Authors:Ligang Song, Wing Thye Woo,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: climate, change, environment, growth, dilemma, economic, china’s
Number of Pages: 428
Published: 2008-11-20
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 081573123X
ISBN-13: 9780815731238

The economic growth of China is clearly one of the defining trends of our time. The world’s most populous nation is undergoing a vast transformation that will redefine the global economy. Chinese industrial production has increased tremendously in recent years, and its consumption of resources has necessarily gone way up as well. These developments will have important impacts on economics, business, politics, and environmental conditions throughout the world.In "China’s Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment, and Climate Change", an international group of authorities examines th

Authors:Lael Brainard, Leonardo Martinez-diaz,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: role, global, economy, changing, brazil’s, economic, superpower, understanding, brazil
Number of Pages: 291
Published: 2009-04-10
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815702965
ISBN-13: 9780815702962

Brazil is once again getting attention in the northern hemisphere-attention long overdue, given its huge and diverse population, its physical size and diversity, and its geopolitical and economic importance as the largest country in Latin America. Long seen as an economic backwater, Brazil now occupies key niches in energy, agriculture, service industries, even high technology markets. Yet the nation still struggles with endemic problems of inequality and with a traditional ambivalence toward deep integration with the world economy. Brookings gathered scholars and policymakers from Brazil, Eur

Authors:Lael Brainard,  Derek Chollet,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: poverty, history, poor, public, development, philanthropists, global
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2008-07-17
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0815713932
ISBN-13: 9780815713937

An unprecedented explosion of development players heralds a new era of global action on poverty. Global Development 2.0 celebrates this transformative trend within international aid and offers lessons to ensure that this wave of generosity yields lasting and widespread improvements to the lives and prospects of the world’s poorest.

Author: Beth Simone Noveck
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: government, citizens, powerful, stronger, democracy, technology, wiki
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-04-30
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0815702752
ISBN-13: 9780815702757

Wiki Government shows how to bring innovation to government. In explaining how to enhance political institutions with the power of networks, it offers a fundamental rethinking of democracy in the digital age. Collaborative democracy-government of the people, by the people, for the people-is an old dream. Today, Wiki Government shows how technology can make that dream a reality. In this thought-provoking book, Beth Simone Noveck illustrates how collaborative democracy strengthens public decisionmaking by connecting the power of the many to the work of the few. Equally important, she provides a

Authors:Yasuyuki Fuchita, Robert E. Lita,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: funds, mutual, future, money, pooling
Number of Pages: 139
Published: 2008-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815729855
ISBN-13: 9780815729853

One of the first rules of investing is diversification: spreading resources over many types of investments in order to minimize financial risk. Mutual funds have been the diversification vehicle of choice for the last several decades. In recent years, however, other opportunities for diversification - such as separately managed accounts and exchange-traded funds - have enjoyed rapid growth. What lies ahead for the mutual fund industry in light of this increasingly competitive environment? In this volume, experts from the United States and Japan look at forces of change in their securities mark

Authors:Abraham F. Lowenthal, Theodore J. Piccone, Laurenc
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: change, agenda, americas, administration, obama
Number of Pages: 235
Published: 2009-04-20
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0815703090
ISBN-13: 9780815703099

The Obama administration inherits a daunting set of domestic and international policy challenges. It would be tempting to put Latin America and the Caribbean on the back burner, for their nations pose no imminent security threat nor do they seem at first blush critical to the most pressing problems of U.S. foreign policy. "The Obama Administration and the Americas", however, argues that the new administration should focus early and strategically on Latin America. Our neighbors to the south impact daily on the lives of U.S. citizens, on issues such as energy, narcotics, immigration, trade, and

Author: Santiago Levy
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: economic, growth, mexico, informality, policy, outcomes, social, intentions
Number of Pages: 357
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0815752199
ISBN-13: 9780815752196

Despite various reform efforts, Mexico has experienced economic stability but little growth. Today more than half of all Mexican workers are employed informally, and one out of every four is poor. Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes argues that incoherent social programs significantly contribute to this state of affairs and it suggests reforms to improve the situation. Over the past decade, Mexico has channeled an increasing number of resources into subsidizing the creation of low-productivity, informal jobs. These social programs have hampered growth, fostered illegality, and provided erratic pr