Development Economics

Technology, Globalization and Poverty

Jeffrey James

This significant book presents an original examination of the theoretical and empirical interactions between globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization a...

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The Economic Development of Southeast Asia

Edited by Hal Hill

This group of economies is of interest for a number of reasons. Firstly, they feature great diversity – Singapore has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, while several of the mainland Southeast Asian states are among the ...

Hardback (2002)

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Economic Policy and Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries

Edited by Oliver Morrissey, Michael Tribe

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America,...

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Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy

Mohammad Alauddin, Mosharaff Hossain

The authors emphasise the importance of distributional aspects of environmental change and development in relation to employment and poverty and also focus on gender issues – often ignored in traditional theory.

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Economic Reform in Japan

Edited by Craig Freedman

While many Western economists forcefully urge the Japanese to become more like the US, there are other academics who have registered strong reservations to such a simplistic solution. In this volume, noted scholars take opposing position...

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Environmental Economics and Policy Making in Developing Countries

Edited by Ronaldo Seroa da Motta

The authors provide a comprehensive analysis of topics varying from the general problems of growth and conservation to specific applications such as; pollution costs, environmental taxation, deforestation and climate change. This volume ...

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Globalization and Economic Development

Edited by Servaas Storm, C. W.M. Naastepad

Globalization is widely regarded as a means not only of ensuring efficiency and growth, but also of achieving equity and development for those countries operating in the global economy. The book argues that this perception of globalizati...

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Modern Malaysia in the Global Economy

Edited by Colin Barlow

The authors review the direction of politics after Prime Minister Mahathir, as well as exploring Malaysia’s foreign, education, and labour policies. They canvass the idea of a ‘new Malay’ better adapted to modern society, investigate the...

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Perspectives on Korean Unification and Economic Integration

Edited by Young Back Choi, Yesook Merrill, Yung Y. Yang, Semoon Chang

During the last decade of the twentieth century, the Korean peninsula was the stage for non-stop, dramatic political and economic events. This volume brings together an unusually broad range of perspectives on US policy towards North Kor...

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Stabilization and Adjustment in Egypt

Gouda Abdel-Khalek

This book studies the impact of Egypt’s Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Programme (ERSAP), the effects of which have been of great interest to the international community. Organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF uphold...

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Poland into the New Millennium

Edited by George Blazyca, Ryszard Rapacki

It is a widely held belief that the Polish experience of system transformation following the final collapse of ‘real socialism’ in 1989 is one of the ‘best’. Poland into the New Millennium surveys the country’s post-communist transformat...

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