Judul asli : The reign of greed
Are newly established presidential democraties doomed to fail? In support of their positive answer to this question, advocates of parliamentarism point out that these regimes trend to last longer than presidential ones. This book takes a contrary vies. It argues that most of the reasons offered for the poor survival record of presidential democracies – that they are prone to deadlocks, offer …
This book reports on the status and evolution of human opportunity in Latin America and The Caribbean. It builds on the 2008 publication in several directions. First, it uses newly available data to expand the set of opportunities and personal circumstances under analysis. Second, it compares human opportunity in the region with that in developed countries. And third, it looks at human opportun…
Indeks
This book is based economics growth is the most impotant driver of poverty reduction and improved living standards. Such growth, however, only occurs when firms and entrepreneurs of all types are given appropriate incentives to invest productively in human and physical capacity and to heighten the productivity of factor inputs. A strong investment climate is a platform for economic success. Thi…