Economics, Finance, Business & Management

Regarding U.S. relief and reconstruction plans, programs, and operations in Iraq, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) pro...

Insecurity, poor governance, and a long-running humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) present a range of challenges for U.S...

Chapter One discusses the elements that caused the latest and current problems in the European economies and also, the imposed privatisation (expro...

Fiscal exposures may be explicit in that the federal government is legally required to pay for the commitment; alternatively, it may be implicit in...

U.S.-Thailand relations are of interest to Congress because of Thailand''''s status as a long-time military ally and a significant trade and econom...

American workers are primarily saving for retirement through their 401(k) plans and will likely need assistance making complicated decisions about ...

Under the federal securities laws, a company or private fund may not offer or sell securities unless the transaction has been registered with the S...

In all times and ages, the deeds of the men who sail the deep as its policemen or its soldiery have rightfully been sung in praise, but there are t...

This book is a new approach to understanding monetary unions. This collaboration of scientists from different countries with leading professor and...

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 5th 2013 after 14 years of populist rule, has implications not only for Venezuelas political...

Keynesian Policies - A New Deal in the European Narrative: Employment, Equality and Sustainability has its intellectual roots in the Great Depressi...

The Federalist Papers, originally published in 1788, is a series of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The art...

In this compilation, the authors aim to determine whether there was an association between contact with urban greenery and displaced aggression in ...

Since the enactment of the Commemorative Works Act (CWA) in 1986, Congress has authorized 35 commemorative works to be placed in the District of Co...

Companies contribute to the development of the community in which they are located and constantly face new challenges linked to their environment. ...

The authors begin by presenting that the precursors of an intense coupled system of an African easterly wave and a mesoscale convective system over...

This book is a compilation of recent CRS reports involving China, including maritime territorial and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) disputes involvi...

This book starts with a CRS report about the Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs), in particular, potential issues for Congress related to IBCTs i...

This book, originally published in 1913, makes no pretense to be a complete history of the early industrial life of England, but at the same time i...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

Chapter 1 examines how the United States Secret Service can more effectively achieve its mission of protecting the Nation's leaders and financial s...

This book is a compilation of reports on Africa.

There have been significant social, economic and political changes in in Ethiopia in recent decades. Healthcare coverage has rapidly expanded but m...

The latest global financial crisis has troubled the United States and caused very bad debt crises in many Eurozone member nations due to their inte...

This book is a compilation of reports on the Middle East. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the kingdom of Saudi Arabia's relations with the United States, ...

In this era of economic liberalisation and globalisation, mineral sector in India and many other developing countries have been opened up. Now mult...

The chapters in this volume were written as commentaries between mid-2008 and early-2016 in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The prima...

In this next volume of Progress in Economics Research, chapters discuss the Solow growth model with network production functions; the government se...

Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress enacted the USA PATRIOT Act, in part, to provide enhanced investigative tools and to assist in t...

North Korea has been among the most vexing and persistent problems in U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War period. The United States has never ...

This book reviews and discusses President Obama''''s Open Government Initiative and the Open Government Directive, as well as the three central ten...

This book explores the land cover, renewable energy and natural gas issues facing Alaska today. The land surface of Alaska is sparsely populated an...

While it remains too early to tell whether Treasury''''s intervention in and reshaping of the U.S. automotive industry will prove to be a success, ...