise / Sebastián Sáez and Anna Lanoszka.
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    Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849805650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 249 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Yueh, Linda Y. The economy of China
    DDC: 330.95105
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    Keywords: Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; China ; Electronic books ; China Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; China ; China ; Economic policy ; 2000- ; China ; Wirtschaftssystem ; Geschichte 1979-2009 ; China ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This inter-disciplinary volume focuses on the economic and legal challenges confronting globalisation and the evolution of the global system. The Law and Economics of Globalisation discusses the hotly debated topic of globalisation from a wide set of perspectives of law, economics and international political economy
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Economic growth : 30 years of market transition, economic development and global integration -- 3. Enterprises and agriculture -- 4. Labour -- 5. Entrepreneurship -- 6. Banking and finance -- 7. Law and markets -- 8. Innovation -- 9. Social coverage : education, pensions, health system and poverty -- 10. International trade, foreign investment and the global economy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-238) and index
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849807043
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 172 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Neyapti, Bilin Macroeconomic institutions and development
    DDC: 339
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    Keywords: Entwicklungstheorie ; Institutioneller Wandel ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Economic development ; Macroeconomics ; Electronic books ; Macroeconomics ; Economic development ; Institutionenökonomie ; Notenbank ; Währungsunion ; Kreditinstitut ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: The book incorporates the essential elements of institutional theory and highlights the issues pertaining to the measurement of institutional characteristics and the empirical analyses involving such measurement. It provides the theoretical framework of and empirical evidence on fiscal institutions, covering budgetary rules and procedures as well as fiscal decentralization, and reviews the theoretical framework for monetary institutions such as central bank independence, currency boards, monetary unions and inflation targeting in addition to providing empirical evidence on their effectiveness. The role of bank regulation and supervision is also investigated. This path-breaking and original book will prove a fascinating read for a wide-ranging audience including academics, think tanks, international development agencies and policymakers within the fields of development, economics, heterodox economics and money, banking and finance
    Abstract: 1. A modified approach to development economics -- 2. The model and empirics -- 3. Fiscal institutions and empirical evidence -- 4. Institutions of monetary policy and the financial sector : theory and evidence
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    ISBN: 9781849805353
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 232 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lenihan, Helena SMEs in a globalised world
    DDC: 658.022
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    Keywords: KMU ; Periphere Region ; EU-Staaten ; Small business ; Small business Management ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Europa ; Wachstumsstrategie ; Electronic books ; Europäische Union ; Peripherie ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the "old" EU--namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain--have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial restructuring. Through a series of unique case studies the contributing authors discuss how these economies, and in particular the SME sector, can be transformed
    Abstract: pt. 1. Key drivers of a globally competitive SME sector in the EU -- pt. 2. MNEs, SMEs and industrial development
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821381881 , 082138189X , 9780821381885 , 9780821381892
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 175 p) , ill., map , 23 cm
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 338.9109172/4
    Keywords: Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Municipal finance ; Municipal services Finance ; Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Municipal finance ; Municipal services Finance ; Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Municipal finance ; Municipal services
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index
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    ISBN: 0821380176 , 0821380192 , 9780821380178 , 9780821380192
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xlix, 311 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 337.1/729
    Keywords: Free trade ; Free trade ; Free trade ; Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area Economic integration ; Caribbean Area Economic policy ; Caribbean Area Economic integration ; Caribbean Area Economic policy
    Abstract: The main objective of this report is to help policymakers in the Caribbean design an agenda of policy actions to accelerate trade integration and growth, and to reduce poverty. Each part of the report focuses on a key question and provides an in-depth analysis of the issues raised, laying the foundations for policy recommendations described in the last chapter of the report. Part I asks whether the Caribbean's economic and trade system are sound enough to sustain the new era of its global trade relations. Part II addresses the opportunities and challenges that the new trade environment offers to the Caribbean. Part III assesses the impact of the recently-negotiated Economic Partnership Agreement on growth and poverty reduction using two types of macroeconomic models. The report concludes with policy priorities for accelerating Caribbean integration into the world economy and for reaping the benefits of global competition.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Overview of economic and trade system context. Macroeconomic and structural constraints on trade reform in the CaribbeanCaribbean regional and global trading relations -- Trade patterns and flows, and competitiveness issues -- pt. 2. Challenges and new opportunities. New areas of opportunities and challenges -- Capitalizing on a changing international environment -- pt. 3. Quantifying the impact of trade reform on growth, job creation, and poverty. Quantifying the gains from global trade integration : a dynamic macroeconomic analysis -- From diagnosis to policy recommendations.
    Note: "Document of the World Bank and the Organization of American States, co-produced with the Governments of CARIFORUM Countries , Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311)
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    Washington, DC : World Bank | [Tunisia] : Infrastructure Consortium for Africa | [Washington, D.C.] : Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
    ISBN: 0821377302 , 0821377310 , 9780821377307 , 9780821377314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 111 pages) , color illustrations , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 658.15/224
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments, Foreign ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation
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    [Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781953273
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource ([288?] p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1950-2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Transportkosten ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Asien ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electronic books ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Asia ; Asia ; Commerce ; Asien ; Infrastrukturleistung ; Außenhandel ; Kostensenkung
    Abstract: This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure's central role in lowering Asia's trade costs
    Abstract: 1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of selected Asian ports / Jon Haveman, Adina Ardelean and Christopher Thornberg -- 4. Empirical estimates of transportation costs : options for enhancing Asia's trade / Prabir De -- 5. Port competitiveness : a case study of Semarang and Surabaya, Indonesia / Arianto A. Patunru, Nanda Nurridzki and Rivayani -- 6. Infrastructure and trade costs in Malaysia : the importance of FDI and exports / Tham Siew Yean, Evelyn Devadason and Loke Wai Heng -- 7. Infrastructure development in a fast-growing economy : the People's Republic of China / Liqiang Ma and Jinkang Zhang -- 8. Trade transportation costs in South Asia : an empirical investigation / Prabir De
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar publishing"--Cover , Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from cover
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    ISBN: 9781849802390
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 277 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on small nations in the global economy
    DDC: 338.883
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    Keywords: 1980-2005 ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Wettbewerb ; Entwicklung ; Kleine offene Volkswirtschaft ; Welt ; Globalization Case studies Economic aspects ; States, Small Case studies Economic conditions ; Economic development Case studies ; International business enterprises Case studies ; Competition, International Case studies ; Electronic books ; International business enterprises ; Economic development ; Globalization ; Economic aspects ; Globalisierung ; Kleines Land ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This unique, extensive Handbook illustrates that multinational enterprises can contribute substantially to the competitive advantage of small countries. It advances the notion that small nations increasingly need to rely on both home-grown and foreign multinational enterprises to achieve domestic economic success in industries characterized by international competition
    Abstract: 1. Small nations in the global economy : an overview / Daniel Van Den Bulcke, Alain Verbeke and Wenlong Yuan -- 2. Globalization in the Netherlands / Annelies Hogenbirk, John Hagedoorn and Hans van Kranenburg -- 3. Belgium's competitiveness : a comparison of foreign and domestic companies / Filip De Beule and Ilke Van Beveren -- 4. Porter's diamond and small nations in the global economy : Ireland as a case study / John Cassidy, Frank Barry and Chris van Egeraat -- 5. Upgrading the international competitiveness of a transition economy : Slovenia in the European and global economy / Andreja Jaklic, Matija Rojec and Marjan Svetlicic -- 6. Multinational enterprises from small economies : the internationalization patterns of large companies from Denmark, Finland and Norway / Gabriel Robertstad G. Benito ... [et al.] -- 7. The competitive advantage of Canada : a firm-level analysis / Wenlong Yuan and Alain Verbeke -- 8. Chile as an example of the augmented diamond / Robert Grosse -- 9. The development trajectory of a small island economy : the successful case of Mauritius / Jahan Ara Peerally and John Cantwell -- 10. New Zealand and the challenge of global competition / Peter Enderwick and Joanna Scott-Kennel -- 11. The competitive position of a developing economy : the role of foreign direct investment in Cambodia / Ludo Cuyvers, Reth Soeng and Daniel Van Den Bulcke
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781785362941
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 713 p) , cm
    Series Statement: Elgar reference collection
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Globalization and free trade
    DDC: 382.71
    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Freihandel ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Welt ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Free trade ; Free trade ; Globalization ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Protectionism is back on the agenda as the financial crisis deepens. With calls for measures that purport to protect low income workers growing louder in the West, it is essential that the economic arguments in favour of free trade and globalization are re-emphasised. Philip Booth and Richard Wellings have brought together key papers originally published by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which, for the past 50 years, has been vigorously defending the case for free trade, and for globalization more generally. These important papers, which are not widely available, trace the development of the debate on the benefits of free trade during the last 50 years. The editors have written an authoritative introduction which offers a comprehensive overview of the arguments for and against globalization
    Abstract: Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr. and Sara F. Cooper (2005), 'International Trade and Global Stability', Economic Affairs, 25 (2), June, 37-43 -- E.J. Mishan (2005), 'Can Globalisation Depress Living Standards in the West?', Economic Affairs, 25 (3), September, 66-9 -- John Meadowcroft (2006), 'Free Trade, "Pauper Labour" and Prosperity: A Reply to Professor Mishan', Economic Affairs, 26 (1), March, 65-7 -- E.J. Mishan (2006), 'A Rejoinder to John Meadowcroft', Economic Affairs, 26 (1), March, 68-9 -- Krisztina Kis-Katos and Günther G. Schulze (2005), 'Regulation of Child Labour', Economic Affairs, 25 (3), September, 24-30 -- Jasson Urbach (2007), 'Development Goes Wireless', Economic Affairs, 27 (2), June, 20-28 -- Philip Booth and Linda Whetstone (2007), 'Half a Cheer for Fair Trade', Economic Affairs, 27 (2), June, 29-36 -- Razeen Sally (2008), Trade Policy, New Century: The WTO, FTAs and Asia Rising, Hobart Paper 163, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 23-226
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Eamonn Butler (2007), 'The Wealth of Nations', in Adam Smith: A Primer, Chapter 3, Occasional Paper 141, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 37-72 -- Harry G. Johnson (1969), 'On Demolishing Barriers to Trade', in D.H. Barran (ed), Harry G. Johnson (ed) and The Earl of Cromer, P.C., M.B.E (eds), Rebuilding the Liberal Order, Occasional Paper 27, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 11-19 -- David Greenaway and Christopher Milner (1979), 'Identifying The Protective Motive: A. "Electoral" Influences, and B. Intervention and Market Failure' in Protectionism Again...? Causes and Consequences of a Retreat from Freer Trade to Economic Nationalism, Chapter 2, Hobart Paper 84, London: Institute of Economics Affairs, 16-27 -- Deepak Lal ([1983] 1997), 'Introduction', 'The External Environment I: Trade' and 'The External Environment II: Commodities and Foreign Capital', in The Poverty of 'Development Economics', Introduction, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, Hobart Paperback No. 16, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1-3, 17-48 and 49-69 -- David Greenaway (1988), 'The Politics of Protection', Economic Affairs, 8 (2), December/January, 16-17 -- Charles Mensah (1991), 'Economic Freedom for Africa', Economic Affairs, 11 (5), September, 27-8 -- Jagdish Bhagwati (1995), 'Free Trade, "Fairness" and the New Protectionism', in Free Trade, 'Fairness' and the New Protectionism: Reflections on an Agenda for the World Trade Organisation, Occasional Paper 96, London: Institute of Economic Affairs for the Wincott Foundation, 9-42 -- Sir Alan Walters (1996), 'Does the World Need a World Bank?', Economic Affairs, 16 (4), Autumn, 14-17 -- Fred L. Smith, Jr. (1996), 'Trade and the Environment: Where Are We Going?', Economic Affairs, 16 (5), Winter, 33-38 -- Paul Collier (1998), Living Down the Past: How Europe Can Help Africa Grow, Studies in Trade and Development, No. 2, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 9-39 -- David Henderson (1998), 'Part 2: The Uneasy Trend to Economic Liberalism', in The Changing Fortunes of Economic Liberalism: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Occasional Paper 105, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 34-67 -- Marcus Noland (1999), The New Protectionists: The Privatisation of US Trade Policy, Studies in Trade and Development No. 3, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 9-33 -- Lord Harris of High Cross (2002), 'Adam Smith: Revolutionary for the Third Millennium?', Economic Affairs, 22 (3), September, 37-42 -- Charles W. Calomiris (2002), A Globalist Manifesto for Public Policy: The Tenth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture, Occasional Paper 124, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 15-70 -- Forrest Capie (2002), Capital Controls: A 'Cure' Worse than the Problem?, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with the Wincott Foundation and Profile Books, 15-109 -- Deepak Lal (2003), 'In Defence of Empires', Economic Affairs, 23 (4), December, 14-19 -- Daniel T. Griswold (2003), 'Migration, Globalisation and the Spirit of Peter Bauer', Economic Affairs, 23 (4), December, 20-26 -- Andrew Ryder (2003), 'Anti-Globalisation: Bad Wine in New Bottles?', Economic Affairs, 23 (3), September, 37-41 -- David Henderson (2004), 'Globalisation, "Civil Society" and "Global Governance"' and 'Global Salvationism and Consensus Pressures', in The Role of Business in the Modern World: Progress, Pressures and Prospects for the Market Economy', Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Hobart Paper 150, London; Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 63-81 and 82-105
