Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy (World Bank Policy Research Reports)
by Paul Collier
from A World Bank Publication
Civil wars attract much less attention than international wars but they are becoming increasingly common and typically go on for years. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails countries can become trapped in a vicious circle: war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war. This new World Bank Policy Research Report challenges the belief that civil wars are inevitable and proposes an agenda for global action.
International Economic Indicators and Central Banks (Wiley Finance)
by Anne Dolganos Picker
from Wiley
Praise for International Economic Indicators and Central Banks
"Anne Picker's International Economic Indicators and Central Banks is a tour de force. It brings together a wealth of information, explanation, and guidance, which has hitherto only been available from disparate and frequently obscure sources, and does so with great clarity and authority. It will be an invaluable resource not only for investors but for all others involved in the fields of finance and economics."
--Donald R. Anderson, OBE FRSE (UK), International Economics Advisor, formerly chief economist, Courtaulds Group
"Picker's book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the workings of key central banks, and to the economic data that informs their thinking and policy formation. The book should be required reading for those with more than a passing interest in financial markets and monetary policy formation."
--George Worthington, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, Thomson-IFR (Australia)
"International Economic Indicators and Central Banks is an invaluable guide for anyone doing business overseas or investing in international markets. It is thorough and precise enough for professional economists yet readily accessible to business people and investors. Anne Picker is not only an excellent communicator who demystifies central bank operations and technical economic indicators; she is also a top-notch economist with extensive experience in analyzing them. Don't read any international economic analysis without this volume close at hand."
--David A. Levy, Chairman, The Jerome Levy Forecasting Center
The Globalizers: The Imf, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers (Cornell Studies in Money)
by Ngaire Woods
from Cornell University Press
"The IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They have not done this out of pure economic zeal. Politics and their own rules and habits explain much of why they have presented globalization as a solution to challenges they have faced in the world economy."--from the Introduction
The greatest success of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has been as globalizers. But at whose cost? Would borrowing countries be better off without the IMF and World Bank? This book takes readers inside these institutions and the governments they work with. Ngaire Woods brilliantly decodes what they do and why they do it, using original research, extensive interviews carried out across many countries and institutions, and scholarship from the fields of economics, law, and politics.
The Globalizers focuses on both the political context of IMF and World Bank actions and their impact on the countries in which they intervene. After describing the important debates between U.S. planners and the Allies in the 1944 foundation at Bretton Woods, she analyzes understandings of their missions over the last quarter century. She traces the impact of the Bank and the Fund in the recent economic history of Mexico, of post-Soviet Russia, and in the independent states of Africa. Woods concludes by proposing a range of reforms that would make the World Bank and the IMF more effective, equitable, and just.
The Analysis of Household Surveys: A Microeconomic Approach to Development Policy (World Bank)
by Angus Deaton
from The Johns Hopkins University Press
Deaton analyses household survey data from developing countries, and illustrates how such data can be used to cast light on a range of short-term and long-term policy issues. Using data from several countries including Cote d'Ivoire, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Thailand, he examines the design and content of household surveys and explores the econometric issues for survey data.
Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and WTO
by Richard Peet
from Zed Books
Trade Blocs (World Bank Policy Research Report)
by The World Bank
from A World Bank Publication
An examination of recent trends and shifts in trade policies, this study looks at the seemingly contradictory movements toward regionalism and integration.
The Future of Banking In a Globalised World (The Wiley Finance Series)
by Chris Skinner
from Wiley
The world of banking is changing dramatically as a result of regulation, technology and society. New developments in the past three years include advances in regulatory change, the impact of China and India; from the latest technologies to impact bank services, to the latest experiments with a cashless society.
The Future of Banking in a Globalised World provides an entertaining yet informative look at the world of banking and chronicles the radical changes that have occurred in the industry over the past three years. Renowned analyst and international speaker, Chris Skinner assesses the trends that have occurred during the past three years and looks at predictions for the future of banking.
Issues discussed include:
• The impact of emerging markets such as China and India
• Regulatory changes including Europe’s Financial Services Action Plan, MiFID, SEPA, as well as the impact of Basel II and Sarbanes-Oxley
• The latest technologies to impact Bank services from algorithmic trading through Web 2.0
• The displacement of Cash and Cards through Contactless, Mobile and Biometric Payments
Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
by Michael Goldman
from Yale University Press
How to Own Your Own Private International Bank: For Profit, Privacy, and Tax Protection
by Jerome Schneider
from Prima Lifestyles
Would you like to:
• Legally avoid taxes?
• Enjoy lucrative profits?
• Protect your assets?
• Raise capital?
• Lower loan costs?
Arm yourself with the most powerful business tool known—your own offshore bank. Not just a tool for major corporations, international banks can be started and run by a mid-sized company or even a single individual. No matter what your experience, let expert Jerome Schneider, who's advised more individuals in starting their own banks overseas than any other person in America, show you step-by-step. From how and where to choose the best management company to identifying the best location for you, from protecting your assets to maximizing your profits, this book shows you how to take advantage of hospitable banking environments offshore.
Schneider, author of the financial bestsellers The Complete Guide to Offshore Money Havens and Global Investing for Maximum Profit and Safety, discusses the fourteen leading international banking centers. Learn about licensing fees, banking reputation, infrastructure, tax regulations, banking laws, start-up cash, and more required for these hot international banking centers:
Anguilla • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cook Islands • Grenada • Hong Kong • Nauru • Netherlands Antilles • Turks and Caicos • Vanuatu • Western Samoa
International Migration, Remittances, and Brain Drain (World Bank Trade and Development Series)
from World Bank Publications
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain waste.
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain waste.
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