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  Healing the Wounded Giant

  Maintaining Military Preeminence while Cutting the Defense Budget

  Michael E. O'Hanlon, May 2013

  In Healing the Wounded Giant, the newest entry in Brookings’ long line of defense budget analyses, Michael O’Hanlon considers the best balance between fiscal responsibility and national security in a period of continued economic stress.

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  Public Sector Shock: The Impact of Policy Retrenchment in Europe

  Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, ed., April 2013

  This volume provides an in-depth overview of the effects of the public sector adjustments currently being carried out by most European governments. The aim is to curb public deficits, and they involve significant cuts in jobs and wages as well as in education and training. These reforms have given rise to waves of protest throughout Europe. This volume studies this “public sector shock.”

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  Working towards Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Decent Work and Social Inclusion in a Green Economy

  April 2013

  This report demonstrates that employment and social inclusion must be integral parts of any sustainable development strategy and must be included in policies that address climate change and ensure the preservation of the environment.

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  Managing Borders in an Increasingly Borderless World

  Randall Hansen and Demetrios G. Papademetriou , eds., April 2013

  This volume brings together perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic on what border security means in practice. It addreses the challenges that continue to evade policymakers and assesses which policies have been most—and least—successful in achieving “secure” borders while also allowing for the movement of people and commerce.

• Cyber Security and Global Interdependence: What is Critical?

  Dave Clemente, April 2013

  This report looks at traditional concepts of critical infrastructure and the extent countries depend upon infrastructure over which they have little control. It analyzes significant cyber security challenges related to these growing dependencies, and develops a more meaningful understanding of what is critical.

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  How Can Talent Abroad Induce Development at Home? Towards a Pragmatic Diaspora Agenda

  Yevgeny Kuznetsov, ed., April 2013

  This volume develops a pragmatic approach to the engagement of highly skilled members of the diaspora for the benefit of their countries of origin. The book is based on empirical work in middle-income economies such as those in Argentina, Mexico, and Russia, as well as in high-income countries such as South Korea, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

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  Affordable Excellence

  The Singapore Health Care System

  William Haseltine, April 2013

  Affordable Excellence examines how Singapore succeeded in setting up a health system that has become one of the best in the world, delivering high quality care at a fraction of the cost of most First World systems.

• Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2013: With Perspectives on China and India

  April 2013

  This edition of the Southeast Asian Economic Outlook examines medium-term growth prospects, recent macroeconomic policy challenges, and structural challenges including human capital, infrastructure, and small- and medium-sized business development. It also looks at economic disparities between and within countries in the region.

• OECD Economic Surveys: China 2013

  April 2013

  OECD Economic Surveys are the OECD’s periodic reviews of member and selected nonmember economies. This edition provides a comprehensive analysis of recent developments, policies, and prospects in China.

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  Development Aid Confronts Politics: The Almost Revolution

  Thomas Carothers and Diane de Gramont, April 2013

  In Development Aid Confronts Politics, Thomas Carothers and Diane de Gramont ask whether aid can achieve a productive synthesis of political and socioeconomic concerns. Their thought-provoking study illuminates the multiple meanings of “working politically” in development assistance.

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  Getting to Scale

  How to Bring Development Solutions to Millions of Poor People

  Laurence Chandy, Akio Hosono, Homi Kharas and Johannes F. Linn, eds., April 2013

  Getting to Scale improves our understanding of how scaling up can be achieved and what the international community can do to support the process.

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  Aid for Trade at a Glance 2011: Showing Results

  April 2013

  This joint OECD-WTO publication provides a comprehensive analysis of trends and developments in aid that aims to help developing countries integrate into the global economy and benefit from trade opportunities.

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  A Practical Guide to Trade Policy Analysis

  April 2013

  This practical guide introduces the main techniques of trade and trade policy data analysis.

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  Trade Patterns and Global Value Chains in East Asia: From Trade in Goods to Trade in Tasks

  April 2013

  This publication, jointly produced by the WTO and the Institute of Developing Economies–Japan External Trade Organization (IDE–JETRO), focuses on the factors that have helped to shape global productions.

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  Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries (1995-2011), 2012 Edition

  April 2013

  This volume provides a succinct summary of the key findings of every dispute panel report up to the end of 2011 and, where applicable, the subsequent Appellate Body report.

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  Trade and Climate Change

  April 2013

  This publication uniquely examines the intersection between trade and climate change from four different but correlated perspectives: the science of climate change, economic aspects, multilateral efforts to tackle climate change, and national climate change policies and their trade effect.

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  Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development

  Michael Rushton (editor) and Rocco Landesman (foreword), eds., April 2013

  Using original data and quantitative and qualitative methods, the contributors to Creative Communities investigate the arts as an engine for transforming communities and as an integral, measurable component of the U.S. economy.

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  Enforcement in the EU Single Market

  Jacques Pelkmans, Anabela Correia de Brito and Malcolm Harbour, April 2013

  Enforcement of, and compliance with, laws and regulations in the single market of the European Union are of crucial economic importance for business, consumers, and the EU economy at large. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current EU enforcement landscape.

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  Regulation of European Banks and Business Models: Towards a New Paradigm?

  Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak, Willem Pieter de Goren and David T. Llewellyn, April 2013

  This analysis provides policy-makers with guidance to reinforce the evolving regulatory framework in European banking.

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  A Legal and Economic Assessment of European Takeover Regulation

  Christophe Clerc, Fabrice Demarigny, Diego Valiante and Mirzha de Manuel Aramendia, April 2013

  Taking as its point of departure the EU Directive on takeover bids, this book considers the legal and economic foundations of takeover regulation and its role in promoting economic growth and competitiveness.

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  Rethinking Asset Management

  From Financial Stability to Investor Protection and Economic Growth

  April 2013

  Rethinking Asset Management provides a comprehensive assessment of the future of the investment management industry in Europe after the subprime crisis and the subsequent regulatory response.

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  The Sovereign Debt Crisis

  Placing a Curb on Growth

  April 2013

  Saddled with often high debt burdens and modest growth prospects, developed countries must now rebalance their government budgets. Faced with this dilemma, Japan and the United States have pursued growth policies while the euro-area members are quickly trying to rebalance their budgets. The Sovereign Debt Crisis explores the respective risks associated with these two strategies.

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  Time to Set Banking Regulation Right

  April 2013

  Time to Set Banking Regulation Right argues that the new Basel III Accord and the ensuing EU Capital Requirements Directive IV fail to correct the two main shortcomings of international prudential rules: reliance on banks’ risk management models for the calculation of capital requirements and the lack of accountability by supervisors.

• A Growing Force: Civil Society's Role in Asian Regional Security

  Rizal Sukma and James Gannon, eds., April 2013

  A Growing Force explores how civil society organizations are contributing in five areas—piracy, disaster relief, human trafficking, health, and climate change—in order to diagnose how they are helping and what can be done to make them more effective.

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  Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability

  Sanjeev Khagram, Archon Fung and Paolo de Renzio, eds., April 2013

  Sanjeev Khagram, Archon Fung, Paolo de Renzio, and their contributors explicate political economy factors that have brought about greater transparency and participation in budget settings across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.