Small economies and global economics / J. Ram Pillarisetti ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pillarisetti, J. Ram.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

States, Small--Economic conditions.

States, Small.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Small nations are facing increasing challenges and some new opportunities in a globalising world. This book disseminates knowledge and information about the challenges that small nations or groups of small nations are facing and how they are responding to the challenges posed by growing globalisation.

Contents:

Intro

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 WORLD

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 Associate

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 COUNTRIES

PROFILING ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ANDRESILIENCE IN SMALL STATES: CONCEPTUALUNDERPINNINGS

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

REFERENCES.

THE PERILS OF RESOURCE RICHESIN A SMALL COUNTRY:OIL IN SÃO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE

2. DUTCH DISEASE AND POLICY RESPONSE3

2.1. How Fast to Exploit the Oil

2.2. How to Spend the Mineral Revenues

3. SÃO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE'S EXISTING RESOURCE BASE ANDCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE

3.1. Areas of Investment for Future Production and Diversification

4. CONCLUSION

THE TRAGEDY OF NAURU: A MICROCOSMOF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN INCREASINGRESOURCE EXPLOITATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

2. TRADITIONAL NAURUAN CULTURE

3. NAURU ENTERS THE MODERN WORLD

4. HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY:NAURU AS A MICROCOSM OF THESE GLOBAL CRISES

5. 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

THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF BIOMASS ENERGYIN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLISLAND ECONOMIES: THE CASE FOR TUVALU

2. BACKGROUND

2.1. Economy

3. CURRENT ENERGY SUPPLY AND USE IN TUVALU

3.1. Current Biomass Energy Use and Availability of Unused BiomassResidues in Tuvalu

3.2. Continued Traditional Use of Biomass Energy

4. ESTIMATE OF COCONUT PRODUCTION

5. ESTIMATE OF UNUSED PIG WASTE FOR BIOGASS IN TUVALU

6. PROBLEMS / CONSTRAINTS AND STRATEGIES FOR BIOMASSENERGY IMPLEMENTATION

6.1. Management and Service Provision

7. CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AID TO SMALL FRAGILE ECONOMIES:ALLOCATION AND EFFECTIVENESS ISSUES

2. HOW SHOULD AID BE ALLOCATED?

3. HOW IS AID ALLOCATED?

4. FACTORING-IN FRAGILITY: WHERE TO FROM HERE?.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTCHALLENGES IN TONGA:TRADE, AID AND REMITTANCE

2. MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE ECONOMY

2.1. Economic Growth and Development

2.2. Contribution of Trade Sectors

3. ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF OUTPUT VOLATILITYAND VULNERABILITY

4. FOREIGN AID, REMITTANCES AND POLICIES IN TONGA

4.1. Foreign Aid

4.2. Private Remittances

4.3. Policies and Reforms

SMALL ECONOMIES AND POVERTY REDUCTION:HOW RELEVANT IS THE MDG POVERTY TARGET?

2. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE

3. HOW USEFUL IS THE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEAT THE NATIONAL LEVEL?

4. POVERTY REDUCTION IN SMALL ECONOMIES

Caribbean Small Economies

Pacific Small Economies

African Small Economies

Other Small Economies

APPENDIX 1. SMALL ECONOMIES BY POPULATION,POPULATION RANK AND GNP PER CAPITA

THE IMPACTS OF AN INCREASE IN TROPICALCYCLONE ACTIVITY ON TOURISM IN MAURITIUS

2. THE CHOICE PROBLEM OF AN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST

3. DATA AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES

3.1. Travel Cost (P)

3.2. Income (Y)

3.3. Population (Z)

3.4. Biodiversity (B)

3.5. Extreme Weather Conditions (N)

APPENDIX

THE ADVANTAGES OF DIVERSIFICATION:PROFIT/SITE VERSUS MIRABSMALL-ISLAND PROFILES

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

3. METHODOLOGY

4. RESULTS: PERFORMANCE

5. DIVERSIFICATION

6. CONCLUSION

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF ECOTOURISM INBRUNEI DARUSSALAM: VIEWS OF THE VISITORS

PROSPECTS OF ECOTOURISM

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

VISITOR PROFILE AND VISIT CHARACTERISTICS

VISITOR PERCEPTIONS OF IMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT CONCERNS.

