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Congressional Appropriations Process - Elements & Considerations (Hardcover): Jerremy F Ellis, Dyllon A Foster Congressional Appropriations Process - Elements & Considerations (Hardcover)
Jerremy F Ellis, Dyllon A Foster
R3,112 Discovery Miles 31 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defence, education, and homeland security, as well as general government operations. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriations measures, referred to as the congressional appropriations process. This book examines the procedural and legal issues associated with the authorisation of appropriations; the limitations in appropriations measures; omnibus appropriations; history of the appropriations subcommittee structure; automatic continuing resolutions; locating an agency or program within appropriations bills; and the causes, processes and effects of the shutdown of the federal government.

Generosity and Gender - Philanthropic Models for Women Donors and the Fund Development Professionals Who Support Them... Generosity and Gender - Philanthropic Models for Women Donors and the Fund Development Professionals Who Support Them (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Lois A. Buntz
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The social, political, and economic environment is ripe with opportunity to engage women and their philanthropy. Professionals working in the field of philanthropy want ideas, practical information, research, and guidance about how to work with women donors, how to build women's philanthropy initiatives, and how to integrate this subset of donors into their current fund development departments. This book offers insight into the three historical waves of women's philanthropy and provides a summary of current research and inspiring stories collected from interviews with more than 70 women philanthropists and leaders. Each chapter begins with current research, followed by interviews and examples, and ends with suggestions for fundraisers on how to implement the information into a women's philanthropy initiative using a six-step process: Awareness, Assessment, Alignment, Action, Acknowledgement and Achievement. The last several chapters focus on lessons learned from successful programs in traditional organizational settings-healthcare, higher education, and environment-and what we have yet to learn from the new and emerging philanthropic models led by Laurene Powell Jobs, Priscilla Chan, Melinda Gates, Nancy Roob, and MacKenzie Scott. Throughout the book, themes of equity, diversity, and inclusion are evident and featured in stories and programs led by women of color and younger donors. Additionally, COVID has impacted how fundraisers work, requiring the philanthropy community to adapt and create new ways to reach women donors. The final chapter is a call to action to all women, to give bigger and bolder as the fourth wave of women's philanthropy rises.

Handbook of Economic Stagnation (Paperback): Randall Wray, Flavia Dantas Handbook of Economic Stagnation (Paperback)
Randall Wray, Flavia Dantas
R3,127 Discovery Miles 31 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Handbook of Economic Stagnation takes a broad view, including contributions from orthodox and heterodox economists who examine situations in countries and worldwide regions, including Japan and the Euro area. To be sure, stagnation is periodically relieved by short economic bursts usually brought on by unsustainable asset price bubbles. Once the bubbles burst, stagnation returns. This book's fresh, comprehensive approach to the topic makes it the premier source for anyone affected by these cycles.

New Frontiers of Policy Evaluation in Regional Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Yoshiro Higano, Lily Kiminami, Kenichi... New Frontiers of Policy Evaluation in Regional Science (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Yoshiro Higano, Lily Kiminami, Kenichi Ishibashi
R2,851 Discovery Miles 28 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is especially valuable for its policy evaluation studies using both a theoretical model for policies carried out at national and regional levels and for gathering policy evaluation studies in diverse disciplines by empirical study. Policy analysis shown here employs theoretical models such as an international trade model, an optimal tariff, and spatial reorganization. At the same time, factors in well-being are taken into consideration with land development, changes in migration and local economies by natural disasters, validation of efficiency for emission control methods, the relationship between cyberspace and physical space in urban networks, and NPOs' investment activities. The empirical research reported in this volume analyzes Japan, China, and Asian-Pacific cities. In the case of Japan, studies focus on the finances of local governments, the real estate industry, the role of consumer cooperatives in a food system, and agriculture and its productivity in hilly and mountainous areas. As well, the effects of industrial clusters in megacities and investment in high-speed railways and prediction of human behavior during an earthquake are studied. In China's case, studies focus on food policy and the effect of ecology and environment on migration policy. For Asia-Pacific cities, studies show performance rankings of "super cities" in the region. The book defines the frontier of policy evaluation following a middle path between theoretical study and empirical study with regard to evaluation. In addition, the book contributes to an understanding of the relationship between the goals and targets of sustainable development. This book is highly recommended for graduate students, policymakers, and researchers concerned with policy evaluation.