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , The recommended readings are available in the print version, or may be available via the link to your library's holdings
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849803434
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 332 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Managi, Shunsuke, 1975 - Chinese economic development and the environment
    DDC: 338.95107
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltschutz ; China ; Energy policy ; Environmental policy ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Environmental protection ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Economic development ; Environmental aspects ; China ; Environmental policy ; China ; Energy policy ; China ; Environmental protection ; China ; Sustainable development ; China ; China ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltschutz
    Abstract: Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world's largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China's environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides an economic analysis of the significant environmental and energy problems facing China in the 21st century
    Abstract: Introduction : economic growth and the environment -- Environmental Kuznets curve -- Efficiency in environmental management -- Wastewater, waste gas and solid waste -- Foreign direct investment and environmental policies -- Increasing returns to pollution abatement -- Causal direction between pollution abatement and environmental efficiency -- Water and agriculture -- Iron and steel industry -- Stagnancy of energy-related COb2s emissions -- Energy supply-side and demand-side effects -- Experts' judgment on the future perspective -- Conclusion
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849802406
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 401 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als White, Colin, 1943 - Understanding economic development
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Entwicklungstheorie ; Globalisierung ; Economic development ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Economic development ; Globalization ; Economic aspects ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Entwicklungstheorie ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: This fascinating book considers one of the most important problems in economics: the inception of modern economic development. There is at present no satisfactory explanation of the inception of modern economic development; an excessive focus on either pure theory or on unique histories limits the explanatory power. This book realises the need to integrate the two approaches, moving beyond the proximate causes of economic theory to review the role in an analytic narrative of significant ultimate causes - geography, risk environments, human capital, and institutions
    Abstract: pt. I. Introduction : theory and history -- pt. II. Ultimate causes : a fixed or malleable context -- pt. III. The driving forces -- pt. IV. Devising appropriate narratives -- pt. V. Conclusions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-388) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 299 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creedy, John, 1949 - Population ageing, pensions and growth
    DDC: 331.252
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    Keywords: Alternde Bevölkerung ; Altersvorsorge ; Steuer ; Privater Konsum ; Intertemporale Entscheidung ; Age distribution (Demography) Economic aspects ; Older people Government policy ; Economic aspects ; Pensions ; Expenditures, Public ; Social policy ; Economic development ; Age distribution (Demography) Economic aspects ; Older people Government policy ; Economic aspects ; Pensions ; Expenditures, Public ; Social policy ; Economic development ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Altersversorgung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare. Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into the future. These present challenges for policymakers in planning intertemporal consumption paths that balance the goals of efficiency and equity. An exploration of these issues, with respect to population ageing in particular, is the primary motivation for this book. John Creedy and Ross Guest evaluate these problems with a particular focus on the role of concepts, assumptions and value judgements. This book will be a fascinating read for researchers interested in the social evaluation of population ageing and climate change. Public policy makers and advisers will find the analysis of practical policy questions such as alternative regimes for taxing public pensions of special interest. Graduate students of macroeconomics and public economics will also find helpful discussions of social discounting, the efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Part II: Discounting and time preference -- 2. Discounting and time preference -- 3. The elasticity of marginal valuation -- 4. Sustainable pReferences -- 5. Representative agent and social planner -- Part III: Pensions and taxation -- 6. Pension tax, savings and labour supply -- 7. Private pensions and savings -- Part IV: Population ageing -- 8. Tax smoothing and population ageing -- 9. Demographic change in oecd countries -- 10. Capital intensity and productivity -- 11. Extensions and sensitivity analyses -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index
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    ISBN: 9781849802178
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 212 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Studies in evolutionary political economy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The governance of network industries
    DDC: 363.6
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    Keywords: 1975-2005 ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; Deregulierung ; Welt ; Public utilities Management ; Privatization ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Deregulation ; Infrastruktur ; Kommunaler Versorgungsbetrieb ; Deregulierung ; Privatisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Infrastruktur ; Versorgungsbetrieb ; Deregulierung ; Privatisierung ; Infrastruktur ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Deregulierung
    Abstract: Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of governance structures, often labeled as liberalization, privatization or re-regulation. This affects all traditional infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport and water. This study highlights and illustrates some of the major challenges for readjusting the governance of network industries from an economic, institutional, political and technological perspective. The three parts of the book address the institutional design of infrastructures, the role of technology in different sectors and actor behaviour
    Abstract: pt. I. Institutions -- pt. II. Technology -- pt. III. Policies
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848449138
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 222 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Das, Dilip K., 1945 - Two faces of globalization
    DDC: 337
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Globalisierung ; Vorteil ; Nachteil ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: Like the ancient Roman god Janus, globalization has two faces, one benign and the other malign. In this comprehensive and authoritative book, Dilip K. Das fills a gap in the literature by examining both aspects of the contemporary phase of economic globalization
    Abstract: 1. Conceptual globalism and globalization : an initiation -- 2. Winners of globalization -- 3. Globalization, that versatile villain -- 4. A vituperative anti-globalization movement -- 5. The smiling face of globalization : the market-driven ascent of the dynamic south
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-219) and index
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    Cheltenham : E. Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848449121
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 173 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Coyne, Christopher J., 1977 - Media, development and institutional change
    DDC: 339.5
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    Keywords: Kommunikationsmedien ; Institutioneller Wandel ; Politischer Wandel ; Entwicklung ; Mass media Political aspects ; Mass media Influence ; Economic policy ; Electronic books ; Massenmedien ; Organisationswandel ; Medienfreiheit ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Politische Beteiligung
    Abstract: Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media's profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development. The authors use the tools of economics to illuminate the media's role in enabling and inhibiting political-economic reforms that promote development
    Abstract: 1. The big picture : media, development, and institutional change -- 2. The reformers' dilemma -- 3. The determinants of media effectiveness -- 4. Inside the black box : media freedom, political knowledge, and participation -- 5. Case studies of media, institutions, and the reformers' dilemma -- 6. Conclusion : implications for policy
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4854
    Parallel Title: Estache, Antonio (Un)bundling infrastructure procurement
    Keywords: Government purchasing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sanitation ; Water-supply ; Government purchasing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sanitation ; Water-supply
    Abstract: "Competition in public procurement auctions in the water supply and sanitation sector is largely limited. This is partly because of high technical complexity and partly because of auction design flaws. The division of lot contracts is an important policy choice for auctioneers to achieve efficiency. In general, there is a tradeoff between competition in auctions and size of contracts. Larger works could benefit from economies of scale and scope, but large contracts might undermine competition. Using data on public procurement auctions for water and sewage projects in developing countries, this paper shows that bidder entry is crucially endogenous, especially because it is determined by the auctioneer's bundling and unbundling strategy. If water treatment plant and distribution network works are bundled in a single lot package, competition would be significantly reduced, and this adverse entry effect would in turn raise the public procurement costs of infrastructure. There is no evidence of positive scope economies in the bidder cost structure. It is important to account for the underlying cost structure for designing efficient auction mechanisms. "--World Bank web site
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
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    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4880
    Parallel Title: Available in another form Trends in household coverage of modern infrastructure services in Africa
    Keywords: Household surveys ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Household surveys ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and health indicators, but they have not been used to the same extent to assess trends in the access to or coverage of modern infrastructure services. In this paper, we use Demographic and Health Surveys from a larger sample of sub-Saharan African countries in order to collect comparable information across countries on coverage of piped water, flush toilets, electricity, and landline telephones over time. The results suggest that coverage rates for electricity, flush toilets have improved slightly over the last decade. Coverage of piped water has declined, at the same time as coverage of landline (as well as cellular) telephone has increased rapidly. The decline has been primarily in the urban areas while the infrastructure coverage has either increased or remained stable in rural Africa. For all four services, among the poorest households coverage remains virtually inexistent. If business as usual continues, it would take a very long time to reach universal or widely shared coverage even in countries where coverage has improved. These results point to the need to increase efforts by governments and international community to progressively increase access to modern infrastructure services in Africa. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4912
    Parallel Title: Yepes, Tito Making sense of Africa's infrastructure endowment
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable infrastructure goals for the region based on benchmarking against international peers. The authors use a dataset covering the stocks of key infrastructure-including information and communication technology (ICT), power, roads, and water-across 155 developing countries over the period 1960 to 2005. The paper also examines subregional differences within Africa. They make use of regression techniques to control for a comprehensive set of economic, demographic, geographic, and historic conditioning factors, as well as adjusting for potential endogeneities. Results show that Africa lags behind all other regions of the developing world in its infrastructure endowment, except in ICT. By far the largest gaps arise in the power sector, with generating capacity and household access to electricity at half the levels observed in South Asia. While it is often assumed that Africa's infrastructure deficit is largely a reflection of its relatively low income levels, the authors find that African countries have much more limited infrastructure than income peers in other parts of the developing world. Countries that face the most challenging environment, with low population density, weak governance, and history of conflict, have the poorest infrastructure endowments. At the outset of the data series, Africa was doing significantly better than other developing regions for road density, generation capacity, and fixed-line telephones, but Africa's relative position has deteriorated over time. The most dramatic loss of ground has come in electrical generating capacity, which has stagnated since 1980. "--World Bank web site
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    Washington, DC : Agence Française de Développement
    ISBN: 0821380419 , 0821380834 , 9780821380413 , 9780821380833
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 355 p) , ill., maps , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa development forum
    DDC: 363.6096
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Description / Table of Contents: Africa's infrastructure : a time for transformationThe Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic -- Meeting Africa's infrastructure needs -- Closing Africa's funding gap -- Dealing with poverty and inequality -- Building sound institutions -- Facilitating urbanization -- Deepening regional integration -- Information and communication technologies : a boost for growth -- Power : catching up -- Transport : more than the sum of its parts -- Roads : broadening the agenda -- Railways : looking for traffic -- Ports and shipping : landlords needed -- Airports and air transport : the sky's the limit -- Water resources : a common interest -- Irrigation : tapping potential -- Water supply : hitting the target? -- Sanitation : moving up the ladder.
