Development economics and emerging economies

This book examines environmental sustainability and inclusive economic growth, providing in-depth analysis of foreign direct investment (FDI) in large-scale agriculture in Ethiopia.

This volume focuses on how, in Europe, the debate on the commons is discussed in regard to historical and contemporary dimensions, critically referencing the work of Elinor Ostrom.

As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues increasingly come to the fore.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe.

Over the past several decades, as the pace of globalization has accelerated, operational issues of international coordination have often been overlooked.

The aim of this book is to examine the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China's policy of reform and opening-up in 1978, as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers.

This book introduces readers to the concept and theories of decent work and provides a framework for measuring it at the micro, meso and macro level in a given country.

The author investigates the agenda for transformation in contemporary African development studies: policy studies, strategic studies, international relations and economic diplomacy.

This volume explores the interactions between economic and political reform in developing countries and eastern Europe.

This book focuses on participation of the public and private sectors in urban water management and on the role of water pricing.

The resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy are either barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environmental degradation balloon daily.

The spectacular economic performance of China, East Asia and India during the last ten years has ignited some profound changes in the world economy.

Our post-industrialised global economy has achieved spectacular success and pushed back poverty to an extent previously thought impossible.

This book examines India's ten years of experience developing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the performance of SEZs in the context of India's growing international engagement, its endeavours to attract domestic and foreign investment in manufacturing and services and its aim to increase and diversify exports of goods and services.

The phenomenal success of the East Asian Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs) of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore is now well-known and documented.

It is well documented that the space of informal economic activity is rising across the globe.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Industrie und Industrieplanung in Entwicklungsländern" verfügbar.

The book aims to identify key issues and developments in ASEAN-5 that illustrate the transition of this region towards a knowledge-based economy.

After the 1978 Economic Reform, China's economic development has been on a fast track ever since.

This book analyzes and summarizes the process and achievements of China's economic restructuring from 1978 to 2018, including the objectives of China's economic restructuring, the initial stage of market-oriented reform (1979-1984), the comprehensive development stage of market-oriented reform (1985-1992), and the initial establishment stage of market-oriented reform system (1993-2000).

This unique book contains novel and in-depth research regarding economic development in Japan.

This book examines foreign capital's role in stimulating industrialization.

Why does poverty persist?

This title was first published in 2003.

It's rare that a book appears with a fresh perspective on world affairs, but renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang has some startlingly original things to say about the future of globalization.

This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries.

Recent years have seen renewed interest in elites around the world, and their interconnection with power, privilege, social stratification, and social change.

This book analyzes the industrialization process of Jianshanxia, a mountain village in Zhejiang Province, and its organizational changes since China's reform and opening-up.

The first book to examine relations between state authority and elite business representation in the Middle East.

Innovation is among the most important topics in understanding economic sustained economic growth.

Over the years, a shortage of funds has resulted in a huge deficit in government budgets for infrastructure, especially in developing economies.

This book explores the controversial Anglo-American struggle over empire and economic globalization in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

This book covers a wide range of the issues in development studies.

Blackman draws on original material and the work of many earlier researchers to paint a verbal picture of the evolution of a remarkable city.

In the contemporary modern world, sustainability is a major concern for human beings.

Originally published in 1938, this book explores the problem of the adjustment of the population in the early 20th century to the agricultural-economic environment in a geographical and economic setting.

Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.

Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), this book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation.

The concept of security has often narrowly focused on issues surrounding the protection of national borders from outside threats.

A framework for the analysis of public investment in the developing worldIn the past three decades, developing countries have made significant economic and social progress, from improved infant mortality rates to higher life expectancy.

This groundbreaking new work establishes links between sustainable development, needs, well-being, and the capabilities approach that is central to human development and the United Nations Development Programme.

The Emerald Handbook of Public-Private Partnerships in Developing and Emerging Economies is a comprehensive resource bringing together leading scholars to analyze some of the key aspects associated with the processes of designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating PPPs in the context of emerging economies.

Since the beginning of the Doi Moi reforms, Vietnam's economy and society have been profoundly transformed.

Here, for the first time, two of Russia's leading economists provide an authoritative analysis of the transition to a democratic market economy that has taken place in Russia since 1990.