Wolf on the Prowl

📖 The Scoop

WOLF ON THE Prowl covers the period since July 2007. Earlier political and economic developments in Mongolia by Ian Jeffries are to be found in A Guide to the Socialist Economies, London: Routledge, 1990; Socialist Economies and the Transition to the Market, London: Routledge, 1993; A Guide to the Economies in Transition, London: Routledge, 1996; Economies in Transition: A Guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, London: Routledge, 2001; Mongolia: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments. London: Routledge, 2007. Alan Jarvis of Routledge has given permission for this new book to be published by Amazon.A word constraint per volume means that the Wolf on the Prowl is divided into two parts:Part 1 covers the following topic: history and geography; political developments from 1924 to the early post-communist period; demographic, religious and cultural background; diplomatic developments; Press Freedom Index; embalming of communist leaders; flags of convenience; climate change; naleds; bird (avian) flu and swine flu; a chronology of political developments since July 2007. Part 2 covers economic developments: South Korean economic model; privatization; foreign trade; foreign direct investment (volume; developments); foreign aid; agriculture; economic performance (including growth, inflation, unemployment, poverty and the grey economy); postscript; bibliography; index.Vital global topics are covered in Wolf on the Prowl, including the so-called "resource curse" and how the spoils of vast natural resources are to be divided up between national states and international mining companies. In particular the dispute between Mongolia and Rio Tinto is fully covered.

Genre: Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development (fancy, right?)