Economics, Finance, Business & Management

This book discusses the opportunities as well as problems facing the proposed Union Government of Africa from diverse disciplines. The central focu...

This book presents and discusses information on the contemporary politics and economics of Asia. The coverage is intended to deal with Asia, its po...

A continent of vast diversity, stretching from the deserts of the north through the equatorial tropics into the more temperate south, Africa brims ...

The final text of the proposed U.S.-Panama FTA incorporates specific amendments on key issues at the behest of congressional leadership. The most s...

The goal of disability insurance is to replace a portion of a worker''''s income should illness or disability prevent him or her from working. Indi...

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the United States in many ways. For the American Armed Forces, the human toll has been profound: as of 2...

In the short run, the relationship between economic growth and the unemployment rate may be a loose one. One reason that unemployment may not fall ...

Net foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into India reached $15.7 billion in India''''s 2006-07 fiscal year, more than triple the $4.7 billion rec...

Policy toward and support for Taiwan are a key element in U.S. relations with the People''''s Republic China (PRC) and an important component of U....

The Troubled Asset Relief Program ( TARP ) now includes 12 separate, but often interrelated, programs involving Government and private funds of up ...

In September 1999, Russia''''s then-Premier Vladimir Putin ordered military, police, and security forces to enter the breakaway Chechnya region, re...

Research in economics is increasingly open to empirical results. The advances in behavioural approaches are expanded here by applying cognitive met...

This book presents and discusses current research in the study of the economics and politics of South and Central America. Topics discussed include...

Much of the debate over U.S. policy toward Iran has centered on the nature of the current regime; some believe that Iran, a country of about 70 mil...

In the wake of the summer of 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and an armed domestic confrontation between Hezbollah and rival Lebanese groups ...

This book examines some of the economic, political and social issues facing the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. Topi...

Credit Rating originated in the USA has spread out to the world since the 1980s. Credit risk is a risk that a borrower either through bonds or bank...

Since the initiation of economic reforms in 1979, China has become one of the world''''s fastest-growing economies. From 1979 to 2007 China''''s re...

Federal law bars aliens residing without authorisation in the United States from most federal benefits; however, there is a widely held perception ...

This book offers 17 richly unique and interesting essays covering many of the subjects that are currently being examined in academic journals of th...

The Troubled Asset Relief Program ( TARP ) represents a massive and unprecedented investment of taxpayer money designed to stabilise the financial ...

This book contains a variety of research related to the future of the federal budget. Significant uncertainty surrounds long-term fiscal projection...

This compilation of geographically dispersed case studies and experiences is designed as a singular blend of real world situations laced with conce...