Economic Development category: 2617 books
by Chris Oszywa
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book begins by challenging the prevailing assumptions about the reasons behind current and past economic development throughout the world. Consider the following questions: “Would Russia be as industrious as Germany if they spoke German as their primary language?”, or “Would African countries...
The Making of an Economic Superpower
Unlocking China's Secret of Rapid Industrialization
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of economic development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions, is highly inadequate...
Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development
Women's Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
More than nine out of every ten working women in India are employed in the informal economy, unprotected by labour laws and excluded from basic forms of social security. They work as daily labourers in the fields, small producers and industrial outworkers in their own homes and as vendors on the streets....
Old Industrial Cities Seeking New Road of Industrialization
Models of Revitalizing Northeast China
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
This book aims to investigate how cities in China's rust belt restructure their urban industries and economies. Over the years, China's “economic miracle” has been mainly attributed to rapid development in its coastal region, where the majority of research into the country's development has originated...
Malaysia@50
Economic Development, Distribution, Disparities
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Malaysia has grown and changed a great deal since it was formed on 16 September 1963. It was then seen as an unlikely nation hastily put together as a federation of British controlled territories in the region. Brunei's refusal to join at the eleventh hour and Singapore's secession before its second...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Technology and media are now integrated in various facets of society, including social and economic development. This has allowed for new and innovative methods for aiding in development initiatives. Impacts of the Media on African Socio-Economic Development is an essential research publication for the...
The Economic Development of South-East Asia (Routledge Revivals)
Studies in Economic History and Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
First published in 1964, The Economic Development of South-East Asia: Studies in economic history and political economy contains eight papers originally written for a study group at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. The papers, edited by Professor C. D. Cowan, are written against...
Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development
The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies Compared
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines.
This edited volume, from a leading international group of scholars, discusses...
by Fang Cai
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This book explains why China’s opening-up policy can boost the rapid growth of its economy. Based on concrete facts and economic logic, it offers a brief introduction to the history of China’s successful development, which has unprecedentedly helped improve people’s lives and community welfare...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Housing is crucial to the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals and familes, but the availability of adequate or affordable housing also plays a vital role in community economic development. Rural areas face a substantial disadvantage compared to urban areas in regard to housing, and this...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Implementation of technology into social and economic developments have provided key strengths in improving competitiveness and meeting the demands of modern society for life and the economy; including adapting to green development as a means to confront the economic crisis. E-Innovation for Sustainable...
Economic Growth and Development
A Dynamic Dual Economy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
This text is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development. Growth theory provides a rich and versatile analytical framework through which fundamental questions about economic development can be examined. Structural...
Transition of the Yangtze River Delta
From Global Manufacturing Center to Global Innovation Center
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
This is the first English book that presents a professional analysis of the recent dynamic movement of the Chinese economy by focusing on the Yangtze River Delta region, which is the main engine of the Chinese economy. The impact of the international financial crisis on China’s economic development...
A Reappraisal of Economic Development
Perspectives for Cooperative Research
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
What have the social sciences to show for decades of systematic investigation of the problems of economic development? What basic problems have they solved and what remains to be done in the development of viable theoretical approaches to this area of research and policy? In an unusually open discussion,...