Development economics and emerging economies

"e;[The authors] argue that with more integration and cooperation between businesses, governments and communities, a more sustainable economy is possible.

It is widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This volume discusses the development of the Mexican manufacturing sector during the NAFTA era.

As microfinance is increasingly being absorbed into broader debates on financial inclusion and sustainable development, there is a growing number of professionals operating in international relations and development who are often confronted with sweeping statements about the alleged benefits and risks of microfinance.

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This two-volume set presents the conference papers from the 1st International Conference on Economics, Development and Sustainability (EDESUS 2019), organized by the University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

This book explores what development banks, governments, and communities have learned in the last decade of careful negotiation between social and environmental protections in the Andean Amazon, and the pressures of a surging infrastructure and development boom.

Tackles the politically sensitive, complex issues of climate change, development and development cooperation, offering theoretical, political, and practical perspectives.

The attractiveness of product labeling stems from their voluntary nature to achieve environmental and social goals.

This book addresses key aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and explores them from a variety of perspectives in a case study on the Marange diamond mines in Zimbabwe.

Economic growth, reflected in increases in national output per capita, makes possible an improved material standard of living and the alleviation of poverty.

Why the global economy has become increasingly unstable, and how financial “de-carbonization” could break the pattern of bubble-driven wealth destruction.

Current social, economic, and environmental challenges presented by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals may be partially attained by digitalization and sustainable practices diffusion.

Food insecurity can result from various events.

The concept of an information economy is considered by some to be a new branch of economic theory, and by others as the next stage of development for an economy post-industrialization.

This Element studies the attempts to estimate cross-country quality variations.

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

This book explores the relationships between financial inclusion, poverty and inclusive development from Islamic perspectives.

Each year in India more than two million people fall sick with tuberculosis (TB), an infectious, airborne, and potentially deadly lung disease.

The 41st Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter was held at The University of York in April 2014.

Now in its new and fully updated third edition, The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific continues to provide a compelling analysis of a region undergoing dramatic changes.

This thematically structured text offers an ideal introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies.

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This book is about property, informality and institutions relevant to both the developed and the developing world.

This book bridges the gap between theoretical and empirical understandings of the informal sector to provide insight into the role of the informal sector within the development process.

This book aims to define comparative economics and to illustrate the breadth and depth of its contribution.

In 1989 the post-Communist countries of Eastern Europe opened their economies by establishing more open exchange rate policies and exchange controls and eliminating prohibitive tariffs and quotas.

There is intense competition among emerging markets to capture their share of the global economy.

In September 2015, world leaders adopted a new post-2015 development agenda, centered on 17 Sustainable Development Goals intended to transform the world.

In less than three decades, China has emerged as the world's largest exporting nation with more than $2 trillion exports annually.

This book identifies the differences in growth and development, and the various factors lying behind them, across both Middle East and North African (MENA) and East Asian countries over the 1960-2020 period.

This report discusses the estimated $1 trillion annual global infrastructure gap and provides recommendations on how U.

This volume brings together some of the best-known and highly-regarded academics in the field to present a timely and comprehensive review of the prospects for economic integration and development in Southern Africa, and to analyse alternative strategies and policies for the future.

Industrial Development in Africa critically synthesizes and reframes the debates on African industrial development in a capability-opportunity framework.

This collection explores the connections between globalization, competitiveness and human security and their relevance for development studies.

This book provides a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to major disasters in Asia over the past two decades.

In the present stage of international capitalist development, women are increasingly being drawn into paid employment by multinational and state investment in the Third World.

Is economic growth desirable?

This book argues that it is time to step back and reassess the anti-corruption movement, which despite its many opportunities and great resources has ended up with a track record that is indifferent at best.

This book is devoted to investigating the policy design and effectiveness of financial and market-based instruments to promote energy efficiency financing.

Time Frames provides a reconnaissance on the conservation rules and current protection policies of more than 100 countries, with particular attention to the emerging nations and twentieth-century architecture.

 This book explores how and why Mexico s approach to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) implementation with the Lopez Obrador administration is unsustainable and non-transformative, overshadowed by his vision of Mexico s Fourth Transformation .

This book focuses on the economic dimensions of peace processes and examines the opportunities and constraints for assisting negotiated exits out of conflict.

China, India, Brazil, and South Africa are reshaping the world economy.

First published in 1975, this book traces the origins of our modern economy, showing the routes by which nations have either achieved wealth or have been impoverished.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of neo-liberal and progressive economic reforms and policies implemented in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship.

This book describes the principles of integrated assessment models (IAM) for climate change economics and introduces various computable models for different development mechanisms under climate change governance.