Development economics and emerging economies

The objective of the book is to evaluate critically the ten principles of the Washington Consensus, which govern the conditionality provisions of the IMF and World Bank, and guide the so-called economic reform in developing countries.

The evergreen debate over government's involvement in business continues in earnest.

In less than three decades, China has emerged as the world's largest exporting nation with more than $2 trillion exports annually.

'A thought-provoking book, bringing readers outside their comfort zones.

Given that there is no shortage of economic theories while economic problems are growing periodically, Conceptual Economics boldly attempts to initiate a new approach by employing conceptual and intuitive tools to examine the intra-relationship between microeconomics and macroeconomics as well as the inter-relationship between economic analysis and other social science studies, especially the relationship with political science.

Foundations of the Future examines the geo-economic and geo-strategic implications of a growing global 'battle' to promote infrastructural connectivity across and between continents of the world.

First, the book documents the evolution of Asia's infrastructure over the past half-century and reviews existing literature on the role of infrastructure investment in supporting growth and social development.

Turkish Economy at the Crossroads: Facing the Challenges Ahead is an exciting new volume of articles from prominent experts, edited by two distinguished economists.

2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of China's reform and opening up policy, which created China's growth miracle with an annual average growth rate of around 9.

Since the reform and opening-up in the late 1970s, Wenzhou City of China's Zhejiang Province has witnessed large-scale institutional change and rapid economic development.

In recent years, the 'supply-side structural reform' has become a popular term in all regions and fields in China.

This book provides the annual update of Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) indices and rankings of the cost of living for ordinary residents and expatriates as well as wages and purchasing power for ordinary residents, covering 105 cities around the world over the period of 2005-2016.

Located in the central Zhejiang province, Yiwu is a mountainous region originally inhabited by farmers.

This book analyzes the industrialization process of Jianshanxia, a mountain village in Zhejiang Province, and its organizational changes since China's reform and opening-up.

China is a powerful engine of the global economy and the country's rise is undoubtedly the outcome of its protracted campaign of designing and implementing national development strategies since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

This book presents insights on Singapore's economy and society from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singapore Perspectives conference series co-published by Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific.

Since China's reform and opening-up in 1978, Zhejiang province has been one of the country's forerunners in economic, social and political transformation.

This book explores the development of Zhejiang province, an eastern coastal province of China.

This book provides a timely update on the ongoing transformation of the Chinese economy.

This book presents critical analyses of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from economic, social, political and geographical perspectives.

BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (known as bloc), have been working closely together for more than a decade in areas as politics, economics, culture and security.

For more than half a century, East Asia has been the most dynamic and resilient economic region in the world.

This book studies the Suzhou Industrial Park, a flagship project between the governments of Singapore and China, in a holistic manner, by highlighting not only its economic progress but also the developments on the social front such as its neighbourhood centres, schools, housing and talent attraction.

This book explores consumer protection in the major financial markets in the world and provides an international comparison among the countries of different cultural background and economic development.

This book provides essential insights into Chinese consumer behaviors in the growing and dynamic fashion market.

This book analyzes the structural factors that underlie the persistent mass poverty and extreme inequality in South Asian countries.

This book approaches the issue of rural-urban inequality through fieldwork conducted in a specific township (Zuogang) in Qinggang County, part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China.

Corporations are slowly realizing the impact of their business on the environment and society.

The book examines the pattern of non-farm development at the national level and identifies the correlates and determinants of occupational diversification for the major states.

This book gathers a collection of essays presented from the perspective of a spatial planner whose working life has been immersed in South Asia.

This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the state of low-carbon investments in Asia, analyzing the rationales, mandates and public-private financing activities.

This study aims at analyzing the resilience of Indonesia from two aspects: one is was natural disaster and the other is environmental protection.

The book contains 12 contributions that explain the current state of China's cruise industry and future development.

This book is a compilation of the best papers presented at the 2017 installment of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), which is held annually in Singapore.

This book focuses on different sustainable products and services, such as electrical vehicles, green buildings, and biophilic and biomimetic systems, at multiple hierarchical levels within its chapters.

This book is about promising collaborative avenues for connecting Finland and India with value propositions for enterprises, consumers and investors worldwide.

The book provides a study of the investment environment for international enterprises in China and overseas investment by Chinese enterprises.

This book discusses economic development in general and selected public policy issues with a focus on philosophy, Gandhian thoughts and sectoral issues in the Indian context.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the changes that have taken place in the systems and practices of Japanese management over the last quarter century, identifies the positive and useful attributes that ought to be maintained, and clarifies the behavioral principles that form the groundwork of their strengths.

This book is devoted to the analysis of the Six Development Concepts of China titled "e;Xi Jinping's New Development Philosophy"e;, namely Innovative Development, Coordinated Development, Green Development, Open Development, Sharing Development, and Security Development.

This book introduces an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Japanese foreign direct investment determinants, the close relations between foreign investment and trade flows in the host country, and the effects and responses by the local economy.

This book analyzes issues related to economic challenges for Japan's regional revitalization.

This book examines partnerships between commercial banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs).

This book examines partnerships between commercial banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs).

This book presents a collection of articles addressing a range of marketing strategies unique to emerging economies.

After first analysing the economic development processes of emerging Asian economies in general, this book explores the development implications of India's seventy years (1947-2017) of socio-economic policy regimes.

This book examines the interplay between trade and the environment, with a focus on the Indian textile sector.

This book offers an assessment of the performance, impact, and welfare implications of the world's largest employment guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

This book reviews the fulfillment of two Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely poverty and inequality, in the Indian subcontinent.

This book discusses various dimensions of Indian fiscal federalism, focusing on the current fiscal imbalances - both vertical and horizontal - and their correction.