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Bruno My Story

Autor: Bruno Tonioli

Número de Páginas: 265

Meet Bruno Tonioli - Strictly Come Dancing judge, wildcat choreographer and stardust magnet. With his irrepressible personality and Italian exuberance, Bruno has become a TV sensation, settling the fate of Britain's ballroom hopefuls during the nation's favourite Saturday night show. Bruno's journey is mind-blowing. He fled from home at eighteen to join the dance company La Grande Eugene and travelled around Europe; he later coached the actress Goldie Hawn as a dance instructor, and orchestrated lavish productions for TV, film and pop videos, where he worked alongside The Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Duran Duran and Tina Turner. Along the way Bruno has Tangoed with high fashion, performed the Cha Cha Cha with untameable pop vixens Bananarama and danced an emotional Waltz with bereavement and breakdown before settling in the perfect location - a seat on the judging panel of Strictly Come Dancing, where he wowed the nation at home and in Hollywood with his passion for dance and an excitable turn of phrase. My Story tears away the glittery wrapping of this most exuberant and loveable of TV stars. Strap yourselves in for a wild and sexy ride with more frills than Versailles.

Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Government Operations. Permament Subcommittee On Investigations

Número de Páginas: 1932

Un nouveau modèle économique

Autor: Amartya Sen

Número de Páginas: 372

"Telle est la question cruciale que pose cet ouvrage, qui renoue avec le style et l'ambition des grandes oeuvres économiques des siècles passés. Amartya Sen a reçu en 1998 le prix Nobel d'économie pour ses recherches novatrices, mais aussi parce qu'il a su redonner une dimension éthique aux débats qui font rage autour des grands problèmes économiques d'aujourd'hui. Voici, pour la première fois accessible à tous, une brillante synthèse de ses idées les plus fortes. "Les pauvres du monde entier n'ont pas de porte-parole plus inspiré et plus convaincant parmi les économistes. Notre qualité de vie ne se mesure pas à notre richesse, mais à notre liberté : cette idée révolutionne la théorie et la pratique économique." Kofi Annan, Secrétaire général de l'ONU."--Page 4 of cover.

En busca del crecimiento

Autor: William Easterly

Número de Páginas: 364

CONTENIDO: Por qué es importante el crecimiento - Ayudar a los pobres - Panaceas que fracasaron -La ayuda a la inversión - La sorpresa de Solow: la inversión no es la clave del crecimiento - ¿Educarse para hacer qué? - ¿Dinero para preservativos? - Los préstamos que se hicieron, el crecimiento que no ocurrió - Perdónanos nuestras deudas - La gente responde a los incentivos - Historias de rendimiento crecientes: difusión, emparejamiento y trampas - Destrucción creativa: el poder de la tecnología - Bajo la mala estrella - Los gobiernos pueden acabar con el crecimiento - Corrupción y crecimiento - Sociedades polarizadas.

Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic Narcotics

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations

Número de Páginas: 144

The Institutions and Dynamics of the European Community, 1973-83

Autor: Johnny Laursen

Número de Páginas: 313

Based on fresh archival research and interviews this book offers a new look at the history of this distinct era of European integration. Chapters from leading scholars include subjects ranging from European law to EC expansion, and from the European Currency System to the application of Greece to join the Community. Overall, the book provides a fresh interpretation of the period - as one not simply of crisis and stagnation.

La Libertad Individual Como Compromiso Social

Autor: Amartya Sen

Número de Páginas: 118

World Development Report 1996

Número de Páginas: 268

Almost one-third of the world's population has embarked on a transition from planned to market economies. Like economic reforms elsewhere, the long-term goal of this transition is to build a thriving market economy capable of delivering long-term growth in living standards. Now in its 19th annual edition, the World Development Report 1996 takes an in-depth look at these transition countries, focusing on the key lessons that have taken place thus far. The introduction to the Report poses a number of key questions that are addressed in later chapters, including questions relating to initial challenges and how contries have tackled them from very different starting points and political conditions. The Report also focuses on the additional challenges these transition countries face, with a final chapter that summarizes the main conclusion of the Report, creating a text that will no doubt become the definitive source for students stydying international economics and politics.

