Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 224-245
Author(s):  
Janet Hunter ◽  
Geoffrey Jones
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Business Corruption

Minimum wages and inequality in Mexico

2020 ◽  
pp. 573-595
Author(s):  
Alice Krozer ◽  
Stefanie Garry ◽  
Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Minimum Wages ◽  
The Other ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship

The literature on minimum wages in Mexico has focused largely on their impact on poverty, and poverty reduction, while their relationship with inequality has not been fully explored. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the status and dynamics of the minimum wage in Mexico and its relation with income inequality from a Latin American comparative perspective. In this context, we are mostly interested in juxtaposing the Mexican experience with the cases of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, as three countries of roughly comparable economic development in the region pursuing labour policies diametrically opposing those of Mexico. In light of this Mexican exceptionality, we analyse the relationship between minimum wages and inequality in the country, and what Mexico could learn from the diverging experience of the other countries, with the aim of providing some recommendations to policymakers.

Dealing by a Truculent Ally: A Comparative Perspective on China's Handling of North Korea

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
Nuclear Crisis ◽  
Made In

Fearing war on the Korean peninsula as a result of the current nuclear crisis, China has attempted to restrain its risk-taking ally in North Korea and push it toward a negotiated solution. In the process, Beijing has reneged on security commitments made in its bilateral alliance with Pyongyang. We should not be surprised by this behavior because China has acted similarly in other alliances with Asian neighbors. In particular, the PRC has demonstrated a wariness of being dragged into unwanted conflicts, has (since the economic reforms began in 1978) placed its own strategic economic development interests over fulfilling security pledges to allies, and has taught unruly allies a lesson for defying Chinese interests and advice by allowing them to be bloodied in combat. China's refusal to honor its security commitments in order to restrain North Korea and avoid entrapment in an undesired war raises the issue of the future of this alliance.

The Middle East's Democracy Deficit in Comparative Perspective

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 189-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehran Kamrava
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Democratic Transitions ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Norms And Values

AbstractThe Middle East's democracy deficit is a product of the patterns of political and economic development in the region. It is not because the region is predominantly Islamic or is somehow afflicted by purportedly undemocratic cultures. By itself, culture is not an impediment to transition to democracy as it is subject to influences from the larger polity, especially insofar as the economy and the initiatives of the state are concerned. Instead, transition to democracy is determined by the degree of society's autonomy from the state. This autonomy may result from the empowerment of society as a consequence of economic development, or the state elite's devolution of power to social actors and classes, or, more commonly, a combination of both. Assumptions about the inherently undemocratic nature of cultures such as Islamic and Confucian ones are fundamentally invalid. The key to understanding democratic transitions lies instead in the nature of state-society relations rather than the nature of society's norms and values in themselves.

scholarly journals Rural Depopulation in China: A Comparative Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingan Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Rural Depopulation ◽  
Correlation Factors

<p>Modernization of Chinese society witnessed significant retreat of primary and growth of secondary and tertiary industries. The result of rapid urbanization has been accompanied with rapid rural depopulation, context of which is currently labeled by intertwining of many correlation factors. Rural depopulation can be perceived as a social problem and as a reason or other social problems, affecting sustainable socio-economic development. In turn, rural depopulation and relevant policy-making are also interplaying, making the issue more irreversible.<strong></strong></p>

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