Development economics and emerging economies

As Ghana approaches its 60th birthday, optimism and worries for the future continue to be present in equal measure.

The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors.

There is limited access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to bank credit.

This book examines some of the evolving challenges faced by EU regional policy in light of enlargement and to assess some of the approaches and trends in terms of territorial development policy and practice that are emerging out of this process.

The devastating effect of Covid19 on the Indian economy is by now well-known.

Food crises have always tested societies.

This book provides the why, who, and how of international migration, explaining how it affects the jobs, wages, and welfare of people.

The City Makers of Nairobi re-examines the history of the urban development of Nairobi in the colonial period.

COVID-19 in the African Continent examines the development, achievements, and challenges that have resulted owing to COVID-19 pandemic and how these precarious socioeconomic situations are being managed in African countries.

Events of the past twenty years, including the Cold War and the War on Terror, have meant that the environments of international development co-operation have changed extensively, with dramatic consequences for development policies and North-South relations in general.

This book presents a scientific view of fighting climate change in the economy of the future, the foundations of which are being set around the world.

This book presents a unique analysis of modern Russian provincial society.

Set in one of the world's most unequal and violent places, this ethnographic study reveals how insurance companies discovered a vast market of predominantly poor African clients.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Industrie und Industrieplanung in Entwicklungsländern" verfügbar.

This book focuses on the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure development project intended to connect Asia with Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

This book shows the impact of globalization on Southeast Asia, which over a few decades has evolved from a loose set of war-torn ex-colonies to being a centre of global manufacturing.

This book explores the implications of talent management in four practical settings across the globe.

This book is a collection of fifteen contributions that undertake a detailed analysis of seven broad dimensions of India's economy and society.

This book examines the patterns, characteristics, causes and coping mechanisms of the poor in Afghanistan applying econometric and statistical techniques.

First published in 1984, this work explores the issues surrounding the industrialisation of the Third World at the beginning of the 1980s.

'Ann and Robert Seidman have written an invaluabe theoretical (and practical) guide for those concerned with the role of the state in development.

This book examines sustainable energy development in China, a non-liberal state, as a counterexample to conventional wisdom that effective policy outcomes are premised on the basis of decentralized governance.

This book shares unique perspectives on the successful global evolution and future ambitions of Chinese consumer companies.

This book delves into the intricate dynamics between economic elites and the political party system in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, particularly during their democratization phases in the twentieth century.

This book demonstrates the concept of ecological system of the smart ports.

This book examines China's response to the Asian financial crisis of 1997, both in its immediate aftermath and in the years since.

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

Agricultural Waste Diversity and Sustainability Issues: Sub Saharan Africa as Case Study presents solutions for overcoming limitations, guiding developmental processes, and improving knowledge transfer in agricultural waste management and development.

Procurement can be your company's secret weapon for winning in turbulent times.

Over the last years, "e;Creating Shared Value"e; has become a much discussed concept in business practice as well as in management theory and especially in the context of corporate social responsibility.

This book considers the work of the preeminent scholar on decoloniality, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, as a means of examining the development of decoloniality discourse and considering the future direction of the African knowledge economy.

How can science realize its potential and help us tackle global inequality, environmental change and crippling poverty?

This book examines Turkey's success within international development cooperation and how this could create a framework for a new international aid architecture.

Caribbean economies have been faced with mounting challenges arising from the increasing pace of economic globalization.

The relationship between technology and development is explored by economists, policy analysts and other experts.

From bank bailouts to austerity, Europe's and Ireland's response to the economic crisis has been engineered specifically to shift the burden of paying for the crisis onto ordinary citizens while investors, financiers, bankers and the privileged are protected.

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Telecommunications are increasingly recognized as a key component in the infrastructure of economic development.

China is trying to turn its labor, capital and resources intensive, lower added-value and export dependent growth into a sustainable innovative economy.

Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development.

Economic geographers increasingly consider the significance of history in shaping the contemporary socio-economic landscape, and increasingly believe that experiences and competencies, acquired over time by individuals and entities in particular localities, to a large degree determine present configurations as well as future regional trajectories.

A key distinctive feature of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) as organizations resides in the fact that they span across borders.

This book offers an elaborate and empirical look at service quality of hospitals in the emerging market of India.

Hiring domestic workers is a routine part of the expat development lifestyle.

The street protests that erupted in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread quickly throughout the Middle East surprised not only the entrenched dictators of the region but also international observers who collectively had taken for granted the durability of Middle Eastern authoritarianism.

First Published in 1966.

It is a major problem for less developed countries to make their primary sectors sufficiently profitable in order to be able to build up their manufacturing and service sectors.