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12 produkter
12 produkter
Debt and Adjustment in the World Economy
Structural Asymmetries in North-South Interactions
Inbunden, Engelska, 1994
1 091 kr
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The experience of many developing countries with the use of large inflows of commercial bank loans and offical development assistance in the 1970s and 1980s has manifested the continuous external vulnerability of their economies. This study provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the international aspects of development finance, credit-rationing rules set by bank mangers and donor governments, together with uncoordinated macroeconomic policies in the industrialized world, which tend to create unstable and inadequate external financing conditions for the developing world. This study not only makes clear that a global framework is needed to assess the contribution of external financial resources for development, it provides one as well.
Philippine Economy: Stray Cat of East Asia?
Finance, Adjustment and Structure
Inbunden, Engelska, 1996
1 091 kr
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The central argument of this study is that the segmented and oligopolistic financial and commodity markets, large income inequalities, and diverging accumulation behaviour of public and private sector agents are the structural and institutional features underlying the persistent macroeconomic imbalances.
1 632 kr
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It studies the impact of different sources of external finance on growth and development in different country contexts. An important finding of the study is that 'success' or 'failure' in the productive use of external and domestic financial resources cannot be explained on the basis of single factors such as external shocks or 'bad' versus 'sound' policies. Rather, they are outcomes of complex interactions between changes in exogenous factors (such as fluctuations in external finance and trade shocks), existing economic structures and the responses to shocks by domestic public and private sector agents. This finding also implies that there are no recipes in economic policy-making which are generally applicable; the 'best' policy has to be designed specifically for each country.
Accounting for the Global Economy
Measuring World Trade and Investment Linkages
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
1 632 kr
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The book describes the construction method for a global accounting framework, referred to as the world accounting matrix (WAM). It shows how a WAM can be used for the analysis of trade and finance in a global context and demonstrates how it can contribute to the solution of the large statistical problems in national and global macroeconomic data.
Aid and Macroeconomic Performance
Theory, Empirical Evidence and Four Country Cases
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
1 059 kr
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This text presents an accounting framework to review existing studies of aid's macroeconomic effects, and as a basis for four country studies on Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, Tanzania and Zambia. This framework focuses on the impact of different types of aid on the level and composition of key macroeconomic aggregates such as imports, investment and government expenditure. The importance of the relationship between aid and policy reform is also stressed. The case studies find that aid has had a generally positive contribution, though recommendations to further improve aid impact are also given.
Finance and Trade in Africa
Macroeconomic Response in the World Economy Context
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
1 091 kr
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What constraints do history and the global economy place upon Africa's economic development? To answer this question, Alemayehu Geda offers a new study of international finance and trade in Africa using a global macro model focused on the region. A unique study of the African continent, this book offers development economists and policymakers an innovative alternative to the IMF and World Bank's framework for national development strategy.
Impact of Macroeconomics Policies in Trinidad and Tobago
The Firm under Adjustment
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
1 632 kr
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Developing countries undergoing economic crises have traditionally followed economic restructuring programmes that are based on the premise that private investment recovery is assured once the market is allowed to prevail. There is little regard for the micro-level unit - the 'investing-firm' - in this process, the conditions that characterize the product and factor markets and the positioning of the firm at the outset of adjustment. This book focuses on the firm and its experience in the restructuring process within the context of a heterogenous private sector.
Debt and Adjustment in the World Economy
Structural Asymmetries in North-South Interactions
Häftad, Engelska, 1994
1 451 kr
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The dismal experience of many developing countries with the use of large inflows of commercial bank loans and official development assistance in the 1970s and 1980s has manifested the continuous external vulnerability of their economies. This study provides a rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis of the international aspects of development finance, Credit-rationing rules set by bank managers and donor governments, together with uncoordinated macroeconomic policies in the industrialized world, tend to create unstable and inadequate external financing conditions for the developing world. This study not only makes overly clear that a global framework is needed to assess the contribution of external financial resources for development, it provides one as well.
1 636 kr
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This book studies the impact of different sources of external finance on growth and development in different country contexts.
Finance and Trade in Africa
Macroeconomic Response in the World Economy Context
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
1 093 kr
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What constraints do history and the global economy place upon Africa's economic development? A unique study of the African continent, this book offers development economists and policymakers an innovative alternative to the IMF and World Bank's framework for national development strategy.
550 kr
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FitzGerald takes a fresh approach to the macroeconomics of developing countries, based on the influence of global markets on domestic savings, private investment, firm behaviours, employment levels and income distribution.
550 kr
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This text takes a look at at the macroeconomics of developing countries based on the influence of global markets on domestic savings, private investment, firm behaviours, employment levels and income distribution. It suggests that a Keynesian approach is still relevant today when reformulated to reflect open economics, heterogenenous firms, poverty reduction objectives and volatile financial markets. The study concludes with clear recommedations as to how global capital markets might be reconstructed in order to better support economic development.