Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances, by Ralph Chami
... mmigrant remittances are truly a force to be reckoned with in the global economy. These private, unrequited transfers of money from migrants to the family members they leave behind, often sent a few hundred dollars at a time, nonetheless add up to billions of dollars annually: US$114 billion in 2003 ...
... mmigrant remittances are truly a force to be reckoned with in the global economy. These private, unrequited transfers of money from migrants to the family members they leave behind, often sent a few hundred dollars at a time, nonetheless add up to billions of dollars annually: US$114 billion in 2003 ...
US Domestic Barter: an Empirical Investigation
... move excess inventories, and exploit under-utilized plant capacity in order to finance the cost of production. However, these explanations do not help understand the role of barter in the U.S. economy and assess the kind of impact it exerts on it. To be precise, it does not help understanding if bar ...
... move excess inventories, and exploit under-utilized plant capacity in order to finance the cost of production. However, these explanations do not help understand the role of barter in the U.S. economy and assess the kind of impact it exerts on it. To be precise, it does not help understanding if bar ...
Paul Mattick
... increase in labor productivity. But this solution is blocked by the wages policy of the trade unions and the prices policy of the monopolies; such a solution would require bringing prices and wages under government control. The facts, however, contradict such explanations. That prices are not determ ...
... increase in labor productivity. But this solution is blocked by the wages policy of the trade unions and the prices policy of the monopolies; such a solution would require bringing prices and wages under government control. The facts, however, contradict such explanations. That prices are not determ ...
OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2006
... occasions. At the same time, OECD was confronted with a growing interest in internationally comparable data on productivity growth. The continued interest of many OECD member countries in productivity led to a decision to develop an OECD Productivity Database, based on data that were considered to b ...
... occasions. At the same time, OECD was confronted with a growing interest in internationally comparable data on productivity growth. The continued interest of many OECD member countries in productivity led to a decision to develop an OECD Productivity Database, based on data that were considered to b ...
The Schumpeterian Entrepreneur
... the emergence of capitalism, to carry out their activities. In other words, what is required is an investigation of the economic sociology of innovations. Economic sociology, thus, leads to an examination of the institutional environment that encourages the emergence of an actor-type different from ...
... the emergence of capitalism, to carry out their activities. In other words, what is required is an investigation of the economic sociology of innovations. Economic sociology, thus, leads to an examination of the institutional environment that encourages the emergence of an actor-type different from ...
World History
... Americas as of the mideighteenth century (H-1C-H8); GLE 24: Describe the development of nationstates and major world powers (H-1C-H8); GLE 25: Describe the goals and consequences of European colonization in the Americas (H-1CH9); GLE 26: Describe the European commercial penetration of Asia and the i ...
... Americas as of the mideighteenth century (H-1C-H8); GLE 24: Describe the development of nationstates and major world powers (H-1C-H8); GLE 25: Describe the goals and consequences of European colonization in the Americas (H-1CH9); GLE 26: Describe the European commercial penetration of Asia and the i ...
Vote of confidence in the promise of ASEAN www.pwc.com/apec The ASEAN cut
... the full implementation of strategic measures for the AEC in the coming years will integrate ASEAN as a single market and product base, making the region highly competitive regionally and globally. 60% of the business leaders in 7 APEC economies in ASEAN identified this as the key game changer for t ...
... the full implementation of strategic measures for the AEC in the coming years will integrate ASEAN as a single market and product base, making the region highly competitive regionally and globally. 60% of the business leaders in 7 APEC economies in ASEAN identified this as the key game changer for t ...
... for the first time in over a decade. To the continuing slow-down in major industrial countries in 1991 was added a sharp fall in output in the former Soviet Union, while the Eastern European economies did not show the hoped for resilience after undergoing wide-ranging economic reform. At the same ti ...
Modernising regulated professions
... sectors, and the education sector. The contribution of regulated professions in business services is also relatively high. Given the economic importance of regulated professions in these sectors, it could – as a next step – be interesting to investigate where reforms can or should take place. We not ...
... sectors, and the education sector. The contribution of regulated professions in business services is also relatively high. Given the economic importance of regulated professions in these sectors, it could – as a next step – be interesting to investigate where reforms can or should take place. We not ...
foreign direct investment, clean development mechanism
... The concept of sustainable development has been a subject of debate among different groups of stakeholders as countries strive to improve the living conditions of poor people. Sustainable development can be defined as “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability ...
... The concept of sustainable development has been a subject of debate among different groups of stakeholders as countries strive to improve the living conditions of poor people. Sustainable development can be defined as “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability ...