International Economics category: 4483 books
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2018, Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital Flows and The Future of Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018
The macroeconomic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa continues to strengthen with higher growth, easing inflation, and stabilizing public debt ratios with some countries improving their fiscal balances. But there are concerns on the quality of the fiscal adjustment and underlying vulnerabilities have yet to be decisively addressed.
Monetary Integration in Europe
The European Monetary Union after the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
This book provides a fully revised and up-to-date analysis of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). With four entirely new chapters on responses to the financial crisis and the debate on reform options, Tomann assesses the EMU in comparison with other currency regimes through the adoption of a historical...
Economic Cycles in Emerging and Advanced Countries
Synchronization, International Spillovers and the Decoupling Hypothesis
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
This book contributes to the debate on the decoupling of emerging economies from the advanced economies with a new, empirical investigation approach. Taking counterfactual experiments performed using a time-varying panel VAR model, the author argues that over the last thirty years, emerging economies have...
Fighting Fraud and Corruption at the World Bank
A Critical Analysis of the Sanctions System
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
This book focuses on the World Bank’s sanctions system, which is an innovative instrument of global governance implemented by the leading multilateral development bank in order to impose penalties on legal entities and individuals that are involved in Bank-financed projects. Although similar regimes...
by Brendan J. Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
The widespread move towards more market-driven models of political economy combined with the expanding internationalisation of business and commerce has led to a series of proposals for global competition rules. To date these proposals have been hotly contested. The purpose of this book is to investigate...
by Harald Mr. Finger, Daniela Ms. Gressani
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
The changing political landscape in the Arab world has created opportunities for economic transformation by tackling long-standing economic issues. Nevertheless, three years after the onset of political transition, implementing necessary economic policies has proven to be challenging. This paper lays out key elements of economic policy reform for Arab countries in transition.
by Michael W. Klein, Jay C. Shambaugh
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
An analysis of the operation and consequences of exchange rate regimes in an era of increasing international interdependence.
The exchange rate is sometimes called the most important price in a highly globalized world. A country's choice of its exchange rate regime, between government-managed...
Pan-African Banks
Opportunities and Challenges for Cross-Border Oversight
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Pan-African banks are expanding rapidly across the continent, creating cross-border networks, and having a systemic presence in the banking sectors of many Sub-Saharan African countries. These banking groups are fostering financial development and economic integration, stimulating competition and...
Dollarization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Experiences and Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Dollarization—the use of foreign currencies as a medium of exchange, store of value, or unit of account—is a notable feature of financial development under macroeconomically fragile conditions. It has emerged as a key factor explaining vulnerabilities and currency crises, which have long been observed...
Geographical Indications and International Agricultural Trade
The Challenge for Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Food safety concerns have boosted the Asian demand for quality food in general and products of geographical indications in particular. This book shows how Asian countries are empowering regions and enterprises involved in differentiation strategies, and the effects that this regulation can have.
Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
This book explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the formulation of a global code of conduct for transnational corporations. It assesses the current state of research on global regulations intended to enhance the social responsibility of transnational corporations, and provides a platform...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
This Handbook comprehensively addresses the breadth of law encompassed by the EEA Agreement, which extends the European Union’s Single Market to three EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
The Handbook is first and foremost intended for practitioners and legal scholars, but its...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
The book covers some of the major issues concerning the problematic relationship between respect for democratic principles and the new European Economic Governance. Innovative approaches are highlighted throughout the book: new frameworks and arrangements are proposed on the basis of efficiency analyses,...
Mining Ideas for Diamonds
Comparing China and US IP Practices from Invention Selection to Patent Monetization
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
In 2015, China and the U.S. were among the top three countries in terms of the number of international PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patents filed, together making up 40% of the global share, reported the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Not surprisingly, there is a huge international...