Ukraine on the Road to Europe

Autor: Lutz Hoffmann , Felicitas Möllers

Número de Páginas: 323

by Viktor A. Yushchenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine The intensification of the integration processes on our continent entirely coincides with the national interests of Ukraine, a country which is undoubtedly European both geographically and politically. What kind of Europe do we now have, and what should it be in the future? What should the role of Ukrainian society be in the economic, social, and cultural integration of the countries on the European continent? These questions are the subject of research and scientific analysis by the well-known economists whose work is contained in this book. Let there be no doubt, the strategic goal of Ukraine's foreign policy is the active participation of our country in the European integration process. Thus, the move toward co-operation and gradual integration with the European Union was defined as one of the main priorities of the Ukrainian Government's programme "Reforms for Well-being", which is based on President Leonid Kuchma's speech "Ukraine: Steps into XXI century" and was approved by the Ukrainian Parliament. This move is not a hasty response to a new trend, but rather a pragmatic decision since the EU will define the face of Europe...

Contemporary Economic Issues

Autor: Y. Mundlak

Número de Páginas: 273

An overview of many currently topical issues around food and agriculture, with particular emphasis on their implications for development. These include Nobel Laureate Robert Fogel's discussion of nutritional standards and the implications of new theories of evolution in assessing the extent of malnutrition. Historical analysis informs contemporary surveys, including Yair Mundlak's comparison of the postwar record of 130 countries in agricultural technology and outputs. The important implications of labour markets, income distributions and the impact of welfare states on these issues are considered by a number of papers. The contributors include many leading academics from North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Israel.

Contemporary Economic Issues

Autor: H. Wolf

Número de Páginas: 232

This volume contains chapters on a range of topics which include economic methodology in macroeconomics, central bank independence, policy signalling, public policy as second best analysis, the determinants of economic growth, a continuum approach to unemployment policy, and pensions. The volume dispels the notion that these are largely unrelated issues and illustrates the merger process which is taking place between hitherto rather separate economic sub-disciplines. They move the focus of attention and challenge received wisdom.

Reform, Recovery, and Growth

Autor: Rudiger Dornbusch , Sebastian Edwards

Número de Páginas: 440

The debt crisis of 1982 caused serious economic disruptions in most developing countries. Reform, Recovery, and Growth explains why some of these countries have recovered from the debt crisis, while more than a decade later others continue to stagnate. Among the questions addressed are: What are the requirements for a stabilization policy that reduces inflation in a reasonable amount of time at an acceptable cost? What are the effects of structural reforms, especially trade liberalization, deregulation, and privatization, on growth in the short and long runs? How do macroeconomic instability and adjustment policies affect income distribution and poverty? How does the specific design of structural adjustment efforts affect results? In this companion to Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America, the authors confirm that macroeconomic stability has a positive effect on income distribution. The volume presents case studies that describe in detail the stabilization experiences in Brazil, Israel, Argentina, and Bolivia, and also includes discussion of Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Turkey.

Price Controls and Electoral Cycles

Autor: Pierre-richard Agénor , Mr.carlos M. Asilis

Número de Páginas: 24

This paper studies the interactions between electoral considerations and the imposition of price controls by opportunistic policymakers. The analysis shows that a policy cycle emerges in which price controls are imposed in periods leading to the election, and removed immediately afterwards. The shape of the cycle is shown to depend on the periodicity of elections, the relative weight attached by the public to inflation as opposed to the macroeconomic distortions associated with price controls, the nature of wage contracts, and the degree of uncertainty about the term in office.

Contemporary Economic Issues

Autor: J. Lin

Número de Páginas: 286

A guide to the experiences economic reform since the second world war, and system reform and economic integration across the world in the past decade. The first part of the book examines why only a small number of developing countries have succeeded in their modernization attempts this century. What lessons can be learnt from the successes of the East Asian NIEs and failures of other economies to emulate them? The very different experiences of the transition to market economies in the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe and China is the focus of the next section, with comparisons drawn with the Latin American reform experience, especially in Chile. The effects of economic integration schemes are examined in the final sector, with case-studies of Tunisia and Morocco's Free Trade Agreements with the EU, and of economic integration and the Arab-Israeli peace process.

