Development economics and emerging economies

Intergenerational income mobility is of great societal importance due to its relevance to equal socio-economic opportunity and future economic efficiency.

This new collection of articles puts the very latest issues in economic development under the microscope, exploring them from a variety of perspectives.

This book focuses on the connotation and the basic structure of smart supply chain finance and on this basis, systematically explores the elements of smart supply chain finance innovation, and further proposes a five-dimensional model for the realization of smart supply chain finance-SMART.

In this far-ranging and provocative volume, Joe Colombano and Aniket Shah provide global perspectives on the most significant challenges facing modern America, seeking to inspire new ideas to redevelop America.

Transforming the Lives of Impoverished Girls in Patriarchal SocietiesSince 2003 a privately funded high school in India has provided desperately needed education for girls from impoverished families in Lucknow, the capital and largest city in Uttar Pradesh.

The COVID-19 crisis has fractured the pre-existing structural rigidities and institutional fragilities in the economies of developing countries more than ever, necessitating a rethinking of fiscal and monetary policies, the main vehicles for relief, recovery and reconstruction.

Researchers in international development have long argued that the high costs of doing business harms prosperity in developing countries, a claim that invites the question of why governments impose these costs and why societies fail to enact reforms reducing them.

Looking at the years 1870-2016, this book analyses the reasons behind Colombia's chronically slow economic growth.

The development discourse has long been dominated by best practices prescriptions for reform, but these are not a useful way of responding to the governance ambiguities of the early 21st century.

This book critically examines marketization: a phenomenon by which market processes are institutionalized and marketing increasingly pervades all areas of our everyday life.

This book provides deep insight into the flow of foreign direct investment from Asia to Europe.

A fascinating study that shows how the intersection of technology and politics has shaped South African history since the 1960s.

This book assesses Iran's role in contemporary geopolitics.

The second edition of this successful and popular text has been updated and revised to include recent issues in development economics.

East Asian nations through the dialogue between ASEAN and its partners have been promoting energy market integration (EMI) for a decade.

It is widely believed that natural mineral resources are desirable.

China and other Third World societies cannot 'catch up' with the rich countries.

This book investigates corruption and anti-corruption efforts in Africa, emphasising the regional and thematic differences across the continent, whilst also exploring key patterns and trends.

Our post-industrialised global economy has achieved spectacular success and pushed back poverty to an extent previously thought impossible.

First Published in 1991.

This book looks at two-stage industrial cluster theory and new innovation models in view of IT-ization and servitization of products.

Spatial Microeconometrics introduces the reader to the basic concepts of spatial statistics, spatial econometrics and the spatial behavior of economic agents at the microeconomic level.

The massive inflation and oil crisis of the 1970s damaged Jimmy Carter's presidency.

This book explores how the financial system should be regulated and structured to achieve the twin goals of inclusive growth and financial stability, with a focus on African low-income countries (LICs).

“[John Naisbitt’s] vision of the world’s economy has the mark of genius.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders at the United Nations on 25 September 2015, sets out an ambitious plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, with the overarching objective of leaving no one behind.

This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities.

This book examines the role of institutions in China's recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation.

This book provides essential insights into Bhutan's developmental challenges.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of a range of concepts, methods, strategies and policies in agriculture and natural resource management, environmental economics, production economics and sustainable agricultural development.

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

This comprehensive volume provides uniquely diverse insights into various aspects of decentralization and development from both developed and developing countries, with special reference to Sri Lanka.

This book examines land acquisition and resettlement experience in Asian countries, where nearly two-thirds of the world's development-induced displacement currently takes place.

First published in 1987, Agricultural Extension Worldwide presents an international perspective on agricultural extension and highlights extension as an integral function of agricultural development.

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

Despite the rhetoric, the people of Sub-Saharan Africa are become poorer.

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

Addressing the entire care chain, this book presents the outcomes of advanced research on healthcare operations management based on real-world data and practices in China.

This book explores the unparalleled adversities and strain that the COVID-19 pandemic caused on the social and economic lives of people.

This title was first published in 2000: This work provides a new insight into china's township and village enterprises (TVEs).

This book presents a critical analysis of the 'resource curse' doctrine and a review of the international evidence on oil and urban development to examine the role of oil on property development and rights in West Africa's new oil metropolis - Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.

China has experienced tremendous developmental success since its reform and opening-up policy in 1978.

First published in 1998, this author illustrates clearly how, on the threshold of the new millennium, the world is entering a post-economic era.

Originally published in 1985, Industrialization and Urbanization in Latin America focuses on the process of industrialisation in Latin America.

As countries large and small, rich and poor are drawn inexorably into the global economy, protectionist policies are proving increasingly inefficient and ineffective for driving growth.

Pushing the frontiers of the new development paradigm, this book guides debates, clarifies new themes and illustrates how the cultural resources of the developing world can become a new way of integrating into the global economy - helping to raise the voices of developing countries, widening the range of creative choices and promoting cultural diversity and economic and human development.

The purpose of this book is to provide a systematic and policy-focused analysis of Korea's development performance from a historical perspective.