    Note: "Presents the findings of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD)"--P. [4] of cover , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4914
    Parallel Title: Calderón, César Infrastructure and growth in Africa
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth in African countries. Based on econometric estimates for a sample of 136 countries from 1960-2005, the authors evaluate the impact on per capita growth of faster accumulation of infrastructure stocks and of enhancement in the quality of infrastructure services for 39 African countries in three key infrastructure sectors: telecommunications, electricity, and roads. Using an econometric technique suitable for dynamic panel data models and likely endogenous regressors, the authors find that infrastructure stocks and service quality boost economic growth. The growth payoff of reaching the infrastructure development of the African leader (Mauritius) is 1.1 percent of GDP per year in North Africa and 2.3 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure contributed 99 basis points to per capita economic growth, versus 68 points for other structural policies. Most of the contribution came from increases in stocks (89 basis points), versus quality improvements (10 basis points). The findings show that growth is positively affected by the volume of infrastructure stocks and the quality of infrastructure services; simulations show that our empirical findings are significant statistically and economically. Identifying areas of opportunity to generate productivity growth, the authors find that African countries are likely to gain more from larger stocks of infrastructure than from enhancements in the quality of existing infrastructure. The payoffs are largest for telephone density, electricity-generating capacity, road-network length, and road quality. "--World Bank web site
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    ISBN: 9781848446144
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 238 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyebanji, 1955 - Uneven paths of development
    DDC: 338.91
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Entwicklung ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Computer ; Strukturwandel ; Organisatorischer Wandel ; Ostasien ; Subsahara-Afrika ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Economic development ; Information technology ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Economic development ; Information technology ; Innovation ; Electronic books ; Asien ; Afrika ; Innovationsbereitschaft ; Innovationspotenzial ; Asien ; Afrika ; Informationstechnik ; Technologietransfer ; Asien ; Afrika ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This book focuses on what can be learned from the complex processes of industrial, technological and organizational change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate how sectors act as seeds of economic progress. Detailed firm-level studies were carried out in seven countries, three in Africa (Nigeria, Mauritius and South Africa) and four in Asia (China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia)
    Abstract: Learning to innovate : information hardware sector in Asia and Africa -- The rapid rise of China -- Low value-added operations in Indonesia -- Rapid expansion with slow upgrading in Malaysia -- Making a difficult transition in Mauritius -- Weak institutions constrain growth in Nigeria -- Information hardware at incipient phase in South Africa -- Taiwan's move from follower to leader -- Conclusions and policy implications
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-227) and index
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849802161
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 386 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The making of national economic forecasts
    DDC: 330.0112
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    Keywords: 1980-2007 ; Wirtschaftsprognose ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Welt ; Economic forecasting ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Staat ; Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Prognose ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Konjunkturprognose ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: This important book, prepared under the direction of Nobel Laureate Lawrence R. Klein, shows how economic forecasts are made. It explains how modern developments in information technology have made it possible to forecast frequently--at least monthly but also weekly or bi-weekly--depending upon the perceived needs of potential forecast users and also on the availability of updated material
    Abstract: 1. Background to national economic forecasts and the high-frequency model of the USA / Lawrence R. Klein -- 2. Forecasting the sustainability of China's economic performance : early twenty-first century and beyond / Wendy Mak -- 3. The economic growth story in India : past, present and prospects for the future / Sudip Ranjan Basu -- 4. High-frequency forecasting model for the Russian economy / Vladimir Eskin and Mikhail Gusev -- 5. Short-term forecasting of key indicators of the German economy / Andrei Roudoi -- 6. Mexico : current quarter forecasts / Alfredo Coutiño -- 7. A high-frequency forecasting model and its application to the Japanese economy / Yoshihisa Inada -- 8. The making of national economic forecasts : South Korea / You Chan 'Kevin' Chung -- 9. Current quarter model for Turkey / Süleyman Özmucur -- 10. Estimation of the US Treasury yield curve at daily and intra-daily frequency / Lawrence R. Klein and Süleyman Özmucur -- 11. Using data and models at mixed frequencies in computation and forecasting / Fyodor I. Kushnirsky -- 12. Using sentiment surveys to predict GDP growth and stock returns / Giselle Guzmán
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848447356
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 236 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hutchens, Anna Changing big business
    DDC: 382.71
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    Keywords: Fairer Handel ; Nord-Süd-Beziehungen ; Freihandel ; Globalisierung ; Kritik ; Anti-globalization movement ; Free trade ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Fairer Handel ; Organisation ; Marktmacht ; Globalisierung ; Electronic books ; Fairer Handel ; Organisation ; Marktmacht ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today's fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of social and economic power in world markets
    Abstract: 1. 'Game-playing': rethinking power and empowerment -- 2. 'Power over' as global power in world markets -- 3. The history of fair trade -- 4. Networking networks for scale -- 5. Fairtrade as resistance -- 6. Fair trade as game-playing -- 7. Governance as 'creative destruction'
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-228) and index
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    ISBN: 9781848449022
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 210 p) , ill
    Series Statement: The CRC series on competition, regulation and development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate governance and development
    DDC: 658.4
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    Keywords: Corporate Governance ; Entwicklung ; Welt ; Corporate governance ; Corporations Finance ; Corporate Governance ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Corporate Governance ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This book analyses the complex relationship between corporate governance and economic development by focusing on the reform of corporate governance, the role of the legal system, and the interconnections with the financial system
    Abstract: 1. Corporate governance and development : reform, financial systems and legal framework - an overview / Thankom Gopinath Arun and John Turner -- ch. 2. Gains and losses of adopting new standards of corporate governance : a CGE analysis of Argentina / Omar O. Chisari and Gustavo Ferro -- ch. 3. The Anglo-American model of corporate governance in sub-Saharan Africa : explanatory and normative dimensions / Royston Gustavson, Nicholas Ndegwa Kimani and Donald Atieno Ouma -- ch. 4. Corporate governance and the transformation of the electricity sector in Britain and Spain : the interaction between national institutions and regulatory choices / Michel Goyer and Rocío Valdivielso del Real -- ch. 5. The relationship between debt structure and firm performance in India / Sumit K. Majumdar and Kunal Sen -- ch. 6. The corporate governance role of capital markets : a Bangladesh perspective / Faizul Haque -- ch. 7. Corporate governance of banks in developing economies : concepts and issues / Thankom Gopinath Arun and John Turner -- ch. 8. Improving corporate governance of banks : issues and experience from Bangladesh / M. Masrur Reaz -- ch. 9. Corporate governance regulation and board decision making during takeovers / Blanaid Clarke -- ch. 10. Shareholder protection : a leximetric approach. / Priya P. Lele and Mathias M. Siems -- ch. 11. Legal aspects of UK bank corporate governance / Dalvinder Singh
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    ISBN: 9781849803427
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 395 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of innovation systems and developing countries
    DDC: 338/.064091724
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    Keywords: 1994-2005 ; Technologiepolitik ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Innovationsmanagement ; Armut ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Industrieforschung ; Universitäre Forschung ; Forschungseinrichtung ; Entwicklung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Entwicklungsländer ; Innovation ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Innovationsförderung ; Technologiepolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young researchers to review the literature and push theoretical boundaries. They critically review the IS approach and its adequacy for developing countries, discuss the relationship between IS and development, and address the question of how it should be adapted to the realities of developing nations
    Abstract: pt. I. Innovation and development -- pt. II. Scales in innovation systems : theoretical progress and empirical overview -- pt. III. Building blocks in innovation systems in developing countries : challenges under globalization -- pt. IV. IS-based policies in the new global setting
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    ISBN: 9781781007754
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 315 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Geography, structural change and economic development
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Strukturwandel ; Regionaler Strukturwandel ; Betriebliche Standortwahl ; Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Theorie ; Welt ; Economic development ; Economic development Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Strukturwandel
    Abstract: The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who in the post-war period analyzed regional inequalities, structural change and dualism, and the modern literature on--economic growth. The latter has emphasized the existence of multiple equilibria, bifurcations and various types of dynamic complexity, and clarified the conditions for the emergence of phenomena such as cumulative causation, path dependence and hysteresis. These are the typical ingredients of structural change, economic development or underdevelopment
    Abstract: pt. 1. The impact of geographical factors : aspects of location and specialization -- pt. 2. The process of structural change and the role of dualism
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    ISBN: 9781848445987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 529 p) , ill., maps, plans
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of regional growth and development theories
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionales Wachstum ; Regionalentwicklung ; Entwicklung ; Innovation ; Wissenstransfer ; Regionales Cluster ; Agglomerationseffekt ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Regional economics ; Regional economics Econometric models ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionales Wirtschaftswachstum ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new pathways in regional economics, written by many well-known international scholars. The most advanced theories, measurement methods and policy issues in regional growth are given in-depth treatment
    Abstract: Growth theories and space -- Development theories : regional production factors -- Development theories : innovation, knowledge and space -- Regional growth and development measurement methods -- Regional growth and development policies
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4878
    Parallel Title: Irving, Jacqueline Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa
    Keywords: Financial institutions ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Financial institutions ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, with a particular dearth of financing with maturity terms commensurate with the medium- to long-term horizons of infrastructure projects. But as financial market reforms gather momentum, there is growing awareness of the need to tap local and regional sources. Drawing on a comprehensive new database constructed for the purpose of this research, the paper assesses the actual and potential role of local financial systems for 24 African countries in financing infrastructure. The paper concludes that further development and more appropriate regulation of local institutional investors would help them realize their potential as financing sources, for which they are better suited than local banks because their liabilities would better match the longer terms of infrastructure projects. There are clear signs of positive change: private pension providers are emerging in Africa, there is a shift from defined benefit toward defined contribution plans, and African institutional investors have begun taking a more diversified portfolio approach in asset allocation. Although capital markets remain underdeveloped, new issuers in infrastructure sectors-particularly of corporate bonds-are coming to market in several countries, in some cases constituting the debut issue. More than half of the corporate bonds listed at end-2006 on these countries' markets were by companies in infrastructure sectors. More cross-border listings and investment within the region-in both corporate bonds and equity issues-including by local institutional investors, could help overcome local capital markets' impediments and may hold significant promise for financing cross-country infrastructure projects. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4930
    Parallel Title: Iacovone, Leonardo The better you are the stronger it makes you
    Keywords: Free trade ; Industrial productivity ; Free trade ; Industrial productivity
    Abstract: "This paper studies how liberalization affects productivity growth using micro-level plant data. While previous studies have already shown the existence of a positive relationship between competition and economic performance, the novelty of this paper is that it analyzes not only the average impact of liberalization, but also goes "beyond the average" and shows how the liberalization can affect dissimilar plants in a different way. The author first develops a model which predicts that, while the impact of liberalization on productivity growth is positive "on average", more advanced firms tend to benefit more. In fact, liberalization generates two competing effects: on one side it spurs more innovative efforts because of the increased entry threat by foreign competitors, on the other side, enhanced competition curtails expected profits and reduces the funds available to finance innovative activities. The pro-competitive effect is weaker for less advanced firms as for them it is harder to catch-up with the "technology frontier". These predictions are then tested focusing on Mexican plants during the NAFTA liberalization. The results show that a 1 percent reduction in tariffs spurred productivity growth between 4 and 8 percent on average. However, for backward firms this effect is much weaker if not close to zero, otherwise for more advanced ones this effect is stronger with productivity growing between 11 and 13 percent. Consistent with the theoretical model the results are stronger in those sectors where the scope for innovative activities is more pronounced. These results are particularly important for policy makers because they suggest that while increasing competition may be good in spurring average productivity, it is also true that this effect does not hold for all type of firms, in particular more backward firms may need some complementary support policy to upgrade their capacities and keep up with the more competitive environment. "--World Bank web site
