Development economics and emerging economies

Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), this book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation.

Corporate Governance Practices in India examines corporate governance practice in Indian industry.

At the time in which this book was first published in 1992, there was a major concern with the macro-economic implications of fiscal imbalance.

Knut Wicksell is arguably the greatest Swedish social scientist of all time, and poverty was a theme that occupied him all his life.

This book offers a fresh look at the global apparel industry, focusing on Korean multinational corporations (MNCs) and their growing role in building regional connections and shaping economic and social development in Asia.

This book analyzes the common set of obstacles to the development and integration of government Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects and effective e-government initiatives in developing countries.

As the world today faces messy problems, what in some circles has been called global weirding, the term resilience has taken centre stage.

The Routledge Handbook of Industry and Development is a global overview of industrialisation.

In recent years the popularity of service learning and study abroad programs that bring students to the global South has soared, thanks to this generation of college students' desire to make a positive difference in the world.

This book explores how many issues related to development and governance -including migration, disaster management, environmental justice, peace and security, sustainability, public-private partnerships, and terrorism - impact the practice of social work.

This book analyses the dynamics of Indian stock market with a special emphasis during the period following emergence of Covid-19.

Oil and Gas in Trinidad and Tobago presents a historical economic review of the energy sector of Trinidad and Tobago, followed by a detailed evaluation of policies associated with resource abundance and the effects on the economy from various perspectives, including industrialization, labor productivity, education, export diversification, and competitiveness.

This book explores the economic and development challenges seen within post-colonial Africa.

The economies of Turkey and Egypt, remarkably similar until the early 1980s, have since taken divergent paths.

Three-fourths of the world's poor are rural poor.

This book provides a valuable compendium of annual indices and rankings of cost of living for expatriates and cost of living, wages and purchasing power for ordinary residents in 105 world's major cities over the period 2005-2015.

Departing from the category of 'peripheral socialism', this book offers an economic history of the Cuban revolution between 1959 and 2019, with a focus on the period that ranges between 2008 and 2018.

This guide is a practical overview for the international businessman to understand the rules, regulations and management issues regarding taxes in China.

Public institutions, companies and governments in the EU and around the worldare increasingly engaging in sustainable public procurement - a broad conceptthat must consider the three pillars of economic equality, social welfare and publichealth and environmental responsibility when designing public tenders andfinalizing government contracts.

This book presents a coherent framework for assessing economic policy making in developing countries, with special reference to those in Africa.

This book is not just about corporate strategies and stratagems: it is about the 'Faustian' pact between real and financial powers, governed by the rules of 'minimizing the costs to oneself of imposing losses upon others'.

This richly illustrated and well documented book gives a full picture of the economic development of the Polish Republic during the seventeen years which elapsed since the independence of Poland was proclaimed by Marshal Pilsudski on October 11th, 1918.

After a turbulent modern history of conquest and colonialism, Mexico has developed as an economy that may be emerging but still displays significant levels of poverty, particularly in relation to its neighbor to the north, the United States.

The rapid evolution of events in the European, Middle Eastern, and North African spheres has reinvigorated the debate on Euro-Mediterranean relations.

Agriculture was a major item on the agenda of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), launched in 1986.

This book focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries.

Africa is well known for the production of national liberation movements (NLMs), stemming from a history of exploitation, colonisation and slavery.

In August 2005 the nation watched as Hurricane Katrina pummelled the Gulf Coast.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will not only be Africa's largest dam, but it is also essential for future cooperation and development in the Nile River Basin and East African region.

Structural adjustment programmes are the largest single cause of increased poverty, inequality and hunger in developing countries.

This book explores the rise of consumerism and the expanding variety of goods available in Japan.

Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor.

Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia.

This volume approaches marcomm (marketing communication) from the phenomenology of markets in the context of the Global South and its postcolonial experiences.

In this clear and intelligent book, Thomas Lines examines the role that global policies have played in creating a crisis of rural poverty.

Feeding the world's growing population is a critical policy challenge for the twenty-first century.

A team of distinguished academics explore the ideas underlying Amartya Sen''s critique of traditional approaches to injustice.

Iran is estimated to have the third largest informal sector in the MENA region a major source of income for many low-income households whose numbers are growing as sanctions tighten.

This volume examines corruption and provides tools and that can be utilized to combat it and encourage development.