2013 Federal Sequestration - Analyses of Planning, Implementation & Effects (Hardcover): Hailie Fox 2013 Federal Sequestration - Analyses of Planning, Implementation & Effects (Hardcover)
Hailie Fox
R5,803 R5,052 Discovery Miles 50 520 Save R751 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On 1 March 2013, pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the President ordered an across-the-board cancellation of budgetary resources, known as sequestration, to achieve $85.3 billion in reductions across federal government accounts. Under current law, a sequestration of direct spending will occur through fiscal year 2024 and another sequestration of discretionary appropriations could occur in any fiscal year through 2021. This book examines the effects of fiscal year 2013 sequestration on agency operations, performance, or services to the public; how agencies prepared and planned for sequestration; and how agencies implemented sequestration.

Handbook on the Shadow Economy (Hardcover): Friedrich Schneider Handbook on the Shadow Economy (Hardcover)
Friedrich Schneider
R6,041 Discovery Miles 60 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The shadow economy (also known as the black or underground economy) covers a vast array of trade, goods and services that are not part of the official economy of a country. This original and comprehensive Handbook presents the latest research on the size and development of the shadow economy, which remains an integral component of the economies of most developing and many developed countries. The volume explores the driving forces behind the shadow economy and highlights important regional variations. The expert authors address the whole spectrum of issues including tax moral, government institutions, corruption and illicit work. Importantly the book also examines recent progress in how the shadow economy is measured and estimated. This well-documented and authoritative study will appeal to economists and researchers, as well as academics and students in the fields of economics, political science and social science. It will also be of interest to anyone seeking a comprehensive investigation into the workings of shadow economy.

The Municipal Financial Crisis - A Framework for Understanding and Fixing Government Budgeting (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022): Mark... The Municipal Financial Crisis - A Framework for Understanding and Fixing Government Budgeting (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Mark Moses
R1,088 Discovery Miles 10 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

City governments are going bankrupt. Even the ones that aren't are often stuck in financial chaos. It is easy to blame pensions, poor leadership, or a bad economy. But the problems go much deeper. With decades of experience in local government, author Mark Moses showcases the inside world of the city decision-making process that has spawned these crises. It becomes clear: City governments are maxing out their budgets because they are trying to maximize services. This book, likely the most ambitious attempt by someone who has worked in government to radically examine the delivery of municipal services since 'Reinventing Government' was published more than 25 years ago, explores why city governments pursue an open-ended mission and why bailouts and trendy budgeting processes will be, at best, only temporary solutions. Of interest to current and future city council members, regional and state government officials, those covering city government, financial analysts, city management, and individuals and organizations interested in influencing city policy, this book argues that cities won't thrive until city hall is disrupted.

Budgeting for Public Managers (Hardcover): John W. Swain, B.J. Reed Budgeting for Public Managers (Hardcover)
John W. Swain, B.J. Reed
R6,264 Discovery Miles 62 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Benefiting from the authors' many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for public budgeting courses. Rather than presenting each budgeting concern in mind-numbing detail, the book offers a commonsensical view of public budgeting and its importance to current and future public managers. The text is designed to show readers how managers relate to budgeting and how their actions make a difference in the operation and performance of public organizations. The book covers the historical development of public budgeting, sources of public revenues, revenue management, budgeting processes and formats, operating techniques, politics within public budgeting, and more. "Budgeting for Public Managers" is concise, clearly written, well illustrated, and grounded in the real-world concerns of public managers. Each chapter concludes with a helpful list of additional reading and resources for readers who want to dig deeper into budgeting practice and application.

Public Finance - A Normative Theory (Paperback, 4th edition): Richard W. Tresch Public Finance - A Normative Theory (Paperback, 4th edition)
Richard W. Tresch
R2,132 Discovery Miles 21 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Public Finance: A Normative Theory, Fourth Edition provides a classic text on the normative theory of government policy. This valuable and accessible resource covers the welfare aspects of public economics, with considerable coverage of European examples. The work presents detailed and comprehensive coverage of theoretical literature, empirical work, environmental issues, social insurance, behavioral economics and international tax issues. The book is organized logically, written in an engaging manner, and is both sufficiently rigid for use by those with PhDs in math and accessible to students less well trained in math.

