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Tells the important story of how microfinance developed, how it has met the needs of hundreds of millions of people, and addresses key questions about how it can continue to meet those needs in the future.

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There is no such thing as money: it is only an agreement of society to use something as a medium of exchange. The author argues that this agreement is being placed under huge strain by a range of social and political issues, and suggests solutions.

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Is globalization leading us toward a world of fewer and fewer currencies and, consequently, simplified monetary management This book argues that this view is wrong. It demonstrates that the global population of currencies is set to expand greatly, not contract, making monetary governance more difficult, not less.

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Featuring world leaders, Nobel Prize-winning economists, award-winning writers and opinion formers The Future of Money brings together the finest thinking to suggest solutions to this global predicament.

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When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with systematic rules governing trade and investment, dispute resolution, and economic relations.

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In this new conference volume from the National Academy of Social Insurance, experts offer differing views on what changes will, and must, occur to ensure the continuing viability of Social Security, retirement benefits, unemployment insurance, Medicare, and health security programs.

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In The Future of State-Owned Financial Institutions: Policy and Practice noted experts discuss the challenges presented by state-owned financial institutions and offer cross-disciplinary solutions for policymakers and banking regulators.

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Traces the history of accounting and auditing, analysing the factors - domestic and international - that have led to the contemporary problems of the profession. He prescribes measures that can and should be taken in order to restore public accounting to its former status and esteem.

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The result of a symposium co-sponsored by several academic and professional organizations, this book provides information and insights useful for anyone aspiring to succeed in marketing to consumers in the 1990s.

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"In The Futures, Emily Lambert addresses the subject with as much affection as is ever likely to be stirred by the pork-belly business... Captivating." --Wall Street Journal

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Launched at a moment of panic triggered by the financial crisis in late 2008, the leaders' level G-20 is trying to evolve from crisis committee for the world economy to a real steering group facilitating international economic cooperation. This book deals with this topic.

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A historical analysis of the geopolitics of real estate with settler-colonialism on the one side and the rise of ber-wealthy foreign real estate investors on the other.

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A historical analysis of the geopolitics of real estate with settler-colonialism on the one side and the rise of ber-wealthy foreign real estate investors on the other.

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Shows that changes in the intellectual and social environment and the institutional background in which knowledge was generated and disseminated brought about the Industrial Revolution, followed by sustained economic growth and continuing technological change.

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This text delineates subtle distinctions among concepts that are often taken as synonymous, such as globalization, multinationalization, multinational corporation and global corporation, and elicits their implications for international business management.

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Debt crises have placed strains not only on the European Union's nascent federal system but also on the federal system in the United States. Increasing the complexity of the issue has been public sector collective bargaining, now a component of most federal systems. This book deals with this topic.