Development economics and emerging economies

This volume describes the most salient changes faced by key Chinese industry sectors as defining components of global and domestic macroeconomic performance.

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This is the first book that uses the Harris - Todaro (H-T) model to study contemporary economic issues in developing countries, with a particular focus on China.

This volume explores the impact of good governance upon social sectors' development in India and other selected economies of the world.

The book brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people's resistance against big dams, mining and industrial projects, in short, displacement and dispossession in Odisha, India.

First published in 1987 and in English in 1989, Gabon provides an essential introduction to the geography, history, sociology, economics and politics of Gabon in considerable detail.

This book analyzes the structural factors that underlie the persistent mass poverty and extreme inequality in South Asian countries.

How can assessment and evaluation policies work together more effectively to improve student outcomes in primary and secondary schools?

A variety of perspectives from leading economists provides fresh insight into how Arab countries may best exploit their oil revenues.

Korea's economic success has inspired numerous studies and research projects in past decades.

The prosperity of China's people has advanced very much in recent decades.

The most pressing problem for most developing countries is how to reverse the adverse trends of the 1980s and create the conditions for sustainable development.

Viewed from a global scale, steady progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty defined by the $1.

This text gives an analysis of privatization and restructuring by the Treuhandanstalt in East Germany.

This book aims to fill the literature gap on digital instruments and FinTech in enhancing green finance.

An exploration of how key provinces in China shape urban and regional development The rise of major metropolises across China since the 1990s has been a double-edged sword: although big cities function as economic powerhouses, concentrated urban growth can worsen regional inequalities, governance challenges, and social tensions.

This volume examines the relationship between Nordic social policy and economic development from a comparative perspective.

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This thematic collection of 26 case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage in the context of sustainable development.

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

Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997-98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits elsewhere.

This book looks more closely at how natural disasters impact bank activity and how banks can support economic recovery after a natural disaster.

The book covers financial inclusion in the southern cone (Argentina, Brazil, and Chile) and its impact on public finance.

Based on extensive original research in the Republic of Tatarstan, in the Central Volga region of Russia, this book examines the economic development path followed by Tatarstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian financial crash of 1998.

This Palgrave Pivot aims to build a bridge between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable finance in financial markets.

The threat of terror, which flares in Africa and Indonesia, has given the problem of failed states an unprecedented immediacy and importance.

In the tradition of the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS), our research publications make a distinctive contribution to the understanding of economic development in Asia by evaluating and tracking competitiveness for the ten ASEAN member states annually since 2000 through combining leading-edge methodologies with an extensive dataset.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship in China provides empirical evidence and cutting-edge research into topical business ethics issues relating to entrepreneurship, corporate governance, and institutional reforms in China.

This book charts the history and contemporary landscape of African regionalism, investigating how regional cooperation can be used to help to tackle security and development challenges in Africa.

In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture.

This book investigates how African countries respond to socioeconomic shocks, drawing out lessons to help to inform future policy and development efforts.

Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams.

This book will take a broad look at the ways in which the concept of sustainability is being applied in the business context.

Journalism is in crisis, but the solution is right in front of us.

This study brings readers up to date on the complicated and controversial subject of debt relief for the poorest countries of the world.

The Fair Trade Scandal takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign.

The must-read summary of Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston's book: "e;Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage"e;.

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

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

Brian Buffini, an Irish immigrant who went from rags to riches, shares his strategies for anyone who wants to achieve the American dream in this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.