Development economics and emerging economies

Outlines how to rethink society''s economic, political, and social institutions and actions to take to build better societies.

Explains the political factors behind the failure of many developing country democracies to benefit from globalization.

Presenting the best papers of the 3rd EPFL-UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development, this publication offers a valuable collection of innovative case studies exploring access to energy and renewable energy technologies in the Global South.

Brazil is currently in a critical phase of a decades-long transformation from a patrimonial society--based on the cultivation and export of sugar and coffee--to a modernized industrial and service economy with effective democratic governance.

This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation of socio-economic practices in the global economy.

'The book is a pioneering attempt to see exactly what difference economic valuation of environmental effects would have made to six actual, on-going, development projects, if it had been done at the time of appraisal.

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place.

Defining an organization by its growth strategy enables business leaders to make better decisions about the ways their companies compete.

A fresh perspective on socialist law as practiced in China and Vietnam, two major socialist states.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of key recommendations of the consecutive state finance commissions (SFCs) across states of India in the local and national perspective.

Examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth.

For years, China's transformation from one of the world's poorest nations was lauded as a triumph that lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.

This book examines the important role played by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving economic growth in Africa.

How did the computer industry evolve into its present global structure?

This book explores the issues and challenges of gender and development in Africa.

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

This book provides an overview of the history, basic concepts, and provision models of infrastructure, significant theories on infrastructure economics, practices at home and abroad that reflect the economic development effects of infrastructure, and four infrastructure economic growth models.

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India is grappling with serious environmental issues that have been largely sparked by its galloping economy.

As the second volume of the two-volume Industrial Development in Modern China: Comparisons with Japan that studies the different paths of industrialization and economic modernization between China and Japan, this book explores the process of economic and industrial development in the Republic of China (1912-1949).

The role of big finance and technology in social change is rapidly evolving.

This book presents a dynamic model of the macroeconomy that will appeal both to theorists and economic policy-makers.

This edited volume addresses the root causes of Africa''s persistent poverty through an investigation of its longue durée history.

This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the main development challenges of the last half century and the international community's response through aid and trade.

Originally published in 1969, this was the first standard work on Nigerian federal finance ever published.

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This edited collection provides the most comprehensive thematic analysis of capital flight from Africa, covering economic and institutional aspects, as well as domestic and global dimensions.

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

The concept of "e;innovation systems"e; has gained considerable attention from scholars and politicians alike.

First published in 1986, this title argues that the successful development of a new microeconomics requires a deeper understanding of methodological individualism and its role in stability analysis.

The ups and downs in housing markets over the past two decades are without precedent, and the costs financial, psychological, and social have been enormous.

"e;While the state-preference approach is perhaps more general than the mean- variance approach and provides an elegant framework for investigating theo- retical issues, it is unfortunately difficult to give it empirical content.

This unique edited collection explores the ways in which entrepreneurship acts to shape self-identity for Indian women and validate their identities in a patriarchal society.

Creative and cultural industries, broadly defined, are now considered by many policy makers across Europe at the heart of their national innovation and economic development agenda.

The importance of the financial system in economic development has been frequently neglected by analysts and poorly understood by policymakers.

The aim of the book is to provide readers with an understanding of the important and emerging political, economic and social trends and challenges in East Asia in the coming years.

Is global fashion a wolf in sheep's clothing?

It is a resource book that profiles the geography, demography, economy, political environment and business climates for each of China's 31 provinces.

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.

This book analyses how different institutional intergovernmental transfer designs influence patronage and favoritism in public fund allocations in Indonesia.

In December 1989, the United States invaded Panama, deposed its government, and established another in its place.