This book is a report prepared for the UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF). It is aimed at providing guidance to governments in developing countries what are the appropriate policies for promoting organic agriculture in their countries from the early stage of development to the more developed situation. The book draws experiences and lesson lear…
The size and Complexity of modern government make it essential for citizens to understand what policies are, how policies are made and changed and how to evaluate the effectiveness and morality of the policies. Government is complex and is becoming more com- plex everyday. The institutions of government are also becoming more complicated and numerous. The subject matter of government policy is …
Knowledge about environmental problems has expanded rapidly in recent decades, as have the number and variety of processes for making large-scale scientific assessments of those problems and their possible solutions. Yet too often scientific information has not been transformed into effective and appropriate policies to protect the global environment. In this book, scholars use a comparative an…
Based on lectures given as part of The Stone Lectures in Economics, this book discusses the problem of formulating monetary policy in practice, under the uncertain circumstances which characterize the real world. How should central banks set monetary policy? In which way should they take uncertainty into account when designing a monetary policy strategy? Should they respond to shocks aggressive…
In the age of globalization, both domestic and foreign economic policies play an important role in determining firms' strategies. At the same time, firms' choices have a greater impact on economic policymaking in a global economy, as the range of alternatives open to them expands. Nicola Acocella analyzes both sides of this relationship and places special emphasis on current issues. Broad in sc…
In light of the spectacular performance of American high-technology weapons in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, as well as the phenomenal pace of innovation in the modern computer industry, many defense analysts have posited that we are on the threshold of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). The issue has more than semantic importance. Many RMA proponents have begun to argue for major changes in …
The Roaring Nineties offers not only an insider's illuminating view of policymaking but also a compelling case that even the Clinton administration was too closely tied to the financial community—that along with enormous economic success in the nineties came the seeds of the destruction visited on the economy at the end of the decade. This groundbreaking work by the Nobel Prize-winning eco…
Recent events have reignited the debate over the future of the international monetary system. This book, part of the Integrating National Economic series, examines international monetary options of the twenty-first century. Barry Eichengreen argues that it will not be possible for governments to prevent exchange rates from exceeding prespecified limits. Changes in technology, market structure, …
This book examines Indonesia's economic development from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. Combining scholarly objectivity with an insider's view, the book offers insightful analysis of the events that shaped Indonesia's development.
This report from the Asia Foundation Commissioned Task Force on America's Role in Asia analyzes key problems in U.S.-Asian relations and offers recommendations to the new administration and Congress on Asia policy. Composed of thirty leading policymakers and scholars, the Task Force evaluates current U.S. policies on Asian security, economics and trade, and democracy and human rights in light o…