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Catch-up and crisis in Korea
Hong, Wontack - 2002
1. Introduction : catch-up -- 2. Export-oriented growth : positive aspects -- 3. Institutionalizing an export-oriented regime -- 4. Trade pattern in the early phase of catch-up -- 5. The engine of catch-up : big conglomerates -- 6. Growth and equity -- 7. Experiences of East Asian NICs -- 8. The...
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International handbook of urban systems : studies of urbanization and migration in advanced and developing countries
Geyer, H. S. (contributor) - 2002
This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how population redistribution patterns have impacted on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852112
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The economic North-South divide : six decades of unequal development
Raffer, Kunibert - 2004 - Pbk. ed
The Economic North-South Divide explores the structural roots of the debt crisis and considers the impact of debt management on North-South economic relations, exposing certain double standards that tilt global markets further against the South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852069
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Globalization and poverty
Gunning, Jan (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2008
Howard Pack (1994), 'Endogenous Growth Theory: Intellectual Appeal and Empirical Shortcomings', Journal of Economic … Analysis, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 159-223 -- Paul Collier and David Dollar (2002), 'Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction … Theory and Recent Evidence', World Development, 33 (7), 1045-63 -- Ravi Kanbur and Xiaobo Zhang (2005), 'Fifty Years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852235
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Advancing public goods
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - Cournot Centre for Economic Studies <Paris, France)> / … - 2006
The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850891
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Handbook on the globalization of the world economy
Levy-Livermore, Amnon (contributor) - 1998 - 1st ed
pt. 1. Global growth, inequality, saving, investment and indebtedness -- pt. 2. Regionalization and globalization of trade -- pt. 3. From centrally planned to market economy -- pt. 4. Internationalization and integration of markets -- pt. 5. Global environment and resource problems
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Handbook on trade and development
Morrissey, Oliver (ed.); López, Ricardo A. (ed.);  … - 2015
This timely Handbook comprehensively explores the complex relationships between trade and economic performance in developing countries, illustrating that it is not trade per se that is important but the context, at the firm, country and regional level, in which trade occurs. The Handbook on...
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The economics of an ageing population : macroeconomic issues
Onofri, Paolo (contributor) - 2004
The Economics of an Ageing Population studies the effects of demographic transition on the economies of industrialised countries. The authors demonstrate that an ageing population does not necessarily lead to a reduction in growth, providing that the working population are more productive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850801
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Economic diplomacy and the geography of international trade
Van Bergeijk, Peter A. G. - 2009
The book presents an overview of the general aspects of trade uncertainty, a central element in the analysis of economic diplomacy, illustrating that some instruments, such as sanctions (both positive and negative), increase trade uncertainty, whilst others--multilateral trade policy, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851239
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Trade facilitation : defining, measuring, explaining and reducing the cost of international trade
Sourdin, Patricia; Pomfret, Richard - 2012
This up-to-date and informative book provides a comprehensive treatment of the costs of trading across borders and of trade facilitation policies. While traditional tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade have been reduced, international trade continues to involve higher costs in money and time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851266