Development economics and emerging economies

The objective of "e;Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies"e; is to raise the level of interest in the specific problems of accounting in emerging economies; and increase awareness of real issues, so that accounting in these countries will not just be seen as a matter of copying what is done in the industrialized countries.

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.

In recent years, privatisation has fallen out of favour in many countries because the underlying political factors have not been well understood.

This book analyzes the industrialization process of Jianshanxia, a mountain village in Zhejiang Province, and its organizational changes since China's reform and opening-up.

The new institutional economics is one of the the most important new bodies of theory to emerge in economics in recent years.

The first book to examine relations between state authority and elite business representation in the Middle East.

This book addresses how China could avoid the middle-income trap.

This proceedings volume analyzes the impact of globalization on international financial flow as well as harmonized financial reporting.

Ever since Jim O'Neill at Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICS in 2001 there have been many different assessments of these major emerging economies, with some even proclaiming that the promise of the BRICS (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is over.

Red Money for the Global South explores the relationship of the East with the "e;new"e; South after decolonization, with a particular focus on the economic motives of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and other parties that were all striving for mutual cooperation.

This book is about the introduction of modern power-driven rice milling to the main rice exporting countries of Burma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand) and French Indo-China (Vietnam) from 1869.

L'État du Yucatan au Mexique est connu entre autres pour ses nombreux sites archéologiques, silencieux témoins de la gloire passée des Mayas.

With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world s resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century.

In The Extractive Zone Macarena Gomez-Barris traces the political, aesthetic, and performative practices that emerge in opposition to the ruinous effects of extractive capital.

A broad vision for economic progress in AfricaA more peaceful and prosperous Africa is in everyone's interest.

A sophisticated yet accessible analysis of economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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

This report addresses the urgent issue of climate-related losses and damages.

The first comprehensive history of the Turkish economyThe population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now.

The economy of India is growing at a rate of 8 percent per year, and its exports of goods and services have more than doubled in the past three years.

One of the first books to analyze business and financial aspects of sustainable transport and fuels systems and provides novel insights for researchers, managers, and politicians who work in energy and sustainability related areas.

This book examines the need for greater legal coherence within international trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and external trade relations.

Countries around the world are working to counter the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their healthcare systems, economies, and industries.

This book examines China's economic development since 1949, with special emphasis on the economic transition of the past two decades and the role of special economic zones in this gradually evolving process.

The Seventh Annual Seminar of Canadian-American relations held at the University of Windsor brought together a number of distinguished participants, representing such interested groups as labour, business, and research, to discuss planning.

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty, helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be reduced through proven policy solutions.

A political economy analysis of the history of food security in the Arab world, including the role played by the global food price crisis in the Arab Spring and the Arab response aiming at greater food sovereignty via domestic food production and land acquisition overseas - the so-called land grab.

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.

One of the most troubling developments of the past two decades has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced a 2011 report on women in agriculture with a clear and urgent message: agriculture underperforms because half of all farmers-women-lack equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive.

Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization.

This book explores consumer protection in the major financial markets in the world and provides an international comparison among the countries of different cultural background and economic development.

This first book on Maritime Informatics describes the potential for Maritime Informatics to enhance the shipping industry.

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Agewhen there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteenand explores what it could mean for our collective future.

Corruption, commonly defined as the misuse of public office for private gains, is multifaceted, multidimensional and ubiquitous.

Since the very beginnings of economics as a science, which might be dated from Ibn Khaldun's "e;Introduction to History"e; (1377), the challenge of making societies escape from poverty and attain some degree of prosperity has always been, and will remain, a fundamental issue.

Revenues from commodities are extremely important for Latin America and the Caribbean, yet there is very little literature on the structure of these industries and on the various ways in which the state obtains commodity revenues.

How has globalisation affected the executives and economy of Thailand, one of the most dynamically growing countries in East Asia?

This book offers a multifaceted examination of Africa's development into the post-2015 global agenda from a geographical perspective.

This eighth volume offers an overview of modern Jewish history from political, social and cultural perspectives over the period 1815–2000.