Asian Development
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Decentralization in Asia and Latin America
Edited by Paul Smoke, Eduardo J. Gómez, George E. Peterson
In addition to taking an atypically comparative perspective, the volume highlights the importance of an historical analysis of decentralization and links this to institutional and public policy outcomes. Placing decentralization in this ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China and Taiwan
Gerald A. McBeath, Tse-Kang Leng
China and Taiwan have roughly one-eighth of the world’s known species. Their approaches to biodiversity issues thus have global as well as national repercussions. Gerald McBeath and Tse-Kang Leng explore the ongoing conflicts between eco...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Poverty Strategies in Asia
Edited by John Weiss, Haider A. Khan
It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a ‘growth plus’ approach to poverty reduction. This volume brin...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Poverty Targeting in Asia
Edited by John Weiss
Following a comprehensive overview by the editor, this book offers a detailed assessment of the results of directly channelling resources to the poor and extensively discusses the experience of five Asian countries – India, Indonesia, th...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China
Edited by Yanrui Wu
This book addresses a number of important topics and issues associated with China’s economic transition, growth and global integration. The chapters, by a distinguished group of scholars, provide a timely assessment of recent development...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Reform in China and India
Joseph C.H. Chai, Kartik Roy
Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from 6 to 8 per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examine...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore
Johnny Sung
Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore explores the transformation of Singapore in the last three decades, going beyond the conventional explanations. The book argues that there was more to the transformation than a simple ‘right p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The East Asian High-Tech Drive
Edited by Yun-Peng Chu, Hal Hill
East Asia has been an area of high economic growth for several decades. The East Asian High-Tech Drive argues that to maintain the growth momentum, the more advanced East Asian economies need to pay particular attention to policies desig...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and the Rebuilding of Indonesia
Edited by James Alm, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesia is currently facing some severe challenges, both in political affairs and in economic management. One of these challenges is the recently enacted decentralization program, now well underway, which promises to have some wide-ran...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Korean Economy
Edited by Charles Harvie, Hyun-Hoon Lee, Junggun Oh
Korea has played, and will increasingly play, an important role in the future development of the South East Asian region, including the expansion of regional economic cooperation and interregional trade. Indeed Korea has been a leading p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies
Edited by Michele Boldrin, Been-Lon Chen, Ping Wang
Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies argues that only two centuries ago, no society had ever enjoyed sustained growth in living standards. The contributors to this book aim to discover why the world today e...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reducing Poverty in Asia
Edited by Christopher M. Edmonds
In this book, a group of distinguished authors addresses three broad questions: what broad strategies and macroeconomic policies best support poverty reduction efforts in Asia; what role should targeted antipoverty interventions play, an...eBook:Find out more$71.96