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  • Pensions: Challenges and Reforms

    by Einar Overbye, Peter A. Kemp ...
    Throughout the developed world, public and private pension schemes face major challenges that are creating irresistible pressures for reform. Major structural changes in Latin America and in Central and Eastern Europe have led to particularly fierce pressure. Two member states of the European Union - Italy and Sweden - have introduced radical reform of their public pensions systems; controversial ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

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    Macroeconomics, Liberalization and Development

    by Joseph Stiglitz, Shari Spiegel, Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Deepak Nayyar, José Antonio Ocampo ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series
    There is growing dissatisfaction with the economic policies advocated by the IMF and other international financial institutions - policies that have often resulted in stagnating growth, crises, and recessions for client countries. This book presents an alternative to "Washington Consensus" neo-liberal economic policies by showing that both macro-economic and liberalization policy must be sensitive ... Read more

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  • Finance Against Poverty: Volume 2

    Country Case Studies

    by Paul Mosley, David Hulme ...
    Over the last decade, the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs has become increasingly popular. This volume examines the effectiveness of this theory when put into practice. The book presents empirical evidence drawn from comparative experiences in seven developing countries and produces some startling conclusions. ... Read more

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  • Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty

    Edited by Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond the traditional literature on poverty, this original book deals with themes of broad interest to both ... Read more

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  • Globalisation and Poverty

    Channels and Policy Responses

    Edited by Maurizio Bussolo, Jeffery I Round ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Globalisation
    The consequences of globalization for the world's poor are uncertain and fierce rhetoric is dividing its supporters and detractors.The channels of effect of essentially macroeconomic shocks on the microeconomic position of individuals and households in poor countries are many and various. This book addresses three core issues: 1) what are the main channels of effect? 2) what are the lessons to be ... Read more

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  • Regional Monetary Policy

    by Carlos Javier Rodriguez Fuentes ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    With the final phase of the European Monetary Union underway, concern has been raised over the regional implications of the European Central Bank (ECB) Monetary Policy. Departing from the standard approach utilized by the ECB, this book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to explore the ways through which money and monetary policy may affect regions.Carlos Rodriguez Fuentes, the rising ... Read more

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  • Reforming Pensions

    A Short Guide

    by Nicholas Barr, Peter Diamond ...
    Mandatory pensions are a worldwide phenomenon. However, with fixed contribution rates, monthly benefits, and retirement ages, pension systems are not consistent with three long-run trends: declining mortality, declining fertility, and earlier retirement. Many systems need reform. This book gives an extensive nontechnical explanation of the economics of pension design. The theoretical arguments ... Read more

    $42.39 CAD

  • Global Finance

    by Robert Holton ...
    Series series Shortcuts
    Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose – and what can be done about it. Economics alone cannot fully explain how global finance operates, and why it is so crisis prone. Global Finance offers a wider approach in three key ways, by:setting markets and financial market failure in a ... Read more

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  • Top Incomes

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by A. B. Atkinson, Thomas Piketty ...
    A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. This volume brings together studies of top incomes for twelve countries from around the world, including China, India, Japan, Argentina and Indonesia. Together with the first volume, published in 2007, the studies cover twenty two countries. They have a long time span, ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability

    Political, Social, Cultural, and Economic Theories and Models

    by Gerard Caprio ...
    Political and social forces exert pressure on our globalized economy in many forms, from formal and informal policies to financial theories and technical models. Our efforts to shape and direct these forces to preserve financial stability reveal much about the ways we perceive the financial economy. The Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability examines our political economy, ... Read more

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  • A Primer on Property Tax

    Administration and Policy

    Edited by William J. McCluskey, Gary C. Cornia, Lawrence C. Walters ...
    'The chapters in this book explore in detail the choices regarding both the structure and administration of the property tax, drawing on the extensive knowledge the authors have acquired in studying property taxes around the world. The chapters provide a wide-ranging treatment of the design choices and administrative tasks, both in terms of the breadth of design options and administrative tasks ... Read more

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  • Aging and Social Expenditure in the Major Industrial Countries, 1980-2025

    by Edgardo Mr. Ruggiero, Peter Mr. Heller, Menachem Mr. Katz, Robert Mr. Feldman, Richard Mr. Hemming, Peter Mr. Kohnert, Ziba Farhadian, Donogh Mr. McDonald, Ahsan Mansur, Bernard Mr. Nivollet ...
    Series Book 47 - Occasional Papers
    Most of the seven major industrial countries are now experiencing significant changes in their demographic structure. A persistent pattern of declining fertility and improving life expectancy has created major segments of the population that are already relatively aged or will become so in the near future. This paper examines the impact of prospective demographic trends on the level and structure ... Read more

    $4.69 CAD