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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783359103321

Autore

Berthelot Yves

Titolo

Unity and Diversity in Development Ideas [[electronic resource] ] : Perspectives from the UN Regional Commissions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-253-11089-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Disciplina

341.23

341.7/59

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Case studies

Economic Theory

Business & Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

List of Boxes and Tables; Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Unity and Diversity of Development:The Regional Commissions' Experience; 2 The ECE: A Bridge between East and West; 3 From ECAFE to ESCAP: Pioneering a Regional Perspective; 4 ECLAC: A Commitment to a Latin American Waytoward Development; 5 The ECA: Forging a Future for Africa; 6 ESCWA: Striving for Regional Integration; Appendix: Evolution of Membership in the FiveUN Regional Commissions, 1947-2000; Notes; Index; About the Authors

About the UN Intellectual History Project

Sommario/riassunto

This second volume from the United Nations Intellectual History Project                surveys the history of the UN's regional commissions and the ideas they have                developed over the last 40 years. Each essay is devoted to one of the five regional                commissions -- Europe, Asia and the Far East, Latin America, Africa, and Western                Asia -- and how it has approached its mission of assessing the condition of regional                economies and making prognoses about future conditions. The essays describe how each                commission has added lo



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765810203321

Autore

Hu Angang

Titolo

Economic and social transformation in China : challenges and opportunities / / Angang Hu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2006

London : , : Routledge, , 2017

©2007

ISBN

9786610648597

9781134179237

1134179235

9781134179244

1134179243

9781280648595

1280648597

9780203970096

0203970098

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; ; 23

Classificazione

BUS022000POL023000SOC008000

Disciplina

338.951009045

Soggetti

Economics

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

China Economic conditions 2000-

China Economic policy 1976-2000

China Economic policy 2000-

China Social conditions 1976-2000

China Social conditions 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; About the author; Acknowledgments; Introduction: How I conducted this China Study; 1. Why has China's economy grown so fast?; 2. Comprehensive national power (1980-2000): A comparative study of the US, Russia, Japan, India and China; 3.



Why has China's TFP dropped in 1995-2001?; 4. From unevenness to coordination for China's regional development (1978-2004); 5. China's economic growth and poverty reduction (1978-2002); 6. China's macro-economy and health

7. Health insecurity: The biggest challenge to human security in China8. Developing human resources to cope with an aging society; 9. China's urban unemployment and social security (1993-2000); 10. Genuine national savings and natural capital cost in China (1970-2001); 11. Corruption: an enormous black hole: Public exposure of the economic costs of corruption; 12. Second transition of the Communist Party of China: From economic development to institution building; 13. Making policy decision-making more scientific, democratic, systematic and specialized; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Center for China Studies is among China's most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these reports is collected in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the challenges and opportunities for Chinese development and the government's thinking on economic and social issues. Including comparative studies with developed and developing nations, analysis of past economic performance and future trends, and effects of demographic shifts such as population ageing