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    ISBN: 0821372238 , 0821372246 , 9780821372234 , 9780821372241
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (vii, 78 p) , ill., map , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Environment and development
    DDC: 339.4/9091724
    Keywords: Environmental health ; Households Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Poverty Environmental aspects ; Environmental health ; Households Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Poverty Environmental aspects ; Environmental health ; Households ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Poverty
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding poverty-environment linkages at the household level -- Poverty and environmental change at the macro scale -- Environmental management and pathways to household welfare -- Scope of the report -- Some key conclusions -- Local natural resources, poverty, and degradation: examining empirical regularities -- The importance of environmental income to the poor -- Commons as a source of insurance -- The effect of growth on local resource use -- Welfare impacts of degradation -- The role of poverty in environmental change -- Conclusions -- Health outcomes and environmental pathogens -- Theoretical linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- Empirical evidence of linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- How robust are the empirical findings? -- Conclusions and tentative policy implications -- Household welfare and policy reforms -- Selected policy reforms: evidence from case studies -- Challenges and data limitations -- Conclusions -- Directions for change -- Use of local natural resources -- Design principles for improving environmental health -- Better data for monitoring change -- Policy reforms for managing the environment and reducing poverty -- Moving forward.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index
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    ISBN: 9781782542346
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 176 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Groenewold, Nicolaas, 1949 - Linkages between China's regions
    DDC: 330.951
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    Keywords: Regionalökonomik ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Regionalentwicklung ; China ; Regionalism ; Regionalisierung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalplanung ; Regionale Wirtschaftsstruktur ; Strukturelle Heterogenität ; Ungleichgewicht ; Regionalverwaltung ; Regionalpolitik ; China Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; Regional disparities ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; Regional disparities ; China Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; China Economic policy 1976-2000 ; China Economic policy 2000- ; China ; Region ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making. Not everyone has benefited from the same levels of prosperity and this book examines the many and varied policy solutions and proposals that have been applied to this thorny problem. The authors find that the industrial core of China (the South East and the Changjiang and Yellow River regions) is reasonably well integrated but not well connected to the remainder of the country. Indeed, evidence suggests that development in coastal areas comes at the expense of that in the interior while much of the policy designed to boost the interior actually flows to the coastal provinces. This original analysis of the linkages between regions in China, and regional policy since 1949, will prove an invaluable and illuminating account to a wide readership. This will include academics and researchers of Chinese studies and regional economics as well as policy-makers in the region
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. China's regions and regional disparities, 1953 to 2005 -- 3. Regional policy in China, 1953 to 2005 -- 4. Literature survey -- 5. An analysis of spillovers: A three-region model -- 6. An exploration of the sensitivity of the three-region results -- 7. Spillovers in a model with six regions -- 8. Spillovers of policy shocks in China -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-165) and index
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    ISBN: 9780821374092 , 9780821374108
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 351 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    DDC: 363.6098
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities ; Public utilities ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Setting the stage -- Learning from the existing literature -- Filling the gaps with new datasets and methodologies -- The impact on electricity distribution -- The impact on fixed line telecommunications -- The impact on water and sewerage -- An assessment of the electricity distribution performance of private and public utilities -- Determinants of impact: regulatory and contract variables -- Conclusions and moving forward.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4680
    Parallel Title: Finger, J. M Safeguards and antidumping in Latin American trade liberalization
    Keywords: Dumping (International trade) ; Free trade ; Dumping (International trade) ; Free trade
    Abstract: "The binding of tariff rates and adoption of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization-sanctioned safeguards and antidumping mechanisms provided the basis to remove a multitude of instruments of protection in the Latin American countries discussed in this paper. At the same time, they helped in maintaining centralized control over the management of pressures for protection in agencies with economy-wide accountabilities. The World Trade Organization's procedural requirements (for example, to follow published criteria, or participation by interested parties) helped leaders to change the culture of decision-making from one based on relationships to one based on objective criteria. However, when Latin American governments attempted to introduce economic sense - such as base price comparisons on an economically sensible measure of long-run international price rather than the more generous constructed cost concept that is the core of WTO rules - protection-seekers used the rules against them. They pointed out that World Trade Organization rules do not require the use of such criteria, nor do procedures in leading users (industrial countries) include such criteria. In sum, the administrative content of the rules supported liberalization; the economic content did not. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/20/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848441293
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 245 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the South Asian economies
    DDC: 330.954
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    Keywords: 1950-2004 ; Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftslage ; Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Südasien ; Electronic books ; South Asia Handbooks, manuals, etc Economic conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südasien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Indien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1947-2007 ; Pakistan ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1947-2005 ; Bangladesch ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1971-2005 ; Sri Lanka ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1948-2004 ; Nepal ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1971-2004 ; Bhutan ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1980-2004 ; Malediven ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1985-2005
    Abstract: This Handbook on the South Asian Economies (a companion to the Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies) is a comprehensive and unique collection of original studies on the economic and social development of countries in South Asia. The analytical narratives draw upon a wide range of extant literature in an easily accessible way, whilst highlighting the impact of socio-political factors on economic outcomes. The introductory chapter by the editors provides a comprehensive survey of the main features of South Asian economic development, especially in respect of the policy reforms since the late 1970s
    Abstract: 1. India / S. Mahendra Dev -- 2. Pakistan / Parvez Hasan -- 3. Bangladesh / Wahiduddin Mahmud -- 4. Sri Lanka / Saman Kelegama -- 5. Nepal / S.R. Osmani and B.B. Bajracharya -- 6. Bhutan / S.R. Osmani, S. Tenzing and T. Wangyal -- 7. The Maldives / Mamta Chowdhury
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    ISBN: 9781848440104
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 322 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of innovation series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovation and the creative process
    DDC: 658.3/14
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    Keywords: Innovationsmanagement ; Kreativität ; Creative ability in business ; Technological innovations Management ; Management ; Technische Innovation ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Innovation ; Kreativität ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovation
    Abstract: This book explores new frameworks and methods of understanding and analysing innovation. These are set against a backdrop of 'innovation with care', which is seen as a phenomenon that takes place among many actors with different perspectives, ideas and cultures that must be carefully woven together in order to achieve the benefits of innovation
    Abstract: pt. 1. Involvement -- pt. 2. Importance -- pt. 3. positioning -- pt. 4. Sensemaking
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4712
    Parallel Title: Calderán, César Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Keywords: Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key ingredient for economic development. Sub-Saharan Africa ranks consistently at the bottom of all developing regions in terms of infrastructure performance, and an increasing number of observers point to deficient infrastructure as a major obstacle for growth and poverty reduction across the region. This paper offers an empirical assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth and inequality, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper uses a comparative cross-regional perspective to place Africa's experience in the international context. Drawing from an updated data set of infrastructure quantity and quality indicators covering more than 100 countries and spanning the years 1960-2005, the paper estimates empirical growth and inequality equations including a standard set of control variables augmented by infrastructure quantity and quality measures, and controlling for the potential endogeneity of the latter. The estimates illustrate the potential contribution of infrastructure development to growth and equity across Africa. "--World Bank web site
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848441408
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 283 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kueh, Y. Y. China's new industrialization strategy
    DDC: 330.95106
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    Keywords: Mao, Zedong ; Deng, Xiaoping ; Electronic books ; China Economic policy 1949- ; China Economic conditions 1949- ; China ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1949-
    Abstract: Deng Xiaoping's economic strategy is widely regarded as a complete anathema to Mao's, but this study strongly argues that without the material foundations laid by Mao, it would have been very difficult for Deng to launch his reform and open-door policy. Deng basically shared Mao's aspirations and approach in pursuit of China's industrialization, and this had in fact helped to condition him to the successful gradualist methodology. Deng lost patience at times and resorted to the 'big bang' strategy, only to fail miserably. Taken together, the book tells a new story about the economics of China's transition. This is a highly thought-provoking study, blending institutional and convincing statistical analysis
    Abstract: pt. I. Economics of Maoism revisited -- pt. 2. Deng Xiaoping in Mao's mantle -- pt. 3. Agriculture in China's industrialization -- pt. 4. The new industrialization strategy -- pt. 5. From Autarky to the WTO
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-274) and index , Title from cover
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    ISBN: 9781848444010
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 248 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Thirlwall, Anthony P., 1941 - 2023 Trade liberalisation and the poverty of nations
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    Keywords: Handelsliberalisierung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Exportinduziertes Wachstum ; Entwicklungsländer ; Free trade ; Electronic books ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce ; Entwicklungsländer ; Außenhandel ; Liberalisierung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence of the now-developed countries also illustrates this fact
    Abstract: 1. The theory and measurement of trade liberalisation -- 2. Trade liberalisation, trade performance and economic growth -- 3. Trade liberalisation and international inequality -- 4. Trade liberalisation, poverty and domestic inequality -- 5. Trade strategy and economic development
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-238) and index
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    ISBN: 9781848442733
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 240 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Infrastructure and trade in Asia
    DDC: 363.095
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    Keywords: 2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Asien ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Asien ; Infrastruktur ; Handel ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Asia Economic policy ; Asia Economic conditions 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Infrastruktur ; Handel
    Abstract: Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure facilities and their impacts on poverty, trade, investment and macroeconomic balances
    Abstract: Infrastructure and trade in Asia : an overview / Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon -- A framework for considering infrastructure for regional co-operation / John Weiss -- Trade facilitation : what, why, how, where and when? / Philippa Dee, Christopher Findlay and Richard Pomfret -- Regional co-operation, governance, soft infrastructure and trading costs / Haider A. Khan -- Empirical estimates of trade costs for Asia / Prabir De -- Roads and poverty : a general equilibrium analysis for Lao PDR / Jayant Menon and Peter Warr -- Road infrastructure and regional economic integration : evidence from the Mekong / Christopher Edmonds and Manabu Fujimura -- Meeting the MDG water target in Asia : the role of regional co-operation / P.B. Anand -- Infrastructure financing : impacts on macroeconomic balances / Douglas H. Brooks and Fan Zhai
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781848440265
