Economic Development category: 2617 books
Collected Papers in Theoretical Economics (Volume V): Economic Policy and Its Theoretical Bases
Using Economic Theory for Policymaking in Emerging Economies
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Effective policymaking is based on economics which is a blend of empiricism as well as theory. It needs to be grounded not only in data, statistics, and the regularities observed therein, but also analytics, deductive reasoning, and logic, which are the constituents of theory. Published during 2009–16,...
Aid and Dependence
British Aid to Malawi
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
First published in 1975, in conjunction with the Overseas Development Institute, this study examines the case for and against aid for developing nations, taking the specific example of British aid to Malawi’s economic development since independence in 1964.
Kathryn Morton suggests that without...
Beyond Market and Government
Influence of Ethical Factors on Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
This book explores how moral factors exert influence on economy from an economic and philosophical point of view. The book takes an in-depth look at topics such as efficiency and coordination, fairness and identification, law and self-discipline and the third distribution, which have long been the...
by Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Julian Messina, Jamele Rigolini
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
After decades of stagnation, the size of Latin America's middle class recently expanded to the point where, for the first time ever, the number of people in poverty is equal to the size of the middle class. This volume investigates the nature, determinants and possible consequences of this remarkable...
Trade Liberalisation, Economic Growth and Environmental Externalities
An Analysis of Indian Manufacturing Industries
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
The book examines the trade liberalization measures, which were initiated in India during 1991 and which focused on manufacturing industries. This industry was considered because of its strong inter-sectoral links and its capacity to stimulate the growth of other sectors. The resulting liberal trade...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Urban Development Strategic Framework, 2015-2022 sets out a broad framework to encourage and facilitate a coordinated approach to the development of urban areas throughout the GMS. The framework includes three pillars: (i) planning and development of key urban areas,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
This book collects 88 papers on the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of industrial economics and industrial security theories and practices, providing insights to address problems concerning the national economy, social development and economic security. The book is...
The Great Dragon Fantasy
A Lacanian Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Thought
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
China has undergone a unique path of development in the post-Maoist era. Especially, the last decade witnessed China's rapid rise to economic wealth and superpower status vis-à-vis the severe developmental predicaments of the West (financial crises, socio-political turbulences, etc.). This book analyzes...
Europe's Green Revolution and its Successors
The Rise and Fall of Peasant-Friendly Plant Breeding
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling. From the late 19th century, for example, various western European countries also underwent ‘green...
Governance Reform in Africa
International and Domestic Pressures and Counter-Pressures
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, some impressive governance reforms are underway in many countries. This includes cases such as Nigeria – formerly the most corrupt country in the world according to Transparency...
The Lifetime of a Durable Good
An Economic Psychological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As a psychologist by education, my interest is in how people solve problems. At the Economic Institute of Leyden Universi ty, I learned that economists study human behavior too, although their studies are limited to economic affairs. At the Institute of Scientific Research on Consumer Affairs became...
Dream Zones
Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2014
Dream Zones explores the dreamed of and desired futures that constitute, sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India.
Drawing on five years of research in and around India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the book follows the stories of regional politicians, corporate executives, rural...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
First published in 1975, the main emphasis of this reissued collection is on the various aspects of dependence to which small countries as such are subject, and the policy options in the political and economic field which are open to them.
Chronic Poverty in Asia
Causes, Consequences and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
Asia contains the bulk of the world's poor, as many as 500 million people. A significant fraction of these poor are chronically poor, which means that they and their families have been poor for years and will remain in poverty unless governmental policies are adopted which can lift them out of poverty.
This...