POLICY DIRECTIONS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

CONCLUSIONS

SAVINGS, INVESTMENT, POLICIES AND GROWTH:ISSUES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FIJI

2. LITERATURE REVIEW:SAVINGS-INVESTMENT-GROWTH PERSPECTIVES

3. ECONOMIC GROWTH FACTORS IN FIJI: TRENDS AND PATTERNS

3.1. Labour and Capital Accumulation

3.2. Savings and Investment Performance

4. ECONOMIC POLICY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES

5. EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION: DATA, METHODOLOGY AND MODELS

6. EMPIRICAL RESULTS: PRIVATE SAVINGS FUNCTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

"FIJI, YOU ARE THE WAY THE WORLD SHOULDBE"- SO WHY IS EVERYONE LEAVING?FORECASTING FIJI-AUSTRALIA MIGRATIONOVER THE NEXT DECADE

2. TRENDS IN OUTWARD MIGRATION FROM FIJI

3. METHODOLOGY AND MODE

3.1. Methodology

3.2. Model

4. EMPIRICAL RESULTS

4.1. Forecasts

WHY ARE TAX HAVENS IN SMALL STATES?

2. RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

3. DOMESTIC POLITICS

4. LEGAL LABORATORIES

5. ISOLATION FROM OPPOSITION

THE JOYS AND WOES OF ECONOMIC REFORM INA MICROSTATE: THE CASE OF THE COOK ISLANDS

VULNERABILITY

A CASE OF BUOYANCY?

EARLY HISTORY

A MICROSTATE EMERGES

ONGOING CHALLENGES AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES

ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING

LESSONS FOR PRIVATIZATION IN MICRO-ECONOMIES

REGIONAL BASED RESPONSES

CONCLUSION

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ADJUSTMENT IN GUYANA:IS THERE A ROLE FOR INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS?

2. FROM ACCOMMODATING FINANCING TO ADJUSTMENT?

2.1. The Pre-Reform Period

2.2. Adjustment under the ERP

3. INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND ADJUSTMENT

TOWARDS DEMOCRACY:REBUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCEAND INSTITUTIONS IN TIMOR-LESTE

2. CONTEXT AND HISTORY9

2.1. Location and People

2.2. Occupation and Invasion

2.3. Political Parties

2.4. Agricultural and Subsistence Based Economy

2.5. Land Tenure Systems

3. 1999 CHAOS: LAND AND PROPERTY DESTRUCTIONAND MASS DISPLACEMENT

4. UNITED NATIONS AND LAND POLICY

4.1. Policy Omissions

4.2. Constitution Written

5. 2006 VIOLENCE AND LAND: THE CRITICAL PRIZE?

5.1. Causes of Violence

5.2. Old Grievances: Cultural/Ethnic Splits

5.3. Hope for the Future?

APPENDIX 1:TIME LINE OF KEY EVENTS IN THE EAST TIMOR HISTORY

GLOBALIZATION AND GOVERNANCE:CHALLENGES FOR SMALL STATES

2. IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATIONFOR GROWTH IN SMALL STATES

3. DEFINING GOOD GOVERNANCE

4. COMMON POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL STATES

Relative Democratic

Proportionally Large Governments and Political Centralization

High Degree of Social Cohesion

External Dependency

5. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEBATE

6. GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL STATESTO SURVIVE GLOBALIZATION

Decentralisation

More Regional Cooperation

Maintaining a Certain Degree of Autonomy

CATCHING UP PROCESS IN THE CASE OF SMALLPOST-SOCIALIST ECONOMY:THE LESSONS OF ESTONIA

1.1. A framework for Exploring Economic Convergence and Catching UpProcesses

2. THE CORNERSTONES OF ESTONIAN ECONOMIC POLICY ANDTHE RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS

2.1. Initial Conditions and Main Policy Options

2.2. Recent Development of the Estonian Economy

3. CATCHING UP PROCESS OF THE ESTONIAN ECONOMY

3.1. Income Convergence toward EU-15 Average Level.

3.2. Convergence Program and Shifts to Innovationbased EconomicDevelopment.

Notes:

Includes errata for "Small economies and global economies : the case of Gabon / Marcellin Ndong Ntah" on computer disk (3 1/2 in.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61668-092-X

OCLC:

841171664