Public/Private Finance & Development - Methodology Deal Structuring, Developer Solicitation (Hardcover): J Stainback Public/Private Finance & Development - Methodology Deal Structuring, Developer Solicitation (Hardcover)
J Stainback
R4,599 Discovery Miles 45 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

PREPARE FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS OF THE FUTURE

This invaluable guide through the complex but highly worthwhile partnering between public and private entities in developing and constructing a wide range of building projects offers objective, comprehensive information integral to both the public and private partners. Included here is a powerful and creative five—part approach to transforming a financially unfeasible project into a project attractive to the private capital markets that covers:

  • The tangible and intangible ingredients required for a successful public/private partnership
  • How to customize a partnership to meet each partner’s needs, acceptable level of risk, responsibility, and economic returns
  • Step—by—step guidelines on completing the developer Request for Qualification (RFQ) and the Request for Proposals (RFP) process

Including detailed descriptions of several case studies pertinent to both sides, this unique manual will be indispensable to government and university real estate officials, developers, architects, contractors, investment bankers, consultants, attorneys, engineers, and the array of other professionals involved in the public/private finance, design, development, construction, and facility management of government, university, school district, and commercial buildings.

Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance - An Exploratory Essay (Hardcover): Richard E. Wagner Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance - An Exploratory Essay (Hardcover)
Richard E. Wagner
R2,994 Discovery Miles 29 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book advances a social-theoretic treatment of public finance, which contrasts with the typical treatment of government as an agent of intervention into a market economy. To start, Richard Wagner construes government not as an agent but as a polycentric process of interaction, just as is a market economy. The theory of markets and the theory of public finance are thus construed as complementary components of a broader endeavor of social theorizing, with both seeking to provide insight into the emergence of generally coordinated relationships within society. The author places analytical focus on emergent processes of development rather than on states of equilibrium, and with much of that development set in motion by conflict among people and their plans. Some of the book's defining characteristics include: * Budgets emerge through organizationally constituted political entrepreneurship * Government is construed as a process of interaction and participation and not as a unitary entity of intervention * Government and markets are incorporated into a unified theory of property which is traced to human nature and its requirements for both autonomy and solidarity. Richard Wagner's book will be of interest to researchers in public finance, public choice, Austrian economics, political science and public policy.

Ancient Taxation - The Mechanics of Extraction in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Jonathan Valk, Irene Soto Marin Ancient Taxation - The Mechanics of Extraction in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Jonathan Valk, Irene Soto Marin
R1,776 Discovery Miles 17 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A collection of studies that explores the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world Ancient Taxation is a collection of studies that explores the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. The contributors discuss the inherent challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral societies, including basic tax strategy (e.g., taxing goods vs. labor, in-kind vs. money taxes, etc.); the mechanics of assessment and collection; and the politics of negotiating the cooperation of social, economic, and political elites and other important social groups. In assembling a broad range of studies, this book sheds new light on the commonalities and differences between ancient taxation systems, and so on the broader fiscal and institutional practices of antiquity. It also provides new impetus for further comparative research into extractive practices across ancient societies and between antiquity and recent historical periods. The book will be of interest to those studying ancient social and economic history, the history of social organization, and the history of ancient Greece and Rome, Egypt, the Ancient Near East, or ancient China.

The American Economy from Roosevelt to Trump (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018): Vittorio Valli The American Economy from Roosevelt to Trump (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)
Vittorio Valli
R840 R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Save R91 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'This is essential reading for anybody interested in global history.' -Professor Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland This illuminating book offers a compact survey and new interpretation of trends and policies in the US economy from the end of the nineteenth century to the initial period of the Trump administration. Valli maps three stages in this period of US economic history: first, the economic and demographic consequences of the frontier; second, the Fordist model of growth; and third, the attempt to build an economic empire through economic and financial globalization, military and political power and rapid technological progress. Examining pivotal moments from the Wall Street Crash and the World Wars to the recent Great Recession, Obamacare and Trump's electoral promises and first controversial decisions, this book is essential reading for all those interested in American economic power and its future.

