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  • Enhancing Development Assistance to Africa: Lessons from Scaling-Up Scenarios (EPub)

    by Matthew Gaertner, Laure Ms. Redifer, Pedro Conceição, Rafael Portillo, Luis-Felipe Zanna, Jan Gottschalk, Andrew Mr. Berg, Ayodele Odusola, Brett Mr. House, José Saúl Mr. Lizondo ...
    The pace of progress toward achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) in many sub-Saharan African countries remains too slow to reach targets by 2015, despite significant progress in the late 1990s. The MDG Africa Steering Group, convened in September 2007 by the UN Secretary-General, designated 10 countries for pilot studies to investigate how existing national development plans would ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

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  • First Principles

    Five Keys to Restoring America's Prosperity

    by John B. Taylor ...
    Leading economist John B. Taylor’s straightforward plan to rebuild America’s economic future by returning to its founding principles.Mired in a crippling economic slump and hamstrung by partisan political debates, America faces substantial economic challenges, from widespread unemployment to the government’s ballooning debt. These assaults on our prosperity reflect the unintended consequences of ... Read more

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  • Singapore: a Case Study in Rapid Development

    by Kenneth Mr. Bercuson ...
    Series Book 119 - Occasional Papers
    Since attaining independence in 1965 Singapore has experienced exceptionally rapid growth, low inflation, and a healthy balance of payments. This paper reviews Singapore's economic development from a long-term perspective and examines some of the factors that have contributed to the sustained rapid growth ... Read more

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  • The BRIC Road to Growth

    by Jim O'Neill ...
    Series series Perspectives
    The idea that Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRICs") are the rising stars of the world economy is now widely accepted. However, the "old" developed nations have not adjusted to the new world order as they struggle with the legacy of the financial crisis. The BRICs and others (especially Korea) have already ‘emerged’ as economic powers. This requires rapid adjustment in economic policies and ... Read more

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  • Getting Back to Full Employment

    A Better Bargain for Working People

    by Dean Baker, Jared Bernstein ...
    While most people intuitively know that low unemployment is important to job seekers, they may not realize that high levels of employment actually would make an enormous difference in the lives of large segments of the workforce who already have jobs. Particularly in an era of historically high wage and income inequality, many in the workforce depend on full employment labor markets, and the ... Read more

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  • The Magic Money Tree and Other Economic Tales

    by Prof. Lorenzo Forni ...
    Series series Comparative Political Economy
    This lively and provocative look at the tension between economics and politics examines why so many mistakes in economic policy-making are made for political reasons and ignore the economic truths.Using short-term economic gains to ensure electoral success, argues Lorenzo Forni, inevitably spells macroeconomic disaster. Using the state budget, trade policy and monetary policy to prop up labour ... Read more

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  • Failure by Design

    The Story behind America's Broken Economy

    by Josh Bivens ...
    Series series Economic Policy Institute
    In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy's struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failure since the 1920s ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mozambique Rising: Building a New Tomorrow

    by Doris C. Ms. Ross, Victor Duarte Lledo, Alex Mr. Segura-Ubiergo, Yuan Mr. Xiao, Iyabo Masha, Alun H. Mr. Thomas, Keiichiro Mr. Inui ...
    This publication highlights Mozambiques remarkably strong growth over the two decades since the end of the civil war in 1992, as well as the major challenges that remain for the country to rise out of poverty and further its economic development. Chapters explore such topics as the role of megaprojects and their relationship to jobs and growth; infrastructure and public investment; Mozambique's ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Asian Economy

    Spearheading the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis

    by Dilip Das ...
    The global financial crisis of 2007-09, and the Great Recession that it engendered, were both a challenge and an opportunity for Asia. The region not only remained unharmed by the global financial crisis initially but also recovered the fastest. In addition, it was also the principal driver of the global recovery.This book analyzes the impact of the global financial crisis and the Great Recession ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Poverty And The Wto: Impacts Of The Doha Development Agenda

    by L. Alan Winters Thomas W. Hertel ...
    Poverty reduction is deemed to be a centerpiece of the Doha Development Agenda currently being negotiated under the auspices of the 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 the best scientific methods to bear on this ... Read more

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  • Africa's Lions

    Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six African Economies

    Edited by Haroon Bhorat, Finn Tarp ...
    Examining the economic forces that will shape Africa's future.Africa’s Lions examines the economic growth experiences of six fast growing and/or economically dominant African countries. Expert African researchers offer unique perspectives into the challenges and issues in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa.Despite a growing body of research on African economies, very ... Read more

    $31.59 USD

  • Post-Stabilization Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Mozambique

    by Shanaka Peiris, Jean Mr. Clément ...
    Mozambique is an economic success story in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Its remarkable achievements offer valuable lessons to other low-income countries in a post-stabilization economic phase, including how they can efficiently manage a scaling up of foreign aid aimed at poverty reduction. Of special interest to other sub-Saharan countries are the book's discussions of Mozambique's progress toward ... Read more

    $10.99 USD