Tag: Economies

Border Economies Cities Bridging the U.S.-Mexico Divide


Free Download James Gerber, "Border Economies: Cities Bridging the U.S.-Mexico Divide"
English | ISBN: 0816552711 | 2024 | 328 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The border between the United States and Mexico is one of the most unique and complex regions of the world. The asymmetry of the border region, together with the profound cultural differences of the two countries, create national controversies around migration, security, and illegal flows of drugs and weapons. The national narratives miss the fact that the 15 million or more people living in the border regions of Mexico and the United States are highly interactive and responsive to conditions on the other side.

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Economic Patriotism in Open Economies


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English | 2013 | ISBN: 1138946524 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 0.2 mb
The recent financial crisis has demonstrated that governments continuously seek to steer their economies rather than leaving them to free markets. Despite the ambitions of international economic cooperation, such interventionism is decidedly local. Some politicians even proudly evoke "economic patriotism" to justify their choices.

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Management Engineering in Emerging Economies (Management and Industrial Engineering)


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English | May 9, 2024 | ISBN: 3031544846 | 465 pages | MOBI | 17 Mb
This book explores various technical domains, including industrial engineering, computer sciences, process engineering, and system engineering, seamlessly integrated with management theories. It explores how this fusion of knowledge can drive improvements, transformations, and the design of new processes, products, or organizational structures, ultimately generating significant value for both society and the market. The book introduces the concept of management engineering and delves into its implementation process, including the development of new methodologies or frameworks designed to solve complex problems effectively. It provides a comprehensive perspective on the evolution of management engineering, presenting the most relevant strategies for assimilating this approach to generate value, especially in the context of emerging economies.

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The Myth of Development Non-viable Economies and the Crisis of Civilization


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 1786997614, 1786997606 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 0.5 mb
The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to.

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The Myth of Development Non-Viable Economies and the Crisis of Civilization, Second Edition


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English | 2010 | pages: 173 | ISBN: 1848135831 | PDF | 1,0 mb
The message of this courageous classic book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Many countries, and their cities in particular, are collapsing into ungovernable chaotic entities under the control of warlords and mafias. Oswaldo de Rivero argues that the "wealth of nations" agenda must be replaced by a "survival of nations" agenda. In order to prevent increasing human misery and political disorder, many countries must abandon dreams of development and adopt instead a policy of national survival based on providing basic water, food and energy, and stabilizing their populations. This much-anticipated new edition not only features updated figures and statistics, but also original new writing on the most essential new issues for the development myth, includingemerging economies, the global economic crises, environmental issues and particularly, climate change.

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Transitional Economies Banking, Finance, Institutions


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English | 2001 | pages: 273 | ISBN: 033380144X | PDF | 0,9 mb
The integration of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States international financial system was arguably one of the most profound changes experienced by the world economy in the 1990s. This book examines these countries in reforming their financial systems in the first decade of transition. Through case studies as well as more thematic approaches contributors deal with crucial elements of building a market-based financial system, the transformation of the banking sector, and non-bank reform and regulation of financial markets. They emphasise the importance of institution-building to the process of financial sector transformation and highlight the lessons to be learned from transitional financial experiences.

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The Politics of Conflict Economies Miners, merchants and warriors in the African borderland


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English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138238201, 0415580846 | EPUB | pages: 184 | 0.6 mb
Conflict economies cannot be approached in isolation but must instead be contextualised socially and historically. These economies did not emerge in vacuum, but are part and parcel of the history of people and place.

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