La OMC y el sistema multilateral de comercio

pasado, presente y futuro

Este libro describe la evolución del sistema multilateral de comercio en los últimos cincuenta años y explora las perspectivas futuras de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), la agencia intergubernamental que forma su base institucional y es responsable de la conducción del comercio mundial. El ...

The globalisation of labour standards

the soft law track

Do core labour standards exist in today s global economy? If so, what are they? And most importantly, how effective are they? In this book two outstanding labour law scholars answer these questions in a definitive manner. In deep and convincing detail they demonstrate that ...

La maldita trinidad

el Fondo Monetario Internacional, el Banco Mundial y la Organización Mundial de Comercio

Se calcula que unos seis millones de niños africanos,asiáticos y latinoamericanos mueren cada año a causa de los efectos del ajuste estructural que el Fondo Monetario Internacional ha impuesto a la mayor parte de los países en desarrollo si quieren seguir recibiendo sus créditos ...

What is international business?

What is international Business? Is the international business research agenda running out of steam? These and other key questions are answered in this influential book which points to a definitive statement on International Business. Bringing together a variety of different perspectives, this book is a ...

Empirical methods in international trade

essays in honor of Mordechai Kreinin

Internationalization of the world economy has made trade a key factor in the growth potential of nearly every nation#s economy. Hence, economists have become increasingly interested in the determinants of international trade and competitiveness. Empirical Methods in International Trade captures the many aspects of ...

U.S. trade policy

history, theory and the WTO

This is a fully updated edition of the bestselling text on U.S. trade policy from colonial times to the current controversial trade imbalances affecting long-term national interests. New coverage for this edition includes the WTO panels and conflicts, the battle in Seattle, struggles over ...

Whose trade organisation?

a comprehensive guide to the WTO

This book explores the real record and legacy of the World Trade Organization. In its eight years of being the world's highest authority on global trade, the WTO has extended its reach into the democratic processes of local communities, in determining what local laws ...

Historia de un economista

un consultor se enfrenta al hambre y al Banco Mundial

Es la historia de un economista que durante cuatro meses trabajó para el Banco Mundial en Sierra Leona. Peter Griffiths fue contratado para impedir una hambruna inminente. Escrita como un diario, narra en primera persona la vivencia de un consultor que se verá enfrentado a ...

El nuevo imperialismo

¿Qué naturaleza tienen los dispositivos de poder geopolíticos y geoeconómicos que se están poniendo a punto en la actualidad y que mediante el diseño de un nuevo imperialismo pretenden inaugurar un nuevo orden de dominación? En el presente libro, su autor, David Harvey, trata de ...

Otro mundo es posible si...

Nunca como hasta ahora se ha intentado democratizar el espacio internacional o asegurar una existencia digna a todos los habitantes de la Tierra. Estos objetivos ya no son utópicos, sino posibilidades prácticas, de ahí la declaración de que otro mundo es posible: porque realmente lo ...

International Economic Law

This treatise presents a comprehensive exploration of the legal foundations of the international economy. Covering all aspects of international economic law, such as the GATT/WTO, the International Monetary System, transnational investment, and economic sanctions, this book will be of interest to international lawyers and ...

Capitalismo (financiero) global y guerra permanente

el dólar, Wall Street y la guerra contra Irak

World Bank literature

¿Qué hacemos con la OMC?

un programa de cambios para el comercio global

Corporate governance and capital flows in a global economy

This volume is a timely and insightful exploration into the issues of corporate governance and the impact of corporate governance practices on investments in developing countries. It analyzes global aspects of governance in relation to such issues as corporate performance, privatization, venture capitalism, and workers ...

Social construction and the logic of money

financial predominance and international economic leadership

While other studies of international leadership have looked at a variety of measures to predict behavior, this book demonstrates that the key factor is international finance. J. Samuel Barkin uses an innovative blend of rationalist and constructivist methodologies, approaches to international political economy that normally ...

International political economy

state-market relations in a changing global order

International trade

theory,strategies, and evidence

This is a comprehensive graduate textbook on International Trade. It surveys both the theoretical and empirical literature, and reports new results. International Trade addresses the need to synthesize and integrate the new advances in a field that has become a key element of policy discussions ...

International Economics

Table of Contents Introduction - An Overview of the World Economy Why Countries Trade Factor Endowments and The Commodity Composition of Trade Intra-industry Trade International Factor Movements Tariffs Nontariff Distortions to Trade International Trade Policy Regional Economic Issues National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments ...

Trade negotiations in Latin America

problems and prospects