Political Economy and Public Finance - The Role of Political Economy in the Theory and Practice of Public Economics... Political Economy and Public Finance - The Role of Political Economy in the Theory and Practice of Public Economics (Hardcover)
Stanley L. Winer, Hirofumi Shibata
R3,151 Discovery Miles 31 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is a long-standing difference amongst public economists between those who think that collective choice must be formally acknowledged, and those who derive their policy recommendations from a social planning framework in which politics plays no role. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a meaningful dialogue between these two groups, in the belief that the future of both political economy and of normative public finance lies somewhere between the two approaches. Some of the specific questions addressed in the book include: does public finance need political economy? Should collective choice play a role in the standard of reference used in normative public finance? What is a 'failure' in a non-market or policy process? And what have we learned about the theory and practice of public finance from three decades of empirical research on public choice? The book also provides a practitioner's view of the political economy of redistribution. The distinguished list of authors, many of whom are pre-eminent in their fields, includes Robin Boadway, Geoffrey Brennan, Albert Breton, AnIbal Cavaco Silva, Walter Hettich, Gebhard Kirchgassner, Dennis Mueller, William Niskanen, Hirofumi Shibata, Eugene Smolensky, Heinrich Ursprung, Frans van Winden, Stanley Winer and Donald Wittman. The importance of political economy to any understanding of why public policy evolves as it does is now widely accepted by public finance scholars and practitioners. This book goes a step further by considering the role of collective choice in defining what constitutes 'good' or 'better' policy. It will be an essential companion for all scholars of public finance and political economy.

Financial Regulation in the EU - From Resilience to Growth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Raphael Douady, Clement Goulet,... Financial Regulation in the EU - From Resilience to Growth (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Raphael Douady, Clement Goulet, Pierre-Charles Pradier
R1,217 R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Save R443 (36%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Financial regulation has dramatically evolved and strengthened since the crisis on both sides of the Atlantic, with enhanced international coordination through the G-20 and the Financial Stability Board and, at the regional level, a definite contribution from the European Union. However the new regulatory environment has its critics, with many divergent voices arguing that over-regulation has become a root cause of our current economic stagnation. This book provides a bigger picture view of the impact and future of financial regulation in the EU, exploring the relationship between microeconomic incentives and macroeconomic growth, regulation and financial integration, and the changes required in economic policy to further European integration. Bringing together contributions from law, economics and management science, it offers readers an accessible but rigorous understanding of the current state of play of the regulatory environment, and on the future challenges. Coverage will include: * A review of the recent regulatory changes from a legal and economic perspective * Analysis of how the economic model of financial institutions and entities is impacted by the new frameworks * How to improve securitization and new instruments under MIFID II * Issues in the enhanced supervision under delegated acts for AIFMD, CRR-CRD IV and Solvency II * How long term funding can be supplied in lieu of the non-conventional monetary policies * A new architecture for a safer and more efficient European financial system Financial Regulation in the EU provides much needed clarity on the impact of new financial regulation and the future of the economy, and will prove a must have reference for all those working in, researching and affected by these changes.

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve (Paperback): Peter Conti-Brown The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve (Paperback)
Peter Conti-Brown; Afterword by Peter Conti-Brown
R676 R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Save R139 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? Using scores of examples from the Fed's rich history, The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve shows that much common wisdom about the nation's central bank is inaccurate. Legal scholar and financial historian Peter Conti-Brown provides an in-depth look at the Fed's place in government, its internal governance structure, and its relationships to such individuals and groups as the president, Congress, economists, and bankers. Exploring how the Fed regulates the global economy and handles its own internal politics, and how the law does--and does not--define the Fed's power, Conti-Brown captures and clarifies the central bank's defining complexities. He examines the foundations of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which established a system of central banks, and the ways that subsequent generations have redefined the organization. Challenging the notion that the Fed Chair controls the organization as an all-powerful technocrat, he explains how institutions and individuals--within and outside of government--shape Fed policy. Conti-Brown demonstrates that the evolving mission of the Fed--including systemic risk regulation, wider bank supervision, and as a guardian against inflation and deflation--requires a reevaluation of the very way the nation's central bank is structured. Investigating how the Fed influences and is influenced by ideologies, personalities, law, and history, The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve offers a uniquely clear and timely picture of one of the most important institutions in the United States and the world.

Handbook of Public Economics, Volume 3 (Hardcover, 1st ed): Martin Feldstein, AJ Auerbach Handbook of Public Economics, Volume 3 (Hardcover, 1st ed)
Martin Feldstein, AJ Auerbach
R3,319 Discovery Miles 33 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Field of Public Economics has been changing rapidly in recent years, and the sixteen chapters contained in this Handbook survey many of the new developments. As a field, Public Economics is defined by its objectives rather than its techniques and much of what is new is the application of modern methods of economic theory and econometrics to problems that have been addressed by economists for over two hundred years. More generally, the discussion of public finance issues also involves elements of political science, finance and philosophy. These connections are evidence in several of the chapters that follow.
Public Economics is the positive and normative study of government's effect on the economy. We attempt to explain why government behaves as it does, how its behavior influences the behavior of private firms and households, and what the welfare effects of such changes in behavior are. Following Musgrave (1959) one may imagine three purposes for government intervention in the economy: allocation, when market failure causes the private outcome to be Pareto inefficient, distribution, when the private market outcome leaves some individuals with unacceptably low shares in the fruits of the economy, and stabilization, when the private market outcome leaves some of the economy's resources underutilized. The recent trend in economic research has tended to emphasize the character of stabilization problems as problems of allocation in the labor market. The effects that government intervention can have on the allocation and distribution of an economy's resources are described in terms of efficiency and incidence effects. These are the primary measures used to evaluate the welfare effects of government policy.