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 278 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Wiesner Durán, Eduardo The political economy of macroeconomic policy reform in Latin America
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsreform ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Verteilungswirkung ; Institutionenökonomik ; Lateinamerika ; Economics ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Latin America Economic policy ; Latin America Economic conditions 21st century ; Lateinamerika ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Lateinamerika ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Lateinamerika ; Wirtschaftsreform
    Abstract: Eduardo Wiesner's book makes an important contribution to the understanding of development by blending together the interdependent issues of (i) macroeconomic performance and volatility, (ii) equity and distributive justice, (iii) fiscal deficits and the redistributive effectiveness of social public expenditures, and (iv) the demand for the 'right' institutions and for policy reform in Latin America. It does this by examining recent macroeconomic crises from a political economy perspective, and finds that information is the critical algorithm that links together the demand for macroeconomic stability, macroeconomic performance and, ultimately, distributive justice
    Abstract: Overview : the current status and prospects of the reform process -- The political economy of macroeconomic policy making in Latin America -- Argentina : blinded by hindsight - the economics and politics of learning -- Brazil : the market enhancing role of political economy factors -- Chile : the right mix of polices and institutions -- Colombia : fairness perception and the political tolerance for macroeconomic policy reform -- Costa Rica : the effectiveness of political economy compromise -- Peru : from macroeconomic volatility to credibility building
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-267) and indexes
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    ISBN: 9781848442900
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 178 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pejovič, Svetozar, 1931 - Law, informal rules and economic performance
    DDC: 340.11
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    Keywords: Rechtsökonomik ; Rechtsordnung ; Kapitalismus ; Institutionenökonomik ; Capitalism ; Rule of law ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kapitalismus ; Rechtsordnung ; Wirtschaftsordnung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Kapitalismus ; Rechtsordnung ; Institutionalismus ; Wirtschaftsordnung
    Abstract: Capitalism has outperformed all other systems and maintained a positive growth rate since it began. Svetozar Pejovich makes the case within this book that a major reason for the success of capitalism lies in the efficiency-friendly incentives of its basic institutions, which continuously adjust the rules of the game to the requirements of economic progress. The analysis throughout is consistent and is supported by evidence. Key components of the proposed theory are the rule of law, the market for institutions, the interaction thesis, the carriers of change, and the process of changing formal and informal institutions
    Abstract: pt. 1. Basic economic concepts -- pt. 2. Transformation of the Medieval community into modern society : the rise of classical liberalism, the rule of law and capitalism -- pt. 3. Toward a theory of institutional change
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    ISBN: 9781848445017
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 308 p) , ill
    Series Statement: European research in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The dynamics between entrepreneurship, environment and education
    DDC: 338.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Wirtschaftsforschung ; Bildung ; Berufsbildung ; Gesellschaft ; Europa ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Entrepreneurship Study and teaching ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Ausbildung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Einfluss ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book introduces the expanding European dialogue between entrepreneurship, environment and education. It considers the shape, dimensions and horizon of this multidisciplinary landscape in entrepreneurship research. The striking differences and contradictions in entrepreneurial activities, readiness and innovativeness within European countries and the proactive attitude and activities of European competitors impose a demand for a better understanding of the complex dynamics
    Abstract: pt. 1. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and environment -- pt. 2. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and education -- pt. 3. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and small businesses
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4797
    Parallel Title: Hoekman, Bernard M Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade
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    Keywords: Free trade ; Free trade ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; Developing countries Commercial policy
    Abstract: "This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade costs. Based on a gravity regression framework, the analysis suggests that tariffs and non-tariff measures continue to be a significant source of trade restrictiveness for low-income countries despite preferential access programs. This is because the value of trade preferences is quite limited: a new measure of the relative preference margin developed in the paper reveals that this is very low for most country-pairs. Most countries with very good (duty-free) access to a market generally have competitors that have the same degree of access. The empirical analysis suggests that measures to improve logistics performance and facilitate trade are likely to have the greatest positive effects in expanding developing country trade, increasing the trade impacts of lowering remaining border barriers by a factor of two or more. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009 , Also available in print.
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    ISBN: 0821371398 , 0821371401 , 9780821371398 , 9780821371404
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 149 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 332.67/264098
    Keywords: Housing Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Pension trusts Investments ; Small business Finance ; Housing Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Pension trusts Investments ; Small business Finance ; Housing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Pension trusts ; Small business
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782541974
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 199 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Advances in Chinese economic studies
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Golley, Jane, 1971 - The dynamics of Chinese regional development
    DDC: 338.951
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    Keywords: Regionalentwicklung ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Regionalplanung ; China ; Regional planning ; Regional planning China ; China Economic conditions 2000- ; Regional disparities ; China Economic conditions ; 2000- ; Regional disparities ; Hochschulschrift ; China ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1989-2003 ; China ; Regionalplanung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1989-2003
    Abstract: This book surveys the competing, or sometimes complementary, roles of the state and the market in shaping China's pattern of regional development during the Communist era. The uneven pace of industrialisation across China's provinces during its economic transition raises numerous questions regarding spatial patterns of industrial development in a developing, transitional economy. Jane Golley's book answers questions such as: Why have inter-regional inequalities in industrial development come to exist? Why are they tending to increase? How have regional policies and reform strategies impacted on these trends? How, if at all, can these trends be reversed? A comparative economic systems analysis of the Mao and Deng eras, combined with theoretical and empirical evidence of the disequilibrium nature of regional development, depicts the recent trend of rising inequality across China as being both inevitable and ongoing. The central government's 'Western Development Strategy' is assessed in this context. The most novel contribution of the book is the development of a framework for thinking about regional development and policy, which combines two distinct approaches - 'new' economic geography and comparative economic systems analysis - which can be used to understand patterns of regional development anywhere in the world. The application of this framework to regional development during the Mao and Deng eras provides a uniquely holistic and easy-to-read coverage of the topic. The Dynamics of Chinese Regional Development will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Chinese economy. The book will also find an audience in scholars and researchers of Chinese and Asian studies more generally as well as students and scholars of economics, political economy and regional science
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Regional patterns of industrial development in a market economy -- 3. Comparative economic systems and the role of government -- 4. China's manufacturing core -- 5. Mao zedong and nature versus nurture -- 6. Deng xiaoping and nature versus nurture -- 7. Core-periphery dynamics -- 8. The western development strategy -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305346
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 537 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Snowdon, Brian, 1947 - Globalisation, development and transition
    DDC: 337
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Entwicklung ; Systemtransformation ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; International economic relations ; Globalization ; Economic history 20th century ; Gespräch ; Interview ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftssystem ; Systemtransformation
    Abstract: This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the major economic issues that have helped shape the modern world. It includes discussions of the latest research findings in the international economic development literature and scrutinises some of the most important debates in contemporary economics. Brian Snowdon examines the many controversies relating to long-run growth and development, problems of transitions from socialism to capitalism, international competitiveness and the impacts of globalisation. To shed light on these critical issues Brian Snowdon interviewed eleven leading economists who are featured in this book: Daron Acemoglu, Alberto Alesina, Padma Desai, William Easterly, Stanley Fischer, János Kornai, Michael Porter, Dani Rodrik, Jeffrey Sachs, Xavier Sala-i-Martin and Jeffrey Williamson. Globalisation, Development and Transition provides an all-encompassing guide to the contemporary literature on economic development and related fields, as well as an extensive and up-to-date list of references. It will be an essential resource for all scholars and students of economics, especially those with an interest in economic growth and development, economic history, trade and globalisation, and the economics of transition
    Description / Table of Contents: The fall and rise of globalisation -- Introduction -- Globalisation v. 'globaphobia' -- The gains from trade and good governance -- When did globalisation begin? -- The 'great reversal' : international disintegration and recovery -- Financial globalisation -- The benefits and costs of financial integration -- Exchange rate regimes and the 'open-economy trilemma' -- The role of the International Monetary Fund -- Globalisation and the IMF : some lessons from the 1990s -- International labour migration -- The 'offshore outsourcing' controversy -- The size of nations -- Growth, productivity and international competitiveness -- Analysing global competitiveness -- The Growth Competitiveness Index -- The Business Competitiveness Index -- The Global Competitiveness Index -- Improving competitiveness of developing countries -- Conclusion -- Economic development in historical perspective -- Introduction -- The 'great escape' -- Alternative measures of 'progress' -- Income measures -- Beyond income measures of progress : basic needs, the PQLI and life expectancy -- The Human Development Index -- Competitiveness indices -- Measures of freedom -- Anthropometrics -- The economics of obesity -- The economics of happiness and life satisfaction -- The birth of development economics -- From the 'dirigiste consensus' to the 'Washington consensus' and beyond -- Growth and development -- Growth, development and the role of institutions -- Economic history and institutions -- Bandits and kleptocrats -- Barriers to growth and development -- Sub-Saharan Africa's 'growth tragedy' -- From 'Marshall Plan' to Millennium Development Goals -- 2005 : a 'pivotal year' in the development debate? -- The foreign aid controversy -- Aid and poverty traps -- Foreign aid : a 'weapon of mass salvation' -- Conclusion -- The rise and fall of the socialist system and the trials of transition -- Introduction -- The legacy of Marx -- The rise and fall of the socialist system and the Soviet Union, 1917-91 -- From 'golden age' growth to slowdown -- Western perceptions of the socialist system -- Economic analysis under socialism -- From glasnost and perestroika to transition -- The political economy of transition -- A third way : is market socialism feasible? -- Alternative paths of transition : the shock therapy v. gradualism debate -- The political economy of reform -- Conclusion.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-521) and index
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    ISBN: 9781847205506
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 350 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
    DDC: 363.325
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    Keywords: 2000-2005 ; Terrorismus ; Kosten ; Sachversicherung ; Luftverkehr ; Hafenanlagen ; Ernährungsindustrie ; Tourismus ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Wasserversorgung ; USA ; Terrorism Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electric utilities ; Transportation Effect of terrorism on ; Terrorism Prevention ; USA ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Electronic books ; USA ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Infrastruktur
    Abstract: Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address urban terrorism : a risk management approach. / Richard G. Little -- Optimal inspection strategies for Coast Guard operations / Niyazi Onur Bakir -- Balancing freedom and security after 9/11 : risk management at National Park Service / Larry Parkinson -- The national economic impacts of a food terrorism event : initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew P. Drennan -- Analyzing catastrophic terrorist events with applications to the food industry / Hamid Mohtadi and Antu Panini Murshid -- Simulating the state-by-state effects of terrorist attacks on three major US ports : applying NIEMO (National Interstate Economic Model) / Jiyoung Park ... [et al.] -- Tourism and terrorism : the national and interregional economic impacts of attacks on major US theme parks / Harry W. Richardson... [et al.] -- Worst case electricity scenarios : the benefits and costs of prevention / Lester B. Lave, Jay Apt and Granger Morgan -- Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack on the electric system / Rae Zimmerman ... [et al.] -- Regional economic impacts of a terrorist attack on the water system of Los Angeles : a computable general disequilibrium analysis / Adam Rose, Gbadebo Oladosu and Shu-Yi Liao -- Two-sided electricity markets : self-healing systems / Richard E. Schuler.
