Economic Development category: 2617 books
Rethinking Law and Development
The Chinese experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
This book is the result of the collective effort of some of the foremost experts and scholars of Chinese law, Asian law, and Chinese economics and carefully examines the relationship between law and China’s economic development. Serious inquiries and candid opinions of the contributors have made...
Producer Services in China
Economic and Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
In the past three decades, China has experienced an unprecedented pace of economic and urban development. It’s economy is now transforming from one based on manufacturing industries towards the producer services, with the importance of these services in the national and regional economy being recognized...
A General Theory of Economic Development
Towards a Capitalist Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
This book makes the bold attempt at proposing a new general theory of economic development. The main premise is that economic institutions and policies must embody ‘economic discrimination’ if there is to be any chance of real economic development. By economic discrimination, the author means ‘treating...
Local Economic Development in the Changing World
The Experience of Southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Over the last two decades the concept and practice of Local Economic Development (LED) has gained widespread acceptance around the world as a locally-based response to the challenges posed by globalization, devolution, local-level opportunities, and economic crises. Support for local economic development...
South Korea in the Fast Lane
Economic Development and Capital Formation
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2007
After having been a Japanese colony for more than 35 years until 1945, the miraculous economic development in the southern half of the Korean peninsula has multiplied the nation's output nearly 38 times and expanded per capita income by 16 times from $778 to $12,422 (in year 2000 prices) and transformed...
The Economic Development of Europe's Regions
A Quantitative History since 1900
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
This book is the first quantitative description of Europe’s economic development at a regional level over the entire twentieth century. Based on a new and comprehensive set of data, it brings together a group of leading economic historians in order to describe and analyze the development of European...
by Joseph Michael Pogodzinski, Richard M. Kos
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Economic Development and GIS shows why geographic information system (GIS) software is an essential tool for economic development planning and analysis. This book describes economic development policy problems then follows with methods and techniques to solve them with GIS. Featuring Esri Business Analyst...
Technological Development in Industry
A Business-Economic Survey and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2013
Technological Development in Industry: A Business-Economic Survey and Analysis
This is a detailed research-based study of technological change in manufacturing firms and industries. It covers processes of invention and innovation; how industrial technological developments affect jobs, firms,...
by Steven Langdon, Archibald R.M. Ritter, Yiagadeesen Samy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa is at a turning point. The barriers to economic growth seen in the 1980-2000 era are disappearing and new optimism is spreading. However, difficult goals of eliminating poverty, achieving equity and overcoming environmental threats continue. This much-needed and insightful textbook...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Written in honour of Kaushik Basu, Markets, Governance, and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development is a celebration of over forty years of contributions to development economics. Written by Professor Basu's past and present collaborators and research students it offers original insights...
by Brian H. Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This tool kit provides a framework and tools for conducting rapid assessments to prepare city economic development plans in Asian cities. An analytical framework guides the reader through a series of steps for three analytical and assessment processes. These are designed to prepare economic profiles;...
by Sarah Y Tong, Jing Wan
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
This book examines the recent development and prospect of the Chinese economy as the country adapts to changing domestic and external settings. After more than three decades of near double-digit annual expansion, the country's growth decelerated considerably to enter a new era of the so-called New...
2014 Regional Competitiveness Analysis and a Master Plan on Regional Development Strategies for India
Annual Competitiveness Update and Evidence on Economic Development Model for Selected States of India
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
This book by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) presents the inaugural regional competitiveness analysis for the five regions of India as a basis for the Master Plan on Strategic Regional Economic Development using regional classifications as defined by the Confederation of Indian Industry....
Latecomer Development
Innovation and Knowledge for Economic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
The most important issue for development centres on the debate about the centrality of knowledge, technology and innovation to the process of economic development. While this much is broadly agreed, what is at issue is the precise mechanics of overcoming economic development challenges in different...