Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the first undergraduate text to recognize the role of institutions in understanding development and growth.
Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the first undergraduate text to recognize the role of institutions in understanding development and growth.
This volume focuses on the performance of firms as a measure of the effectiveness of corporate governance, and then attempts to draw conclusions about the relative advantages of different ownership structures.
This volume focuses on the performance of firms as a measure of the effectiveness of corporate governance, and then attempts to draw conclusions about the relative advantages of different ownership structures.
Now expanded to cover the consequences of Russia's 1998 financial collapse, this book focuses on the social consequences of a modern-day great depression.
Now expanded to cover the consequences of Russia's 1998 financial collapse, this book focuses on the social consequences of a modern-day great depression.
This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century "e;shipping out"e; of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of "e;counter-exploring"e;, that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.
This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century "e;shipping out"e; of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of "e;counter-exploring"e;, that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.
Thailand's dynamic economic development has earned it a reputation as the "e;Fifth Tiger"e; (following on the heels of the superperforming "e;Four Tigers"e; - South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong).
Thailand's dynamic economic development has earned it a reputation as the "e;Fifth Tiger"e; (following on the heels of the superperforming "e;Four Tigers"e; - South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong).
This volume makes JEC-commissioned expert studies of economic developments in East-Central Europe available to business people, educators and students.
Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy toward building local and more resilient food systems.
Home Gardens for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods demonstrates how home gardens hold particular significance for resource-poor and marginalized communities in developing countries, and how they offer a versatile strategy toward building local and more resilient food systems.
This book explores the lived experience of cultural entrepreneurship examining the challenges associated with cultural labour including the insecurities of managing precarious working conditions.
This book explores the lived experience of cultural entrepreneurship examining the challenges associated with cultural labour including the insecurities of managing precarious working conditions.
In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors.
In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors.
Property Rights in Land widens our understanding of property rights by looking through the lenses of social history and sociology, discussing mainstream theory of new institutional economics and the derived grand narrative of economic development.
Property Rights in Land widens our understanding of property rights by looking through the lenses of social history and sociology, discussing mainstream theory of new institutional economics and the derived grand narrative of economic development.
The remarkable speed at which microcredit has expanded around the world in the last three decades has piqued the curiosity of practitioners and theorists alike.
The remarkable speed at which microcredit has expanded around the world in the last three decades has piqued the curiosity of practitioners and theorists alike.