The share of services in India’s GDP, at round 60%, is much higher than that in other emerging economies including China. Since the year 1991 growth of services in the economy has surpassed that of agriculture and manufacturing, a feature that defies received wisdom on the growth pattern of...

This paper was commissioned by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) National Performance and Information Management Group (NPIMG) to support the work of ADCS to evaluate and assess the impact of Sector Led Improvement of Children and Young People’s Services, and to...

We analyse the likely effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the Leicester economy and make some recommendations for policy making at a local level. The coronavirus pandemic represents an unprecedented shock to the economy and is likely to have profound implications for Leicester. We estimate...

Over the 1990s foreign direct investment (FDI) flowed into Latin America at an unprecedented rate. During this period, capital inflows associated with privatisations and private mergers and acquisitions (M&As) rose especially steeply. Drawing on original firm- level transactions data, this...

As the world begins to wake up to the dire social and economic consequences of rising inequality, we must recognise that it is not an inevitable side-effect of economic growth and development. Many Latin American countries, and Brazil in particular, have demonstrated it is possible to achieve...

Infrastructural issues have moved to the very heart of the policy agenda in Brazil, having been brought into focus by the build up to the FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics. This paper opens with a brief historical review of infrastructure in Brazil, beginning with the 19th Century and the...

This book provides an overview and analysis of the increased presence of European investors in Latin America, in addition to presenting the results of a survey carried out in the major European investor countries whose aim was to analyze corporate investment strategies in Latin America.Abstract:...