    Abstract: This landmark book covers a range of issues concerning the consequences of terrorist attacks. Beginning with a discussion of new policies and strategies, it then delves into specific areas of concern, modeling a range of possible scenarios and ways to mitigate or pre-empt damages
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847205353
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 210 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Das, Dilip K., 1945 - The evolving global trade architecture
    DDC: 382/.92
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    Keywords: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) ; World Trade Organization ; Uruguay Round ; Weltwirtschaftsordnung ; Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftskonferenz ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation ; Welt ; Free trade ; International trade ; Foreign trade regulation ; Globalization Economic aspects ; International economic relations ; Electronic books ; WTO-Recht ; World Trade Organization ; Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ; Freihandel ; Welthandel ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Development, developing economies and the multilateral trade regime -- Necessity for a development round -- Special treatment and policy space for the developing economies in the multilateral trade regime -- The Fifth Ministerial Conference : the wheels come off at Cancún -- Enter the developing economies : transforming the landscape of the multilateral trade regime -- The Sixth Ministerial Conference : the lean Hong Kong harvest -- The Doha Round : a disenchanting evolutionary process.
    Abstract: This comprehensive and accessible book examines the evolution of the multilateral trade regime in the ever-changing global economic environment, particularly during the WTO era and the ongoing Doha Round. Professor Das explores how the creation of the multilateral trade regime, or the GATT/WTO system, has been fraught with difficulties. He describes the ways, by means of various rounds of negotiations, the multilateral trade regime has constantly adjusted itself to the new realities of the global economy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847206800
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 224 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Crisis or recovery in Japan
    DDC: 330.952
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    Keywords: 1950-2006 ; Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Industriepolitik ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Technologiepolitik ; Japan ; Industrial policy ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Japan Economic policy 1989- ; Japan Economic policy ; 1989- ; Anthologie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Japan ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Globalisierung ; Japan ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Japan ; Unternehmenspolitik
    Abstract: Introduction : the attributes of the crisis / David Bailey, Dan Coffey, Philip R. Tomlinson -- The workings of the Japanese economy / Donald W. Katzner -- The cause of Japan's recession and the lessons for the world / Richard A. Werner -- Transnational monopoly capitalism, the J-mode firm and industrial 'hollowing out' in Japan / Keith Cowling, Philip. R. Tomlinson -- Globalization and the Japanese subcontractor system / Ulrike Schaede -- Institutionally driven growth and stagnation - and struggle for reform / Terutomo Ozawa -- Kūdōka, restructuring and possibilities for industrial policy in Japan / David Bailey, Roger Sugden -- The national innovation system : a key to Japan's future growth / Hiroyuki Odagiri -- The rise and fall of Japan as a model of 'progressive capitalism' / David Coates -- 'Can Japan compete?' reconsidered / Dan Coffey, Carole Thornley.
    Abstract: This innovative and multidisciplinary book explores Japan's economic crisis and recovery. Specifically, it analyses the role of corporations, the state, macroeconomic and industrial policy, and the changing status of Japan as an economic role model. The contributors list comprises an international panel of economists, political scientists and international relations specialists. From vantage points across Japan, North America and Europe, they bring together a collection of original studies considering Japan's economic malaise and the potential for sustained recovery
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    Cheltenham, Glos, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847203182
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 488 p) , ill , 25 cm
    Series Statement: Elgar original reference
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on Asian business
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1945-2006 ; Wirtschaftslage ; Strategisches Management ; Industriestruktur ; Industriepolitik ; Unternehmensorganisation ; Marketing ; Staatliche Einflussnahme ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Asien ; International trade ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Interesse ; Grundlage ; Konsumgütermarkt ; Marketing ; Akteur ; Wirtschaft ; Staat ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Asia Foreign economic relations ; Asia Economic integration ; Asien ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Betriebswirtschaftslehre ; Forschung
    Abstract: 'This volume is excellent. Students who are interested in Asian business should read it and will find the comprehensive bibliography offered by the different contributors very helpful. In light of the recent global financial crises, it is time to re-examine the "Asian miracles," as well as the Western models of business organizations and regulations. This volume offers great insights not just on Asian business but also on Western economies and business. It is also time to adopt an integrative approach recommended by Yeung through comparative research of businesses and economies in different institutions and cultures.' - Yifei Sun, Economic Geography. 'An absolute "must-have" for college library reference shelves, filled cover-to-cover with keen analyses that any businessperson seeking to make inroads in an Asian market needs to study at length!' - Midwest Book Review. 'This book serves as an important guide to the many fascinating research questions about Asian business waiting to be addressed. The study of Asian business has reached equality in importance to the study of business in Europe and North America. Researchers who study any of these regions have an incentive to follow the study of business in the other regions, if for no other reason than that many global firms from each region operate in all regions now. Nonetheless, the more important reason for knowledge transfer among researchers of each region is that these exchanges can only advance everyone's research. Henry Yeung and the contributors are to be thanked for setting out a rich agenda for research on Asian business that will elevate this study to equality with research elsewhere in the world.' - Eurasian Geography and Economics. 'This book is extremely comprehensive and well researched. It will be of particular interest to scholars in the fields of international business, development studies, economic geography, regional studies as well as international and national policymakers.' - Science Technology & Society. The rise of Asia as an important region for global business has been widely recognized as one of the most significant economic phenomena in the new millennium. This accessible and comprehensive Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of Asian business in an expansive range of areas including: business organizations, strategic management, marketing, state-business relations, business and development, business policy issues. It is argued that whilst academic studies on Asian ...
    Abstract: pt. I. Business strategy and organization -- pt. II. Business and marketing -- pt. III. Business-state relations -- pt. IV. Business, development and policy issues
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    ISBN: 9781847204332
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 171 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kresl, Peter Karl, 1938 - Planning cities for the future
    DDC: 307.1/216094
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    Keywords: Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtökonomik ; EU-Staaten ; City planning ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions 1945- ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtökonomie
    Abstract: 1. The urban context and the need for economic-strategic planning -- 2. The literature on urban competitiveness and strategic-economic planning -- 3. The economic and geographic analysis of urban competitiveness -- 4. The ten cities and their planning at the outset of the 1990s -- 5. How these planning initiatives fared during 1992-2005 -- 6. The ten cities and their planning for 2005-2015 -- 7. Lessons from the past and a look to the future.
    Abstract: Planning cities for the future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to ascertain the crucial factors for success in this area of public policy. These factors include effective governance, leadership and monitoring of performance. The author also reveals how economic turbulence--macro-economic stagnation, the emergence of competitors such as China and Central Europe and the introduction of the euro for example--all have distinct impacts on the economic development of cities. He also suggests that today's economic strengths may create tomorrow's social pathologies, a fact which city planners must always keep in mind. Peter Kresl's book offers examples of cities that got it right and others that did not
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847204400
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 239 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regionalism, trade and economic development in the Asia-Pacific region
    DDC: 382/.915
    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; 1980-2005 ; Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration ; Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Handelsabkommen ; Freihandelsabkommen ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Pacific Area Commerce ; Asia Economic policy ; Pacific Area Economic policy ; Konferenzschrift ; Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum ; Regionalismus ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Regionalism : the World Trade Organization and the exchange rate -- pt. 3. East Asia and the Pacific -- pt. 4. Southeast Asia -- pt. 5. Sector studies -- pt. 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book is based on the premise that Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in the Asia-Pacific significantly impact on the material progress of the peoples of this region. These impacts - in terms of the benefits and costs associated with RTAs - will vary greatly from country to country. The internationally acclaimed contributors examine the theoretical perspective of RTAs in relation to exchange rates, the role and goals of the WTO and agriculture
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847204103
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 282 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Athukorala, Premachandra, 1951 - Multinational enterprises in Asian development
    DDC: 338.8/885
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Entwicklung ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Asien ; International business enterprises ; Asien ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Direktinvestition ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Electronic books ; Asia Economic policy ; Asien ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Direktinvestition ; Multinationales Unternehmen
    Abstract: Multinational enterprises and developing countries : background and preview -- Foreign direct investment in developing Asia : trends, patterns and prospects -- Multinational enterprises and manufacturing for export : emerging patterns and opportunities for latecomers -- Product fragmentation and trade patterns in east Asia -- Multinational firms in crisis and recovery : lessons from the 1997-98 Asian crisis -- Capital inflows and the real exchange rate : foreign direct investment versus short-term capital -- Trade orientation and productivity gains from international production -- Multinational enterprises and the globalization of R&D : a study of US-based firms -- Multinational firms and factor proportions in manufacturing : does parentage matter? -- Foreign direct investment in economic transition : the experience of Vietnam.
    Abstract: This book takes a fresh look at unresolved issues associated with the role of multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment in economic development in light of the experiences of developing countries in Asia
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-272) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035305339
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 482 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: ADBI series on Asian economic integration and cooperation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The dynamics of regional development
    DDC: 338.9599
    Keywords: 1960-2003 ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalpolitik ; Dezentralisierung ; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Ländlicher Raum ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Ostasien ; Philippinen ; Regional planning ; Decentralization in government ; Philippines Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Philippinen ; Regionalentwicklung ; Ostasien ; Regionalentwicklung ; Philippinen ; Dezentralisation ; Philippinen ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation's regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly China and Indonesia. The lessons of this book are relevant not only for an audience interested in the Philippines - a large developing nation with a population soon to exceed 100 million people - but also for many other developing countries now embarking on decentralization programs. The book therefore has broad international appeal. The contributors focus on three main issues: * Centre-region relations. While the decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable, and stable regulatory environment that governs centre-region administrative and financial relations. * Infrastructure. This is arguably the most important policy tool in shaping regional development patterns, yet decision-makers are rarely able to develop these investments on the basis of a coherent and integrated policy framework. * The conflict in Mindanao. This deep and protracted conflict must be resolved for the benefit of the local and national population. This enlightening and topical book will appeal to postgraduate students of economic development, regional development/science, rural development, and Asian Studies. It will also attract the interest of researchers and practitioners in international development agencies, NGOs, and policymakers and legislators in developing countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- The Philippine regions, 1987 -- The Philippine regions, 2003 -- 1. The Philippines and regional development / Hal Hill, Arsenio M. Balisacan and Sharon Faye A. Piza -- Part I: East Asia and beyond -- 2. Globalization, geography and regional policy / John Weiss -- 3. Regional development: Analytical and policy issues / Hal Hill -- 4. The east Asian experience: The people's republic of China / Ligang Song -- 5. The east Asian experience: Indonesia / Budy P. Resosudarmo and Yogi Vidyattama -- Part II: The Philippines -- 6. Local politics and local economy / Emmanuel S. de Dios -- 7. The quality of local governance and development under decentralization / Joseph J. Capuno -- 8. Regional labour markets and economic development in the Philippines / Emmanuel F. Esguerra and Chris Manning -- 9. Decentralization and the financing of regional development / Rosario G. Manasan -- 10. Infrastructure and regional growth / Gilberto M. Llanto -- 11. Development of the rural non-farm sector in the Philippines and lessons from the east Asian experience / Jonna P. Estudillo, Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka -- 12. Regional responses to trade liberalization and economic decentralization / Gwendolyn R. Tecson -- 13. Local growth and poverty reduction / Arsenio M. Balisacan -- References -- Index.
