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Pathfinder Press, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Waters, editor of New International magazine and president of Pathfinder press, has teamed with Koppel (managing editor, The Militant newsweekly) to underscore the social transformations of the capitalist and working classes of Equatorial Guinea that are emerging with the development of the oil extraction industry. Written for those interested in international development and economics, this volume combines this narrative with the story of Cuban medic... more information

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University Press Limited, 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Researchers at the Centre for Policy Dialogue and other contributors unveil the Centre's ninth annual home-grown assessment of Bangladesh's development process. They assess key trends and events concerning the Bangladesh economy over the fiscal year 2003-04 and the early months of fiscal year 2005, and look at opportunities and challenges of economic cooperation among the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member ... more information

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Concept Pub. Co., 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Linked by geography, climate and geo-cultural similarities for centuries, these two regions also share socio-cultural, religions, political and economic contacts that run deep. This collection of papers addresses the background of common concerns about international terrorism, religious extremism and drug trafficking. Many papers here are drawn partially from an international seminar held by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Astha Bharati,... more information

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The World Bank, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This book is a compilation of two OED (Operations Evaluation Department of the World Bank) evaluations on gender and economics in the World Bank: "Integrating Gender in World Bank Assistance" and "The Gender Dimension of Bank Assistance: An Evaluation of Results" from 2000 and 2001. The World Bank's gender policy is first explained, then the role of gender is evaluated in economic policy, relevance as to poverty, specific countri... more information

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AEI Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. More people are living longer, fewer people are having babies, and the result is a smaller workforce and a larger cohort of the aged. Lee (economics, U. of California, Berkeley), in this lecture delivered at the American Enterprise Institute in September 2005, asserts that the situation is more complex than the public and even many policy-makers believe. He points out that a smaller number of people of working age results in higher income and productivity pe... more information

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The World Bank, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This report was commissioned by The Netherlands Financial Sector Development Exchange (NFX) for its November 2006 conference, held in Amsterdam. The authors (affiliations not cited) assess the extent to which financial sector development can contribute to realization of the eight Millennium Development Goals. Specifically, they consider the effects of financial development and economic growth on four main areas: poverty, education, health, and gender eq... more information

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AEI Press, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Reporting on research funded by major pharmaceutical corporations, Miller, with a Virginia company, and Frech (economics, U. of California-Santa Barbara) analyze the effects of pharmaceutical and other health-care consumption in industrialized countries on health, life expectancy, and mortality due to circulatory disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases. Among their findings is that obesity generally outranks both smoking and drinking as a risk factor. They... more information

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AEI Press, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Reporting on research funded by major pharmaceutical corporations, Miller, with a Virginia company, and Frech (economics, U. of California-Santa Barbara) analyze the effects of pharmaceutical and other health-care consumption in industrialized countries on health, life expectancy, and mortality due to circulatory disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases. Among their findings is that obesity generally outranks both smoking and drinking as a risk factor. They... more information

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The World Bank, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Prepared by the World Bank's Operations Evaluation Department (OED), this Country Assistance Evaluation builds on earlier evaluations of projects, nonlending services, and sector assistance programs in order to assess the World Bank's assistance to China during the fiscal years 1993 to 2002. After an overview of China's economic reforms since 1978 and the relationship between China and the Bank as it developed in the 1980s, the report analyz... more information

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AEI Press, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Entine (Miami U., Ohio) compiles four essays, one his own, on the subject of public pension fund investing and the legal and political implications of socially-responsible investing. The authors argue that social investing of public funds violates fiduciary responsibility; ideological filters do not improve and may hurt stock performance; and that social investing has not brought the social reforms promised by its advocates, and has had unintended social and... more information

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Hoover Institution Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The United States "must develop a strategic foreign cooperation and assistance policy that fosters strong civil societies as an important end for promoting development, in addition to its traditional role as a means to deliver aid," argue Chickering (the Hoover Institution), Coleman (Council on Foreign Relations), Haley (international strategic studies, Claremont-McKenna College), and Vargas-Baron (director, Institute for Reconstruct... more information

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Hoover Institution Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The United States "must develop a strategic foreign cooperation and assistance policy that fosters strong civil societies as an important end for promoting development, in addition to its traditional role as a means to deliver aid," argue Chickering (the Hoover Institution), Coleman (Council on Foreign Relations), Haley (international strategic studies, Claremont-McKenna College), and Vargas-Baron (director, Institute for Reconstruct... more information

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The Independent Institute, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Helland (economics, Claremont McKenna College) and Tabarrok (economics, George Mason U. and The Independent Institute) examine tort cases in the US in terms of the roles of judges, juries, and lawyers. They consider whether awards vary because of jury characteristics, differences between judge and jury awards, variances of judicial electoral systems, lawyer contingency fees, and reforms. Their study is based on analyses of the JVR Personal In... more information

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Monthly Review Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In this account of a cross-country road trip taken in 2001 with his wife, Yates (described as a disillusioned economist who took early retirement from the U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown) presents demographic, economic trend, and some tourist information on each area they visited. The book, whose title comes from his heightened awareness that some Americans live in cheap motels out of necessity, includes photos of rustic places they stayed. (© ... more information

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Century Foundation, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Abramowitz (The Century Foundation) and Bosworth (law and diplomacy, Tufts U.) describe the new reality in East Asia. What the US once thought was its control over the region is changing rapidly, and these two veterans of the State Department and diplomatic circles carefully describe the historical context as well as the results in terms of an increasingly complex US military, diplomatic, and financial involvement; the role of the new China; the per... more information

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Pluto Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The fair trade movement encourages consumers--especially Westerners who are going to spend the money anyway--to pay attention to such matters as the working conditions and the environmental impact that underlie their purchases. Two veteran campaigners for human rights and economic justice and development describe both general values that such discernment supports, and some specific cases in which a moment's attention at the counter can make a lifetime ... more information

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Manohar, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Pandey (South Asian studies, National U. of Singapore) is a strategic analyst of Nepal says that they seven states in the area have been so wracked by violence and underdevelopment for the past three generations that little has been said of its enormous economic potential in the form of trade and investment, raw material production and export, tourism, and providing a transit bridge from India to Southeast Asia. He does not try to do it all here, but merely to... more information

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. ... more information

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Common Courage Press, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. What do Asians think about Americans? Indian journalist and activist Singh is quite clear about what he thinks about the results of US intervention in Asia. From the Korean War to the invasion of Iraq that started in 2003, Singh exposes what he believes is a reversal of what the founding fathers of the US intended as he describes the support of juntas over democratically elected governments, economic hegemony through globalization, and a series of... more information

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Brookings Institution Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Noted economist Baumol (New York U.), teaming up with Robyn, a former special assistant to the president for economic policy in the Clinton administration, analyze and compare two alternative methods for governing the radio frequency spectrum in the United States: a market approach that treats licensed access to the spectrum as private property and an unlicensed commons approach. Both are examined in terms of interference, adequacy of inves... more information

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