Understanding Government Budgets - A Guide to Practices in the Public Service (Paperback, 2nd edition): R. Mark Musell, Ryan... Understanding Government Budgets - A Guide to Practices in the Public Service (Paperback, 2nd edition)
R. Mark Musell, Ryan Yeung
R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Public budgets follow rules of presentation and use terms that make sense to few outside the world of public finance. Moreover, practices vary widely among the thousands of governments across the globe, between federal, state, and local levels of government in the United States, and among nonprofit organizations, many of which provide services similar to governments. Understanding Government Budgets, Second Edition offers a detailed examination of each of the different types of information found in budgets, featuring annotated examples from a variety of organizations. It expands on explanations in the previous edition by including a wealth of examples from governments abroad and from the nonprofit sector. The book stresses that the choices made about content, format, and organization influence the story a budget tells. Designed to help citizens, students, and policy makers become more informed users of public budgets, this book makes the format of budgets and the information they contain accessible and understandable, providing users with the tools they need to make better sense of public organizations and their performance. Complete with online instructor support material including sample problems, in-class exercises, and discussion questions for each chapter, Understanding Government Budgets, Second Edition is perfect for undergraduate or graduate-level courses in budgeting and public administration, and offers a useful guide to budgets for citizens with an interest in how government operates.

Regulation Strategies and Economic Policies - Essays in Honour of Bernard Corry and Maurice Peston, Volume Three (Hardcover):... Regulation Strategies and Economic Policies - Essays in Honour of Bernard Corry and Maurice Peston, Volume Three (Hardcover)
Sami Daniel, Philip Arestis, John Grahl
R3,445 Discovery Miles 34 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the third and final volume written in honour of Bernard Corry and Maurice Peston by an internationally renowned group of experts, and focuses on the application of economics to policy advice.The contributors to this volume consider practical policy issues including labour market policy and the problem of unemployment, methodology and econometric analysis, taxation policy, industrial regulation, practical applications of transaction cost theory in the European Union, policy issues such as foreign direct investment and pension reform affecting transition economies and training policies in developing countries.

Funding Health Care (Paperback, Ed): Elias Mossialos Funding Health Care (Paperback, Ed)
Elias Mossialos
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The question of how to generate sufficient revenue to pay for health care has become a serious concern for nearly all European policy-makers. This book examines the advantages and disadvantages of funding arrangements currently in use across Europe. Adopting a cross-national, cross-disciplinary perspective, it assesses the relative merits of the main methods of raising resources including taxation; social, voluntary and supplemental forms of insurance; and self-pay including co-payments. Chapters written by leading health policy analysts review recent evidence and experience in both eastern and western Europe. The volume is introduced by a summary chapter which integrates conceptual issues in funding with an overview of the main advantages and disadvantages of each method of funding drawn from the expert chapters.
This is an important book for students of health policy, health economics, public policy and managment, and for health managers and policy makers.

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters - Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Tools (Paperback): Taha Chaiechi Economic Effects of Natural Disasters - Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Tools (Paperback)
Taha Chaiechi
R2,671 Discovery Miles 26 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Economic Effects of Natural Disasters explores how natural disasters affect sources of economic growth and development. Using theoretical econometrics and real-world data, and drawing on advances in climate change economics, the book shows scholars and researchers how to use various research methods and techniques to investigate and respond to natural disasters. No other book presents empirical frameworks for the evaluation of the quality of macroeconomic research practice with a focus on climate change and natural disasters. Because many of these subjects are so large, different regions of the world use different approaches, hence this resource presents tailored economic applications and evidence.

