Development economics and emerging economies

First Published in 1975.

Celebrated as a beacon of democracy and reconciliation, many people in South Africa continue to live in severe poverty, particularly in the Eastern Cape Province.

This book investigates the relationships between economies of scale in food consumption and a number of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of households and household behavioural choices since food is the major share of household expenditure for poor households.

More than one billion people still live below the poverty line - most of them in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

First published in 1983, Problems in Class Analysis presents a coherent theory of labour's domination by capital, based upon the notion of the capitalist nature of both the product relations and of the productive forces themselves, including science and technology.

This volume focuses on the analysis and measurement of business cycles in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS).

Africa s Information Revolution was recently announced as the 2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authors James T.

This book discusses five critical game changer models linking local area transfer of technology to revamp innovation for social entrepreneurship for growth and acceleration, social ubiquity, and global accessibility of markets to entrepreneurship in a digital interface.

This reissue, first published in 1969 brings together structural and analytical studies of seven single African countries, together with two studies of groups of countries which, although politically separate, have in the past had close economic links.

Using the latest empirical and conceptual research for readers in economics, business, and policy, this volume surveys the key components of innovation policy and the social returns to innovation investment.

This timely study fills some serious gaps in the historical record of economic development in Canada and compares it with that in the United States pointing out the parallels in development that have resulted from similarities in tastes and technologies and the high degree of monility between two economies.

Explains China''s transformation from ''benefactor'' to ''banker'' in its relationship with developing countries and traces the impacts of this change.

Over 5 decades of economic and technical assistance to the countries of Africa and the Middle East have failed to improve the life prospects for over 1.

Whilst many books on the European economy have focused on the analysis of its industrial sectors, this book draws attention to the often ignored contribution made by the development of European agriculture over the past two centuries.

This book serves as an introduction to sustainability standards and instruments and includes chapters on initiatives of governmental and intergovernmental bodies, sectoral CSR commitments, CSR-related reporting and management standards, and securities exchanges and regulators.

The monoculture systems that have been encouraged by governments since the 1960s have led to major socio-economic and environmental crises.

This book addresses one of the most critical issues facing global business leaders and the multicultural workforce - how to work and relate effectively in the intercultural contexts.

A response to the pressing need to address and clarify the substantial ambiguity within current literature, this edited volume aims to deepen readers' understanding of the impact of foreign aid on development outcomes based on the latest findings in research over the past decade.

The Dominican Republic has posted impressive economic growth rates over the past thirty years.

This book analyzes the Indian service sector''s heterogeneity.

In the past ten to twenty years the global political economy picture has dramatically changed with the emergence of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and, notably, China (BRICs) as big players and competitors of the advanced economies in the West and Eastern Asia.

The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals include a specific target for full and productive employment.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaften in afro-asiatischen Entwicklungsländern" verfügbar.

This book presents the results of a collective and original empirical investigation of the institutional systems underlying the capitalisms that are coming to the fore in developing nations.

This book examines some of the driving forces of change in the Middle East and aims to provide a regional outlook.

This book provides the annual update of Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) indices and rankings of the cost of living for ordinary residents and expatriates as well as wages and purchasing power for ordinary residents, covering 105 cities around the world over the period of 2005-2016.

Good governance is necessary for effective public administration and delivery of public goods and services.

This volume brings together multidisciplinary, situated and nuanced analyses of contingent issues framing a rapidly changing India in the 21st century.

The OPEC countries' collective policy is to offer external development assistance free from political or commercial ties, with the purpose of expressing the solidarity of one group of developing countries with the rest.

Taking a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, this textbook offers a non-technical introduction to the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation.

Tajikistan teeters on the brink of failure.

Together with Mauritius, Botswana is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Second Five-Year Plan of the Development of the U.

Since the mid-1990s, "e;agricultural industrialisation"e; (AI) has been advocated in China to promote rural development by integrating agriculture with the post-harvest sectors such as agro-processing and marketing.

The rapid pace and grand scale of China's rise have produced a heady mixture of wonder and consternation in the West.

Although funding for governance and economic growth is a part of U.

El Salvador is a small developing country that has undergone important processes of agrarian change and suffered the consequences of a 12-year civil war which ended with a peace agreement in the 1990s.

The transition to a market economy proves to be far more difficult in Russia than in the former centrally planned economies of eastern Europe.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union a team of young economic reformers led by Yegor Gaidar worked to create a new economic future for Russia.

Since the 1970s, we have witnessed unprecedented diff usion of digital technologies in both speed and geographic coverage.

Based on a pioneering research programme on the evolution of top incomes, this volume brings together studies from 10 OECD countries.

Economic integration is one of the most noteworthy issues in international economic policy at the end of the twentieth century.

Initially published in 1983, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this book is about the meaning, relevance and process of agrarian reform in contemporary developing countries.

Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a crucial role in determining our built environment.

Over the past 15 years, Poland has been one of the fastest-growing countries in the European Union.

Fatality quotas implemented in China's industrial section and local governments are being used to promote work safety and therefore, reducing the number of work-related deaths.