This book provides a robust theoretical and empirical exploration of the interrelationship between economic neoliberalism and international development.
This book uses the examples of local supply firms in China and Brazil and their connections to the global automotive industry to explore the nature of current global value chains.
The book examines the pattern of non-farm development at the national level and identifies the correlates and determinants of occupational diversification for the major states.
Pastoralists' role in contemporary Africa typically goes underappreciated and misunderstood by development agencies, external observers, and policymakers.
This book contributes to the adoption of agricultural technology in general and to literature on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in particular by identifying the factors that influence the decision to adopt SRI and examining SRI's impact on household income and yield.
This handbook provides a reference resource to showcase insightful and nuanced perspectives on Africa's agriculture, industry, services, and manufacturing sectors; factors affecting the sectors' competitiveness; and the sectors' contribution to employment, economic growth, and sustainable development.
This book weaves together current understanding around financial literacy and ageing, arguing for the relevance of financial literacy for old age security.
As the COVID-19 crisis comes to an end, leaders, organizations, and governments have to develop a "e;new normal"e; for doing business with a focus on protecting the environment, integrating new technologies and adapting to new social changes.
This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis on social, economic, and political issues to understand why forests in the Demacratic People's Repblican of Korean have been so severely deforested.
The 1990s and 2000s have witnessed a spurt of energetic institution-building in the developing world, as regulatory agencies emerge to take over the role of the executive in key sectors.
First published in 1982, this study traces the development of Soviet military thinking on the Third World and assesses its importance for the conduct of Soviet foreign policy.
A groundbreaking look at Western and Eastern social development from the end of the ice age to todayIn the past thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful.
In the past two decades many developing countries have embraced the challenge of globalization by rushing to dismantle trade barriers and to promote increasingly liberal market-oriented policies.
The 2nd edition of An Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy explains the key scientific, economic and policy issues related to climate change in a completely up-to-date introduction for anyone interested, and students at all levels in various related courses, including environmental economics, international development, geography, politics and international relations.
This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia.
First published in 1999, this study aims to develop a theoretical framework for the analysis of livestock farming systems and their conditions of change.
Around the world, there are concerns that many tax codes are biased against women, and that contemporary tax reforms tend to increase the incidence of taxation on the poorest women while failing to generate enough revenue to fund the programs needed to improve these women's lives.
In this first comparative study of organized labor in India and Pakistan, the author analyses the impact and role of organized labor in democratization and development.
The COVID-19 crisis has fractured the pre-existing structural rigidities and institutional fragilities in the economies of developing countries more than ever, necessitating a rethinking of fiscal and monetary policies, the main vehicles for relief, recovery and reconstruction.
"e;"e;Easily the most informed and comprehensive analysis to date on how and why East Asian countries have achieved sustained high economic growth rates, [this book] substantially advances our understanding of the key interactions between the governors and governed in the development process.
Conventional interpretations of the New Economic Policy introduced in India in 1991 see this program of economic liberalization as transforming the Indian economy and leading to a substantial increase in the rate of India's economic growth.
How do we try to make the world a better place, when the challenges of poverty, disease, war, conflict, and climate change continue to impact millions of lives?
Througha comprehensive analysis of cognitive factors and eco-innovation attributes,this book provides an understanding into why and how renewable energytechnologies are adopted in an emerging market.
The undertaking of R&D in China by foreign organisations is explained through an analysis of the patterns of foreign investment in R&D and the motivations and challenges for undertaking R&D in China.
Poverty and inequality remain at the top of the global economic agenda, and the methodology of measuring poverty continues to be a key area of research.
Despite global economic disparities, recent years have seen rapid technological changes in developing countries, as it is now common to see people across all levels of society with smartphones in their hands and computers in their homes.