Author: Olivier Bomsel
Publisher: Presses des MINES
Keywords: media, industries, digital, economics, meets, entertainment, internet
Number of Pages: 50
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 2911762703
ISBN-13: 9782911762703

For two years, our team has striven to explain to engineers that copyrighted contents were economic object which differ condderably from other kinds of information material. And consequently that the wah to enhance their digital distribution should differ from what an engineer could imagine as the smoothest way to convey private information flows. The confrontation between the technical vision of an equipement industry trying to raise the efficiency of digital delivery systems and that of economists defending the concept of Intellectual Property and its implications in a digital environment ha

Author: J. Pender
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Keywords: african, highlands, east, management, sustainable, land, strategies
Number of Pages: 502
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0896297578
ISBN-13: 9780896297579

Deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation are threatening agriculture and food security in the highlands of East Africa. In response, economists and other development professionals have turned their attention to combating the pr

Author: Dipak Mazumdar
Publisher: IDRC
Keywords: india, inequality, markets, labor, globalization
Number of Pages: 381
Published: 2008-01-30
ISBN-10: 0415436117
ISBN-13: 9780415436113

India started on a program of reforms, both in its external and internal aspects, sometime in the mid-eighties and going on into the nineties. While the increased exposure to world markets (a'globalizationa?) and relaxation of domestic controls has undoubtedly given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines in detail these aspects of post-reform India and discerns the changes and trends which these new developments have created. Providing an original analysis of unit-level data available from the quinquennial Na

Author: Robert E. Baldwin
Publisher: MIT Press
Keywords: models, review, trade, ohlin, testing, heckscher, development
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 2008-12-31
ISBN-10: 0262026562
ISBN-13: 9780262026567

No names are more closely associated with modern trade theory than Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. The basic Heckscher-Ohlin proposition, according to which a country exports factors (embodied in goods) in relatively abundant supply and imports factors in relatively scarce supply, is a key component of modern trade theory. In this book, Robert Baldwin traces the development of the HO model, describing the historical twists and turns that have led to the basic modern theoretical model in use today. Baldwin not only presents a clear and cohesive view of the model's evolution but also reviews the

Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: indicators, development, world
Number of Pages: 422
Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-10: 0821354221
ISBN-13: 9780821354223

World Development Indicators was launched more than twenty five years ago to provide a statistical snapshot of the world as seen by development economists. It now encompasses more than 500 indicators from 152 countries. It provides a picture of poverty trends and social welfare, the use of environmental resources, the performance of the public sector and the integration of the global economy.

Author: WORLD BANK
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: print, complete, finance, development, global
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2007-05-30
ISBN-10: 0821369644
ISBN-13: 9780821369647

'Global Development Finance' (GDF), is the World Bank's annual review of recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to developing countries. It is an indispensable resource for governments, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics,

Author: Fritjof Capra
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Keywords: sustainability, business, steering
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 1995
ISBN-10: 9280809091
ISBN-13: 9789280809091

Sustainability, in its ecological and social components, poses businesses an inescapable challenge: without sustainability there will be an end to profits. Hence, business people have a strong self-interest in minimizing the ecological damage of their operations. In this book, business executives, economists, ecologists, and other thinkers outline new practical approaches that businesses and society must take to meet this challenge.