Assesses the impact of Japanese lobbyists on American politics, economics, and public opinion, discussing why Japan is spending money on lobbyists and analyzing the long-term policy implications for the U.S. government. 1. Japanese Influence 2. Japanese Lobbying 3. Japanese Politicking
The contents of this book: 1. New times, ancient games 2. Japan's big bust and the China boom 3. Japan and China, and Australia's coal and iron ore 4. Many Chinas and mind tricks
This contents of this book: Chapter 1: Development countries and the concept of development Chapter 2: Development of the international economic order, 1450-2000 Chapter 3: Growth and stagnation: theories and experiences
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Australia and New Zealand extensively deregulated their economies to create two of the most open markets in the industrialized world. Drawing on interviews with more than 180 leading policymakers in Australia and New Zealand—including former prime ministers, ministers of finance, treasurers, and public servants—Shaun Goldfinch analyzes the factors that made…
Contents: 1. Overview: New priorities for U.S. Asia policy 2. Recommendations of the study group on U.S. Asia policy 3. Conflicting perspectives: U.S. economic and security interests in Asia etc.
Contents: 1. The next industrial revolution 2. Reinventing the wheels: Hypercars and neighborhoods 3. Waste not 4. Making the world 5. Building blocks 6. Tunneling through the cost barrier etc.
Contents: 1. Introduction : Off on the wrong foot 2. Poverty remains a concern 3. Globalization does not automatically lead to convergence 4. Shifts in development paradigms 5. Decision-Making at the world bank,etc.
This book contains: 1. Historical and the theoretical frameworks 2. The triumph of oligarchy 1982-1997 3. The oligarchy in crisis 1997-1998 4. oligarchy reconstituted
Contents: 1. Economics, management, politics and security 2. Regional and international 3. Miscellaneous
This publication presents the key debates that took place in the Economic and Social Council meetings on the theme of the high-level segment of 2005 "Achieving the Internationally Agreed Development Goals, Including those Contained in the Millennium Declaration, as well as Implementing the Outcomes of the Major United Nations Conferences and Summits: Progress Made, Challenges and Opportunities"…