Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (258 p.)
Disciplina	330.9172/4
Soggetto topico	Income distribution - Developing countries Sex role - Developing countries
ISBN	90-04-26972-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material -- Development and Equity—Introduction to the Lustrum Conference of the Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity / Leo de Haan , Ton Dietz and Dick Foeken -- 1 A Fresh Perspective on Economics and Equity / Syed Mansoob Murshed -- 2 ‘Waithood’: Youth Transitions and Social Change / Alcinda Honwana -- 3 Beyond Survival: Militarism, Equity and Women’s Security / Amina Mama -- 4 Development, Equity, Gender, Health, Poverty and Militarization: Is there a Link in the Countries of West Africa? / Irene Akua Agyepong -- 5 The Right to Stay Home: Equity and the Struggle of Migrant Indigenous Peoples / Gaspar Rivera-Salgado -- 6 Towards a Territorial, Multi-Actor and Multi-Level Approach for Sustainable Development Cooperation and Social Responsibility Policies / Patricia Almeida Ashley -- 7 Gender Equality and Muslim Women: Negotiating Expanded Rights in Muslim Majority and Immigrant Contexts / Rema Hammami -- 8 Identities and Access to Energy: A Case From India / Atul Kumar -- 9 Gender Equity and Governance in Pakistan: Looking through Leventhal’s Concept of Organizational Justice / Nasira Jabeen -- 10 Looking through the Leventhal Lens: Is Gender Equity in the Philippines a Puzzle? / Stella Quimbo -- 11 Bargaining Positions and Trust in Ethiopian Coffee Cooperatives: A Gender Perspective / Annemarie Groot Kormelinck -- 12 The Right to Development: Can States be Held Responsible? / Nienke van der Have -- 13 Responsible Business Practices of Dutch Enterprises in Kenyan Agri-Business / Lisanne Heemskerk -- Appendix Equity or Equality? Tenth Anniversary of the Prince Claus Chair / Frans Bieckmann -- List of Contributors.
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Edizione	[1st ed. 2009.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (317 p.)
Disciplina	330.9172/4 330.91724
Soggetto topico	Development economics Labor economics International economics Industrial management—Environmental aspects Poverty Development Economics Labor Economics International Economics Sustainability Management Development Aid
ISBN	1-282-67358-0 9786612673580 0-230-25063-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. I. Alternative macroeconomic policies. The macroeconomic implications of MDG-based strategies in sub-Saharan Africa / John Weeks and Terry McKinley ; Pro-growth alternatives for Monetary and financial policies in sub-Saharan Africa / Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein and James Heintz ; Addressing global imbalances : a development-oriented policy agenda / Alex Izurieta and Terry McKinley -- pt. II. Economic consequences of scaling up ODA. The macroeconomic debate on scaling up HIV/AIDS financing / Terry McKinley and Degol Hailu ; Why is 'the Dutch Disease' always a disease? The macroeconomic consequences of scaling up ODA / Terry McKinley ; The impact of foreign aid on government spending, revenue and domestic borrowing in Ethiopia / Pedro M.G. Martins ; Managing the exchange-rate consequences of an MDG-related scale-up in HIV/AIDS financing / John Serieux -- pt. III. Public finance and debt relief. Gearing public finance to growth, employment and poverty reduction in Moldova / Terry McKinley ; Does debt relief increase fiscal space in Zambia? The MDG implications / John Weeks and Terry McKinley ; The reduction of fiscal space in Zambia - Dutch Disease and tight-money conditionalities / John Weeks -- pt. IV. Policies for transforming growth into employment generation. An employment-targeted economic programme for South Africa / Robert Pollin ... [et al.] ; A proposed strategy for growth, employment and poverty reduction in Uzbekistan / Terry McKinley and John Weeks ; Strengthening the employment impact of an MDG-based development strategy for Yemen / Terry McKinley.
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (473 p.)
Disciplina	330.9172/4
Altri autori (Persone)	CaldeiraTiago N
Soggetto topico	Economic development - Developing countries
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-61761-917-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ""; ""ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SHORT COMMUNICATION""; ""STRUCTURAL VAR APPROACH TO THE SOURCES OF EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. Data ""; ""3. Empirical Analysis""; ""4. Empirical Results ""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""References ""; ""RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES""; ""WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN OVERVIEW""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. The DOHA Round and Agricultural Negotiations "" ""2.1. The Role of Developing Countries in Agricultural Negotiations""""2.2. Special and Differential Treatment for DCs ""; ""2.3. Main Issues of Agricultural Negotiations Affecting the Doha Round Deadlock ""; ""3. Winners and Losers in the DOHA Round ""; ""4. Factors Influencing the Trade-Poverty Nexus ""; ""4.1. Household Behavior""; ""4.2. Factor Markets ""; ""4.3. The Role of Government ""; ""5. The Problem of Preference Erosion for Developing Count""; ""5.1. Theoretical Aspects of Preferential Regimes and Preference Erosion ""; ""5.2. The Real Utilization of Preferential Regimes "" ""5.3. Dealing with Preference Erosion: Potential Policy Responses """"6. Conclusion ""; ""References ""; ""VOLATILITY OF SHORT-TERM CAPITAL FLOWS AND SOCIO-POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A REVIEW""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. Economics of Socio-Political Risk""; ""2.1. Political Risk, International Capital Flows, Investment and Growth ""; ""2.2. International Capital Flows, Macroeconomic Volatility and Growth ""; ""3. Capital Flows and Socio-political Risk: The Endogeneity Problem ""; ""3.1. The Hypothesis ""; ""3.2. Data Sources and Measurement Issues "" ""4. Empirical Results """"4.1. A Granger Causality Analysis ""; ""4.2. Impulse Response Analysis""; ""5. Conclusion ""; ""References ""; "" ADMINISTRATIVE QUALITY, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, AND CAPITAL ACCUMULATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ""; ""Abstract ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. How to Measure Structural Reforms and the Role of Structural Reforms on Capital Accumulation ""; ""3. The Role of Administrative Quality on Capital Accumulation and Structural Reforms""; ""4. Other Factors Affecting Capital Accumulation and Structural Reforms""; ""4.1. Neo-Classical Accelerator Model "" ""4.2. Human Capital """"4.3. Legal Origin ""; ""5. The Econometric Model ""; ""5.1. The Model Tested ""; ""5.2. Estimation Results ""; ""5.2.1. Empirical Results on Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Investment) Equation""; ""5.2.2. Empirical Results on Structural Reform Equation ""; ""6. Conclusion ""; ""7. Appendices ""; ""References ""; ""CAPITAL ACCUMULATION IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: DOES STOCK MARKET MATTER?""; ""Abstract ""; ""I. Introduction ""; ""II. Relationship between Stock Market Developments and Capital Accumulation ""; ""A. Panel Data Analysis ""; ""B. Time Series Analysis "" ""III. Conclusion ""
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (278 p.)
Disciplina	330.9172/4
Collana	Human Economy
Soggetto topico	Equality - Developing countries Social change - Developing countries Democracy - Economic aspects
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-78238-845-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Economy For And Against Democracy; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Habits of Austerity; Chapter 2 - What Financial Crisis? The Global Politics of Finance; Chapter 3 - Party Funding For and Against Democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa; Chapter 4 - Women as Mediators in Postwar Mozambique; Chapter 5 - Negotiating State and Market; Chapter 6 - Beyond the Market; Chapter 7 - Waves of Unrest; Chapter 8 - Solidarity Economy in Contemporary Greece; Chapter 9 - Money for a Human Economy; Chapter 10 - Human Economy; Chapter 11 - Building a Human Economy Movement; References; Index
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