Economics, Finance, Business & Management

With $812 billion in benefit outlays in 2013, Social Security is the largest program in the federal budget. It provides monthly cash benefits to re...

A quarter century after the formation of the Popular Front and a decade since joining the EU, processes of state- and nation-building in Latvia are...

Despite having an underdeveloped supporting infrastructure and limited resources, Kazakhstan was the first CIS country to require IFRS in 2004 for ...

How can the G20 fulfill their role most efficiently in the post-crisis era, and what role do the emerging economies play in the new global economic...

This book provides information on the political, economic and social issues of North Korea. Chapter One examines the satellite and missile programm...

This book analyzes the characteristics and outcomes of the transition process in Slovenia, a relatively young and independent country, from differe...

This series spans the globe presenting leading research in economics. International applications and examples of economic progress are invaluable i...

Each year, one in six people in the United States is sickened by a foodborne illness. Government, industry, and others expend considerable resource...

From a worldwide perspective, it has been recognized that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a vital role in economic development, as...

Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, particularly in U.S. security priorities, which range from...

Over the past decade, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have proliferated and have increased their role in the international economy. China now has fou...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers 15 domestic nutrition assistance programs. The five largest programs are: the Supplemental Nu...

In this second book of the series, topics discussed include the economic significance, current risk, and policy responses to deflation; crowd-fundi...

Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986, Haiti has struggled to over...

Islamic finance is one of the fastest growing segments in the global financial market. However, while the principles and concepts of Islamic financ...

The chapters of the present book analyse contemporary societal challenges and changes in light of the social quality approach and French regulation...

There are four common types of excise taxes: (1) sumptuary (or sin ) taxes, (2) regulatory or environmental taxes, (3) benefit-based taxes (or use...

The U.S. intelligence community has assessed with high confidence that Syrian government forces used sarin nerve gas in limited attacks earlier t...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have witnessed important complex economic, social and political changes and transition recently. ...