A very commonly observed phenomenon in developing and emerging market economies is the use of another country's currency (US dollar or other) in lieu or in addition to the local currency. Governments in these countries have been encouraging dollarization for years by allowing their citizens to...

Eine "Verstädterung in Armut" findet im Globalen Süden statt, wo die Mehrzahl der weltweiten Megastädte ständig wächst. Eine Untersuchung über Motive dieser Migration, Strukturen, Erfahrungen und mögliche Zukunftsperspektiven in den Ländern Afrikas, Asiens und Lateinamerikas. (2-3)

This generation's economic crisis has truly global reach, with repercussions reverberating throughout nations and across societies. Prabhakar investigates the world-wide depression, using empirical understanding and new data sets on indicator and policy variables. He focuses on: the overall...

Academic finance research has shown that emerging markets still suffer from a myriad of risks such as credit, operational, market, legal and exchange rate risks. The onset of the subprime crisis 2007, the global financial crisis 2008-2009, and the Eurozone public debt crisis since the end of...

This book addresses three main dimensions of risk management in emerging markets: 1) the effectiveness of risk management practices; 2) current issues and challenges in risk assessment and modelling in emerging market countries; 3) the responses of emerging markets to the recent financial crises...

The combination of new technologies, the perceived failures of liberal economics and democracy in many developing nations, the rise of modern kinds of authoritarians, and the success of some of the best-known state capitalists have created an era ripe for state intervention. State Capitalism...