Economic growth

Volume 41 of Research in Economic Anthropology explores a wide range of topics of interest to economic anthropology.

Offers an insightful yet readable study of the paths - and challenges - to social cohesion in Africa, by experienced historians, economists and political scientists.

This edited collection examines the evolution of regional inequality in Latin America in the long run.

Before the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, significant reductions in official interest rates typically proved sufficient to generate sustainable economic recoveries from downturns.

Explores the mobilities of capital and labour in the contemporary global economy.

A new explanation of the Irish economic crisis, tracing its roots in Ireland''s earlier record of growth and development.

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws.

Why do so few countries achieve development success?

Restructuring Japanese Business for Growth consists of eighteen previously unpublished invited chapters by experts on Japanese business.

Bridging the gap between applied economists and theoretical nonparametric econometricians, this book explains basic to advanced nonparametric methods with applications.

In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture.

Examines the transformation of the Russian electricity system during post-Soviet marketization, arguing for a view of economic and political development as mutually constitutive.

Environmental Sustainability, Growth Trajectory and Gender focuses on three major issues affecting developing economies: environmental sustainability, growth trajectory and gender.

This book investigates the intricacies of resource management performance across various sectors within the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Root shows how the tools of network analysis can be used to understand great transitions in global economic history.

The terms of debate on the role of institutions in economic development are changing.

This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance.

Security concerns, the AIDS epidemic, environmental degradation, and financial contagion are salient features of today's landscape of threats to global stability.

Using Africa as a context for research, new conceptual framing is proposed to make sense of the challenges of designing effective organizations to pursue socio-economic development.

Analyzes institutional bypasses, a strategy to promote change and implement reforms in developing countries.

Taking a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, this textbook offers a non-technical introduction to the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation.

Since the Second World War, surprisingly few developing countries have experienced a truly sustained episode of economic and social convergence towards the structural characteristics of the advanced nations.

This book assesses the phenomenon of international framework agreements (IFAs), examining their implementation and impact around the world as well as their promotion of ILO standards.

Examines the history of the idea of planning and the history and experience of planning in India.

This book is a compilation of cases of best work in community indicators research.

Brazil is the most populous economy in Latin America with the second highest GDP among the emerging BRIC economies, after China, and the second per capita GDP among the BRIC economies after Russia.

An insightful account of the remarkable transition of the Chinese economy from impoverished backwater to economic powerhouse.

Debt, private and public, and in particular excessive debt, has been debated to be one of the root causes of economic crises.

This book provides researchers, students, and practitioners with a methodology to evaluate the impacts of a wide diversity of development projects and policies on local economies.

Islamic institutions have turned the Middle East into an extraordinarily repressive region.

India is not only the world's largest and fiercely independent democracy, but also an emerging economic giant.

Capital, Accumulation, and Money: An Integration of Capital, Growth, and MonetaryTheory is a book about capital and money.

This book entitled 2017 Annual Competitiveness Analysis and Impact of Exchange Rates on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to Sub-National Economies of India is the fifth edition of the Asia Competitiveness Institute's flagship analysis of competitiveness covering the sub-national economies of India.

In the early 21st century, five rising powers (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) formed an exclusive international club, the BRICS.

A theoretical critique of the patent and innovation policy funnelled by intellectual property instruments towards developing countries.

Society today faces multi-dimensional challenges that are hard to define and even harder to deal with.

Integrating transition economies into the global commercial and trade market system is a prolonged and risky process.

This contributed volume presents the outcomes of multidisciplinary studies on the problem of sustainable economic development.

Entrepreneurship is an essential driver for economic growth and innovation.

Banks and other financial institutions play a fundamental and yet divisive role in the health of any economy.

New approach to the economic theory of resources, showing the positive role that scarcities can play in triggering economic growth.

Outlines how to rethink society''s economic, political, and social institutions and actions to take to build better societies.

A fresh perspective on socialist law as practiced in China and Vietnam, two major socialist states.

The untold story, in their own words, of the contributions of Soviet and post-Soviet immigrants to the US innovation economy.

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It is a resource book that profiles the geography, demography, economy, political environment and business climates for each of China's 31 provinces.

Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.

This Element analyses the construction and effects of the use of cellphones to improve health and healthcare in developing contexts.

Economical energy supply is vital for a country's financial success, and factors such as price, continuity, environmental pollution and the country's own energy resources are important contributors.