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Financial policies in emerging markets
An overview of the financial vulnerability of emerging market economies and how the impact of exchange rate regimes affects this vulnerability.The 1994-1995 Mexican crisis was the first in a succession of financial crises to hit emerging markets in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey. In almost all these cases, problems in the banking sector played …
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- 9780262268691
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- 1 online resource (vi, 259 pages) :illustrations
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European climate leadership in question :policies toward China and India
The EU has, for a long time, portrayed itself as an international leader on climate change. Previous studies have tended to focus on the characteristics of EU leadership, but have failed to examine the extent to which EU leadership generates 'followship'. This book analyzes EU climate policies towards China and India in order to provide a holistic assessment of EU climate leadership, and makes …
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- 9780262329606
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Learning in governance :climate policy integration in the European Union
"This book helps us to better understand how learning in decision-making processes impacts policy change and the integration of climate change objectives into other policy areas in the European Union"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366789
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Decentralization and local governance in developing countries: a comparative …
Over the past three decades the developing world has seen increasing devolution of political and economic power to local governments. Decentralization is considered an important element of participatory democracy and, along with privatization and deregulation, represents a substantial reduction in the authority of national governments over economic policy. The contributors to Decentralization a…
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- 9780262267694
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- 1 online resource (vi, 363 pages)
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Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises
Providing case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a discussion of the history, economic theory, legal issues, and policy lessons of sovereign debt crises, this work examines the facts, economic theory, and policy implications of sovereign debt crises.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262284547
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- 1 online resource (xii, 385 pages) :illustrations
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Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind
This work explores how the rise of globalization over the past two centuries helps explain the income gap between rich and poor countries today.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295727
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- 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) :illustrations
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Sharing knowledge shaping Europe U.S technological collaboration and nonproli…
How America used its technological leadership in the 1950s and the 1960s to foster European collaboration and curb nuclear proliferation, with varying degrees of success.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262336413
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The unequal effects of globalization
"A look at the effects of globalization on within-country inequality and implications of policies to address this"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375566
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Managing European Union enlargement
Leading international economists assess the effects of the 2004 expansion of the European Union.In May 2004 the European Union will undergo the largest expansion in its history when ten countries--Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia--become members. The number of new members and their diversity make this "big bang" enlargement p…
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- 9780262268202
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- 1 online resource (vi, 313 pages) :illustrations.
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The limits of culture :Islam and foreign policy
"The Limits of Culture explores the effect of culture on foreign policy, focusing on countries in the geopolitically important Caspian region and paying particular attention to those states that have identified themselves as Islamic republics: Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, and Pakistan."--Jacket.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262283441
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- 1 online resource (ix, 350 pages) :illustrations.
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