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  • Philippine-American Heritage in Washington, D.C.

    by Erwin R. Tiongson ...
    Series series
    Journey into the Philippine-American experience in Washington, DC. Washington is famed for its place in the history of the United States, but few know its close connections with the Philippines. Trace the intertwined histories of the two countries along the streets of Washington, from the end of the Spanish American War in 1898 through Philippine independence in 1946, and the many years since. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Back to Work

    Growing with Jobs in Europe and Central Asia

    by Omar S. Arias, Carolina Sánchez-Páramo, María E. Dávalos, Indhira Santos, Erwin R. Tiongson, Carola Gruen, Natasha de Andrade Falcão, Gady Saiovici, Cesar A. Cancho ...
    Series series Europe and Central Asia Reports
    What can be done to create more and better jobs in Europe and Central Asia? And should there be specific policies to help workers access those jobs? The authors of this book examine these questions through the lens of two contextual factors: the legacy of centralized planned economies and the mounting demographic pressures associated with rapid aging in some countries and soaring numbers of youth ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Back to Work

    Growing with Jobs in Europe and Central Asia

    by Omar S. Arias, Carolina Sánchez-Páramo, María E. Dávalos, Indhira Santos, Erwin R. Tiongson, Carola Gruen, Natasha de Andrade Falcão, Gady Saiovici, Cesar A. Cancho ...
    Series series Europe and Central Asia Reports
    Over the last decade, significant global and regional forces including changes in technology, trade patterns, and business practices, with a steady shift in value added production and employment toward knowledge-intensive activities and services such as finance, the hospitality industry, and the retail trade, have been affecting the production and occupational structures of most developed ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Crisis Hits Home: Stress Testing Households In Europe And Central Asia

    by Tiongson Erwin; Gueorguieva Anna I.; Levin Victoria; Subbarao Kalanidhi; Sugawara Naotaka; Sulla Victor; Taylor Ashley ...
    The crisis threatens the welfare of about 160 million people in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region who are poor or are just above the poverty line. Using pre-crisis household data along with aggregate macroeconomic outturns to simulate the impact of the crisis on households transmitted via credit market shocks, price shocks, and income shocks this report finds that adverse effects are ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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    Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire

    by Jonathan M. Katz ...
    **A groundbreaking journey tracing America’s forgotten path to global power―and how its legacies shape our world today―told through the extraordinary life of a complicated Marine."Far more extraordinary than even the life of Smedley Butler."―The Washington Post**Smedley Butler was the most celebrated warfighter of his time. Bestselling books were written about him. Hollywood adored him. Wherever ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

    31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World

    by Craig Shirley ...
    December 1941 traces, day-by-day, the most important 31 days in the history of America's participation in WWII, which snuffed out the lives of millions and changed history forever.From December 1, 1941, until the morning of December 7, 1941, America was at peace and-with the exception of the stubborn and persistent high unemployment of the Great Depression-was a relatively happy country. By the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The President and the Assassin

    McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

    by Scott Miller ...
    A SWEEPING TALE OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA AND THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCES THAT BROUGHT TWO MEN TOGETHER ONE FATEFUL DAYIn 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin’s bullet shattered the nation’s confidence. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance, And Growth

    by World Bank ...
    Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance and Growth presents the World Bank's latest short-term forecasts. In addition, the report presents evidence that the financial boom played a critical role in the growth boom experienced by developing countries between 2003 and 2007, but that tighter conditions in the future are expected to result in weaker growth over the next 5 to 10 years.The ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • In Our Image

    America's Empire in the Philippines

    by Stanley Karnow ...
    “A brilliant, coherent social and political overview spanning three turbulent centuries.”—San Francisco ChronicleStanley Karnow won the Pulitzer Prize for this account of America’s imperial experience in the Philippines. In a swiftly paced, brilliantly vivid narrative, Karnow focuses on the relationship that has existed between the two nations since the United States acquired the country from ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sovereign Debt Restructuring and Debt Sustainability: An Analysis of Recent Cross-Country Experience

    by Harald Mr. Finger, Mauro Mr. Mecagni ...
    Series Book 255 - Occasional Papers
    Restoring a country's debt to a sustainable path after a sovereign debt restructuring is key to ensuring a credible and durable exit from the crisis. In recent years, a number of countries have restructured their sovereign liabilities, either following a default, or preemptively, to avoid a default. This Occasional Paper takes stock of the experiences of some of these countries--Argentina, the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • California

    A History

    by Kevin Starr ...
    Series Book 23 - Modern Library Chronicles
    “A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr’s answer is a combination of great men, great ideas and great projects.”—The EconomistFrom the age of exploration to the age of Arnold, the Golden State’s premier historian distills the entire sweep of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Chinese Yuan

    Internationalization and Financial Products in China

    by Peter G. Zhang ...
    Series Book 678 - Wiley Finance
    Few topics have attracted as much attention worldwide in recent years as the RMB. These debates have gained added urgency in light of the financial crisis and the topic of RMB revaluation is now being actively debated in countries all over the world from Tunisia to the United States. This book explores the ever-changing role of the RMB and the related derivative products. However, it does so from ... Read more

    $91.99 USD