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Development in Turbulent Times : The Many Faces of Inequality Within Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dobrescu, Paul.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Development in Turbulent Times
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Part I:: Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates
  • Introduction
  • 1 Why Development?
  • References
  • Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not?
  • 2.1 Poverty and Inequality
  • 2.2 Explaining Different Development Trajectories
  • 3 What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development?
  • 3.1 Literacy, Education and Health
  • 3.2 Gender and Development
  • 3.3 Agriculture and Food
  • 3.4 Infrastructure
  • 3.5 Legal Framework and Equity
  • 4 The Future of Development
  • 4.1 Our Common Future
  • Bibliography
  • Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Disconnect Between Research and Reality
  • 2.1 Complicated, Complex, and Hard to Measure
  • 3 Distinguishing the Hard-to-Measure Aspects of Development: Four Dimensions
  • 3.1 Abstract, Multi-Dimensional Concepts, Processes, and Issues
  • 3.2 Challenging Settings
  • 3.3 Multiple Uncertain Pathways of Change
  • 3.4 Multi-Layer Implementing Structures
  • 3.5 Commonalities and Intersections Among Hard-to-Measure Dimensions
  • 4 Discussion and Conclusions
  • 4.1 The Feasibility of More?
  • 4.2 Relational and Political Factors Affecting Measurement
  • References
  • Get It Right This Time? Leaving the Periphery of the European Economic Development
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 At the Periphery of the European Development: Romaniaś Economic Growth, With the Parking Brake Pulled Up
  • 3 In Search of the Appropriate Strategy of Economic Development
  • 4 Economic Development Driven by Exports: A Mandatory Challenge for Emerging Romania
  • 5 Instead of Conclusions: About the Power to Restart
  • References
  • Online Sources.
  • ``Nous Choisissons LÉurope:́́ EUś Economic Development and Current Challenges
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Economic Survival Strategies for EUROPE 4.0
  • 2.1 Crisis Hits: First Aid Kit
  • 2.2 Lagging Behind in Consumption
  • 2.3 Economic Drivers
  • 2.4 Trade Relations with Historical Partners: Implications for Brexit
  • 3 Perspectives
  • References
  • European Imbalances: The Sound and the Fury
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Flawed View
  • 3 The Disastrous View
  • 4 The Cynical View
  • 5 The Comprehensive View
  • 6 A Conclusion About Recent Reforms and Proposals
  • References
  • Unable to Stop Inequality from Rising: Evidence from Romania
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Towards a Second ``Gilded Age:́́ Trends in National and Global Inequality
  • 3 The Economic and Social Consequences of Inequality
  • 4 Inequality in Romania
  • 5 Inequality and Development in Romania: Worrying Trends
  • References
  • Online Sources
  • Part II: Challenges and Opportunities for Development in the Post-Crisis Period
  • The East-West Divide in the European Union: A Development Divide Reframed as a Political One
  • 1 A World in Flux
  • 2 The Eastward Enlargement: A Transition from One International Regime to Another
  • 3 The East-West Divide in Data
  • 3.1 Economic Development Patterns
  • 3.2 Social Development Patterns
  • 4 The East-West Divide: Consequences for the Future of the EU
  • References
  • New Frontiers in Sovereign Wealth Fund Capitalization
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Overview
  • 3 New Sources of Funding and Revenue Streams
  • 4 Remittance Inflows: Challenges and Opportunities
  • 5 Bangladesh
  • 6 Purpose of a Bangladeshi SWF: Remittances as a Funding Channel
  • 7 Economic and Political Rationale for a Bangladeshi SWF
  • 8 Armenia
  • 9 Capitalizing a Fund Through Restructuring State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs): Cases of Indonesia and Turkey
  • 10 Conclusion
  • References.
  • The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on FDI Attractiveness: Romania, Slovakia and Greece in Comparison
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Theoretical Frameword
  • 2.1 Main FDI Categories
  • 2.2 FDI and Economic Complexity
  • 3 FDI in the Context of European Integration
  • 3.1 The Case of Romania
  • 3.1.1 Market-Seeking FDI: Tariffs, GDP, and National Currency
  • 3.1.2 Export-Oriented FDI: Wage-Productivity Relationship and Geographic Proximity
  • 3.1.3 FDI and Trade Balance of Romania
  • 3.1.4 Romaniaś FDI Positions by Industry and Exports and Imports Structure
  • 3.2 The Case of Slovakia
  • 3.2.1 Market-Seeking FDI: Tariffs, GDP, And National Currency
  • 3.2.2 Export-Oriented FDI: Wage-Productivity Relationship and Geographic Proximity
  • 3.2.3 FDI and Trade Balance of Slovakia
  • 3.2.4 Slovakiaś FDI Positions by Industry and Exports and Imports Structure
  • 3.3 The Case of Greece
  • 3.3.1 Market-Seeking FDI: Tariffs, GDP and National Currency
  • 3.3.2 Export-Oriented FDI: Wage-Productivity Relationship and Geographic Proximity
  • 3.3.3 FDI and Trade Balance of Greece
  • 3.3.4 Greeceś FDI Positions by Industry and Exports and Imports Structure
  • 4 Complexity
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Online Sources
  • Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Health Systems
  • 1 Background Framework
  • 2 Complexity of Migrant Health Needs and an Economic Analysis
  • 3 Migrant Health Status in the Health Care Debate: From the Healthy Migrant Effect to the Exhausted Migrant Effect
  • 4 The Organization of the European Welfare Systems: Some Evidence
  • 4.1 The Different European Welfare Systems Typologies
  • 4.2 Healthcare Expenditure and Reduction of Ethnic Inequalities
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • The Multiple Impact of Education Gaps in Romania
  • 1 Literature Review
  • 2 Methodology
  • 3 Findings.
  • 4 Interpretation
  • 5 Discussion
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Europeanization in the Making: Perceptions of the Economic Effects of European Integration in Romania
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Utilitarian Approach to EU Support
  • 3 Soft Predictors of EU Support
  • 4 Methodology
  • 5 Data Presentation and Interpretation
  • 5.1 The Economic Effects of EU Integration in Romania: Average Growth, Great Inequalities
  • 5.2 Pessimistic Economic Evaluations and Soft Euro-Optimism
  • 6 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Correction to: Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Heal...
  • Correction to: Chapter 11 in: P. Dobrescu (ed.), Development in Turbulent Times, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11361-2_11.

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