Treasure Islands - Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens (Paperback): Nicholas Shaxson Treasure Islands - Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens (Paperback)
Nicholas Shaxson
R497 R377 Discovery Miles 3 770 Save R120 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A thrilling ride inside the world of tax havens and corporate masterminds While the United States experiences recession and economic stagnation and European countries face bankruptcy, experts struggle to make sense of the crisis. Nicholas Shaxson, a former correspondent for the Financial Times and The Economist, argues that tax havens are a central cause of all these disasters. In this hard hitting investigation he uncovers how offshore tax evasion, which has cost the U.S. 100 billion dollars in lost revenue each year, is just one item on a long rap sheet outlining the damage that offshoring wreaks on our societies. In a riveting journey from Moscow to London to Switzerland to Delaware, Shaxson dives deep into a vast and secret playground where bankers and multinational corporations operate side by side with nefarious tax evaders, organized criminals and the world's wealthiest citizens. Tax havens are where all these players get to maximize their own rewards and leave the middle class to pick up the bill. With eye opening revelations, Treasure Islands exposes the culprits and its victims, and shows how: *Over half of world trade is routed through tax havens *The rampant practices that precipitated the latest financial crisis can be traced back to Wall Street's offshoring practices *For every dollar of aid we send to developing countries, ten dollars leave again by the backdoor The offshore system sits much closer to home than the pristine tropical islands of the popular imagination. In fact, it all starts on a tiny island called Manhattan. In this fast paced narrative, Treasure Islands at last explains how the system works and how it's contributing to our ever deepening economic divide.

The Digital Renminbi's Disruption - Shaping the Global Economic, Financial and Policy Landscapes (Hardcover): Chi Lo The Digital Renminbi's Disruption - Shaping the Global Economic, Financial and Policy Landscapes (Hardcover)
Chi Lo
R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

China has a leading edge over the advanced countries in process of digitalisation and has created the world's first central bank digital currency, or CBDC. The business community is well aware of China's role in leading the way in global business disruption and innovation by being fast and first, global and local, and by investing in e-commerce platforms, big data, 5G network and artificial intelligence applications. Applying economic theories and data analysis, Chi Lo discusses the impact of China's digital disruption to the world's financial systems, trade and investment trends, economic policy, regulations and geopolitics. The Digital Renminbi's Disruption analyses the uncharted territories in which world is moving into, such as China's expansion of its digital infrastructure to the developing world and even advanced economies. Unique to this study is the linking of the geopolitical and China's own domestic political developments with China's digitalisation process to articulate the hidden, and often misunderstood, themes and trends both within China and the global system. Exposing hidden trends and systemic flaws and debunking myths, The Digital Renminbi's Disruption contributes to revealing China's digital disruption and leads to a better understanding of upcoming potential volatility in the wake of the unfolding digital revolution.

Policy Evaluation - Linking Theory to Practice (Hardcover): Ray C. Rist Policy Evaluation - Linking Theory to Practice (Hardcover)
Ray C. Rist
R7,952 Discovery Miles 79 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For governments to be successful in achieving their objectives, they need to select the correct policy instruments. This volume addresses the role of policy instruments in achieving policy objectives.Policy Evaluation provides a systematic assessment of the impact that public policy evaluations have on the governance of democratic societies. This book emphasises the impacts of policy evaluations on the formulation, implementation and accountability functions of governments. At all three phases of the policy cycle, there is a need for coherent and systematic evaluation. This book demonstrates how such evaluations can be conducted and the opportunities for their subsequent utilization.

Doing Business in Cameroon - An Anatomy of Economic Governance (Hardcover): Jose Maria Munoz Doing Business in Cameroon - An Anatomy of Economic Governance (Hardcover)
Jose Maria Munoz
R2,198 R1,870 Discovery Miles 18 700 Save R328 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the mid-1980s to the early 2000s, images of crisis and reform dominated talk of Cameroon's economy. Doing Business in Cameroon examines the aftermath of that period of turbulence and unpredictability in the northern city of Ngaoundere. Taking the everyday encounters between business actors and state bureaucrats as its point of departure, the book vividly illustrates the backstage and interconnected dynamics of four different sectors (cattle trade, trucking, public contracting, and NGO work). Drawing on his training in law and social anthropology, the author is able to clarify intricate policy dynamics and abstruse legal developments for readers. A widespread picture emerges of actors grappling with the long-term implications of selective or suspended enforcement of legal rules. The book deftly illuminates a set of shifting configurations in which economic outcomes like monetary gains or the circulation of goods are achieved by foregoing the possibility of relying on or complying with the law.

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