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1 online resource (199 pages)
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1st ed.
ISBN:
9783030113612
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Development in Turbulent Times -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I:: Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates -- Introduction -- 1 Why Development? -- References -- Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? -- 2.1 Poverty and Inequality -- 2.2 Explaining Different Development Trajectories -- 3 What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development? -- 3.1 Literacy, Education and Health -- 3.2 Gender and Development -- 3.3 Agriculture and Food -- 3.4 Infrastructure -- 3.5 Legal Framework and Equity -- 4 The Future of Development -- 4.1 Our Common Future -- Bibliography -- Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disconnect Between Research and Reality -- 2.1 Complicated, Complex, and Hard to Measure -- 3 Distinguishing the Hard-to-Measure Aspects of Development: Four Dimensions -- 3.1 Abstract, Multi-Dimensional Concepts, Processes, and Issues -- 3.2 Challenging Settings -- 3.3 Multiple Uncertain Pathways of Change -- 3.4 Multi-Layer Implementing Structures -- 3.5 Commonalities and Intersections Among Hard-to-Measure Dimensions -- 4 Discussion and Conclusions -- 4.1 The Feasibility of More? -- 4.2 Relational and Political Factors Affecting Measurement -- References -- Get It Right This Time? Leaving the Periphery of the European Economic Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 At the Periphery of the European Development: Romaniaś Economic Growth, With the Parking Brake Pulled Up -- 3 In Search of the Appropriate Strategy of Economic Development -- 4 Economic Development Driven by Exports: A Mandatory Challenge for Emerging Romania -- 5 Instead of Conclusions: About the Power to Restart -- References -- Online Sources.
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``Nous Choisissons LÉurope:́́ EUś Economic Development and Current Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Economic Survival Strategies for EUROPE 4.0 -- 2.1 Crisis Hits: First Aid Kit -- 2.2 Lagging Behind in Consumption -- 2.3 Economic Drivers -- 2.4 Trade Relations with Historical Partners: Implications for Brexit -- 3 Perspectives -- References -- European Imbalances: The Sound and the Fury -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Flawed View -- 3 The Disastrous View -- 4 The Cynical View -- 5 The Comprehensive View -- 6 A Conclusion About Recent Reforms and Proposals -- References -- Unable to Stop Inequality from Rising: Evidence from Romania -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Towards a Second ``Gilded Age:́́ Trends in National and Global Inequality -- 3 The Economic and Social Consequences of Inequality -- 4 Inequality in Romania -- 5 Inequality and Development in Romania: Worrying Trends -- References -- Online Sources -- Part II: Challenges and Opportunities for Development in the Post-Crisis Period -- The East-West Divide in the European Union: A Development Divide Reframed as a Political One -- 1 A World in Flux -- 2 The Eastward Enlargement: A Transition from One International Regime to Another -- 3 The East-West Divide in Data -- 3.1 Economic Development Patterns -- 3.2 Social Development Patterns -- 4 The East-West Divide: Consequences for the Future of the EU -- References -- New Frontiers in Sovereign Wealth Fund Capitalization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview -- 3 New Sources of Funding and Revenue Streams -- 4 Remittance Inflows: Challenges and Opportunities -- 5 Bangladesh -- 6 Purpose of a Bangladeshi SWF: Remittances as a Funding Channel -- 7 Economic and Political Rationale for a Bangladeshi SWF -- 8 Armenia -- 9 Capitalizing a Fund Through Restructuring State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs): Cases of Indonesia and Turkey -- 10 Conclusion -- References.
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on FDI Attractiveness: Romania, Slovakia and Greece in Comparison -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Frameword -- 2.1 Main FDI Categories -- 2.2 FDI and Economic Complexity -- 3 FDI in the Context of European Integration -- 3.1 The Case of Romania -- 3.1.1 Market-Seeking FDI: Tariffs, GDP, and National Currency -- 3.1.2 Export-Oriented FDI: Wage-Productivity Relationship and Geographic Proximity -- 3.1.3 FDI and Trade Balance of Romania -- 3.1.4 Romaniaś FDI Positions by Industry and Exports and Imports Structure -- 3.2 The Case of Slovakia -- 3.2.1 Market-Seeking FDI: Tariffs, GDP, And National Currency -- 3.2.2 Export-Oriented FDI: Wage-Productivity Relationship and Geographic Proximity -- 3.2.3 FDI and Trade Balance of Slovakia -- 3.2.4 Slovakiaś FDI Positions by Industry and Exports and Imports Structure -- 3.3 The Case of Greece -- 3.3.1 Market-Seeking FDI: Tariffs, GDP and National Currency -- 3.3.2 Export-Oriented FDI: Wage-Productivity Relationship and Geographic Proximity -- 3.3.3 FDI and Trade Balance of Greece -- 3.3.4 Greeceś FDI Positions by Industry and Exports and Imports Structure -- 4 Complexity -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Online Sources -- Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Health Systems -- 1 Background Framework -- 2 Complexity of Migrant Health Needs and an Economic Analysis -- 3 Migrant Health Status in the Health Care Debate: From the Healthy Migrant Effect to the Exhausted Migrant Effect -- 4 The Organization of the European Welfare Systems: Some Evidence -- 4.1 The Different European Welfare Systems Typologies -- 4.2 Healthcare Expenditure and Reduction of Ethnic Inequalities -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Multiple Impact of Education Gaps in Romania -- 1 Literature Review -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Findings.
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4 Interpretation -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Europeanization in the Making: Perceptions of the Economic Effects of European Integration in Romania -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Utilitarian Approach to EU Support -- 3 Soft Predictors of EU Support -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Data Presentation and Interpretation -- 5.1 The Economic Effects of EU Integration in Romania: Average Growth, Great Inequalities -- 5.2 Pessimistic Economic Evaluations and Soft Euro-Optimism -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Correction to: Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Heal... -- Correction to: Chapter 11 in: P. Dobrescu (ed.), Development in Turbulent Times, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11361-2_11.
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