Contemporary Economic Issues

Autor: Murat Sertel

Número de Páginas: 280

A guide to the experiences of economic reform since the second World War, and system reform and economic integration across the world in the past decade. The first part of the book examines why only a small number of developing countries have succeeded in their modernization attempts this century. What lessons can be learnt from the successes of the East Asian NIEs and failures of other economies to emulate them? The very different experiences of the transition to market economies in the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe and China is the focus of the next section, with comparisons drawn with the Latin American reform experience, especially in Chile. The effects of economic integration schemes are examined in the final sector, with case-studies of Tunisia and Morocco's Free Trade Agreements with the EU, and of economic integration and the Arab-Israeli peace process.

Contemporary Economic Issues

Autor: D. Cohen

Número de Páginas: 206

A comprehensive overview of current research in the field of trade, payments and debt. Grossman and Helpman provide a non-technical review of the literature on technological deteminants of trade. Thisse and Fujita discuss current work on the spatial configuration of economic activities. Robert Findlay tracks world trade from 1000 to 1750, while Robert Baldwin surveys the impact of international trading alliances. In his Presidential paper, the World Bank Vice-President Michael Bruno looks at the pattern of debt crises and economic recovery. The sustainability of external debt in Africa is examined by Daniel Cohen. Alberto Giovannini's argues the case for flexible exchange rates.

Advances in Macroeconomic Theory

Autor: J. Drèze

Número de Páginas: 377

Leading world scholars analyze a range of specific departures from general equilibrium theory which have significant implications for the macroeconomic analysis of both developed and developing economies. Jacques Drèze considers uncertainty and incomplete markets and Nobel Laureate Robert Solow relates growth theory to the macroeconomic framework. Other issues examined are the implications for macro-policy of new research, including Joseph Stiglitz's warning on the misplaced zeal for financial market liberalization which partly engendered the East Asian and Russian crises.

Macroeconomía en la economía global

Autor: Felipe Larraín B. , Jeffrey D. Sachs

Número de Páginas: 796

Congressional Record

Autor: United States. Congress

Número de Páginas: 1368

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Historia mínima de Israel

Autor: Mario Sznajder

Número de Páginas: 267

Este libro reconstruye una de las historias nacionales más debatidas, la de un Estado que apela al más remoto de los tiempos, el del Antiguo Testamento, como una de sus fuentes de legitimación. Para dar cuenta de ello, el autor se remonta al pasado del pueblo judío en las tierras bíblicas y también en su diáspora, para presentar los fundamentos de lo que se convertiría en un proyecto político -el sionismo- que alentó la fundación del Estado de Israel en 1948. Los capítulos medulares de esta obra trazan un recorrido que se inicia con la formulación del proyecto sionista a finales del siglo XIX y que concluye en nuestros días.

Francine

Autor: Charles Carroll Lee

Número de Páginas: 174

If a woman wants to marry and live the rest of her life with the "man of her dreams," she will do anything and everything in her power to bring it into existence - even if it means ridding herself of one interesting and significant detail. However, when family members discover her plans and become alarmed, she will race against time and employ the help of some unsavory elements to ensure her evil plans will not be thwarted. "Francine" brings suspense, drama and intrigue, as well as some unfathomable schemes to the jaw-dropping conclusion. The Tidewater region of Virginia is the setting for this fast-paced and emotionally-moving novel.

Publications Combined: The Role of Social Media in Crisis - Data Collection By The Public And Private Sectors As A Strategic Asset And To Prevent Terrorism

Número de Páginas: 1835

Over 1,800 total pages ... Included publications: Social Media and the Policy-Making Process a Traditional Novel Interaction Social Media Principles Applied to Critical Infrastructure Information Sharing Trolling New Media: Violent Extremist Groups Recruiting Through Social Media An Initial Look at the Utility of Social Media as a Foreign Policy Tool Indicators of Suicide Found on Social Networks: Phase 1 Validating the FOCUS Model Through an Analysis of Identity Fragmentation in Nigerian Social Media Providing Focus via a Social Media Exploitation Strategy Assessing the Use of Social Media in a Revolutionary Environment Social Media Integration into State-Operated Fusion Centers and Local Law Enforcement: Potential Uses and Challenges Using Social Media Tools to Enhance Tacit Knowledge Sharing Within the USMC Social Media: Strategic Asset or Operational Vulnerability? Tweeting Napoleon and Friending Clausewitz: Social Media and the Military Strategist The U.S. Military and Social Media Balancing Social Media with Operations Security (OPSEC) in the 21st Century Division Level Social Media Understanding Violence Through Social Media The Investigation of Social Media Data Thresholds ...

