Development economics and emerging economies

This book explores the key economic issues facing Southeastern Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the context of the serious challenges that the global economy has faced in recent years.

Investigates implications of domestic debt on consumption and growth, and studies separation of debt and monetary management.

The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty.

The book explores how, to what extent and with what consequences the international crisis of 2007-2008 and the recession which followed have affected European SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in both the well established market economies of the old member countries and in the post-transformation new member countries, and what can be done at the institutional and political level to uphold them.

Linda Matar examines Syria's failure to promote employment-generating investment prior to the uprising.

Entwicklungspolitik soll nach dem schwarz-gelben Koalitionsvertrag von 2009 Armut nachhaltig bekämpfen und dazu Strukturdefizite ausgleichen.

Monetary and Financial Integration in West Africa details the progress, challenges faced, and potential of the project intended to create a West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) between Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics distills and condenses the best thinking and research on labor economic issues to enable decision makers make better informed policy decisions.

The book presents a novel socio-economic approach to analysing the - ergy system and energy consumption in India from a household persp- tive.

This book provides a detailed look at the birth, growth and expansion of African Multinational Enterprises (AMNEs).

The development of market socialism in China has contributed to a remarkable spatial economic transformation in particular areas of the Chinese countryside.

Leading economists, including three Nobel prize winners, evaluate ten serious global challenges.

This book examines labor market policy and institutional reforms and their impact on outcomes in the Chinese labor market, utilizing both institutional and empirical study perspectives.

Modernization has been a profound change of human civilizations - a worldwide phenomenon and trend since the 18th century.

This is the first book dedicated to the scrutinization of Myanmar's unofficial foreign exchange market, its roots in restrictive administrative controls on foreign exchange and international trade, and its effects on the country's economic performance.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

Accounts of corruption in Africa and the Global South are generally overly simplistic and macro-oriented, and commonly disconnect everyday (petty) corruption from political (grand) corruption.

Due to the adverse outcomes of the recent global recession and the public deficit crisis in the USA and Europe, Western companies can expect flattening or declining sales in their domestic markets.

This book discusses the policy and public health challenges in Hong Kong from the perspective of economic and social welfare challenges, specifically focusing on the poverty and inequality research supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club  (HKJC) Charities Trust.

This volume provides a comprehensive and detailed socio-economic overview of agrarian distress in India which has manifested in the suicides of farmers and agricultural labourers.

Applying the principles of Optimal Control Theory to the problem of regional allocation of investment can be a useful tool for demonstrating how the trade-off between regional equity and overall efficiency can be overcome.

In the late 1960s the Waffle raised the spectre of the 'deindustrialization' of the Canadian economy -- a prospect which was linked to the power of foreign-controlled subsidiaries.

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This book explores the workplace experiences, opportunities, and challenges that emerge from the nuances of diversity and inclusion dynamics in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and facilitated in the alleviation of poverty.

A comprehensive, systematic analysis of the North Korean economy, exposing its hidden workings through quantitative data analysis and surveys.

This book assesses the role of microfinance in the construction of livelihoods for poverty reduction in the Northern Savannah of Ghana, analysing the current microfinance landscape and financial services in the region.

This book examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda.

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The definitive work on business strategy for sustainability by the most authoritative voice in the conversation.

Sustainable Management Development in Africa examines how African management and business scholarship can serve African and multinational management and organizations operating in Africa.

Cancer Immunotherapy, Volume 165 in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, provides informative monographs on a variety of research topics related to different approaches to cancer immunotherapy, with this release focusing on TNFR2 in cancer immunology and immunotherapy, From the Hellstrom paradox towards cancer cure, CAR T-cell treatment of T-cell malignancy , Immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer, Cancer stem cell immunology/immunotherapy,Cytokine release syndrome, Tumor cell-based mechanisms of resistance to immune attack, and Mushroom compounds in cancer immunotherapy.

It's time to let the CATS out of the bag .

Sustainable Banking introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations.

This book explores sustainable community development in Ghana post-COVID-19, highlighting examples of how individuals facing extreme challenges have adapted to their changing circumstances.

This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore.

The landlord and his emaciated labourer are symbolic of Indian agriculture.

This book is the only annual study that dissects Indonesia's sub-national competitiveness at both the provincial level (covering 34 provinces) and the regional level (covering six major island groups).

Changing Workplace Relations in the Chinese Economy attempts to deal with how China's economic reforms have undermined the 'iron rice-bowl' system which since the 1950s has provided both 'lifetime-employment' and 'cradle-to-the-grave' welfare for many workers, particularly those in state-owned enterprises.

This volume explores the reasons behind, and impact of, the migration of South Asian nationals (from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan and Maldives, Afghanistan and Myanmar) in the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain).

This book presents new research on solar mini-grids and the ways they can be designed and implemented to provide equitable and affordable electricity access, while ensuring economic sustainability and replication.

Inspired by the WBCSD Vision 2050 in which "e;all people live well within the limits of the planet"e;, this book asks how do we achieve this bold ambition?