Development Centre Studies The World Economy A Millennial Perspective

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Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich countries of today were poorer than Asia and Africa. The gap between the world leader, the US and the poorest region, Africa, is ...

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Author : Maddison Angus
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Release : 2001-06-12
File : 385 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789264189980


Development Centre Studies The World Economy Volume 1 A Millennial Perspective And Volume 2 Historical Statistics

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The World Economy brings together two reference works by Angus Maddison: The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective (2001) and The World Economy: Historical Statistics (2003). This new edition contains Statlinks, so that readers can access the underlying data in Excel format.

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Author : Maddison Angus
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Release : 2006-09-18
File : 657 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789264022621


Development Centre Studies The World Economy Historical Statistics

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Following on from his The World Economy: a Millennial Perspective, published by the OECD in 2001, in this book, Angus Maddison offers a rare insight into the history and political influence of national accounts and national accounting.

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Author : Maddison Angus
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Release : 2003-09-25
File : 275 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789264104143


The World Economy

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Author : Angus Maddison
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Release : 2007
File : 668 Pages
ISBN-13 : 8171886132


Contours Of The World Economy 1 2030 Ad

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This book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown rich and others have lagged behind. Encompassing 2000 years of history, part 1 begins with the Roman Empire and explores the key factors that have influenced economic development in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. Part 2 covers the development of macroeconomic tools of analysis from the 17th century to the present. Part 3 looks to the future and considers what the shape of the world economy might be in 2030. Combining both the close quantitative analysis for which Professor Maddison is famous with a more qualitative approach that takes into account the complexity of the forces at work, this book provides students and all interested readers with a totally fascinating overview of world economic history. Professor Maddison has the unique ability to synthesise vast amounts of information into a clear narrative flow that entertains as well as informs, making this text an invaluable resource for all students and scholars, and anyone interested in trying to understand why some parts of the World are so much richer than others.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Angus Maddison
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Release : 2007-09-20
File : 436 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780191647581


Development Centre Studies Uses And Abuses Of Governance Indicators

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This study helps users find their way through the jungle of governance indicators, and shows how they tend to be widely misused both in international comparisons and in tracking changes in individual countries.

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Author : Oman Charles P.
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Release : 2006-07-26
File : 126 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789264026865


Growth And Development In The Global Political Economy

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This intriguing book uses a 'social structures of accumulation' approach to address the big questions in political economy, and will be of interest to historians, political economists and macroeconomists.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Phillip O'Hara
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2004-03
File : 274 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134435302


North And South In The World Political Economy

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A broad yet distinctive analysis of the growing political, economic, and social gap existing between the world’s northern and southern hemispheres. Featuring papers selected by the ISA President from the 2006 annual meeting, this upper-level volume examines the genesis of the North-South divide, the ongoing policy problems between developed and lesser developed states, and how these issues influence current and future world politics. An upper-level text ideal for academic libraries, think tanks, and libraries of policy institutions Organized into three distinct focus clusters: Problems afflicting the global South -- trade, development, financial crises, structural adjustment, democratization, human rights, disease; Specific conflicts between North and South -- energy, terrorism, weak states, nuclear weapon proliferation; Solutions to reduce the North-South gap -- foreign aid programs, global media, democratization, political power in the United Nations, the emerging powers phenomenon, transnational social movements, and Northern foreign policy adjustments Tackles the tough questions likely to dominate international relations discourse for decades to come

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Rafael Reuveny
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release : 2009-02-26
File : 416 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781444302943


Culture And Politics In Economic Development

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In this important book, pre-eminent economic sociologist Volker Bornschier analyzes growth and development in the Old and New Worlds - the so-called 'developed' countries. He shows how sociological and political factors have a massive impact on economic change in those countries. The book is a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on social capital, trust and democracy and will be of interest to those in the fields of economics, sociology, politics and development studies.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Volker Bornschier
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2005-02-15
File : 317 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134326105


Globalization In Historical Perspective

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As awareness of the process of globalization grows and the study of its effects becomes increasingly important to governments and businesses (as well as to a sizable opposition), the need for historical understanding also increases. Despite the importance of the topic, few attempts have been made to present a long-term economic analysis of the phenomenon, one that frames the issue by examining its place in the long history of international integration. This volume collects eleven papers doing exactly that and more. The first group of essays explores how the process of globalization can be measured in terms of the long-term integration of different markets-from the markets for goods and commodities to those for labor and capital, and from the sixteenth century to the present. The second set of contributions places this knowledge in a wider context, examining some of the trends and questions that have emerged as markets converge and diverge: the roles of technology and geography are both considered, along with the controversial issues of globalization's effects on inequality and social justice and the roles of political institutions in responding to them. The final group of essays addresses the international financial systems that play such a large part in guiding the process of globalization, considering the influence of exchange rate regimes, financial development, financial crises, and the architecture of the international financial system itself. This volume reveals a much larger picture of the process of globalization, one that stretches from the establishment of a global economic system during the nineteenth century through the disruptions of two world wars and the Great Depression into the present day. The keen analysis, insight, and wisdom in this volume will have something to offer a wide range of readers interested in this important issue.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Michael D. Bordo
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release : 2007-11-01
File : 600 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780226065991