Economic Development category: 2617 books
Efficiency, Finance, and Varieties of Industrial Policy
Guiding Resources, Learning, and Technology for Sustained Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Industrial policy, once relegated to resource allocation, technological improvements, and the modernization of industries, should be treated as a serious component of sustainability and developmental economics. A rich set of complimentary institutions, shared behavioral norms, and public policies...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues increasingly come to the fore. With the increased competition from globalization, the discussion is shifting to the need for greater labor market flexibility and the creation of "good" jobs. Moreover,...
No More Free Lunch
Reflections on the Cuban Economic Reform Process and Challenges for Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
In September 2010, the Cuban government decided to embark on an economic reform program, unprecedented after the Revolution in 1959. This opened up opportunities for Cuban economists and scholars to participate in the development of the reform program. Thanks to grants from SSRC (Social Sciences Research...
American Sugar Kingdom
The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean, 1898-1934
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Engaging conventional arguments that the persistence of plantations is the cause of economic underdevelopment in the Caribbean, this book focuses on the discontinuities in the development of plantation economies in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the early twentieth century. Cesar...
by John Sender, Sheila Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living...
Economic Catch-up and Technological Leapfrogging
The Path to Development and Macroeconomic Stability in Korea
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book elaborates upon the dynamic changes to Korean firms and the economy from the perspective of catch-up theory. The central premise of the book is that a latecomer’s sustained catch-up is not possible by simply following the path of the forerunners but by creating a new path or ‘leapfrogging’....
by Raja J Chelliah
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
This book brings together three essays of Dr Chelliah on reforms and poverty alleviation. Together they unravel the working of the Indian political economy and explain the causes behind persistent poverty in the country despite economic growth. The essays address the issues of effective means of poverty...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
This collection clarifies the background of land and property problems in conflict-affected settings, and explores appropriate policy measures for peace-building. While land and property problems exist in any society, they can be particularly exacerbated in conflict-affected settings – characterized...
by Francisco L Rivera-Batiz, Luis A Rivera-Batiz
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Agricultural Growth, Productivity and Regional Change in India
Challenges of globalisation, liberalisation and food insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Agriculture productivity, growth and regional change in post-colonial India from a spatial perspective are yet to be rigorously examined. In particular, the impacts of economic liberalisation, globalisation and deregulation are not being empirically investigated at a small-area level using advanced...
Inclusive Growth in Africa
Policies, Practice, and Lessons Learnt
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Inclusive Growth in Africa analyzes the concept of inclusion within the challenges facing Africa’s rapidly growing economies, where rising affluence for some has been accompanied almost everywhere with rising inequality.
Using a combination of political economy analyses, sector studies...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
This book presents a variety of research papers on factories’ locations, city systems, and regional development. Consisting of three parts, it provides insights into the locational aspects of firms’ activities from a strategic perspective. Part 1 discusses decision-making in the context of location,...
Sustaining Prosperity, Nature and Wellbeing
What do the Indicators Tell Us?
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
This book explores what is needed for an overall evaluation of the prosperity and wellbeing of people within a framework of sustaining the economy, environment and development.
The book begins by assessing the validity of available data, indicators and indices in decision and policy making....
2015 Estimation of Agricultural Productivity and Annual Update of Competitiveness Analysis for Greater China
Optimising Agricultural Productivity and Promoting Innovation Driven Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Although the successful economic transformation and reform of China since the 1970s could be regarded as a triumph in human history, China has now entered into the New Normal Era and encountered some slow-down in recent years. The perspective of China's growth under the New Normal Era is relevant...