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The Transformation of Latin America
Edited by Federico Foders, Manfred Feldsieper
The Transformation of Latin America analyses contemporary economic policy in the region and offers a concise overview of the problems and prospects for future economic development. The contributors examine the current status of policy r...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender and Migration
Edited by Katie Willis, Brenda Yeoh
This volume demonstrates the ways in which a gender perspective has been incorporated into existing themes and methods of migration research and has also led to the development of new areas of interest. It draws together the most importa... -
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Industrial Development and Policy in Africa
Edited by Hossein Jalilian, Michael Tribe, John Weiss
This book surveys the current state of industry in sub-Saharan Africa and examines claims that Africa is de-industrialising. It focuses on the challenge for economic policy to find ways to reverse this trend. -
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Sustainable Development and Integrated Appraisal in a Developing World
Edited by Norman Lee, Colin Kirkpatrick
This book will be warmly welcomed by development policymakers and consultants in government and non-government organizations as well as academics and postgraduates working in the fields of economics, development and environmental studies. -
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The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century
André A. Hofman
This book provides an assessment of Latin American 20th century economic performance from a comparative and historical perspective. The author uses growth accounting methods and previously unavailable long-term series data to present a ... -
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Institutions and Economic Change in Southeast Asia
Edited by Colin Barlow
This ambitious book scrutinizes the role of institutions in economic change, with special reference to Southeast Asia. It suggests that the nature of institutional arrangements such as households, community groups, firms, bureaucracies ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Competition and the World Economy
Francisco C. Sercovich, Choong-Yong Ahn, Claudio Frischtak, Mojmir Mrak, Herman Mügge, Wilson Peres, Samuel M. Wangwe
Globalisation has had a major impact on manufacturing competitiveness and industrial development in transitional and developing economies. This up-to-date book critically examines the experience of a wide range of countries, focusing on... -
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Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil
Jill L. Caviglia
This book explores the relationship between the land use choices of small-scale farmers and the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Although sustainable agriculture was introduced to the Amazon area about 10 years ago, it has... -
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Reconciling Trade and the Environment
Veena Jha, Anil Markandya, René Vossenaar
The link between trade and the environment has focused on two broad issues: how changing trade regimes have affected the environment and how stricter environmental regulations have affected trade. The answers are of particular importance... -
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Environmental Economics and Development
Edited by J. B. Opschoor, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp
This outstanding new collection surveys the relationship between the environment and development, and highlights some of the tensions that are implicit in the notion of sustainable development. -
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Pathways to Economic Development
Richard Grabowski
This innovative book integrates ideas from sociology, economics and political science to analyse economic development. In doing so, it sheds new light on the process of successful development in East and Southeast Asia and, at the same ... -
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Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Edited by Andrew K. Dragun, Clem Tisdell
Globalisation of the world economy portends a wide range of benefits to citizens of all countries. However, this ground-breaking book finds that the impacts of trade liberalisation and globalisation appear to have a negative impact on a...