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  • Chronic Condition

    Why Canada's Health Care System Needs To Be Dragged Into The 21c

    by Jeffrey Simpson ...
    Medicare is the third rail of Canadian politics. Touch it and you die. Every politician knows this truism, which is why no one wants to debate it. Privately, many of them understand that the health care system, which costs about $200 billion a year in public and private money, cannot continue as it is-increasingly ill-adapted to an aging population with public costs growing faster than government ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Intellectual Property And Development: Lessons From Recent Economic Research

    by Maskus Keith E.; Fink Carsten ...
    International policies towards protecting intellectual property rights have seen profound changes over the past two decades. Rules on how to protect patents, copyright, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property have become a standard component of international trade agreements. Most significantly, during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986-94), members of what is ... Read more

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  • Limitarianism

    The Case Against Extreme Wealth

    by Ingrid Robeyns ...
    *A NEW YORKER, ESQUIRE, HISTORY TODAY AND THE CONVERSATION BOOK OF THE YEAR*‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinson'One of the most talked-about books to the moment … Limitarianism floats the heretical idea that fixing society isn’t just about saving the poorest from destitution, but about putting a cap on how much the r... ... Read more

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  • Financing Energy Efficiency: Lessons From Brazil, China, India, And Beyond

    by Taylor Robert P.; Govindarajalu Chandrasekar; Levin Jeremy ; Meyer Anke S.; Ward William A. ...
    While energy efficiency projects could partly meet new energy demand more cheaply than new supplies, weak economic institutions in developing and transitional economies impede developing and financing energy efficiency retrofits. This book analyzes these difficulties, suggests a 3-part model for projectizing and financing energy efficiency retrofits, and presents thirteen case studies to ... Read more

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  • State Building

    Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. What can be done to help? The problem of weak states and the need for state-building has existed for many years, but it has been urgent since September 11 and Afghanistan and Iraq.The formation of proper public institutions, such as an ... Read more

    $11.79 CAD

  • How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets

    by Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, E.R. Yescombe, Javier Encinas ...
    Unlock successful public-private partnerships in emerging markets. This guide provides a realistic overview of the steps to engage and manage PPPs, offering a framework to navigate requirements and challenges.Learn how to select the right projects, secure financing, and mitigate risks. Discover strategies for effective contract management and stakeholder engagement. Gain insights into policy and ... Read more

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  • PAP v. PAP

    The Party’s Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore

    by Cherian George, Donald Low ...
    The 2020 General Election results have raised expectations that Singapore will transition to a more competitive democracy. But this is far from preordained. Nor is there a clear societal consensus that the city-state needs this amid a pandemic and its deepest economic crisis since independence.For now, the People’s Action Party still controls all the levers of power. With the opposition still not ... Read more

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  • Fintech and Financial Services

    Initial Considerations

    by Dong He, Ross B Leckow, Vikram Haksar, Tommaso Mancini Griffoli, Nigel Jenkinson, Mikari Kashima, Tanai Khiaonarong, Celine Rochon, Hervé Tourpe ...
    A new wave of technological innovations, often called “fintech,” is accelerating change in the financial sector. What impact might fintech have on financial services, and how should regulation respond? This paper sets out an economic framework for thinking through the channels by which fintech might provide solutions that respond to consumer needs for trust, security, privacy, and better services, ... Read more

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  • Introducing Globalization

    Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration

    by Matthew Sparke ...
    Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, inviting them to become participants rather than just passive learners.Identifies and explores the major economic, political and social ties that comprise contemporary global interdependencyExamines a broad sweep of topics, from the rise of ... Read more

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  • Manual on Fiscal Transparency

    by International Monetary Fund ...
    This Manual provides guidance on the implementation of the Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency by setting out its principles and practices in detail, and establishing priorities for improving fiscal transparency. Serving as a reference for economists and financial analysts on the various aspects of fiscal transparency, the Manual includes a section on open budget preparation, execution, ... Read more

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