Leadership and Governance in Small States: Getting Development Right - Couverture souple

Dookeran, Winston; Malaki, Akhil

 
9783639104530: Leadership and Governance in Small States: Getting Development Right
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639104536 ISBN 13 : 9783639104530
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

Nations must often take stock of their achievements and forge ahead with new directions to confront the changing realities in economics and politics. This imposes new demands and burdens on leadership. What should be the approach and the new role of leadership in fostering change and development of small states? Research is an essential task that must be undertaken to inform new directions. The value of this collection of essays lies in the experience and expertise of the authors who have acquired considerable hands-on knowledge over several decades as practitioners and intellectuals. They include people who have served as Prime Ministers and Ministers of Government, senior professionals from International Organizations, university Professors, and a Central Bank Governor. Together they draw on the changing issues of the times and provide new propositions for future directions. This book is a thoughtful study of political economy of development. A valuable, timely, stimulating and inspirational reading for political leaders, development experts and scholars; it contains the ingredients for an anticipated new global political economy within the next decade.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Nations must often take stock of their achievements and forge ahead with new directions to confront the changing realities in economics and politics. This imposes new demands and burdens on leadership. What should be the approach and the new role of leadership in fostering change and development of small states? Research is an essential task that must be undertaken to inform new directions. The value of this collection of essays lies in the experience and expertise of the authors who have acquired considerable hands-on knowledge over several decades as practitioners and intellectuals. They include people who have served as Prime Ministers and Ministers of Government, senior professionals from International Organizations, university Professors, and a Central Bank Governor. Together they draw on the changing issues of the times and provide new propositions for future directions. This book is a thoughtful study of political economy of development. A valuable, timely, stimulating and inspirational reading for political leaders, development experts and scholars; it contains the ingredients for an anticipated new global political economy within the next decade.

Biographie de l'auteur

Winston Dookeran is an Economist and Visiting Scholar at the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland. Akhil Malaki is Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Economic History, Stockholm University, where he teaches international political economy and development studies.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639104536
ISBN 13 
9783639104530
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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