Development economics and emerging economies

Wongsurawat looks at the history of Thailand since the mid-nineteenth century and uses events to elucidate basic economic models and concepts.

The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique - a form of 'environ-metrics' - to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as varied as poverty, external debt, multinational logging companies, government corruption, the IMF, population growth, and non-sustainable agriculture.

Wongsurawat looks at the history of Thailand since the mid-nineteenth century and uses events to elucidate basic economic models and concepts.

Women's Empowerment and Microcredit Programs in India examines the value of microcredit-based self-help groups (SHGs) for women in India and provides an alternative model for women's empowerment programming.

Urbanization is a transformative force reshaping the economies and societies of developing countries today.

The author considers the implications of deeper integration in the international economy for developing countries.

The interrelationship among development, environment, and human needs is one of the key issues being faced by the world today.

At a time when Peru continues to reel from the impact of Covid-19 and the eruption of corruption scandals involving five former presidents, this book analyzes the persistence and the structural underpinnings of underdevelopment in Peru.

How do we try to make the world a better place, when the challenges of poverty, disease, war, conflict, and climate change continue to impact millions of lives?

This book examines European countries' engagement in promoting regional integration in the East African Community (EAC).

This book examines European countries' engagement in promoting regional integration in the East African Community (EAC).

The rise of China poses a significant challenge to the existing, Western-dominated world economic order.

Este libro pretende conocer la situación de las trabajadoras en economía informal en Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco y, que por consecuencia no cuentan con seguridad social para atenderse ante problemas de salud, muchas de ellas son jefas de familia y tampoco tienen la opción para sus dependientes económicos, no cuentan con la posibilidad de aspirar a una pensión, no son sujetas de crédito INFONAVIT, quizá además, tienen hijos menores de edad y no tienen el servicio de guarderías mientras ellas desempeñan sus actividades laborales.

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

This book, the first of its kind, introduces various aspects of urban planning in India and contributes towards debates on changes required in the current practice.

This book systematically expounds the significance of the high-speed railway in China's regional economic and social development.

This book systematically expounds the significance of the high-speed railway in China's regional economic and social development.

This book focuses on the notion of the environmental sustainability of the economy.

This book discusses economic development of contemporary China from multiple perspectives.

This volume is the record of a conference held in March 1989 that centered on a departure from the basic U.

This book looks at the dynamic relationship between women's productive and reproductive work in a Global South country from a Global South perspective.

The breakup of the Soviet Union and the attempted transformation of Russia into a democracy and a market economy constitute one of the most significant events of our time.

The sharp decline in U.

This book explores how migrants and refugees can revitalise peripheral regions and communities economically.

This book explores how migrants and refugees can revitalise peripheral regions and communities economically.

Impact investing is a dynamic field that has been recently been discussed as a supplemental funding source for addressing societal problems.

This volume brings together market practitioners, policymakers, development specialists, and academics from developed and emerging market countries to examine the underlying causes of the Asian financial crisis and ways of preventing future crises in emerging markets.

Impact investing is a dynamic field that has been recently been discussed as a supplemental funding source for addressing societal problems.

Poverty and Prosperity: Tourism in Rural China focuses on tourism and rural community development in the light of Confucianism and Taoism.

Successive crises including COVID-19, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and the climate emergency are exacerbating inequalities between and within countries and stifling progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.

Rethinking Teacher Education: Improvement, Innovation and Change is the result of the conference organised by The Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development, East Africa (AKU-IED, EA) on education, in Uganda in 2017.

At a time when Peru continues to reel from the impact of Covid-19 and the eruption of corruption scandals involving five former presidents, this book analyzes the persistence and the structural underpinnings of underdevelopment in Peru.

First published in 1978.

Originally published in 1979, this book examines differing forms of international, interracial working- class action and the relationship between workers' struggles in the periphery and those in advanced capitalist countries.

The economic and social development that Bangladesh has achieved in the past two decades has made Bangladesh a development paradox.

As COVID-19 took hold across local and international borders in 2020 and 2021, over 1.

The economic and social development that Bangladesh has achieved in the past two decades has made Bangladesh a development paradox.

First published in 1978.

This handbook provides an authoritative multidisciplinary overview of contemporary African international migration.

Focuses on economic mobility and inequality, discussing the ''Great Gatsby Curve'', the relationship between mobility and inequality.

This books presents a theory of economic development very different from the "e;stages of growth"e; hypothesis or strategies emphasizing foreign aid, trade, or regional association.

In this book, Ed A.

Despite three decades of preoccupation with development in Africa, the economies of most African nations are still stagnating or regressing.

The proceedings volume provides an account of the pandemic-inspired policy changes in  leadership, entrepreneurship, and  sustainable development.

The proceedings volume provides an account of the pandemic-inspired policy changes in  leadership, entrepreneurship, and  sustainable development.

Originally published in 1979, this book examines differing forms of international, interracial working- class action and the relationship between workers' struggles in the periphery and those in advanced capitalist countries.

The interrelationship among development, environment, and human needs is one of the key issues being faced by the world today.

As COVID-19 took hold across local and international borders in 2020 and 2021, over 1.

Poverty and Prosperity: Tourism in Rural China focuses on tourism and rural community development in the light of Confucianism and Taoism.