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  • Aid and Power - Vol 1

    The World Bank and Policy Based Lending

    When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the most significant and influential contributions to that debate. This edition has been revised to take account of changes within the World Bank itself and the extension of policy based lending to the formerly socialist ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Financial Exclusion and the Poverty Trap

    Overcoming Deprivation in the Inner City

    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Economics
    The persistence of poverty hurts us all, and attacking poverty is a major policy objective everywhere. In Britain, the main political parties have an anti-poverty mandate and in particular an agreed commitment to eliminate child poverty by 2020, but there is controversy over how this should be done. This book addresses one of the main causes of poverty, financial exclusion – the inability to ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Fiscal Policy and the Natural Resources Curse

    How to Escape from the Poverty Trap

    by Paul Mosley ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    It is widely accepted that natural resource wealth, especially in the form of oil and minerals, can be a key factor in inhibiting economic development. Many of the countries that are richest in natural resources – including oil, metals and diamonds – are amongst the world’s poorest. Why?Fiscal Policy and the Natural Resources Curse re-examines this ancient, unsolved puzzle, asking why many ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Poverty and Exclusion in North and South

    Essays on Social Policy and Global Poverty Reduction

    Edited by Elizabeth Dowler, Paul Mosley ...
    Series series Priorities for Development Economics
    Over the past decade there has been a worrying increase in poverty in the industrialised countries of the "North", while many of the developing countries of the "South" have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North and South, and that these warrant further investigation and analysis. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Finance Against Poverty: Volume 1

    In two volumes these books review and expand the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs. Volume 1 provides detailed analysis of this theory and offers policy recommendations for practitioners in this field. Volume 2 presents empirical evidence drawn from comparative experiences in seven developing countries. The work ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Finance Against Poverty: Volume 2

    Country Case Studies

    Over the last decade, the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs has become increasingly popular. This volume examines the effectiveness of this theory when put into practice. The book presents empirical evidence drawn from comparative experiences in seven developing countries and produces some startling conclusions. ... Read more

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    This book looks at how Ireland as a small open economy can prosper in the medium term. It contains recommendations from Irelands top economic and policy commentators for boosting and sustaining the post-crisis economy. The book is policy relevant accessible and written to stimulate public debate. ... Read more

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  • The Intelligent Radical's Guide to Economic Policy (Routledge Revivals)

    The Mixed Economy

    Series series Collected Works of James Meade
    First published in 1975, this guide to economic policy outlines an economic philosophy for reform for the ‘intelligent radical’ who seeks to address the issues of liberty and equality within society. Among other issues, the book looks at policies to control inflation, to maintain full employment, to set prices and wages, to distribute income and property, and to manage the environment and ... Read more

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  • The Global Financial Crisis and Austerity

    A Basic Introduction

    by David Clark ...
    Given the huge impact of the 2008 financial crash and post-crash austerity on so many people’s lives, there is a need for a concise, accessible guide to its causes and its longer-term significance. Written by an expert in political science and straddling finance, economics and political science, this entry-level summary demystifies global finance and puts the financial crisis in its historical ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Public Sector Revenue

    Principles, Policies and Management

    In this time of acute financial pressure on public budgets, there is an increasing interest worldwide in alternative ways for governments to raise money, and how public authorities can develop the capacity to administer revenues efficiently and effectively. Taxation, the primary source of public revenue, is exposed to various threats, while alternative sources of public revenues have much ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

    Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes? Why isn't land and location taught or seen as important in modern economics? What is the relationship between the financial system and land?In this accessible but provocative guide to the economics of land and housing, the authors reveal how many of the key challenges facing modern economies - including housing crises, ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • International Law in Financial Regulation and Monetary Affairs

    Series series International Economic Law Series
    The early twenty-first century has seen a conspicuous absence of formal international law concerning money and finance. This book argues that this lack of formal international regulation was a significant contributing factor to the global financial crisis that began in 2007. It focuses on this lack of global substantive principles and 'hard law' rules in the field of financial regulation and ... Read more

    $128.69 USD