by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Cohen, Mark Nathan, Armelagos, George J., Conference on Paleopathology and Socioeconomic Change at the Origins of Agriculture, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh), State University of New York College at Plattsburgh
by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Cohen, Mark Nathan, Armelagos, George J., Conference on Paleopathology and Socioeconomic Change at the Origins of Agriculture, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh), State University of New York College at Plattsburgh
Various aspects of the financial sector transformation of selected Central European countries are analyzed by financial experts living in these countries and working in different fields of banking and finance. These experts have also been exposed to the international banking and…
Many favor cultural and environmental explanations of the nineteenth-century economic divergence between Europe and the rest of the world. This book takes a different tack. It argues that political differences which crystallized well before 1800 were responsible both for China’s…
There are many economic issues especially relevant to developing countries and the third world such as international aid, globalization, free trade, and labor issues. In fact, the mix of them and other economic issues and conflicts over priorities and the urgency to transit to a…
"In this study, Dali Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military and the building of anticorruption mechanisms, to analyze how China's leaders hav…
"In this study, Dali Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military and the building of anticorruption mechanisms, to analyze how China's leaders hav…
Situated astride the trade routes of the western Mediterranean, the Catalan kingdom of Majorca has long deserved attention. It was established under the will of King James I of Aragon, who conquered Majorca in 1229, but was ruled from 1276 to 1343 by a cadet dynasty. In addition…
"Many historical processes exhibit recurrent patterns of change. Century-long periods of population expansion come before long periods of stagnation and decline; the dynamics of prices mirror population oscillations; and states go through strong expansionist phases followed by p…
by Bléjer, Mario I., International Monetary Fund
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This study reviews Albania's historical and political background, as well as economic developments in 1991. It describes the centrally planned economic system up to the onset of reform and analyzes economic performance in the 1980s.
This paper seeks to present a complete and concise picture of the traditional Albanian economic system, much of which still exists, an analysis of the main economic developments and policies during the 1980s, and an account of the most recent evolution of the economy, as well as…
During the rapid growth period of the Japanese economy, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, the economic system that became entrenched in Japan -- the so-called Japanese-style capitalism -- was based on the government-business-bureaucracy triad. Although its distinct features s…
During the rapid growth period of the Japanese economy, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, the economic system that became entrenched in Japan -- the so-called Japanese-style capitalism -- was based on the government-business-bureaucracy triad. Although its distinct features s…
"The period 1945-90 is analysed in terms of six main vectors: the interstate system, world production, the world labour force, world human welfare, the social cohesion of states, and the structures of knowledge. The book concludes with two global overviews: one for 1945-1990, an…
