Development economics and emerging economies

This book explores the early work and activities of Joan Robinson that focused on economic development within underdeveloped countries, in particular India before independence.

One of the driving forces in catalyzing sustainable development interventions is systems accountability.

This book focuses on the recovery and new normal in a post-Covid scenario, drawing important lessons from the pandemic and proposing new ideas for sustainable development, endogenous dynamism, and inclusive growth.

Inequality stirs passions across the globe today, figures prominently in political discourse, generates fervid debate and popular protest, and is the theme of widely read scholarly publications.

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.

Brazil is a large country in terms of geographic land mass and population size.

Economic growth and increasing population impose long-term risks to the environment and society.

This book presents a new approach to recurrent property taxation based on occupancy, size, and location, that will strengthen local governments.

This book is a treatise on cultural globalization and the global political economy.

This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience.

Over the past few decades emerging markets have experienced an increased share of global manufacturing service within the fashion industry, coupled with an increasing market share, particularly for women's mid-market apparel.

This book considers the theme of capital markets prowess and its link with surrounding economic dexterity.

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In Islam, philanthropy is a spectrum of activity, and these activities differ in their purpose and in the principles on which they operate.

This Pivot book provides a framework for understanding the economic and potentially unequal effects of pandemics, focusing closely on the Spanish Flu.

This professional guidebook highlights sustainable tourism development and management for businesses and destinations.

The book, organized in three parts, offers a guide to constructing financial instruments based on cash waqf in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.

This book is a fascinating treatment of ethics, governance, and anti-corruption initiatives from a public sector management perspective and is especially relevant for an Africa looking to benefit from the recently launched Africa Continental Free Trade Area.

This book addresses key issues in corporate finance and explores them from financial development and financial stability perspectives in emerging markets.

The aim of this book is to offer up-to-date insights into the challenges for international firms represented by managing their marketing mix in "e;distant"e; countries, especially considering the role played by cultural distance.

This book discusses financial inclusion, gender equality, regulatory regimes for microfinance, women empowerment, and digital finance from an Islamic perspective.

This book offers new insights into the real and financial sectors in the post-pandemic European Union, with a specific focus on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and a special reference to Croatia.

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the global economic landscape, with the smallest and most vulnerable economies particularly hard hit.

The Caribbean economy remains a region with many paradoxes.

This edited collection offers an insight into the dynamic of HRM in thirteen developing countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

This book attempts to reflect on the changes that Vietnam has experienced over the past 30 years, during and after DoiMoi.

This book analyzes conflicting political views and narratives held by different forces, both at the local and regional levels in the Middle East.

This book presents a unique analysis of modern Russian provincial society.

Latin American and Iberian entrepreneurship represents a special kind of innovation, risk-taking, and futuristic business activity based on a common cultural heritage.

This book defends and articulates an "e;Engaged Buddhist"e; approach to economics as a response to the destructive effects of global capitalism.

This book provides an overview of the monetary and financial systems seen in Africa.

This insightful and original book explores the key issues that countries in Africa and South Asia need to address in order to escape poverty.

This volume presents a broad sweep of modern economic history underpinning aid, trade, development and globalization in the last half century and the salient challenges facing the global community today.

Advances in technology and changes in consumer buying patterns have forced businesses to alter their traditional marketing approach to incorporate contemporary ideologies that will drive customer satisfaction, meet societal expectations, and boot business performance for competitive advantage.

This book is an excellent resource for academics and students interested in ethics and accountability in the public sector, as well as for practitioners, NGO workers and policymakers.

Logistics are a critical element for country competitiveness and economic performance, including poverty reduction.

The Sustainable Development Goals introduced by the United Nations in 2016 call for the significant mobilisation of finance.

This book chronicles the rise and especially the demise of diverse revolutionary heterodox traditions in Cambridge theoretical and applied economics, investigating both the impact of internal pressures within the faculty as also the power of external ideological and political forces unleashed by the global dominance of neoliberalism.

"e;Hidden Champions"e; are medium-sized, unknown companies with annual revenues under $5 billion that have quietly, under the radar, become world market leaders in their respective industries.

This book examines financial vulnerability: a state in which a person or household cannot absorb any substantial spending or negative income shock without substantial financial and ultimately broader harm such as job loss, emotional harm, or mental illness.

This volume addresses economic challenges and policy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

This book analyzes regional integration in South America with a focus on the Mercosur and Brazilian foreign policy from the 1990s.

This book presents new research on innovative financial instruments and approaches available to implement nature-based solutions (NBS) at various scales and in different contexts.

This volume examines the relationship between trade liberalization policies and income inequality in developing countries.

This book synthesizes the conceptual and applied aspects of rural livelihoods as a discipline, and collates the analytical frameworks and approaches that have been designed, applied, and discussed over the last five decades.

The social, political, and economic environment is ripe with opportunity to engage women and their philanthropy.

This book provides a detailed yet succinct overview of sustainable finance, with a specific focus on its origins, its policy focus and the practitioner dimension.

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should not be defined by the structural parameters and opportunities of low-income countries, given that it also comprises a number of higher-income countries.

The book analyzes the recovery process of different industries and sectors from the global health pandemic, as well as its collateral effects.

This book investigates sustainability, CSR, climate change adaptation, the relevance of ESG scores and their impact on firm value and growth.