Economic Development category: 2617 books
Breaking Out of the Poverty Trap
Case Studies from the Tibetan Plateau in Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book provides unique insights into the challenges and potential solutions to alleviate poverty in western China. Many people are interested in China's economic and social development; the development of Tibet is an important part of this narrative. Unlike big cities in the east of China, Tibet...
The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China
A Study in the Economics of Marginalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Series:
Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture, Lexington Books
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Since the central government of China started major campaigns for western development in the mid-1990s, the economies of the Tibetan areas in Western China have grown rapidly and...
by Xueyi Lu
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
This book is the third study done by the Research Group on Social Structure Change in Contemporary China, a group affiliated with the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The group has focused on the process of development and change in contemporary Chinese social structure...
Economic Development in Tatarstan
Global Markets and a Russian Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Based on extensive original research in the Republic of Tatarstan, in the Central Volga region of Russia, this book examines the economic development path followed by Tatarstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian financial crash of 1998. It argues that the roles of global capitalism...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
”Carbon intensity” is the traditional measure of an economy’s carbon performance. However, it is incapable of capturing the multidimensional features of an economy’s carbon performance, particularly when increased emissions have causes other than poor emitting technology, such as changes in...
Advancing Human Development
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Human Development has been advocated as the prime development goal since 1990, when the publication of the first UNDP Human Development Report proposed that development should improve the lives people lead in multiple dimensions instead of primarily pursuing economic growth. This approach forms the...
Beyond Market-Driven Development
Drawing on the Experience of Asia and Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems ‘repressed’ and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East Asia challenged the Washington consensus, offering an alternative development paradigm. However, in the 1990’s, Asian capitalism was disrupted following...
by Khee Giap Tan, Trieu Duong Luu Nguyen, Hui Yin Chuah;Duy Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
This book titled 2017 Annual Competitiveness Analysis and Impact of Exchange Rates on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to ASEAN Economies recount the development experience of ASEAN over the past 50 years, describe the long-term mega-trends which will shape ASEAN's development trajectory, and propose...
Catching Up
The Limits of Rapid Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Disparities between the economic development of nations have widened throughout the twentieth century, and they show no sign of closing. In the nineteenth century, the economic potential of developed countries was three times that of the rest of the world. Today the gap is twenty times greater, and...
Culture, Institutions, and Development
New Insights Into an Old Debate
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Does culture matter? This question has taken on added significance since fundamentalist revivalism has recently gained ground in different parts of the world. The old controversy between Max Weber and Karl Marx, which centres around the extent to which cultural factors such as social norms and values...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
With the rapid growth of global industrialization, there has been substantial consumption of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas along with growing carbon dioxide emissions. Unprecedented environmental and ecological crisis clouded the world. Fortunately, the Climate Conference in...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Asian cities are central to economic development but are perceived to be wealthy yet chaotic places. Burdened by congestion, inequality, and fragmented interventions, these urban systems remain relatively weak. However, their rapid growth and wealth provide an opportunity to usher in inclusive and...
Social and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe
Stability and Change after 1990
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
The integration of post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe into the EU is one of the success stories of European development. The region has seen significant economic convergence, dramatic changes in socio-economic indicators and improvements in the natural environment. However, some challenges...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Socio economic development is shaped by social pressures and behavioral interactions of individuals and groups through social capital and social markets. Global campaigns led by various groups are vehicles to bring about awareness and change outlooks for the betterment of society by focusing on the...