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1998

Autor: Boris Pleskovic , Joseph E. Stiglitz

Número de Páginas: 428

The 1998 Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, the tenth anniversary, was held at the Bank on April 20-21, 1998. The discussions focused on four areas of inquiry:1) the role of geography in countries'success, 2) the role of effective competition and regulatory policies, 3) the causes of financial crises and ways to prevent them, and 4) the effects of ethnic diversity on democracy and growth. The welcoming address by World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, the opening remarks by chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz, and the tenth anniversary address by the International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer all focused both on the role of the conference and on the changing perspectives for development.

Organized Crime

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations

Número de Páginas: 1338

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Autor: United States. Patent And Trademark Office

Número de Páginas: 1312

Professional Boxing: Pursuant to S. Res. 238, Frank Carbo, December 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, and 14, 1960

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On The Judiciary. Subcommittee On Antitrust And Monopoly

Número de Páginas: 1004

Professional Boxing

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On The Judiciary

Número de Páginas: 2216

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1830

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

Número de Páginas: 7493

The award-winning The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition is now available as a dynamic online resource. Consisting of over 1,900 articles written by leading figures in the field including Nobel prize winners, this is the definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists. Regularly updated! This product is a subscription based product.

Financial Sector Reform

Autor: N. Mathieu

Número de Páginas: 108

Soon after its declaration of independence, Lithuania launched a program of market-based economic reforms that achieved remarkable results. However, a banking crisis erupted in January 1996, driven by a combination of ineffective bank supervision, poor bank practices, and deep-rooted sectoral imbalances. With financial support from the World Bank, Lithuanian authorities embarked on a broad economic reform program with two immediate objectives: the resolution of the banking system's operational and undercapitalization problems, and a reduction in the most severe imbalances in the economy. Volume I (see ordering information below) distills findings and conclusions and builds a policy action plan for fast stable growth. Volume II contains a collection of twelve policy notes that provide the technical analysis behind that plan. Also available: Volume II/Analytical Backgroung(ISBN 0-8213-4327-0) Stock no. 14327.

The Israeli Economy, 1985-1998

Autor: Avi Ben-basaṭ

Número de Páginas: 564

An analysis of the structural reforms that transformed Israel's economy from one dominated by government intervention to a market-oriented, open economy.

Import Competition and Response

Autor: Jagdish Bhagwati

Número de Páginas: 421

These papers, by a number of leading international-trade theorists, present the first significant theoretical work to be done on a topic of considerable interest, import competition. Nine theoretical papers, on topics ranging from protectionist lobbying to adjustment costs, are synthesized in the editor's Introduction, which also contrasts these contributions with the traditional classroom analysis of import competition. Three major empirical studies close the volume. It will prove indispensable for anyone who wishes to think clearly about import competition and about how economies do—and should—respond to it.

Micro-finance, pauvreté et développement

Autor: Souleymane Soulama

Número de Páginas: 176

Cet ouvrage traite de la micro-finance en la resituant dans la problématique de l’action collective de type coopératif. Avant de traiter de la micro-finance proprement dite, l’on se préoccupe d’abord de l’émergence des institutions de micro-finance dans une économie de marché. Cette façon de concevoir la micro-finance, permet de comprendre ses spécificités comme entreprise poursuivant une fonction objectif de satisfaction du plus grand nombre au moindre coût en lieu et place de celle de maximisation d’un profit d’entreprise ; il apparaît ainsi que l’entreprise de micro-finance n’est pas une entreprise quelconque, crée par une catégorie d’agent économique quelconque poursuivant un objectif classique de maximisation du profit d’entreprise. La problématique de l’action collective de type coopératif se fonde dans sa conception originelle pure, sur l’existence, d’un « instinct de survie socio-économique » capable d’animer un groupe homogène d’agent socioéconomique, menacé dans son existence et son identité. L’ « instinct de survie socioéconomique» lui donne les aptitudes pour créer une entreprise spécifique et l’animer selon ...