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing." , Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-449) and indexes
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    ISBN: 0821366823 , 0821366831 , 9780821366820
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 42 p) , ill., map , 26 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 84
    DDC: 333.91/409664
    Keywords: Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project ; Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project ; Communication in rural development ; Hydroelectric power plants ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Water-power ; Communication in rural development ; Hydroelectric power plants ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Water-power
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42)
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    ISBN: 0821366866 , 9780821366868
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxi, 141 p) , ill , 21 cm
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    Keywords: World Bank ; World Bank ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; World Bank ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics)
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 218 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies
    DDC: 363.738/74011
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    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Umweltbelastung ; Umweltpolitik ; Energieeinsparung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Industrieländer ; Treibhausgas-Emissionen ; Emissionshandel ; Climatic changes Economic aspects ; Climatic changes ; Energy policy Economic aspects ; Energy policy Environmental aspects ; Environmental economics Congresses ; Energy consumption Environmental aspects ; Congresses ; Climatic changes Government policy ; Congresses ; Emissions trading European Union countries ; Congresses ; Environmental policy Evaluation ; Congresses ; Energy policy Evaluation ; Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Energiepolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Klimaänderung
    Abstract: Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design and practicalities of energy and energy-related environmental policies are under constant scrutiny. This innovative new book not only addresses the economic assessment of environmental and energy policies but also discusses the efficiency and distributional consequences these policies have for producers and consumers. With contributions from leading academics in the field, this comprehensive volume uses a variety of methodological approaches with which to explore a number of pertinent issues, including several studies on the EU Emission Trading System, as well as more advanced topics such as indeterminacy and optimal environmental public policies, energy-saving technological progress, oil shocks and energy transitions and policy design. Combining theoretical and empirical work, this timely book is a significant contribution to the existing literature and deals with issues at the frontier of current economic knowledge. Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy Policies is a unique and informative book and will have widespread appeal amongst scholars, students and policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction and overview / Carlos de Miguel, Xavier Labandeira and Baltasar Manzano -- Part I: Some fundamentals -- 2. Growth and environment: On u-curves without u-turns / Sjak Smulders -- 3. Pollution markets: Some theory and evidence / Juan P. Montero -- Part II: The EU emission trading system -- 4. European greenhouse gas emissions trading: A system in transition / John Reilly and Sergey Paltsev -- 5. Harmonizing emission allocation. What are the equity consequences for the sectors in and outside the eu-trading scheme / Tim Hoffmann, Andreas Löschel and Ulf Moslener -- 6. The effects of a sudden co2 reduction in Spain / Xavier Labandeira and Miguel Rodríguez -- 7. An assessment of the consequences of the European emissions trading scheme for the promotion of renewable electricity in Spain / Pedro Linares, Francisco J. Santos and Mariano Ventosa -- 8. Efficient verification of firm data under the EU emissions trading system / Frauke Eckermann -- Part III: Advanced issues in climate change and energy policies -- 9. Induced technological change and slow energy capital stock turnover in an optimal co2 abatement model / Malte Schwoon and Richard S.J. Tol / / 10. Indeterminacy and Optimal Environmental Public Policies in an Endogenous Growth Model / Rafaela Pérez and Jesús Ruiz -- 11. Energy-saving technological progress in a vintage capital model / Agustín Pérez-Barahona and Benteng Zou -- 12. Oil shocks and the business cycle in Europe / Carlos de Miguel, Baltasar Manzano and José M. Martín-Moreno -- 13. Energy transitions and policy design in a gpt setting with cyclical growth through basic and applied R&D / Adriaan van Zon and Tobias Kronenberg -- Index.
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    Parallel Title: Olarreaga, M Sugar prices, labor income, and poverty in Brazil
    Keywords: Free trade ; Households Economic aspects ; Sugar trade ; Free trade ; Households Economic aspects ; Sugar trade
    Abstract: "This paper assesses the impact that a potential liberalization of sugar regimes in OECD countries could have on household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local markets may be relatively more isolated from changes in world prices. They then simultaneously estimate the impact that changes in domestic sugar prices have on regional wages and employment depending on worker characteristics. Finally, they measure the impact on household income of a 10 percent increase in world sugar prices. Results suggest that workers in the sugar sector and in sugar-producing regions have better employment opportunities and experience larger wage increases. More interestingly, households at the top of the income distribution experience larger income gains due to higher wages, whereas households at the bottom of the distribution experience larger income gains due to movements out of unemployment. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3943
    Parallel Title: Foster, Vivien Is cost recovery a feasible objective for water and electricity?
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public utilities ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public utilities
    Abstract: "Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are already widespread in Latin America, but they suffer from a number of design flaws. Increasing block tariff (IBT) structures are the most prevalent form of social tariffs in the region. These are likely to be more successful in the electricity sector than in the water sector because the correlation between consumption and income is much stronger in the case of electricity than water. Moreover, IBT structures in electricity tend to be much better designed than in the case of water, with lower fixed charges, lower subsistence blocks, and steeper gradients. A number of more sophisticated social tariff schemes are also being applied that combine consumption criteria with some form of socioeconomic screening. These are generally found to perform better than IBTs, although they also present significant room for improvement. "--World Bank web site
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    Parallel Title: Gourdon, Julien Openness, inequality, and poverty
    Keywords: Equality ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Equality ; Free trade ; Income distribution
    Abstract: "Using tariffs as a measure of openness, the authors find consistent evidence that the conditional effects of trade liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in inequality in countries well-endowed in highly skilled workers and capital or with workers that have very low education levels and in countries relatively well-endowed in mining and fuels. Trade liberalization is associated with decreases in inequality in countries that are well-endowed with primary-educated labor. Similar results are also apparent when decile data are used instead of the usual Gini coefficient. The results are strongly supportive of the factor-proportions theory of trade and suggest that trade liberalization in poor countries where the share of the labor force with very low education levels (likely employed in nontradable activities) is high raises inequality. In the sample, countries with low education levels also have relatively scarce endowments of capital. Quantitatively capital scarcity is the dominating effect so that trade liberalization is accompanied by reduced income inequality in low-income countries. Within-country inequality is also positively correlated with measures of macroeconomic instability. Simulation results suggest that relatively small changes in inequality as measured by aggregate measures of inequality like the Gini coefficient are magnified when estimates are carried out using decile data. "--World Bank web site
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    ISBN: 9781847200167
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 344 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Institutioneller Wandel ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Entwicklung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Welt ; Gleichberechtigung ; Social institutions ; Globalization ; Economic development ; Sozialeinrichtung ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation influence individual countries' economic and social institutions
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Concepts -- pt. 3. Empirical evidence -- pt. 4. Conclusion
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3989
    Parallel Title: Fedderke, Johannes W Infrastructure and growth in South Africa
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; South Africa Economic conditions ; South Africa Economic conditions
    Abstract: "Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous (countervailing signs) results with little robustness. A number of explanations of the contradictory findings have been proposed. These range from the crowd-out of private by public sector investment, non-linearities generating the possibility of infrastructure overprovision, simultaneity between infrastructure provision and growth, and the possibility of multiple (hence indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities using panel data for South Africa over the 1970-2000 period, and a range of 19 infrastructure measures. Using a number of alternative measures of productivity, the prevalence of ambiguous (countervailing signs) results, with little systematic pattern is also shown to hold for their data set in estimations that include the infrastructure measures in simple growth frameworks. The authors demonstrate that controlling for potential endogeneity of infrastructure in estimation robustly eliminates virtually all evidence of ambiguous impacts of infrastructure, due for example to possible overinvestment in infrastructure. Controlling for the possibility of endogeneity in the infrastructure measures renders the impact of infrastructure capital not only positive, but of economically meaningful magnitudes. These findings are invariant between the direct impact of infrastructure on labor productivity, and the indirect impact of infrastructure on total factor productivity. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3850
    Parallel Title: Bussolo, Maurizio Do regional trade pacts benefit the poor?
