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Beyond Food Production
Edited by Fabrizio Bresciani, Alberto Valdés
The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigati... -
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An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa
Robert Pollin, Gerald A. Epstein, James Heintz, Léonce Ndikumana
The people of South Africa, and the African National Congress-led government, have made extraordinary social and economic advances since ending apartheid and beginning the transition to democracy in 1994. But the country still faces sev...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Middle East Oil Exporters
Hossein Askari
Middle East Oil Exporters presents a detailed picture of the economic structure and a critical survey of the recent economic performance of the Middle East. The focus is especially on the large oil-exporting nations, although the smaller...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Growth and Economic Development
Edited by Philip Arestis, John S.L. McCombie, Roger Vickerman
This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall’s substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but r...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Water Management in Southern Africa
Glenn-Marie Lange, Rashid Hassan
This book presents a valuable new tool for water management – water resource accounting – which significantly advances the economic analysis of water. Water resource accounts integrate detailed information about water supply and use with...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Diffusion of E-commerce in Developing Economies
Zeinab Karake, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
The authors of this unique volume provide a timely and valuable perspective on how technology and the Internet revolution are changing business and spurring development across the world, especially in emerging countries. Utilizing a fram...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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Money, Financial Instability and Stabilization Policy
Edited by L. Randall Wray, Mathew Forstater
Money, Financial Instability and Stabilization Policy consists of original articles by leading Post Keynesians, Kaleckians and other heterodox economists from the developed and developing world. Post Keynesian literature has long been ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Capital Flight and Capital Controls in Developing Countries
Edited by Gerald A. Epstein
Capital flight – the unrecorded export of capital from developing countries – often represents a significant cost for developing countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory, which would predict that poorer countries be...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Aid, Institutions and Development
Ashok Chakravarti
In spite of massive flows over the past 50 years, aid has failed to have any significant impact on development. Marginalization from the world economy and increases in absolute poverty are causing countries to degenerate into failed, opp...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Finance and Development
Edited by Christopher J. Green, Colin Kirkpatrick, Victor Murinde
In this valuable new book, a distinguished group of authors takes stock of the existing state of knowledge in the field of finance and the development process. Each chapter offers a comprehensive survey and synthesis of current issues. T...eBook:Find out more$71.96