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UNINA9910777791503321 |
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Titolo |
Global economic prospects : : managing the next wave of globalization, 2007 |
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Washington, DC : , : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, , [2007] |
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copyright 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-72558-3 |
9786610725588 |
0-8213-6728-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxvii, 180 pages : illustrations ; ; 27 cm |
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Collana |
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Global Economic Prospects ; ; 2007 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International trade |
International economic integration |
Developing countries Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Overview; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Prospects for the Global Economy; Figures; Tables; Chapter 2 The Coming Globalization; Boxes; Chapter 3 Income Distribution, Inequality, and Those Left Behind; Chapter 4 New Pressures in Labor Markets: Integrating Large Emerging Economies and the Global Sourcing of Services; Chapter 5 Managing the Environmental Risks to Growth; Appendix: Regional Economic Prospects |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the next 25 years developing countries will move to center stage in the global economy. Global Economic Prospects 2007 analyzes the opportunities - and stresses - this will create. While rich and poor countries alike stand to benefit, the integration process will make more acute stresses already apparent today - in income inequality, in labor markets, and in the environment. Over the next 25 years, rapid technological progress, burgeoning trade in goods and services, and integration of financial markets create the opportunity for faster long-term growth. However, some regions, notably Afr |
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