Libros de: Brookings Institution Press

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  • Africa's Lions "Growth Traps and Opportunities for Six Leading African Economies "

    Bhorat, Haroon Tarp, Finn

    Brookings Institution Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780815729495
    • Páginas: 270
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.37,75 €

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    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 ...

  • BP Blowout "Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster "

    Jacobs, Daniel

    Brookings Institution Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780815729082
    • Páginas: 210
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    The inside story of the worst environmental disaster in American history Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the ...

  • Megachange "Economic Disruption, Political Upheaval, and Social Strife in the 21st Century"

    West, Darrell M.

    Brookings Institution Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780815729211
    • Páginas: 200
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.27,45 €

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    Big, unexpected changes are here to stay Slow, incremental change has become a relic of the past. Today's shifts come fast and big. They are what Darrell West calls megachanges, in which dramatic disruptions in ...

  • Managing Complexity "Economic Policy Cooperation After the Crisis"

    Bayoumi, Tamim Pickford, Stephen Subacchi, Paola

    Brookings Institution Press (2015)

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    • EAN: 9780815727156
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2015

    pvp.42,30 €

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    A critical look at the challenges facing international policy cooperation in the new postcrisis environment. The global financial crisis of 2007-09 highlighted the economic interdependencies between all major countries, raising the issues of international cooperation. ...

  • Circus Maximus "The Economical Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup"

    Zimbalist, A.

    Brookings Institution Press (2015)

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    • EAN: 9780815726517
    • Páginas: 145
    • Fecha de edición: 2015

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    The numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have ...

  • Emerging Africa "How 17 Countries are Leading the Way"

    Radelet, Steven

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9781933286518
    • Páginas: 169
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.16,95 €

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    Emerging Africa describes the too-often-overlooked positive changes that have taken place in much of Africa since the mid-1990s. In 17 countries, five fundamental and sustained breakthroughs are making old assumptions increasingly untenable: * The rise ...

  • The Foreign Policy of the European Union "Assessing Europe's Role in the World"

    Bindi, Federiga

    Brookings Institution Press (2012)

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    • EAN: 9780815722526
    • Páginas: 385
    • Fecha de edición: 2012

    pvp.28,40 €

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    In this revised edition of "The Foreign Policy of the European Union" Federiga Bindi and her contributors - some of the most representative scholars in the field - address the EU's relations with particular geographic ...

  • New Paradigms of Financial Regulation "Emerging Markets Perspectives"

    Kawai, Masahiro

    Brookings Institution Press (2012)

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    • EAN: 9780815722649
    • Páginas: 300
    • Fecha de edición: 2012

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    The global financial crisis has led to a sweeping reevaluation of financial market regulation and macroeconomic policies. Emerging markets need to balance the goals of financial development and broader financial inclusion with the imperative of ...

  • Due Diligence "An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance"

    Roodman, David

    Brookings Institution Press (2011)

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    • EAN: 9781933286488
    • Páginas: 275
    • Fecha de edición: 2011

    pvp.22,95 €

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    The idea that small loans can help poor families build businesses and exit poverty has blossomed into a global movement. The concept has captured the public imagination, drawn in billions of dollars, reached millions of ...

  • The New Brazil "From Backwater to BRIC"
    From Backwater to BRIC

    Roett, Riordan

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815704232
    • Páginas: 175
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.29,15 €

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    "The New Brazil" tells the story of that nation's evolution from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader, a respected spokesman for the developing world, and an increasingly important partner for the United States ...

  • The Market For Virtue "The Potential And Limits Of Corporate Social Responsibility"
    The Potential And Limits Of Corporate Social Responsibility

    Vogel, David

    Brookings Institution Press (2006)

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    • EAN: 9780815790778
    • Páginas: 230
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.21,85 €

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    In the highly praised The Market for Virtue, David Vogel presents a clear, balanced analysis of the contemporary corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the United States and Europe. In this updated paperback edition, Vogel ...

  • Beyond Lending How Multilateral Banks Help Developing Countries Mange Volatility

    Perry, Guillermo

    Brookings Institution Press (2009)

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    • EAN: 9781933286327
    • Páginas: 98
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.20,37 €

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    When he began this book in early 2008, Guillermo Perry argued that developing countries remained highly vulnerable to external risks such as commodity price declines, capital flow reversals, and natural disasters. The economic crisis that ...

  • Caught In a Trap

    Guillaumont, Patrick

    Brookings Institution Press (2009)

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    • EAN: 9782717857993
    • Páginas: 400
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.53,90 €

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    The United Nations recognizes 49 countries as least developed - the low-income countries suffering most from structural handicaps to growth and thus deserving special treatment from the international community. Patrick Guillaumont has chaired the group ...

  • Climate Change And Forests

    Streck, Charlotte

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815704270
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.40,76 €

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    In this wide-ranging volume, international experts explain the links between climate change and forests, highlighting the potential role of this sector within emerging climate policy frameworks and carbon markets.

  • The Transanlantic Economy 2010 Annual Survey Of Jobs Trade And Investment Between United States Europe

    Hamilton, Daniel S. Quinlan, Joseph P.

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780984134137
    • Páginas: 150
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.23,29 €

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    The Transatlantic Economy 2010" offers the most up-to-date survey of European-sourced jobs, trade, and investment for each of the fifty U.S. states and U.S.-sourced jobs, trade, and investment for all EU member states and other ...

  • From The Ground Up "Improving Government Performance With Idependent Monitoring Orga"
    Improving Government Performance With Idependent Monitoring Orga

    Kosack, Stephen Tolmie, Courtney

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815704126
    • Páginas: 120
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.20,37 €

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    This book is based on a simple concept: no one is in a better position to hold a government accountable than those it governs. Yet, when governments fail to meet the needs of their citizens, ...

  • The East Moves West

    Kemp, Geoffrey

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815703884
    • Páginas: 300
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.29,11 €

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    During a period when established Western economies are treading water at best, industry and development are exploding in China and India. The world's two most populous nations are the biggest reasons for Asia's growing footprint ...

  • Rising States, Rising Institutions "Challenges For Global Governance"
    Challenges For Global Governance

    Alexandroff, Alan

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815704225
    • Páginas: 360
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.34,93 €

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    The global order is shifting in an unprecedented fashion. No major war has intervened to reshape the balance of power; nor has the world seen events as dramatic as the collapse of communism and the ...

  • Declining Inequality In Latin America "A Decade Of Progress?"
    A Decade Of Progress?

    Lopez Calva, Luis Felipe

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815704102
    • Páginas: 360
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.34,93 €

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    Latin America is often singled out for its high and persistent income inequality. Toward the end of the 1990s, however, income concentration began to fall across the region. Of the seventeen countries for which comparable ...

  • Asia And Policymaking For The Global Economy

    Dervis, Kernal

    Brookings Institution Press (2010)

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    • EAN: 9780815704218
    • Páginas: 140
    • Fecha de edición: 2010

    pvp.20,37 €

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    Established in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the G-20 has served as a high-level platform for discussing economic analyses and policy responses since 1999. During the current global financial crisis, the G-20's role ...