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“peter mccawley”

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  • Indonesia and the Asian Development Bank

    Fifty Years of Development in Indonesia

    by Peter McCawley ...
    This publication is a history of the partnership between Indonesia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). When Indonesia became a founding member of the bank in 1966, the country faced daunting challenges. In the five decades that passed, both Indonesia and ADB have evolved in remarkable ways. Indonesia developed rapidly through the late 1990s yet faced a difficult time of adjustment after the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific

    50 Years of the Asian Development Bank

    by Peter McCawley ...
    This book is a history of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development bank established 50 years ago to serve Asia and the Pacific. Focusing on the region's economic development, the evolution of the international development agenda, and the story of ADB itself, this book raises several key questions: What are the outstanding features of regional development to which ADB had to ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific

    50 Years of the Asian Development Bank

    by Peter McCawley ...
    This book is a history of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development bank established 50 years ago to serve Asia and the Pacific. Focusing on the region’s economic development, the evolution of the international development agenda, and the story of ADB itself, this book raises several key questions: What are the outstanding features of regional development to which ADB had to ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Reforming the Unreformable

    Lessons from Nigeria

    by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ...
    A report on development economics in action, by a crucial player in Nigeria's recent reforms.Corrupt, mismanaged, and seemingly hopeless: that's how the international community viewed Nigeria in the early 2000s. Then Nigeria implemented a sweeping set of economic and political changes and began to reform the unreformable. This book tells the story of how a dedicated and politically committed team ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Improving Municipal Management For Cities To Succeed: An Ieg Special Study

    by World Bank ...
    Cities now house half the world's population and produce 70 percent of its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This book reviews how, worldwide, nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefitted from 190 World Bank-supported MDPs ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • By All Means Necessary

    How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World

    by Michael Levi, Elizabeth Economy ...
    In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will continue to demand, massive quantities of resources. Like every other major power in modern history, China ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • No Trade Is Free

    Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers

    by Robert Lighthizer ...
    America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late.One of the most consequential U.S. Trade Representatives in our history, Robert Lighthizer led a great reset of American trade policy, a shift that continues to impact the US economy and has endured across Administrations. For more than 40 years, he litigated, negotiated, and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • A Guide To The World Bank, Second Edition

    by World Bank ...
    The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Its focus is on helping the poorest people in the poorest countries by using its financial resources, staff, and extensive experience to aid countries in reducing poverty, increasing economic growth, and improving quality of life. In partnership with more than 100 developing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • State Capitalism

    How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World

    by Joshua Kurlantzick ...
    The end of the Cold War ushered in an age of American triumphalism best characterized by the "Washington Consensus:" the idea that free markets, democratic institutions, limitations on government involvement in the economy, and the rule of law were the foundations of prosperity and stability. The last fifteen years, starting with the Asian financial crisis, have seen the gradual erosion of that ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Rise of China and India in Africa

    Challenges, Opportunities and Critical Interventions

    by Dot Keet, Kwesi Aning, He Wenping, Fredrick Mutesa, Peter Kragelund, Alex Vines, Sanusha Naidu, Liu Haifang, Sanjukta Bhattacharya, Alemayehu Geda, Atnafu G. Meskel, Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana, Renu Modi, Linn Axelsson, Professor Timothy M Shaw ...
    Series series Africa Now
    In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by excessive ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Economic Development And Multilateral Trade Cooperation

    by Evenett Simon J. ; Hoekman Bernard M. ...
    This is a critical period for the WTO and for realizing the potential of trade as a driver of growth and poverty reduction. It is time for good intentions to be translated into solid multilateral agreements that promote development, and it is high time that the rich countries tore down their barriers. But trade agreements by themselves cannot guarantee growth and poverty reduction: aid for trade ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Singapore: Trade, Investment And Economic Performance

    by Ramkishen S Rajan, Shandre M Thangavelu ...
    Singapore's rapid evolution from a modest trading post under colonial rule into a prosperous, self-confident nation is one of the notable success stories of the second half of the 20th century. International trade and investment linkages have been the cornerstones of the city-state's economic success (more than 7 per cent per annum during the period 1970-2005).This book offers an overview of the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD