Development economics and emerging economies

This book inquires about the processes through which different higher education systems have determined national higher education policies related to competitiveness, as well as the strategies they have adopted to enhance their global competitiveness.

The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts peer reviews of individual members once every five to six years.

Like a giant oil tanker, the world is slowly turning.

With the rise of the knowledge economy, universities are under pressure to embrace not just their traditional missions of teaching and research but a third mission of serving economic and social development.

This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture and present methodologies and proposals to develop policies that result in sustainable and profitable animal production that will protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs.

The excessive pursuit of economic interests has resulted in severe environmental and social problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality and disparity.

There are numerous labour and employment issues facing South Asia in this era of growth.

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

This book analyzes consumption patterns in Asian countries that are at different stages of economic development and highlights the similarities and disparities of consumption patterns across countries using a system-wide framework.

In what ways did economic considerations affect the decision by Britain and France to make their Black African colonies independent?

Rural poverty is a phenomenon that is widespread yet often ignored by policy makers and researchers.

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions.

The global challenges confronting us - climate change, poverty, inequality, and many others - can feel overwhelming.

The book follows a first edition published in 1989, which focused on the severe economic crisis Ghana faced during the late 1970s and the early 1980s.

Written in a style that makes it accessible to everyone interested in development studies, not just to economists, the focus of this collection of essays is on hunger, poverty and inequality.

Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years.

Among the most dramatic changes to affect China in the 1990s is the upsurge in labour mobility and the emergence of a market-driven system of labour allocation, changes which profoundly affect the working environment and livelihoods of the Chinese people.

We live in times of uncertainty and insecurity, at a personal, national and global level.

This book discusses the geopolitics of development from the point of view of the Global South.

Written by experts in their respective areas, this book is an excellent review of theories, policies and empirical evidences on important topics in global economic development.

This book is a collection of fifteen contributions that undertake a detailed analysis of seven broad dimensions of India's economy and society.

Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe.

This volume, comprised of authors from the U.

Strategies for Achieving Sustained High Economic Growth identifies the factors influencing countrywide economic growth and development by analysing the economic strategies and experiences of various Indian states.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of economic crimes and market irregularities, including matters of trickery, illicit trade, parallel economy, economies of violence and criminalisation of the poor in neoliberal Africa.

This book highlights the importance of understanding how trust and indigenous African cultural institutions enhance the development of entrepreneurial networks and relationships in Africa.

Why society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth--and the hope of better things to come-is the religion of the modern world.

Emerging market economies have accounted for three quarters of world economic growth and more than half of world output over the last decade.

Across the world the Western dominated international aid system is being challenged.

Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework within which Soviet agriculture had to operate from the start: the dilemma of a revolutionary regime in a backward peasant country, the straightjacket of a bureaucratic system inherited from Tsarism, made even more rigid by the internal tensions of the new society, and the imperative needs of economic development.

The second title in the Palgrave Studies in Global Human Capital Management series, this book explores how human capital contributes to innovation within the context of an inter-connected and globalized world.

'An enchanting book poignant and passionate.

The Fair Trade Scandal takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign.

Recent world events have created a compelling need for new perspectives and realistic solutions to the problem of sovereign debt.

This book explores the complex relationship between social security and economic development, arguing that social security contributes positively to economic development by promoting social investments that not only foster economic growth but enhance social welfare for all.

This book examines the renewed interest and commitment that countries across the world have shown in recent decades towards adopting models of decentralising, or "e;downsizing"e; the state, and moving towards more participatory models of government.

This work focuses on researching and establishing the importance of human capital and innovation as determinants of competitive advantages in international trade-in the context of rapidly evolving technological advancement, globalization, and economic integration.

This book presents a method to estimate the economic returns to investments in school quality.

This volume investigates how mining affects societies and communities in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.

This book analyses the progress and failures of capitalist development against the backdrop of an increasingly globalised world economy organised on neoliberal principles.

This book delves into China's transition to mid-to-high-end industries amid a new wave of global industrial revolution.

Poland's transition from socialism to capitalism has largely been praised as a success story.

The economies of Turkey and Egypt, remarkably similar until the early 1980s, have since taken divergent paths.

A collection of essays exploring whether a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development exists.

This book is unique and original, constituting a pioneering study in the use of spatial economics and related analytical approaches to Brazil's Cerrado agricultural development and the formation of agro-industrial value chains.