El malestar en la globalización

Autor: Joseph E. Stiglitz

Número de Páginas: 573

El premio Nobel Joseph Stiglitz le da una nueva vida a su libro más importante. El malestar en la globalización fue un éxito de ventas y provocó una gran polémica al denunciar la mala gestión de la globalización, causante de desajustes políticos y una desigualdad desenfrenada. El libro se convirtió en la piedra angular del debate sobre el tema al demostrar cómo el Fondo Monetario Internacional e instituciones como el Banco Mundial, así como los acuerdos comerciales globales, más que ayudar, perjudican a las naciones en desarrollo. En esta importante ampliación y actualización de su exitoso best seller, Stiglitz aborda los nuevos malestares generados por la globalización. Desde la primera publicación las consecuencias de este fenómeno se han agudizado, rebasando el terreno de los países en desarrollo y dejando a su paso un rastro de ciudadanos descontentos en todo el mundo. Los mensajes poderosos y proféticos de Stiglitz están hoy más vigentes que nunca. La crítica ha dicho... «Stiglitz no es pesimista sino realista. Deberíamos escucharlo urgentemente.» Will Hutton, The Guardian «Conseguir que un importante economista someta al FMI a un escrutinio...

Investigating the Kennedy Assassination

Autor: Robert Lockwood Mills , Michael Deeb

Número de Páginas: 138

For the first time in one place, the reader will see all the likely conspirators revealed. The Warren Commission and the FBI agreed that President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. Fifteen years later, the House Committee on Assassinations re-examined the evidence. They announced that he was not killed by a single gunman, but probably murdered as the result of a conspiracy. This House Committee hesitated to speculate on who might have been involved in that conspiracy or why John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas on November 22, 1963 In 1979, Michael Burke and former congressman Harold Ryan were asked to continue that investigation. This historical novel will take the reader back to that time. Burke and Ryan will peel back the passage of time and the layers of secrecy and denial to reveal the reasons so many elites were determined to stop the Kennedy agenda.

Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank

Autor: Ha-joon Chang

Número de Páginas: 333

This collection contains nine essays, which provide a diverse but fairly representative selection of Stiglitz's contribution during his time at the World Bank. The essays roughly fall into three groups. The first group, which comprises the first three chapters, is "theoretical". Here Stiglitz's general vision for development and their theoretical underpinnings are spelt out. The second group, deals with the two key events during his time at the World Bank. These were the tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism and the Asian financial crisis The last group of essays, discuss in depth some key themes that he developed while at the World Bank. They are knowledge (and learning), participation, transparency, and economic democracy.

Reconstructing Macroeconomics

Autor: Lance Taylor , Lance Taylor

Número de Páginas: 455

Macroeconomics is in disarray. No one approach is dominant, and an increasing divide between theory and empirics is evident. This book presents both a critique of mainstream macroeconomics from a structuralist perspective and an exposition of modern structuralist approaches. The fundamental assumption of structuralism is that it is impossible to understand a macroeconomy without understanding its major institutions and distributive relationships across productive sectors and social groups. Lance Taylor focuses his critique on mainstream monetarist, new classical, new Keynesian, and growth models. He examines them from a historical perspective, tracing monetarism from its eighteenth-century roots and comparing current monetarist and new classical models with those of the post-Wicksellian, pre-Keynesian generation of macroeconomists. He contrasts the new Keynesian vision with Keynes's General Theory, and analyzes contemporary growth theories against long traditions of thought about economic development and structural change. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Social Accounts and Social Relations 1. A Simple Social Accounting Matrix 2. Implications of the Accounts 3....

The Transition in Eastern Europe, Volume 1

Autor: Olivier Jean Blanchard , Kenneth A. Froot , Jeffrey D. Sachs

Número de Páginas: 288

When communism fell in 1989, the question for most Eastern European countries was not whether to go to a market economy, but how to get there. Several years later, the difficult process of privatization and restructuring continues to concern the countries of the region. The Transition in Eastern Europe, Volumes 1 and 2 is an analysis of the experiences of various countries making the transition to market economies and examines the most important challenges still in store. Volume 1, Country Studies, gives an in-depth, country-by-country analysis of various reform experiences, including historical backgrounds and discussions of policies and results to date. The countries analyzed are Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, eastern Germany, Slovenia, and Russia. Written by leading economists, some of whom helped shape local and national reforms, this volume identifies common progress, common difficulties, and tentative solutions to the problems of economic transition. Volume 2, Restructuring, focuses on specific issues of transition, including how to design labor market institutions, privatization, new fiscal structures, and bankruptcy laws; how to reorganize foreign trade; and how to...

Exchange Rate Rules

Autor: John Williamson

Número de Páginas: 426