Development economics and emerging economies

Restructuring economies in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere are abandoning their hostility to foreign enterprises and adopting policies to attract international investment.

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.

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

This book challenges the conventional wisdom that civil war inevitably stymies economic development and that 'civil war represents development in reverse'.

The large-scale extraction of natural resources for sale in capitalist markets is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years global demand for resources has increased, leading to greater attention to the role of resource extraction in the development of the exporting countries.

Amid the growing calls for a turn towards sustainable agriculture, this book puts forth and discusses the concept of agrarian extractivism to help us identify and expose the predatory extractivist features of dominant agricultural development models.

This edited collection uses a history of economic thought perspective to explore the evolving role of Latin America within the context of globalization.

In this book, George Gilder asserts that widespread antagonism toward the current state of Israel springs from, like anti-Semitism everywhere, envy of superior accomplishment.

In The Turn of the Tortoise, T N Ninan explores the paradox of a "e;premature superpower"e; (as Martin Wolf once described India in the Financial Times).

In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions.

Provides unique reflections on the capability approach and its relevance to new human development policies and political liberalism.

Over a billion people still live in abject poverty.

Low external-input technology (or LEIT) is an increasingly prominent subject in discussions of sustainable agriculture.

This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes.

Assessing both the macro- and micro-economic levels of the contemporary African Debt Crisis, this book, first published in 1989, begins by looking at the origins of the world debt crisis, and then looks closely at the problem as it affects Sub-Saharan Africa.

Although microcredit programmes have long been considered efficient development tools, many forms of debt-induced distress have emerged in their wake.

This book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter.

As the British relinquish control of Hong Kong, the economic relationship among the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, and Hong Kong becomes especially significant.

This two-volume work provides a comprehensive overview of the Belt and Road Initiative, examining its impact on economic growth, trade, financial systems and international relations.

This book brings forth the philosophical, conceptual and practical contours of the trade regionalism provisions under the GATT/WTO.

Augusto Graziani challenges traditional theories of monetary production, arguing that a modern economy based on credit cannot be understood without a focus on the administration of credit flows.

This second edition explores and accounts for the many changes in the emerging markets of China and the Latin American countries since 2011.

Testing for economic convergence across countries has been a central issue in the literature of economic growth and development.

This book provides insight into the historical background of Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on the impacts of conquest, colonialism, and dictatorships, to examine the current state of institutions, organizations, and businesses to emphasize the critical need of social enterprises in fostering human and sustainable development.

Globalization means that today, more than ever before, growth in developing countries and the reduction of poverty depend on world trade and a well functioning trading system.

Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities.

Examining economic growth through the lens of poverty, social exclusion, and economic inequality, Harold Delfin Angulo Bustinza offers an econometric analysis of the effects of international trade between Peru and China, which has seen an average annual growth of 22% over the past two decades.

The monograph outlines the directions of evolution in management sciences, focusing on changes emerging in the environment and emphasizing the processes of adaptation and resilience building.

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This is the first systematic study of the nature, operation and contribution of entrepreneurship to the growth of Hong Kong.

Beginning with the key changes brought about in the economy by advanced technology and organisational and institutional innovations, the author elucidates their impact on industrial systems, accumulation, firms and the processes of European integration.

This book explores the economic and political impact of US aggression and the rise of China.

Rural Development in Practice focuses on the evolving nature of rural development in the Global South.

This book illustrates how the treatment of complexity in analytical frameworks shapes economic studies.

This Handbook responds to the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of development economists by providing critical reference material alongside or in relation to mainstream propositions.

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.

This book presents an analysis of the concepts of female empowerment and resilience against violence in the informal entertainment and sex industries.

In this landmark text, Gilbert Rist provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.

Countries in the Middle East have very different economies, even if they are often grouped together.

This book brings order to the chaotic and rapidly evolving world of influencer marketing by providing readers with much needed context, frameworks, and best practices.

This book describes specific problems and proposes solutions for different areas of finance in Central and Southeastern European countries.

This far-reaching and long overdue chronicle of communication for development from a leading scholar in the field presents in-depth policy analyses to outline a vision for how communication technologies can impact social change and improve human lives.

The People's Republic of China's tax policies and international obligations are as multifaceted and dynamic as they are complex, developing closely with the nation's rise to the world's fastest-growing major economy.

This volume offers an overview of the critical challenges faced by aspiring African entrepreneurs and their coping strategies to sustain and develop their businesses.