When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some have tended to view asset class mispricing's as mere “noise,” this compelling book shows why they are important signals of opportunities and risks that will shap…
The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. This book addresses two questions: 1) What are the characteristics of agreements that most promote-or hinder-development for member countries? 2) Does the proliferation of agreements pose risks to the …
The Annual Report 2005 to the Board of Governors reviews the IMF's activities and policies during the financial year (May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005). The main sections cover country, global, and regional surveillance; strengthening surveillance and crisis prevention; IMF program support and crisis resolution; the Fund's role in low-income countries; financial operations and policies; tech…
This book contains annual report from The World Bank
Buku ini bertujuan memberikan pengenalan tentang konsep-konsep dasar ilmu ekonomi mikro, yaitu antara lain mengenai mekanisme pasar, perilaku konsumen, teori produksi dan biaya, serta struktur pasar (berbagai bentuk pasar).
The European Union is a key player in international economic relations, but its exact role and how it goes about making decisions and negotiating is often poorly understood within and especially outside the EU. When does the EU play a proactive role and when does it follow? When is the EU a distinct actor and when is it just one level in a multi- level process of negotiation in which the member…
This introductory text provides a comprehensive source of information on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its people. It locates the region and people of CARICOM within the wider hemispheric and global community, and traces key developments that led to the establishment of CARIFTA, later CARICOM and beyond that, the significant initiatives being taken to strengthen the Community, most nota…
This multi-disciplinary volume provides a critical examination of corporate governance reform in Southeast Asia especially after the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The weaknesses in the corporate sector, such as poor investment structure, weak legal and accounting systems, faulty financial practices, and questionable political interventions, are some of the pertinent issues raised by the autho…
Some achievements made in promoting intra regional trade and coorporation, between the members states of the SAARC region and also resolving some conflicts among them, the region seems to alternate betwen a phase of confrontation and coorporations and even all out wars between two estranged neighbours and the major actors in the region - India and Pakistan.
Arguing that nation states are forfeiting their role in the global economy, the author contends that other forces have usurped economic power--capital, corporations, customers, communications, and currencies--and that natural economic zones or region states are emerging.