Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Geographies of Latin American Corruption -- Chapter 3. European Corruption in Geographic Perspective -- Chapter 4. Spatiality of Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa -- Chapter 5. Geographies of Sub-Saharan African Corruption -- Chapter 6. Geographically Uneven Landscapes of Asian Corruption -- Chapter 7. Corruption in Oceania -- Chapter 8. Corrup…
Acknowledgements -- I Introductory Part -- II What is 'Land Grabbing' -- III International Law Conundrum -- IV Opportunism in LSLI Contracts: An Economic View -- V Tackling Opportunism in LSLIs -- VI Concluding Remarks.This book analyses large-scale land investments for agricultural purposes in Africa’s least developed countries from a law and economics perspective. Focusing on the effects of…
1. Introduction: Globalization, Development, and Health -- 2. The State of Health in Latin America: Trends and Determinants of Health Expenditures -- 3. Argentina: Mixed Outcomes While Coping with Crisis in a Planner State -- 4. Peru: Slow, Steady Health Reform in a Weak State -- 5. Costa Rica: The Challenges of Maintaining Universalism in a Strong State -- 6. Neoliberalism and the World Bankâ€â€¦
Chapter 1. At Stake with River Basin Development in Eastern Africa -- Chapter 2. The Persistent Paradigm for 'Modernizing' River Basins: Institutions and Policies in Ethiopia -- Chapter 3. The Seismic Threat to the Gibe III: A Disaster in Waiting -- Chapter 4. Transboundary Survival Systems: A Profile of Vulnerability -- Chapter 5. Components Of Catastrophe: Social And Environmental Consequence…
Integration, Growth and Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union: An Overview -- Integration, Growth and Inequalities -- Regional Inequalities in the European Union -- Regional Inequalities in the EU Accession Countries: Evolution and Challenges -- Total Factor Productivity and Economic Freedom - Implications for EU Enlargement -- What Determines Relative Sectoral Investment Patterns in EU Region…
Australian Household Expenditure Surveys -- Functional Forms for Engel Curves -- Problems in Non-Linear Engel Functions -- The Box-Cox Engel Function -- A Review of Personal Income Distribution -- Elasticity from Concentration Curves -- Estimating Increase in Consumer Demand -- Food Demand Analysis in Australia -- Demand for Transport and Communication -- Demand for Alcohol in Australia -- Cons…
Stimulating the Economy of Southeast Europe -- Setting the Stage for Stability and Progress in Southeast Europe -- The Scenario for EU Accession by Southeast European Countries -- Infrastructure Finance, Accession, and Related Policy Issues in Southeast Europe -- Making It Easier to Do Business in Southeast Europe -- Financial Regulation for Stability and Protection in Southeast Europe -- Finan…
Northeast Asian Views on an EAFTA -- China’s Approach to an Institutional Regional Arrangement -- East Asian Free Trade Agreement: Strategic Aspects for Japan -- Evaluation of Recent Progress of FTAs in East Asia — A Korean Perspective -- Southeast Asian Views on an EAFTA -- An East Asian FTA: A New Frontier of Economic Cooperation in East Asia -- Indonesia’s FTA Policy and Its Perspectiv…
Beyond Path Dependency and Competitive Convergence -- Tacit Knowledge, Path Dependency and Local Trajectories of Growth -- Regional Transformation and Regional Disequilibrium: New Knowledge Economies and their Discontents -- Switching ties, recombining teams: Avoiding lock-in through project organization? -- Knowledge-intensive services as a key sector for processes of regional economic innovat…
The Setting -- Overview -- The Development Process -- Economic Planning: History, Role and Effectiveness -- Government Finances and the Saudi Budgetary System -- The Financial Markets -- Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) and Monetary Policy -- The Financial Markets -- The Saudi Capital Market -- The Domestic Sector -- The Private Sector: Challenges and Opportunities -- The Kingdom’s Heart:…