Raphael Kaplinsky: 3 books
The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices
The Global Reshaping of the Resource Sector
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, How China Disrupted Global Commodities comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of commodities, analyses the drivers of China’s demand for commodities the factors constraining global supply and in the role...
Globalization, Poverty and Inequality
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Globalization is characterised by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual – as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this belief and push developing...
Easternization
The Spread of Japanese Management Techniques to Developing Countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Japanese industry has shown its superiority in a range of traded goods sectors. It was thought that this competitive advantage arose from the use of electronics-based flexible automation technologies, but it is now clear that the major source of this industrial strength is in the development and diffusion...