Economic growth

In its first seven years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tripled trade and quintupled foreign investment among the U.

Exchanges play an essential and central role in the world's economy.

Ours is the most dynamic era in human history.

Costs and Benefits of Economic Integration in Asia brings together authoritative essays that identify and examine various initiatives to promote economic integration in Asia.

Conventional wisdom holds that China's burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer of Beijing.

Conventional wisdom holds that China's burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer of Beijing.

This book is the first comprehensive and systematic English-language treatment of Mexico's economic history to appear in nearly forty years.

The last half century has seen a dramatic expansion in access to primary, secondary, and higher education in many nations around the world.

Since opening to foreign investment in 1979, China has emerged as the leading investment site for multinational corporations.

Why have some countries been able to escape the usual dead end of international development efforts and build explosively growing capitalist economies?

This book is the first comprehensive and systematic English-language treatment of Mexico's economic history to appear in nearly forty years.

Why do leaders of countries opt to sign on to international institutions that constrain their freedom to enact domestic policy?

China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity.

Prior to 1979, China had a bifurcated and geographically-dispersed industrial structure made up of a relatively small number of large-scale, state-owned enterprises in various industries alongside numerous small-scale, energy-intensive and polluting enterprises.

China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity.

Most discussions of India's recent economic growth focus on progress and policies at the national level.

In spite of recurrent criticism and an impressive production of alternative indicators by scholars and NGOs, GDP remains the central indicator of countries' success.

In spite of recurrent criticism and an impressive production of alternative indicators by scholars and NGOs, GDP remains the central indicator of countries' success.

What kind of role can the middle class play in potential democratization in such an undemocratic, late developing country as China?

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

AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty combines the insights of economics and biology to explain the spread of HIV/AIDS and deliver a telling critique of AIDS policy.

With a GDP that just reached $2.

With a GDP that just reached $2.

East Asia is a powerhouse of automobile production.

East Asia is a powerhouse of automobile production.

This book explores recent drivers of Asia's growth and economic development.

Chapters 1 and 10 from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Academic.

Chapters 1 and 10 from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Academic.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries addresses some of the most important issues affecting labour markets in low-income countries.

This is an open access title.

This is an open access title.

Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society.

Why we are poor and others are so very rich, indeed, why they are so rich when we are still very poor.

Why we are poor and others are so very rich, indeed, why they are so rich when we are still very poor.

Drawing on the history of the philanthropy of India's economic elites, Arun Kumar discusses how their ideas and understanding of development have shifted and changed over time.

Drawing on the history of the philanthropy of India's economic elites, Arun Kumar discusses how their ideas and understanding of development have shifted and changed over time.

Global Migration beyond Limits takes a critical approach to mainstream economic accounts of migration, environment, and inequality.

Global Migration beyond Limits takes a critical approach to mainstream economic accounts of migration, environment, and inequality.

By tracing the evolution of South Korean state-led capitalism and comparing it with other economies, this book critiques prevalent theories including neoliberalism, the developmental state, and institutionalism, and proposes a theoretical alternative focusing on endogenous changes through elites' competition within and outside the state.

By tracing the evolution of South Korean state-led capitalism and comparing it with other economies, this book critiques prevalent theories including neoliberalism, the developmental state, and institutionalism, and proposes a theoretical alternative focusing on endogenous changes through elites' competition within and outside the state.

How can we track change in poor rural areas where data are scarce?

How can we track change in poor rural areas where data are scarce?

Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced a dramatic transformation from middle-income to advanced economies.

Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced a dramatic transformation from middle-income to advanced economies.

The term rust belt has rarely been associated with developing countries.