Over the past forty years, industry has moved increasingly from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa's share of global manufacturing has declined. Industry is critical for economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Made in Africa outlines a new strategy to help Africa get its fair share of the global market. Based on ......
Everyone has heard of environmentalism, but what is it? Is it ideology or religion? Like socialism, environmentalism is a political program, but even more diffuse. Environmentalists hold diverse opinions, from wanting to take care of nature in human interest to putting nature above man. The latter is religious environmentalism, with nature taking ......
Contents: When Do Governments Improve Fiscal Institutions? Lessons from Financial Crisis and Fiscal Reform in Latin America, Carlos Scartascini and Mark Hallerberg Institutions, Informal Labor Markets, and Business Cycle Volatility, Alan Finkelstein Shapiro Is the glass half empty or half full? Enrollment, Graduation, and Dropout Rates in Latin ......
The Case for Privatizing Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers
Water Capitalism proposes the privatization of all bodies of water, because those who own resources husband their assets far more carefully than do bureaucrats who have no real stake in the environment. The idea that an all-powerful state should, or could, care for the physical liquid environs of the world is shown to be incorrect and immoral.
A Guide for Budding Economists, Students, and Voters
Economics really is just common sense, but few understand the basics. This book explains the basics of economics in simple, easy-to-understand language. Topics include most of the themes presented in an Economics 101 course, as well as a number of end-of-chapter discussions on the policies relevant to economics today.
Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism shows that globalized trade and capitalism originated in trade practices of pre-Islamic Arabs, which were copied by European trade partners in the Middle Ages in European markets. Promotion of free trade across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages created the condition for capitalism to emerge in Europe.
Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between ILO Standards and WTO Rules
Through in-depth explorations and analyses of "social dumping" and the responsibilities of importing countries, and the relationships of these phenomena to ILO and WTO policies, this book compellingly argues for the creation of a link between international trade and labor standards.
Noted political scientist and public policy expert John J. Pitney, Jr., explains how autism has evolved into a heated political issue disputed by scientists, educators, social workers, and families.
