Economic Development category: 2617 books

Cover of Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China
by Axel Baeumler, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Shomik Mehndiratta
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012

The continuing rapid growth and development of China's cities brings many complex challenges. Tasked with supporting strong economic development that provides jobs and a good quality of life for its growing number of residents, China's cities also must ensure sustainable development in line with national...
Cover of Leadership and Place
by
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013

Despite the radical transformation of society associated with globalisation, shifting patterns of demography and the revolution in information and communication technologies over the last two decades, we remain profoundly attached to place in economic, social, cultural and emotional terms. The idea...
Cover of The Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework (2012–2022)
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program will begin its third decade in 2012. Since its inception, the program has achieved noteworthy successes in fostering cooperation in a region that, at the commencement of the program, was emerging from a period of prolonged conflict. The...
Cover of Labor, Class Formation, and China's Informationized Policy of Economic Development
by Yu Hong
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011

In Labor, Class Formation, and China's Informationized Policy of Economic Development, Yu Hong examines crucial connections between the evolving political economy of information and communications technology (ICT) and the reconstitution of class relations in China. Situating China's ICT development...
Cover of Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World
by M.A. Mohamed Salih
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014

Analysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the ‘Arab Spring’, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens’ agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. This book illustrates that reductionist...
Cover of Asian Economic Integration Report 2016
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

The Asian Economic Integration Report is an annual review of Asia's regional economic cooperation and integration. It covers the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. This issue's theme chapter is "What Drives Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific?"
Cover of The Pursuit of Development

The Pursuit of Development

Economic Growth, Social Change, and Ideas

by Ian Goldin
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development itself...
Cover of Asian Economic Integration Report 2017

Asian Economic Integration Report 2017

The Era of Financial Interconnectedness---How Can Asia Strengthen Financial Resilience?

by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017

The Asian Economic Integration Report 2017 is the annual report on Asia's progress in regional cooperation and integration (RCI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It covers ADB's 48 regional members and analyzes regional and global economic linkages. This year's special theme chapter, "The...
Cover of Asian Economic Integration Report 2018

Asian Economic Integration Report 2018

Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific

by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018

This publication is the annual report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Asia's progress in regional cooperation and integration. It covers ADB's 48 regional members and analyzes regional and global economic linkages. This year's special chapter, "Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public...
Cover of Pacific Economic Monitor December 2014
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014

An analysis of 2014 budget outcomes and 2015 budget plans of Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank is the focus of this issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor. The policy briefs in this issue consider longer-run opportunities and challenges facing Pacific economies from changing external conditions.
Cover of The Protective Tariff in Canada's Development

The Protective Tariff in Canada's Development

Eight Essays on Trade and Tariff When Factors Move with Special Reference to Canadian Protectionism, 1870-1955

by J.H. Dales
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966

Canadian historians have always looks favourably on Macdonald's national policies, including the protective tariff. On the other hand, the canons of economic theory have little or nothing to say in favour of protection. Professor Dales attempts in these essays to bridge this gap between trade theory...
Cover of Mission Possible

Mission Possible

The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation

by Robert Ross
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation (LAAD) was one of many initiatives taken at the height of the Cold War to alleviate poverty in countries threatened by communist insurgencies. Its mission was to promote rural development by funding local agribusiness enterprises to create new...
Cover of Markets of Dispossession

Markets of Dispossession

NGOs, Economic Development, and the State in Cairo

by Julia Adams, George Steinmetz, Julia Elyachar
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2005

What happens when the market tries to help the poor? In many parts of the world today, neoliberal development programs are offering ordinary people the tools of free enterprise as the means to well-being and empowerment. Schemes to transform the poor into small-scale entrepreneurs promise them the...
Cover of The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones

The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones

Concentrating Economic Development

by Lotta Moberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become a popular development policy throughout the world over the last half a century. These zones form designated areas where governments offer businesses lower taxes, tariffs, and often lighter regulations. Generally, SEZs aim to attract investments and raise a...
First 8 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17 18 19 20 Last
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy