从泰国政治体制看泰爱泰党兴衰

泰国自1992年军人势力退出政坛以后,政党成为泰国民主政治活跃的主角.1997年金融危机给泰国社会经济以沉重打击,随后第16部宪法的出炉,给政党的发展,尤其是强势政党的形成创造了广阔的发展空间.     

为何要国外承认我国是市场经济国家?

经过长达15年的艰苦谈判,我国已于2002年参加世贸组织(WTO),成为世贸组织的正式成员.按道理,WTO成员国应一律平等,没有任何歧视,但我国参加世贸组织时,签定的协议书的第15条将中国有条件地定为非市场经济国家,而且长达15年.这就是我国还没迈进市场经济国家这个门槛,因而我国在国际贸易中仍遭受着不平等待遇.这主要表现在:     

Why growth is not enough: Household poverty dynamics in Northeast Gujarat,India

Despite high growth rates in Gujarat, exceeding 9 per cent per year over the decade of the 1990s, poverty in 36 villages located in the northeastern part of this state has changed hardly at all. In these villages, 9.5 per cent of households escaped from poverty over the past 25 years, but 6.3 per cent of households became poor at the same time. Escape and descent are not symmetric: different reasons account for escaping poverty than those for declining into poverty. Growth alone is hardly sufficient to achieve poverty reduction on any significant scale. Public policies will be needed to address directly the separate causes for descent into poverty.     

Reform,corruption, and growth: Why corruption is more devastating in Russia than in China

This article explains why massive political corruption appears to be incompatible with economic growth in Russia but compatible with very rapid economic growth in China. The common assumption is that corruption is bad for economic performance. So how can we explain the puzzling contrast between Russia and China? Is Russia being more severely “punished” for its corruption than China? If so, why? This article demonstrates that three intervening factors—comparative advantage, the organization of corruption, and the nature of rents—determines the impact of corruption on economic performance, and that these factors can explain the divergent outcomes. The article thereby offers an alternative to statist explanations of the Russia-China paradox.     

俄军费猛增为哪般

2004年底,俄罗斯政府提出高达1870亿卢布(约合66亿美元)的2005年国防预算,较上年增加27.6%也是俄政府预算总额5320亿卢布(约合190亿美元)所占份额最大一部分,这个预算已经俄议会批准.对俄军方这无疑是一个令人振奋的的消息.此次俄大幅度提升军费是苏联解体后的俄罗斯最大规模增加国防开支的行动.     

为中国荣誉而塑造完美的人生--追忆著名雕塑家程允贤将军

新年伊始,我又踏上赴老挝的旅程.在飞往万象的飞机上,从舷窗向外望去,眼前是一望无际的蓝天.俯视大地,绵延起伏的山峦层层叠叠尽收眼底.望着秀丽的景色,我不禁心潮澎湃,思绪万千.往事又一幕幕地重现在脑海中……     

法国为何对《欧盟宪法条约》说"不"?

在欧洲一体化的历史上,2005年5月29日是一个黑色的日子,因为法国在这天举行公民投票,以54.8 6%对45.14%的多数否决了<欧盟宪法条约>.作为欧盟的创始国和核心国,法国在欧盟10国业已通过<欧盟宪法条约>的情况下第一个对欧宪说"不",这表明欧宪批准进程遭到严重挫折,势必对欧洲一体化进程和法国政局造成巨大冲击.在世人感到震惊和疑惑不解之际,人们不禁要问,为什么在法兰西这样一个欧宪主要推动国里会发生"5.29"公投失败这场政治大地震呢?