Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: In the wake of the financial crises of the late 1990s, there was a surge of interest in the systematic assessment of financial sectors, with a view to identifying vulnerabilities and evaluating the sector's developmental needs. Consequently, there has been an increased demand from financial sector authorities in many countries for information on key issues and sound practices in the assessment of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 003 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 394) Аннотация: The information revolution, in recent years, has worked as a catalyst to create a globalized yet localized world with local governments playing an ever-increasing role in the domestic and global economy. How these governments will be able to shoulder their responsibilities? especially the delivery of local services? more effectively is the concern of this book. The book, edited by Anwar Shah,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 492 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 490) Аннотация: The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries at the close of World War II gained force during the next decade. From the 1950s to the 1970s, scholars and advocacy groups publicized the trend and drew troubling conclusions about its economic and ecological implications. Private educational and philanthropic organizations, government, and international organizations joined…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 444) Аннотация: Agricultural trade reform is critical to a favourable development outcome from the Doha Development agenda. But agricultural policies and the policy reforms being contemplated are fiendishly complicated, and the devil is in the details. This study builds up from the essential detail of the tariffs and other protection measures, and uses this information to provide an analysis of the big-picture…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Following the 1998 financial crisis, four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis economic rebound was impressive and broad-based — albeit uneven — across sectors and regions. This title explores the nature of poverty, both nationally and regionally, to identify the groups with a high poverty risk. It then examines growth-poverty linkages…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 220) Аннотация: Contains statistical snapshots for 195 countries and 13 regional and income groups. This book features more than 200 tables, each focused on one country, region, or income group, to explore immigration, emigration and skilled emigration, and inward and outward remittance flows.
Скачать книгу (размер 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 180) Аннотация: Regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business are measured: starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and closing a business. Doing Business 2008 updates all 10 sets of indicators, ranks countries on their overall ease of doing business, and analyzes…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: This volume provides an analytical framework and operational approaches needed for the implementation of results-based accountability. The volume makes a major contribution to the literature on public management and evaluation. Major subject areas covered in this book include: performance based accountability, e-government, legal and institutional framework to hold government to account; fighting…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centrepiece of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) currently being negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Yet there is considerable debate about the poverty impacts of such an agreement. Some are convinced it will increase poverty, while others are equally convinced that it will lead to poverty reduction. This book brings together…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 340) Аннотация: The Czech capital market has not played an important role in the development of the Czech economy thus far. On the other hand... it has been used and often abused as a tool of wealth redistribution in the CR [Czech Republic], and has influenced the outcome of winners and losers of the transformation process to date. Ten countries in Central and Eastern European (CEECs) have applied for…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Ukraine's Trade Policy draws attention to the importance of the post-WTO accession agenda. This book identifies the key drivers of Ukraine's recent trade performance, assesses current trade policies, and provides recommendations to strengthen the country's trade integration strategy. It also identifies core bottlenecks in the ongoing integration processes, including global and regional…
Скачать книгу (размер 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 180) Аннотация: International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries to improve economic opportunity, has enormous implications for growth and welfare in both origin and destination countries. An important benefit to developing countries is the receipt of remittances or transfers from income earned by overseas emigrants. Official data show that development countries' remittance…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 228) Аннотация: An important annual publication from the World Bank, Doing Business provides both qualitative and quantitative information on the business climate in over 130 countries. Doing Business constructs a new set of indicators on the regulatory environment for private sector development and provides a collection of informative case studies of real-life experiences. New topics in this edition will…
Скачать книгу (размер 937 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 185) Аннотация: Doing Business 2007: How to Reform is the fourth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 175 economies-from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe-and over time. Regulations affecting 10 areas of…
Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: This study represents the most comprehensive review of fiscal federalism in the Russian Federation, presenting a strong case for greater decentralization. Given its vast size, immense diversity including economic, geographic, cultural, ethnic, and historical differences across regions Russia is a prime candidate for decentralization. In this work, De Silva et al make a strong case for greater…