Examines the challenges to private sector growth in 12 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, assessing comparative performance against a number of indicators and focusing on the special role of SMEs and entrepreneurial activity. Highlights the variation among countries…
"The objective of this book is to explore the relationship between general international law (and its sovereignty-based assumptions) and the legal "constitution," jurisprudence, and practice of the WTO as an empirical case study of international economic law, all in the context …
Provides an international perspective on rural planning and local development, focusing on land resource planning and management of natural resources. Examines conventional fields of development planning and explores innovative local planning approaches, drawing on experiences i…
"This book provides an international perspective on rural planning in developing countries. It examines conventional technical development planning and innovations in local planning. It looks at a range of approaches to participation in planning, and explores the basis for stake…
Covers the period from 1989 to 1996.
Covers the period from 1989 to 1996.
"European monetary integration has posed tremendous challenges to governments since it removed the tool of currency depreciation previously used for dealing with economic imbalances. As a consequence, governments of member states of the Eurozone have turned to wage setting in or…
"Most labor economics textbooks pay little attention to actual labor markets, with the exception of the occasional reference to competitive labor markets like that of the United States. The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets is the only textbook to focus on imperfectly competi…
Study of economic development, politics and steady state economy in Africa - discusses the disappointments of independence, democracy and the economic recession; explains the failure of capitalism and the post- colonialism economic implications; looks at political systems and th…
"At a time when social welfare is undergoing structural economic change, this text puts the important emerging field of social development into the hands of the student. Inspired by the conceptual insights of contemporary political economy, social development offers a macro view…
Examines the relationship between the World Bank and NGOs in the light of policy change at the Bank in 1970s and 1980s. Reports on the varied postures of NGOs strategies to date, and suggests guidelines for planning and assessing future interaction.
Following the Lisbon Treaty, the powers of the European Parliament in external relations have gradually expanded and it is increasingly influencing the foreign policy of the European Union. This book analyses the role of the European Parliament as an international actor and pres…
Developing a strong theoretical base for research and practice in industrial relations and human resource management has to date remained a largely unfulfilled challenge. This text presents contributions from 15 scholars, developing their perspectives on work and the employment …
Report on current trends in democracy in Western Europe, the USA and Japan - discusses the collapse of traditional authority and institutional framework, core political ideology and political behaviour, the decline of leadership and the spread of bureaucracy, etc.
"Why, despite an emphasis on 'getting institutions right', do development initiatives so infrequently deliver as planned? Why do many institutions designed for natural resource management (e.g. Water User Associations, Irrigation Committees, Forest Management Councils) not work …
"Why, despite an emphasis on 'getting institutions right', do development initiatives so infrequently deliver as planned? Why do many institutions designed for natural resource management (e.g. Water User Associations, Irrigation Committees, Forest Management Councils) not work …
"Japan has a healthy population compared with the rest of the world, yet the Japanese pay relatively little for medical care. This book analyzes how Japan's health-care system works and how it came into being. Although the authors discuss the drawbacks to Japan's stringent cost-…