    Keywords: Free trade ; Income distribution ; Poverty ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Poverty
    Abstract: "The main objective of this paper is to provide an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. The authors use a general equilibrium macro model to simulate trade reform scenarios and estimate their price effects, while a micro-module maps these price changes into real income changes at the individual household level. A useful insight from this analysis is that even if the final total impact on poverty is not too large, its dispersion across households-due to their heterogeneity of factor endowments, inputs use, commodity production, and consumption preferences-is significant and should be taken into account when designing compensatory policies. Additionally, growth and redistribution decomposition show that, at least in the short to medium run, redistribution can be as important as growth. The main policy message that emerges from the paper is that Nicaragua should consider enlarging its own liberalization to countries other than the United States to boost trade-induced poverty reductions. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3891
    Parallel Title: Casacuberta, Carlos Protection, openness, and factor adjustment
    Keywords: Free trade ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Tariff ; Free trade ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Tariff
    Abstract: "The authors use a panel of manufacturing firms to analyze the adjustment process in capital blue collar and white collar employment in Uruguay during a period of trade liberalization when average tariff protection fell from 43 to 14 percent. They calculate the desired factor levels arising from a counterfactual profit maximization in the absence of adjustment costs, generating a measure of factor shortages or surpluses. The average estimated output gap for 1982-95 is 2 percent. The authors' policy analysis shows that trade openness affected the adjustment functions of all three factors of production. Highly protected sectors adjust less when creating jobs (reducing labor shortages) than sectors with low protection. This may be due to fears of policy reversal in highly protected sectors. Also, highly protected sectors adjust more easily (than low protection sectors) when destroying jobs (reducing labor surpluses), especially in the case of blue collar labor. This suggests that trade protection may in fact destroy rather than create jobs within industries, as firms in highly protected sectors are more reluctant to hire and more ready to fire than firms in sectors with low protection. The results for capital are qualitatively similar but quantitatively smaller, suggesting that trade protection plays less of a role in explaining adjustment costs for capital. Interestingly, export-oriented sectors have lower adjustment costs for blue collar labor but not for white collar employment or capital, suggesting that export-led growth may be particularly successful in reducing blue collar unemployment. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3905
    Parallel Title: Galiano, Sebastian Trends in tariff reforms and trends in wage inequality
    Keywords: Free trade ; Income distribution ; Wages ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Wages
    Abstract: "The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the current literature on the topic achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade liberalization across industries, they propose a stronger identifying strategy. The authors explore the recent historical record of policy changes adopted by Argentina: from significant protection in the early 1970s, to the first episode of liberalization during the late 1970s, back to a slowdown of reforms during the 1980s, to the second episode of liberalization in the 1990s. These swings in trade policy comprise broken trends in trade reforms that they can compare with observed trends in wages and wage inequality. After setting up unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, trends in wages, and trends in wage inequality, the evidence supports two well-known hypotheses: trade liberalization, other things being equal, (1) has reduced wages, and (2) has increased wage inequality. "--World Bank web site
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    ISBN: 9781847204097
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 372 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Askari, Hossein Middle East oil exporters
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftslage ; Erdölpolitik ; Entwicklung ; Erdölindustrie ; Arabische Golf-Staaten ; Mittlerer Osten ; Petroleum industry and trade ; Erdölindustrie ; Naher Osten ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Electronic books ; Middle East Economic policy ; Middle East Economic conditions ; Naher Osten ; Erdölexport ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: Middle East Oil Exporters presents a detailed picture of the economic structure and a critical survey of the recent economic performance of the Middle East. The focus is especially on the large oil-exporting nations, although the smaller producers are represented as well. The author illustrates how oil has become a crutch to avoid reforms, destroying the work ethic of the region, fuelling corruption and poisoning the social and cultural fabric of society to keep unpopular governments in power. In addition, he provides a view of the social, economic, and political implications of Islamic doctrine. In this context he examines the institutions of governance and determines that they have performed poorly, often in blatant violation of Islamic principles. This in-depth analysis is accompanied by a comprehensive prescription for a turnaround in the Middle East
    Abstract: Introduction -- The blessing and the curse of oil -- Islam, governance and economic development -- Instability, regional conflicts and external intervention -- Physical and social indicators -- Broad economic indicators and performance -- Government finances -- External sector -- Labor and employment -- Capital flows -- Law and order, business climate, economic freedom and country risk -- Military expenditures and the cost of conflicts -- Policy assessment : a synthesis of successes and failures -- The way forward
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    ISBN: 9781847201737
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 322 p) , ill., map
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of innovation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Asia's innovation systems in transition
    DDC: 338/.064095
    Keywords: Innovation ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Institutionelle Infrastruktur ; Organisatorischer Wandel ; Lernende Organisation ; Technologiepolitik ; Asien ; Wissensmanagement ; Technology transfer ; Technological innovation Economic aspects ; Organizational change ; Organizational learning ; Technological innovation Government policy ; Knowledge management ; Asien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Technische Innovation ; Innovationsförderung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovationsförderung ; Technische Innovation ; Asien ; Technologietransfer ; Organisatorisches Lernen ; Wissensmanagement
    Abstract: The success of Asian economies (first Japan, then Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and, more recently, China and India) has made it tempting to look for "an Asian model of development". However, the strength of Asian development lies less in strategies that reproduce successful national systems of innovation and more in the capacity for institutional change to open up new development trajectories with greater emphasis on knowledge and learning. The select group of contributors demonstrate that although there are important differences among Asian countries in terms of institutional set-ups supporting innovation, government policies and industrial structures, they share common transitional processes to cope with the globalizing learning economy
    Abstract: Asia's innovation systems in transition : an introduction / Bengt-ke lundvall, patarapong intarakumnerd and Jan Vang-Lauridsen -- Opportunities for Asian countries to catch up with knowledge-based competition / Tilman Altenburg -- Transnational communities, offshore outsourcing and offshore subsidiaries : the case of the Indian IT-service industry / Jan Vang-Lauridsen and Mikkel Lucas Overby -- Effectively linking international, national and regional innovation systems : insights from India and Indonesia / Martina Fromhold-Eisebith -- Thailand's national innovation system in transition / Patarapong Intarakumnerd -- Hong Kong's innovation system in transition : challenges of regional integration and promotion of high technology / Erik Baark and Naubahar Sharif -- The Indonesian innovation system at a crossroads / Peter Gammeltoft and Erman Aminulla -- Performance and sources of industrial innovation in Korea's innovation systems / Kong-Rae Lee -- Advance of science-based industries and the changing innovation system of Japan / Hiroyuki Odagiri -- National innovation systems and India's IT capability : are there any lessons for Asean new comers? / Nagesh Kumar and K.J. Joseph -- Innovating for global competition : Singapore's pathway to high-tech development / Henry Wai-chung Yeung -- Policy learning as a key process in the transformation of the Chinese innovation systems / Shulin Gu and Bengt-ke Lundvall
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3980
    Parallel Title: Klytchnikova, Irina Trade reforms, farm productivity, and poverty in Bangladesh
    Keywords: Agricultural productivity ; Free trade ; Poverty ; Agricultural productivity ; Free trade ; Poverty ; Bangladesh Rural conditions ; Bangladesh Rural conditions
    Abstract: "This paper analyzes the distributional impacts of trade reforms in rural areas of Bangladesh. The liberalization of trade in irrigation equipment and fertilizer markets during the early 1990s has led to structural changes in the agricultural sector and a significant increase in rice productivity. A resulting increase in output has been associated with a decline in producer and consumer rice prices of approximately 25 percent. Using a combination of ex-post and ex-ante approaches, the authors investigate the implications of the changes in rice productivity and prices for the welfare of households. They find that the net effects of increased rice productivity and lower rice prices have benefited the poor. Regardless of the particular category analyzed, the poorest households emerged as being particularly positively affected by reforms in the 1990s. This mainly reflects the fact that they are predominantly net rice buyers in both urban and rural markets. In contrast, large net sellers of rice, among the better-off households in the rural areas, were the main losers. Since net buyers in rural areas tend to be poorer than net sellers, trade liberalization has benefited the poor. Although the authors are not able to test empirically what has happened to the welfare level of agricultural wage earners, secondary evidence suggests that they have gained from trade liberalization. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3830
    Parallel Title: Bogetic, Željko International benchmarking of South Africa's infrastructure performance
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensive benchmarking of South Africa's infrastructure performance in four major sectors--electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and transportation--against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. Specifically, the paper seeks to answer a number of relevant questions: How does South Africa compare on major indicators of infrastructure sector performance against the relevant country groups? What do outcome indicators tell us about the relative strengths and weaknesses of South Africa's infrastructure compared with various income and geographical comparator groups of countries? Where are the largest deviations-positive and negative-from the benchmarks and other comparators? And how does one interpret some of these comparisons to be useful for policy purposes? "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3879
    Parallel Title: Jha, Shreyasi Trade liberalization and the environment in Vietnam
    Keywords: Free trade ; Pollution Economic aspects ; Free trade ; Pollution Economic aspects ; Vietnam Commercial policy ; Vietnam Commercial policy
    Abstract: "Vietnam's integration with the international economy has increased significantly over the past decade, aided by substantial liberalization of trade, and appears set to increase further as trade-expanding measures take full effect. This dramatic shift in Vietnam's trading patterns has important implications for the environment and use of natural resources. This paper offers a systematic analysis of the trading and investment patterns to give a broader understanding of the environmental implications of greater openness of the economy during the past decade. The results suggest increasing manufacturing and export activity in water and toxic pollution-intensive sectors compared with the less pollution-intensive sectors. The story is, on the surface, consistent with the changing composition of Vietnamese production and exports away from traditional sectors and toward pollution-intensive manufacturing (especially leather and textiles). The paper also highlights the need to consider strengthening environmental policies while further trade liberalization is being contemplated through Vietnam's joining of the World Trade Organization. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3848
    Parallel Title: Anderson, Kym Doha merchandise trade reform
    Keywords: Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences
    Abstract: "This paper provides new estimates of the global gains from multilateral trade reform and their distribution among developing countries in the presence of trade preferences. Particular attention is given to agriculture, as farmers constitute the poorest households in developing countries but are the most assisted in rich countries. The latest GTAP database (Version 6.05) and the LINKAGE model of the global economy are used to examine the impact first of current merchandise trade barriers and agricultural subsidies, and then of possible reform outcomes from the WTO's Doha Development Agenda. The results suggest moving to free global merchandise trade would boost real incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa proportionately more than in other developing countries or high-income countries, despite a terms of trade loss in parts of that region. Net farm incomes would rise substantially in that and other developing country regions, thereby alleviating rural poverty. A Doha partial liberalization could move the world some way toward those desirable outcomes, but more so the more developing countries themselves cut applied tariffs, particularly on agricultural imports. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3901
    Parallel Title: Anderson, Kym Do global trade distortions still harm developing country farmers ?
    Keywords: Farm income ; Free trade ; Globalization ; Rural poor ; Farm income ; Free trade ; Globalization ; Rural poor
    Abstract: "The authors estimate the impact of global merchandise trade distortions and services regulations on agricultural value added in various countries. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and the GTAP-AGR model of the global economy, their results suggest real net farm incomes would rise in developing countries with a move to free trade, thereby alleviating rural poverty. This occurs despite a terms of trade deterioration for developing countries that are net food importers or that enjoy preferential access to agricultural markets of high-income countries. The authors also show, for several large developing countries, the contribution of their own versus other countries' trade policies. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3925
    Parallel Title: Karacaovali, Baybars Productivity matters for trade policy
    Keywords: Free trade ; Industrial productivity ; Tariff ; Free trade ; Industrial productivity ; Tariff
    Abstract: "There is a growing literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity. Nearly all such studies assume that trade policy is determined independently of productivity, hence it is exogenous. The author shows that this assumption is not valid in general, both theoretically and empirically, and that researchers may be underestimating the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory side, he demonstrates that under a standard political economy model of trade protection, productivity directly influences tariffs. Moreover, this productivity-tariff relationship partly determines the extent of liberalization across sectors even in the presence of a large exogenous unilateral liberalization shock that affects all sectors. The link between productivity and tariffs is maintained after the author includes in his political economy model a learning-by-doing motive of protection, which also serves as the source of liberalization. On the empirical side, he examines total factor productivity (TFP) estimates obtained at the firm level for Colombia between 1983 and 1998, and finds that more productive sectors receive more protection within this period. In estimating the effect of productivity on tariffs, he controls for the endogeneity of the two main right-hand-side variables-the inverse import penetration to import demand elasticity ratio and productivity-by using materials prices, the capital to output ratio, a measure of scale economies, and the TFP of the upstream industries as robust instruments. The author also accounts for the large trade liberalization between 1990 and 1992, and finds that the sectors with a higher productivity gain are liberalized less. Finally, he illustrates a system of equations estimation and shows that the positive impact of liberalization on productivity grows stronger when corrected for the endogeneity bias. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3985
    Parallel Title: Almeida, Rita Openness and technological innovations in developing countries
    Keywords: Free trade ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Free trade ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer
    Abstract: "The authors analyze the role of international technological diffusion for firm-level technological innovations in several developing countries. Their findings show that, after controlling for firm, industry, and country characteristics, exporting and importing activities are important channels for the diffusion of technology. They also find evidence that the majority of foreign-owned firms are significantly less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic-owned firms. The authors interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is more mature than that transferred to minority-owned subsidiaries. This finding supports the idea that equity joint ventures maximize technology transfers to local firms. "--World Bank web site
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3907
    Parallel Title: Reshef, Ariell Trade and harmonization
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; International trade ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; International trade
    Abstract: "Good institutional quality (function) and similar institutional design (form) can promote international trade by reducing transactions costs. The authors evaluate the relative importance of function versus form in a gravity model, using an indicator of different legal systems as a proxy for differences in form, together with indicators of overall institutional quality. They find that good institutions promote trade much more than similar legal systems and have much more explanatory power. This effect is economically large-up to 10 times the effect of different legal systems. Moreover, better infrastructure matters as much as good institutions. "--World Bank web site
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