Development Studies

Economic Growth and Change

Edited by John Adams , Francesco Pigliaru

The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation’s policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering gl...

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Migration and Social Cohesion

Edited by Steven Vertovec

There is a common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. However, researchers and policymakers find that, on the contrary, immigrants contribute much to their adopted societies economica...

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Migration and Public Policy

Edited by Vaughan Robinson

Migration and Public Policy brings together the most significant papers by leading scholars on both international and internal migration. It investigates the role of governments in encouraging, discouraging or forcing such migration. T...

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Development Policies in Natural Resource Economies

Edited by Jörg Mayer, Brian Chambers, Ayisha Farooq

This important book examines the factors that influence economic growth and sustainable development in countries with a significant natural resource sector. It addresses the key issue of how to make the primary sector sufficiently produc...

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The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Development into the 21st Century

Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu

Over the past four decades, Taiwan has achieved remarkable economic growth. In this important book, a distinguished group of contributors employs a comparative perspective to explore the reasons behind and the lessons to be learned from...

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The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century

Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu

This important book uses the most recent advancements in growth theory and case studies to examine the status of economic and political development at the turn of the 20th century.

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The Economics of Famine

Edited by Jean Drèze

The Economics of Famine presents an important collection of outstanding contributions to the economic analysis of famine. The first part consists of theoretical papers, including Amartya Sen’s classic exposition of the entitlement appro...

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The Economics of the Family and Family Policy

Francisco Cabrillo

This comprehensive and authoritative book offers a global approach to the modern economics of the family, family law and family policy. Beginning with the division of labour in the family, this book deals with the economics of marriage...

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Sustaining Development

Daniel W. Bromley

Sustaining Development brings together, in one accessible volume, a selection of Daniel W. Bromley’s path-breaking theoretical and empirical papers on economic development and environmental problems in the developing world.

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Global Environmental Change and Agriculture

Edited by George Frisvold, Betsey Kuhn

Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for climatic change as we move into the twenty-first century. It assesses the impact of potential fu...

Hardback (March 1999)

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Labour Standards and International Competitiveness

André Raynauld, Jean-Pierre Vidal

This innovative book assesses the impact of labour standards on the competitiveness of firms through a comparison of developing and industrialized countries.

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