World in transition:towards sustainable energy systems

"The publication of 'World in Transition: Towards Sustainable Energy Systems' is timely indeed. The World Summit on Sustainable Development gave great attention to this challenge, but failed to agree on a quantitative, time-bound target for the introduction of renewable energy sources. The German Advisory Council ...

Integrating the Americas

FTAA and beyond

Where Latin American government leaders once looked at free trade agreements as solely about trade and trading policies, they are increasingly viewing them as the next beacon of hope in the long and arduous road of economic reform. Integrating the Americas: FTAA and Beyond discusses ...

Agricultura y territorio en el Mercosur

En este libro se estudia. desde una perspectiva geográfica, la agricultura del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR), bloque económico- comercial formado por Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay que responde a la lógica de las tendencias internacionales más recientes: la mundialización de la economía y la ...

Social partnering in Latin America

lessons drawn from collaborations of businesses and civil society organizations

Can businesses collaborate with nonprofit organizations? Drawing lessons from 24 cases of cross-sector partnerships spanning the hemisphere, Social Partnering in Latin America analyzes how businesses and nonprofits are creating partnerships to move beyond traditional corporate philanthropy. An American supermarket and a Mexican food bank, an ...

The price of the Euro

This volume presents a critical examination of the EMU from different perspectives. It includes essays on the political economy of currency unions, on the Growth and Stability pact, the European Central Bank, an evaluation of the first four years of the EMU, and the costs ...

La palabra empeñada

los objetivos 2015 y la lucha contra la pobreza

#Este libro no contiene ninguna receta de felicidad universal. Sus páginas sólo se proponen contribuir a que el mundo sea menos injusto y menos hipócrita. Aquí se reúnen trabajos sólidamente fundamentados, desde la honestidad que sólo la independencia hace posible, que miden el desencuentro entre ...

Debt relief for poor countries

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief substantially raise growth? How do we make sure that ...

Alternatives to economic globalisation

a better world is possible

Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before. Focusing on constructive ...

New sources of development finance

1 A. B. Atkinson: Innovative Sources to Meet a Global Challenge 2 A. B. Atkinson: Over-Arching Issues 3 A. Sandmo: Environmental Taxation and Revenue for Development 4 M. Nissanke: Revenue Potential of the Tobin Tax for Development Finance: A Critical Appraisal 5 E. Aryeetey: A ...

Geopolítica del hambre

hambre:¿quién es responsable?

Que nadie diga que no podemos hacer nada. El hambre es un arma que apunta hacia numerosos pueblos, víctimas de una discriminación deliberada. ¿Cómo acabar con las manipulaciones de los regímenes criminales? ¿Qué políticas habría que defender para conseguir una mayor justicia alimentaria? Esta obra ...

El debate sobre el desarrollo y el futuro de las ONG

La cooperación internacional para el desarrollo ya ha cumplido más de medio siglo. Un buen momento para reinventar las bases de actuaciones futuras y, si es necesario, establecer nuevos paradigmas. En este libro varios expertos y expertas en diversas disciplinas dibujan el presente, el pasado ...

Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation

essays in the political and institutional economics of development

This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, Pranab Bardhan, a leader in the field of development economics, offers a relatively ...

Financing development

the power of regionalism

The historic 2002 United Nations Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, overlooked a crucial question: regionalism. Financing Development: The Power of Regionalism is designed to correct this omission. Editors Nancy Birdsall and Liliana Rojas-Suarez call for a more open and radical regionalism. They ...

The poverty reduction strategy initiative

an independent evaluation of the World Bank's Support through 2003

This book provides an independent assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative for the World Bank as well as the broader development community. It offers a frank and in-depth review of the progress thus far, with particular focus on the role and effectiveness of the ...

El patrocinio de los proyectos de desarrollo social

inversión de futuro

Estamos asistiendo a la redefinición de las relaciones entre las empresas y las distintas entidades no lucrativas de desarrollo social. Unas y otras se deben a sus distintos públicos y buscan beneficios que no están tan enfrentados como pudiéramos creer. El patrocinio surge como una ...

Empowering squatter citizen

local government, civil society and urban poverty reduction

With the rapid growth in urban poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America, most cities now have 30 to 60 per cent of their population living in shanty towns. The civil and political rights of these people are either ignored or constantly contravened. They face ...

El comercio justo en España 2004

situaciones y perspectivas

INDICE: Agradecimientos. Presentación. Prólogo. I. Comercio justo: una cuestión de ética. II. El sello FLO: la certificación de productos de comercio justo. III. El comercio justo en España 2000-2003. IV. Comercio justo y administraciones públicas. V. La responsabilidad social corporativa y el comercio justo. Anexos.

Hacia otra integración sudamericana

críticas al Mercosur neoliberal

#Luego del desastre de la crisis económico-social argentina de 2001 y de los problemas estructurales de Brasil, no podemos conformarnos con cambiar las políticas económicas de los países sin repensar nuevamente el tipo de integración latinoamericana. Este libro se propone desarrollar una crítica del modelo ...

La voz de los pobres

clamando por el cambio

Developing agricultural trade

new roles for government in poor countries