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  • AFRICAN SUCCESSES, VOLUME II
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate ...

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  • AFRICAN SUCCESSES, VOLUME I
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate ...

    $2,062.22

  • AFRICAN SUCCESSES, VOLUME III
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate ...

    $2,062.22

  • AFRICAN SUCCESSES, VOLUME IV
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet Africa has made considerable progress in the past decade, with a GDP growth rate ...

    $2,062.22

  • THE ECONOMICS OF CRIME
    RAFAEL DI TELLA AND SEBASTIAN EDWARDS AND ERNESTO SCHARGRODSKY (EDITORS)
    Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation, there has been a lack of systematic effort to study crime in the region or the effectiveness of policies designed to tackle it. The Economics of Crime is a powerful corrective to this academic blind spot and makes an important ...

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  • LEFT BEHIND
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    The political and economic history of Latin America has been marked by great hopes and even greater disappointments. Despite abundant resources—and a history of productivity and wealth—in recent decades the region has fallen further and further behind developed nations, surpassed even by other developing economies in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. In Left Behind, Sebastian Edwar...

    $366.87

  • CAPITAL CONTROLS AND CAPITAL FLOWS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Some scholars argue that the free movement of capital across borders enhances welfare; others claim it represents a clear peril, especially for emerging nations. In Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies, an esteemed group of contributors examines both the advantages and the pitfalls of restricting capital mobility in these emerging nations. In the aftermath o...

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  • THE DECLINE OF LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIES
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Latin America’s economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the wealthiest nations in the world in the nineteenth century are now the most crisis-prone has long puzzled economists and historians. The Decline of Latin American Economies examines the reality behind the ...

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  • PREVENTING CURRENCY CRISES IN EMERGING MARKETS
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Economists and policymakers are still trying to understand the lessons recent financial crises in Asia and other emerging market countries hold for the future of the global financial system. In this timely and important volume, distinguished academics, officials in multilateral organizations, and public and private sector economists explore the causes of and effective policy re...

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  • FINANCIAL MARKETS VOLATILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    Capital mobility is a double-edged sword for emerging economies, as governments must weigh the benefits of investment against the potential economic costs and political consequences of currency crises, devaluations, and instability. Financial Markets Volatility and Performance in Emerging Markets addresses the delicate balance between capital mobility and capital controls as de...

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  • CAPITAL FLOWS AND THE EMERGING ECONOMIES
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    The 1990s witnessed several acute currency crises among developing nations that invariably spread to other nearby at-risk countries. These episodes—in Mexico, Thailand, South Korea, Russia, and Brazil—were all exacerbated by speculative foreign investments and high-volume movements of capital in and out of those countries. Insufficient domestic controls and a sluggish internati...

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  • ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT AND EXCHANGE RATES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    SEBASTIAN EDWARDS
    In spite of the attention paid exchange rates in recent economic debates on developing countries, relatively few studies have systematically analyzed in detail the various ramifications of exchange rate policy in these countries. In this new volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research, leading economists use rigorous models to tackle various exchange rate issues, while...

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