International economics

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This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes.

Who shapes the European Union's policy towards Latin America?

At the outset of independence 18 years ago, Kazakhstan's leaders promised that the country's rich natural resources, with oil and gas reserves among the largest in the world, would soon bring economic prosperity.

This book focuses on global financial systems.

The debate over how far governments should intervene in economies in order to promote economic growth, a debate which from the 1980s seemed settled in favour of the neo-liberal, non-interventionist consensus, has taken on new vigour since the financial crisis of 2008 and after.

This book revisits the economic relationship that ties the UK andIreland to the United States in the aftermath of the greatest economic crisisof the past fifty years.

The political phenomenon of populism has emerged as a significant force in recent decades, with a profound impact on the economic landscape.

The last few decades have seen a stretching and exchange of local, regional and national languages, identities, cultures, and economies worldwide as a consequence of globalisation and technology development.

In the decade following the Asian financial crisis, the East Asian political economy has experienced a radical transformation.

To what degree are trade liberalization, productivity, and economic growth correlated?

In the 2009 elections, the European centre-right emerged victorious, thus affirming its political domination in contemporary European politics.

This book provides the analysis on capital markets in China, focusing attention upon (1) the bubble phenomena (whether or not a Chinese bubble really exists and might burst), (2) foreign direct investment and (3) integration, through all of which we could recognize the current situation and the future prospects of Chinese marketization.

This book examines the drivers of inbound medical tourism in Germany.

This book will take the reader on a journey through the economic thought of Europe, spanning from ancient Greece to the modern day.

Analysts generally agree that, in the long term, the biggest challenge to American hegemony is not military, but rather China's economic rise.

On March 12th 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spreading of the new virus, 2019-nCoV, a pandemic.

First published in 2001.

Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid: Value for Money and Aid for Trade provides updated information on how to improve foreign aid programs, exploring the concept and practice of impact assessment within the sometimes-unproblematic approaches advocated in current literature of value for money and aid for trade.

This edited volume focuses on specific, crucially important structural measures that foster corporate change, namely cross-border mergers.

The internationalisation of food retailing and manufacturing that has swept through the agri-food system in industrialised countries is now moving into middle- and low-income countries with large rural populations, causing significant institutional changes that affect small producer agriculture and the livelihoods of rural communities the world over.

In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century.

Under the Reagan presidency, the United States saw a period of strong economic growth.

Drawing on a wide variety of classic and contemporary sources, respected authors Trebilcock, Howse and Eliason here provide a critical analysis of the institutions and agreements that have shaped international trade rules.

Western Europe and the New International Economic Order examines the views and positions of Western European nations regarding the New International Economic Order (NIEO).

The details of international business are growing more complex by the day-and even the most seasoned professionals can find themselves in need of guidance.

As governments are major buyers of goods and services, foreign companies are keen to be able to participate in procurement opportunities on an equal footing with national firms.

Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making.

This book provides a unique study of the role of universities, as organisation systems, in the pursuit of the Europe 2020 strategy.

Since 2005, China has been accused of causing the trade deficit and manipulating the exchange rate.

Monetary and Financial Integration in West Africa details the progress, challenges faced, and potential of the project intended to create a West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) between Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of unbundling and, in particular, ownership unbundling policies from the perspective of international economic law.

The 2017 APBBEF volume includes studies on financial regulations on financial institutions, research on financial markets, and issues on employment and income inequality.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of central banks, and aims to demystify them for the general public, which is the only way to have a rational debate about them and ultimately to make them truly accountable.

This textbook focuses on key international monetary and financial phenomena, exploring the determinants of exchange rates, international competitiveness, interest rates, saving, investment, international capital flows, commodity prices, the terms of trade, financial crises, foreign investment and economic growth.

Since opening to foreign investment in 1979, China has emerged as the leading investment site for multinational corporations.

This book brings together African and European experts from a variety of disciplines to examine the origins and current state of the East African Community (EAC).

El Salvador has made significant development progress in the past 30 years.

Written form 1957 through 1978 by one of the foremost authorities in the field of international economics, this collection of Peter Kenen's previously published essays deals with issues in the pure theory of international trade, international monetary theory, and international monetary reform.

This book, originally published in 1994, explores the effects of federal policies on the US auto industry in the 1970s and 80s which were designed to save jobs and help the domestic industry become more competitive.

Within-country income inequality has risen since the early 1980s in most of the OECD, all transitional, and many developing countries.

This book investigates recent changes in Japan's financial system and looks at the implications for Japan's particularistic model of political economy.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which includes Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia, is a new but substantial regional organization.

This book focuses on one of the two G20 tracks, the finance track.

German industry in particular is a central focus for studying technical and organizational changes in industry due to its pivotal position in international markets, its technological sophistication and its well-established training systems.

This is a study of British agricultural policy since the war -- during a period which has seen the adoption of a comprehensive system of agricultural support which has seen the adoption of a comprehensive system of agricultural support which stands in marked contrast to the free trade policy adhered to for so long in the past.

Banking and investment in Mexico have changed radically over the past decade, and the economic events that prompted these changes will have a significant impact on Mexico's role in regional and world financial markets.

As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic problems that confront the Japanese economy.