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The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning EconomyFrom the book: Development Success
Economic development Social stability Technological innovationsBlog
Climate Change Adds to Risks in North Africa
Imed Drine The climate change threat North Africa is going through a turbulent year...
Agriculture Climatic changes Economic developmentWorking Paper
Climate Change Compounding Risks in North AfricaThe impact of climate change on agriculture and poor groups’ livelihoods are one of the greatest potential threats to development and a key challenge in climate change agenda...
Agriculture Climatic changes Economic developmentBlog
Surprises Ahead?
Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith once said that economic forecasting was invented to make astrology look respectable...
Agriculture Climatic changes Debts, PublicBook Chapter
Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in the Southern African Development CommunityFrom the book: Southern Engines of Global Growth
International trade Investments, Foreign Social stabilityWorking Paper
The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning Economy: Lessons for Developing CountriesAlthough Denmark shares with the other four Nordic countries certain attributes, such as pragmatic protestant religion, small and homogenous population, strong social democratic parties and ambitious welfare states, it also has its own characteristic...
Economic development Economic growth Economic policyWorking Paper
Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in the Southern African Development CommunityWe use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
International trade Investments, Foreign Social stabilityBook Chapter
Czech RepublicFrom the book: Inequality and Social Structure During the Transition
Equality and inequality Income distribution PrivatizationBlog
Elusive Prosperity, Volatile Politics and International Migration
by Andrés Solimano At the turn of the twentieth century, a large number of Europeans—mainly Italians and Spaniards—left their homelands and headed to the distant southern shores of Argentina responding to the good economic opportun...
Economic growth Labor mobility MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Stabilization Programmes, Social Costs, Violence, and Humanitarian EmergenciesFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Institutional economics Microeconomics Social conflictBook Chapter
From Humanitarianism to Reconstruction: Towards an Alternative Approach to Economic and Social Recovery from WarFrom the book: Global Insecurity
Conflict management Economic development Humanitarian assistanceWorking Paper
Communist and Transitory Income Distribution and Social Structure in the Czech RepublicStatistical and sociological evidence is gathered to display changes in social structure of the Czech society before and after 1989, with a special focus on economic inequalities...
Equality and inequality Income distribution Privatization