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Discusses how the global economy will be shaped in the future by focusing on Nigeria, Indonesia, and Poland instead of the superstars of the last decade, China, Russia, and Brazil.

This volume, Education, Poverty, and Inequality, explores economic hardship in the aftermath of World War II, the challenges facing newly independent nations in terms of poverty, inequality, and development, and how the major powers in the Cold War approached social welfare policy. It also examines how the nations of the developing world have grown in strength even as they have struggled with nagging development issues. The United Nations, including...

Mehr als 2,7 Mrd. Menschen leben von weniger als 1,25 pro Tag. Wo Regierungen und Hilfsorganisation scheitern zu helfen, wird das Social Business als Konzept des Friedensnobelpreisträgers Mohammad Yunus als Lösung für eine Vielzahl der Herausforderungen in Schwellenländern gesehen. Mit Hilfe einer betriebswirtschaftlichen und theoriebasierten Analyse wird das Joint Venture Danone Grameen betrachtet. Dieses Unternehmen wurde 2006 als Kooperation...

"This title was first published in 2002. Providing the first comprehensive systematic assessment of the social accounting matrix (SAM) in twenty developing countries, Solomon Cohen introduces key research in the area and looks at its practical applications. Divided into two parts, the first part of each chapter: -Deals with the construction and structural analysis of the SAM -Examines refinements of the SAM as a self-contained model of the economy;...

The adoption of pro-market economic reforms by emerging market economies in the last two decades has transformed the institutional context for firms in these economies. The objective of this volume is to better understand how domestic and foreign firms have transformed their strategy, organization and management system in response to this change. Understanding of such transformation will provide implications to integrate contextual factors in theorizing...

This book is about the evolution of developing countries in the world economy situated in its wider historical context, spanning centuries, but with a focus on the period since the mid-twentieth century. It traces the rise and 'catch up' of the developing world and the shift in the balance of power in the world economy.

In this book Ian Goldin shows how the understanding of how nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has changed as the pendulum has swung from arguments for state-led development to a preoccupation with market forces.