Promoting Industrial Competitiveness in Developing Countries
Sanjaya Lall
As developing countries have started to open up their economies, concern about competitiveness has spread to their policy makers. Their relative competitiveness as production and investment sites has become a prime focus of development policy.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926231
- Publication Date: Oct 1999
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Small States in the Global Economy
David Peretz
A collection of the papers presented to the Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank Joint Task Force conferences in 1999 and 2000. The joint report set out an agenda for future national, regional and international actions to address economic vulnerabilities of small states.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850926781
- Publication Date: Jan 2001
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From Doha to Cancun
Ivan Mbirimi
In the eyes of the world, the Cancun Trade Ministerial Meeting will act as a litmus test of the major industrial countries' commitment to inclusive globalisation, to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to a stable and peaceful world.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850927603
- Publication Date: Jan 2003
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The Transatlantic Economy 2012, Volume 1
Daniel S. Hamilton
The Transatlantic Economy surveys have become a standard reference for businesses, policymakers, and media interested in the changing role of the U.S. and Europe in the global economy. This edition will further advance that trend. The Transatlantic Economy 2012 survey offers the most up-to-date set of facts, figures, and analysis available on the deep economic integration binding Europe and the United States.Volume 1 describes the impact of economic and financial crises; prospects for the dollar and euro; the position of the transatlantic economy in relation to high-growth emerging markets; and the changing landscape of international innovation.Volume 2 documents European-sourced jobs, trade, and investment in each of the fifty U.S. states and U.S.-sourced jobs, trade, and investment in thirty European countries.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780984854448
- Publication Date: Nov 2015
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Macroeconomic Policy Frameworks of Small States
Gérard Adonis
This book reviews the implementation of macroeconomic policies in Malta, identifying the key issues, lessons learnt and best practices which could be adapted by other small states. It also sets out the country's challenges for the future, including attending to the conflicting demands of environmental conservation and economic development.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290630
- Publication Date: Sep 2011
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A Future for Small States
This report provides an analysis of key issues concerning small states' security and development. It sets out a series of recommendations to counteract vulnerability arising from such factors as globalization, environmental degradation and global warming, and international crime.
- Imprint: Commonwealth Secretariat
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850925111
- Publication Date: Jan 1997
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The Transatlantic Economy 2014, Volume 1
Daniel S. Hamilton
The Transatlantic Economy annual surveys have become a standard reference for businesses, policymakers, and media interested in the changing role of the U.S. and Europe in the global economy. The 2014 survey offers the most up-to-date set of facts, figures, and analysis available on the deep economic integration binding Europe and the United States.Volume 1 describes the impact of economic and financial crises, prospects for the dollar and euro, the position of the transatlantic economy in relation to high-growth emerging markets, and the changing landscape of international innovation.Volume 2 documents Europeansourced jobs, trade, and investment in each of the fifty U.S. states and U.S.-sourced jobs, trade, and investment in thirty European countries. As the U.S. and Europe negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, The Transatlantic Economy 2014 will be an indispensable reference.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780989029421
- Publication Date: Aug 2016
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Fair Growth
Nancy Birdsall
Until recently, students of development have put much more energy into understanding the causes and consequences of absolute poverty than of inequality. But globalization—with its new opportunities for winners and losers, and its new insecurities and competitive pressures—is changing that. Nowhere is the issue of inequality more worrying than in Latin America, the setting for many of the world's most unequal societies. This book presents a dozen ideas or "tools" meant to make life in Latin America more equitable and fair for the great majority of its people. It suggests policies and programs for making tax structures more progressive; giving small businesses a chance; protecting labor mobility and workers' rights; tackling corruption head on; and raising the levels of quality, efficiency, and equity of the education systems. Change and reform in the direction of greater fairness will require not only political leadership and technical know-how on the part of government officials and legislators, but support and input from the progressive business community, the increasingly effective and vocal civil society, and students and intellectuals.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781933286167
- Publication Date: Jan 2008
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Turkey in the North Atlantic Marketplace
Daniel S. Hamilton
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781947661073
- Publication Date: Mar 2019
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The CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements
Christopher Stevens
A report on the CARIFORUM and Pacific ACP Economic Partnership Agreements that analyses the detailed implications for the economies of the countries involved of commitments signed or initialled, including an indication of the broad country and region-wide effects.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290005
- Publication Date: Feb 2009
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Assessing the Structure of Small Welfare States
Geoff Bertram
Examines how the characteristics of small states influence their pursuit of a welfare state. Many of the small states discussed have not previously featured in mainstream thinking about the relationship between country size and the extent of the welfare state.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290500
- Publication Date: Mar 2011
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Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Small States
Cletus I. Springer
Examines measures through which small states can work together with the international community to strengthen their ability to cope with pressing challenges such as climate change, sustainable manufacturing, and renewable energy technologies.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290647
- Publication Date: Oct 2011
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Potential Supply Chains in the Textiles and Clothing Sector in South Asia
Examines one of the leading manufacturing sectors in South Asia – textiles and clothing – to assess the prospects for developing production linkages through regional co-operation. The findings show that there is significant unexploited scope for intra-regional trade which would enhance the competitiveness of the region overall.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849290760
- Publication Date: Nov 2011
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Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs (2011-2020)
LDC IV Monitor's first reports provide an independent assessment of the status of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (IPoA). They aim to enhance transparency, accountability and efficiency in the implementation of the IPoA leading towards the graduation of the least developed countries (LDCs).
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781849291194
- Publication Date: Oct 2014
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Regional Integration in South Asia
Mohammad A. Razzaque
This volume presents an objective assessment of trade and economic co-operation among South Asian nations and highlights policy issues to foster regional integration. It presents insightful perspectives on potential new areas of co-operation, emerging challenges, and country-specific views on regional and bilateral trade co-operation issues.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781849291217
- Publication Date: Nov 2014
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Assessing Aid for Trade
Dirk Willem te Velde
Aid for Trade has been an integral part of ODA since the WTO 2005 Ministerial. This volume of 16 papers provides a comprehensive review of the AfT initiative, examining effectiveness, current issues and future directions including an alternative way to improve trade for developing countries from Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stigliz.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781849291231
- Publication Date: Nov 2013
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Small States in the Multilateral Trading System
Teddy Y. Soobramanien
This study provides a fresh perspective on how measures can be taken to enhance the participation of small states and least developed countries (LDCs) in the multilateral trading system. It contributes to the ongoing general debate about reforming the World Trade Organization and global trade governance.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291392
- Publication Date: Nov 2015
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Achieving the Istanbul Programme of Action by 2020
Achieving the Istanbul Programme of Action by 2020 focuses on four specific themes: structural transformation and export diversification in the LDCs; prospects of graduation of countries from the LDC group; implications of the 2030 Agenda in view of LDC concerns; and new challenges facing LDCs in their pursuit for achieving SDGs.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291484
- Publication Date: Aug 2016
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Emerging Trade Issues for Small Developing Countries
Teddy Y. Soobramanien
This publication seeks to help Commonwealth developing countries adapt to emerging trade issues such as climate change, e-commerce, implementation of the SDGs, and the role of Micro, Small and Medium-sized enterprises and GVCs . It addresses systemic issues that impact on the participation in the multilateral trading system and WTO negotiations.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291729
- Publication Date: Sep 2017
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Youth Work in the Commonwealth
Youth Work in the Commonwealth: A Growth Profession aims to help countries learn from good practices, and assess gaps in establishing youth work as a recognised profession in diverse contexts.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291736
- Publication Date: Sep 2017
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