Economic Development category: 2617 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
This book discusses the influence of technological and institutional change on development and growth, the impact on innovation of labor markets, the spatial distribution of innovation dynamics, and the meaning of knowledge generation and knowledge diffusion processes for development policies. The...
by Kurt Dopfer, Jason Potts
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2007
The first book to chart the development of the field of evolutionary economics, this book provides an integrated generic framework to define the rules of an economic system; how they are coordinated and the causes and consequences of their change.Packed with pedagogical features including essay and tutorial questions, case studies and an extensive
Mining and Social Transformation in Africa
Mineralizing and Democratizing Trends in Artisanal Production
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
After more than three decades of economic malaise, many African countries are experiencing an upsurge in their economic fortunes linked to the booming international market for minerals. Spurred by the shrinking viability of peasant agriculture, rural dwellers have been engaged in a massive search...
Urban Growth in Emerging Economies
Lessons from the BRICS
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Along with globalization, urban transitions have been central in the southward shift in economic power towards the newly emerging economies. As this book shows, however, these transitions have not been painless, and it is important for the rest of the urbanizing world to learn from the mistakes. It...
The Costs of Corruption
Strategies for Ending a Tax on Private-sector Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Corruption remains a priority area for both the private sector and development implementers. However, there is no consensus on actionable steps toward addressing it on a global level. This issue is especially important in the context of international trade and development as the private sector plays...
The United Nations in Latin America
Aiding Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
The United Nations has increased its worldwide efforts to promote sustainable development. In this book, noted scholar Francis Adams examines the United Nations' actions in Latin America, particularly in light of meeting basic human needs, promoting gender equity, and preserving natural environments....
by Ibrahim Elbadawi, Hoda Selim
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
For over eighty years the Arab region has derived massive wealth from its natural resources, yet the region's economies remain little diversified, while the oil market is experiencing major structural shifts with the advent of shale gas. Moreover, the resource itself is eventually exhaustible. Under...
Economic Reform in India
Challenges, Prospects, and Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
The essays in this volume are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They collectively emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for sustained growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is vitally dependent on the nature of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
First published in 1975, this book provides a straightforward examination of regional differences and regional development in the countries of Western Europe. Professor Clout divides this into two parts. The first examines a series of themes with reference to the whole of Western Europe, and the...
World Scientific Reference on Globalisation in Eurasia and the Pacific Rim
Volume 1: Foreign InvestmentVolume 2: InnovationVolume 3: Energy: Policy, Legal and Social-Economic Issues under the Dimensions of Sustainability and SecurityVolume 4: Migration: Economic Drivers of Contemporary Labour Mobility in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This multi-volume set focuses on a key region of the world which contains four of the biggest emerging economies, a large number of highly dynamic small- and medium-sized emerging economies, and one of the leading advanced industrial countries. It is a region which contains some of the biggest hydrocarbon...
The Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in Transition Economies
Land, Peasants and Rural Poverty in Transition
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Rural poverty is a phenomenon that is widespread yet often ignored by policy makers and researchers. This edited volume looks critically at rural poverty in Central Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, China and Vietnam in relation to land reform, farm restructuring and the development...
by Khee Giap Tan, Mulya Amri, Linda Low;Kong Yam Tan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Indonesia is on the cusp of transformative take-off, poised to become a major economic power not just in Asia, but also on the global-stage. This book is a pioneering attempt in comprehensively assessing all attributes, conditions and policies for 33 Indonesian provinces and Indonesia's trajectory...
by Khee Giap Tan, Nurina Merdikawati, Mulya Amri;Blake Harley Berger
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
This book is a world-class report by the Asia Competitiveness Institute, updated annually to analyse Indonesia's competitiveness at the provincial level. With 104 indicators covering four environments, the study's unique methodology incorporates comparative strengths and weaknesses. Apart from scores...
The Post-Growth Project
How the End of Economic Growth Could Bring a Fairer and Happier Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn’t grow. For decades, it has been widely recognized that there are ecological limits to continuing economic growth and that different ways of living, working and organizing our economies are urgently required. This urgency...