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Small economies and global economics /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SMALL ECONOMIES AND GLOBAL ECONOMICS; NOTICE TO THE READER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; SMALL ECONOMIES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SMALL ECONOMIES AND THEIR VULNERABILITIES; 2.1. Definition of Small Economy; 2.2. The Sources of Vulnerabilities; 3. AGGREGATE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS; Adjusted Net Savings; Ecological Deficit/Reserve (EDR); Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI); 4. DATA AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
- ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR SMALL ISLANDECONOMIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, IN A GLOBALISING WORLDABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE HETEROGENEITY OF SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND ECONOMIESAND NEIGHBOURING ISLAND ECONOMIES; 2.1. Diversity of Size; 2.2. Involvement in International Trade and Exchange
- SubstantialVariation; 2.3. Geographic, Ethnic and Cultural Differences; 2.4. International Political Associat; 2.5. Differences in the Extent of Economic Development of Pacific IslandCountries; 3. THE MIRAB PARADIGM OF PACIFIC ISLAND ECONOMIESAND GLOBALISATION PROCESSES.
- 4. GLOBALISATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OFSOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; PROFILING ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ANDRESILIENCE IN SMALL STATES: CONCEPTUALUNDERPINNINGS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC VULNERABILITYAND RESILIENCE; The Measurement of Economic Vulnerability; Four Country Scenarios; Measuring Economic Resilience; 3. A COUNTRY-BASED APPROACH; Assessing the Symptoms of Economic Vulnerability or Lack of Resilience; Assessing the Causes of Economic Vulnerability; Assessing the Sources of Economic Resilience; 4. CONCLUSIONS.
- 4. HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY:NAURU AS A MICROCOSM OF THESE GLOBAL CRISES5. THE EFFECTS OF PHOSPHATE MININGON THE PEOPLE AND LAND OF NAURU; 5.1. Deteriorating Health; 5.2. Biological Devastation; 6. ABERRATION OR WARNING:WHAT CAN NAURU TELL US ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY?; 7. DO CULTURES "CHOOSE" TO SUCCEED OR FAIL?; 8. INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AND THE COMMON GOOD; 9. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF BIOMASS ENERGYIN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLISLAND ECONOMIES: THE CASE FOR TUVALU; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BACKGROUND; 2.1. Economy.