La calidad de las intervenciones de desarrollo

fundamentos y herramientas para mejorar el diseño

¿Cuáles son las claves para diseñar programas y proyectos de desarrollo eficaces y participativos?¿Cómo prever cambios técnicos, políticos o sociales que puedan afectar a las actuaciones?¿Qué se puede hacer para asegurar que los efectos de las acciones se mantengan a lo largo del ...

General equilibrium, overlapping generations models, and optimal growth theory

This book presents an original exposition of general equilibrium theory for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level students of economics. It contains detailed discussions of economic efficiency, competitive equilibrium, the first and second welfare theorems, the Kuhn-Tucker approach to general equilibrium, the Arrow-Debreu model, and rational expectations ...

Inequality and growth

theory and policy implications

Leading international economists discuss how and why institutions influence growth; empirical and theoretical studies that provide an overview and contribute to the current research. Even minute increases in a country's growth rate can result in dramatic changes in living standards over just one generation ...

Sobrevivir al desarrollo

de la descolonización del imaginario económico a la construcción de una sociedad alternativa

Social, humano, local, sostenible... Recientemente, el desarrollo se ha revestido de 'trajes nuevos' que satisfacen los criterios de organizaciones internacionales como el Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional. Pero la lógica económica sigue siendo la misma, y el modelo de desarrollo sigue conforme a ...

The Law-growth nexus

An increasingly popular view holds that institutions--in particular, the rule of law--are the keys to unlocking the developing world's full growth potential. But what exactly does this mean? Which legal institutions matter and why? How can policymakers use this knowledge to promote growth? In ...

Does foreign aid really work?

Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer this important question have been dominated by a focus on the impact ...

Debt defaults and lessons from a decade of crises

This work provides detailed case studies of debt defaults by Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Moldova, and Uruguay, framed by a comprehensive discussion of the history, economic theory, legal issues, and policy lessons of sovereign debt crises. The debt crises in emerging market countries over the ...

Advancing development

core themes in global economies

Leading scholars and policymakers reflect on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen during the next two decades. Covering the major themes in development in an accessible way, this original and authoritative contribution highlights new and emerging issues, and shows how research ...

Financial stability, economic growth and the role of Law

Financial crises have become an all too common occurrence over the past twenty years, largely as a result of changes in finance brought about by increasing internationalization and integration. As domestic financial systems and economies have become more interlinked, weaknesses can significantly impact not only ...

Eliminating human poverty

macroeconomic and social policies for equitable growth

'...the blueprint for eradicating world poverty in the 21st century.' - Prof Bob Deacon, University of Sheffield. This exploration of how basic social services, particularly education, health and water, can be financed and delivered more effectively departs from the dominant macro- economic paradigm. Drawing on their ...

OECD factbook 2007

economic, enviromental and social statics

OECD Factbook 2007 is the third edition of a comprehensive and dynamic statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas: economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/labour ...

Economic development

a regional, institutional, and historical approach

This innovative textbook provides an introduction to economic development in both an historical and contemporary, comparative, and systems framework. The text takes a regional approach, with the theory developed within regional contexts. This leads to the second innovative aspect, an emphasis on institutional structures unique ...

International trade and economic growth

Unlike any other text on international trade, this groundbreaking book focuses on the dynamic long-run relationship between trade and economic growth rather than the static short-run relationship between trade and economic efficiency. The authors begin with well known theory on international trade, and then take ...

Growth, distribution and innovations

understanding their interrelations

Presenting an idea for those studying advanced macroeconomic and written by a widely published author, this book outlines a new and more fruitful way of understanding, analyzing and formally modelling economic growth. In his series of lectures, collected here in one concise and engaging book ...

International trade and economic growth

Unlike any other text on international trade, this groundbreaking book focuses on the dynamic long-run relationship between trade and economic growth rather than the static short-run relationship between trade and economic efficiency. The authors begin with well-known theory on international trade, and then take the ...

Bank capital and risk-taking

the impact of capital regulation, charter value, and business cycle

The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror the international popularity of capital requirements as a regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capital requirements on banks' behavior is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to contribute to this understanding by answering the following ...

Reinventer la croissance

La France n'est pas en déclin ; il est normal que les pays "émergents" progressent plus vite que les "vieux pays industriels". Les Etats européens sont soumis à la philosophie économique libérale et la politique monétaire, naguère porteuse de fortes liquidités, est aujourd'hui nourrie ...

El misterio del crecimiento económico

En El misterio del crecimiento económico, Elhanan Helpman analiza el inmenso número de investigaciones que han revolucionado el conocimiento de este tema en los últimos años y resume y explica sus mensajes fundamentales en unos términos claros, concisos y accesibles. La historia de la economía ...

Vivir (bien) con menos

sobre su eficiencia y sostenibilidad

¿Cuanto es suficiente?, titulaba en 1991 su libro-que sigue valiendo la pena leer-el investigador Alan Durning: y la pregunta es hoy más pertinente que nunca. Para avanzar hacia una sostenibilidad que no sea argucia retórica sino realidad radical, las estrategias de eficiencia y de coherencia ...

Escape from empire

the developing world's journey through heaven and hell

An economist argues provocatively that the more freedom a developing country has to determine its own policies, the faster its economy will grow, citing China, India, and other Asian escapees from America's strict free-market requirements as successful examples. The American government has been both ...