Development

a very short introduction

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years.The notion of development itself ...

Our time has come

how India is making its place in the world

Over the last 25 years, India's explosive economic growth has vaulted it into the ranks of the world's emerging major powers. Long plagued by endemic poverty, until the 1990s the Indian economy was also hamstrung by a burdensome regulatory regime that limited its ...

China

as a polar great power

China has emerged as a member of the elite club of nations who are powerful at both global poles. Polar states are global giants, strong in military, scientific, and economic terms. The concept of a polar great power is relatively unknown in international relations studies ...

Cambio climático, economía y desigualdad

los límites del crecimiento en el siglo XXI

En las últimas décadas se ha escrito y discutido mucho sobre el cambio climático, sus causas y la forma de hacer frente a sus consecuencias. Sin embargo, hay una pregunta que no siempre ocupa el lugar que merece en los debates: ¿qué relación hay entre ...

Trabajo decente, empleos verdes y economía sostenible

soluciones para el cambio climático y el desarrollo sostenible

Los desafíos de lograr un medio ambiente sostenible y de generar trabajo decente para todos están fuertemente relacionados. Poschen sostiene la necesidad de generar un enfoque integrado para abordar estos desafíos: el objetivo de las economías sostenibles no puede ser alcanzado sin la contribución activa ...

Seguridad y desarrollo económico

La realidad en la que se sustenta este el mundo global, donde cada vez las interacciones económicas son más importantes, precisa de procedimientos claros y efectivos que garanticen la seguridad de sus transacciones y el desarrollo económico de los estados. Por otro lado, y partiendo ...

Why Latin American nations fail

development strategies in the Twenty-First Century

The question of development is a major topic in courses across the social sciences and history, particularly those focused on Latin America. Many scholars and instructors have tried to pinpoint, explain, and define the problem of underdevelopment in the region. With new ideas have come ...

La gran convergencia

migración, tecnología y la nueva globalización

En el siglo XIX la energía de vapor y la paz hicieron posible un movimiento internacional de bienes que llevó a los que hoy son países ricos a alcanzar la hegemonía: fue la Gran Divergencia. La nueva globalización, en cambio, está siendo impulsada por las ...

Spanish economic growth, 1850-2015

Offers a comprehensive and nuanced view of the economic development of Spain since 1850. It provides a new set of historical GDP estimates for Spain from the demand and supply sides, and presents a reconstruction of production and expenditure series for the century prior to ...

The development dilemma

security, prosperity, and a return to history

Reassessing the developing world through the lens of Europe's past Today's developing nations emerged from the rubble of the Second World War. Only a handful of these countries have subsequently attained a level of prosperity and security comparable to that of the advanced ...

Thank you, China

It is certainly fair to thank China for all its contributions to the world and its generosity. Especially for Pedro Nueno, professor of management and author of this book, who has found China to be his best ally in promoting higher education and establishing business ...

Economic development

what everyone needs to know

There is much discussion about global poverty and the billions of people living with almost nothing. Why is it that governments, development banks, think-tanks, academics, NGOs and many others can't just fix the problem? Why is it that seemingly obvious reforms never happen? Why ...

Cracking the China conundrum

why conventional economic wisdom is wrong

China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a holistic and contrarian view of China's ...

A world of three zeros

the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize ...

Crecer o no crecer

¿Es la única cuestión?. El bienestar económico en el siglo XXI

¿Es el bienestar económico importante para la sociedad?, ¿medimos adecuadamente el bienestar económico en la actualidad?, ¿es el crecimiento el objetivo primordial y único para mejorar el bienestar económico de una sociedad? Son preguntas que todos nos hacemos y que necesitaríamos poder responder. No nos ...

The rise and fall of american growth

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end ...

The struggle for development

The world economy is expanding rapidly despite chronic economic crises. Yet the majority of the world´s population live in poverty. Why are wealth and poverty two sides of the coin of capitalist development? What can be done to overcome this destructive dynamic? In this ...

CEO, China

the rise of Xi Jinping

China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise ...

Pax Japonica

the resurrection of Japan

Japan, the world s third largest economy and its largest creditor nation, has been in crisis for more than two decades. Its economy has been depressed or in recession in much of that period, its banking sector in a critical state, and its public sector ...

Beating the odds

jump-starting developing countries

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions Contrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions ...