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Institutions and Economic Development
Edited by Jakob de Haan
This collection carefully selects some of the most influential papers focusing on the relationship between economic and political institutions and economic development. Economic institutions shape economic incentives, such the incentives... -
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Political Corruption in Africa
Edited by Inge Amundsen
Analysing political corruption as a distinct but separate entity from bureaucratic corruption, this timely book separates these two very different social phenomena in a way that is often overlooked in contemporary studies. Chapters argue...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism
Charles R. Hankla, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez
This book argues that fiscal federalism will consistently deliver on its governance promises only when democratic decentralization is combined with the integration of political parties. It formalizes this argument and, using new data on ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration
Edited by Elisabetta Gentile
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. One of the primary objectives of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), established in 2015, was ... -
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A Model for Islamic Development
Shafiullah Jan, Mehmet Asutay
This book aims to explore and analyse Islamic Moral Economy (IME) as an alternative economic and social system to capitalism and socialism. It proposes a new model of Islamic development, integrating global development within an Islamic ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Federalism in China and Russia
Alexander Libman, Michael Rochlitz
The book offers a comparative analysis of center-region relations in Russia and in China. The authors focus in particular on fiscal ties and incentives, bureaucratic and local government practices, flows of information, and the determina...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality
Edited by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Rolph van der Hoeven
This timely book documents and analyses the seriousness of growing national inequality in different regions around the world. It argues that the treatment of inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is wholly insufficient d...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Building a Normative Order in the South China Sea
Edited by Truong T. Tran, John B. Welfield, Thuy T. Le
The South China Sea, where a number of great powers and regional players contend for influence, has emerged as one of the most potentially explosive regions in the world today. What can be done to reduce the possibility of conflict, solv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Growth and Poverty
Edited by Nanak Kakwani, Hyun H. Son
This single-volume compilation offers an insight to some of the most important questions economists and policymakers have been grappling over. A substantial amount of research has been carried out using cross-country regression models, r... -
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A History of the Global Economy
Colin White
Providing an exceptional overview and analysis of the global economy, from the origins of Homo sapiens to the present day, Colin White explores our past to help understand our economic future. He veers away from traditional Eurocentric a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Varieties of Capital Cities
David Kaufmann
The political and symbolic centrality of capital cities has been challenged by increasing economic globalization. This is especially true of secondary capital cities; capital cities which, while being the seat of national political power...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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World Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2018
UNIDO
World Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2018 provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy. This extensive resource from UNIDO provides detailed time series data on the level, stru...eBook:Find out more$65.00