Development Economics

  1. Add to Wish List The Great Migration

    The Great Migration

    Edited by Xin Meng, Chris Manning, Li Shi, Tadjuddin Nur Effendi
    This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respe...
    Hardback (July 2010)

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  2. Add to Wish List Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics

    Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics

    Edited by Jonathan M. Harris, Neva R. Goodwin
    The authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including ...
    Paperback (2010)

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    Hardback (2009)

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  3. Add to Wish List Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People

    Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People

    Edited by Jonathan A. Cook, Owen Cylke, Donald F. Larson, John D. Nash, Pamela Stedman-Edwards
    While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability. The detailed case studies in this boo...
    Hardback (June 2010)

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  4. Add to Wish List Global Threats, Global Futures

    Global Threats, Global Futures

    Thayer Scudder
    Global threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population i...
    Paperback (June 2010)

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    Hardback (June 2010)

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  5. Add to Wish List Institutions and Development

    Institutions and Development

    Mary M. Shirley
    A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders’ money, advice, pressures, or even physical for...
    Paperback (May 2010)

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    Hardback (2008)

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  6. Add to Wish List Global Exchange and Poverty

    Global Exchange and Poverty

    Edited by Robert E.B. Lucas, Lyn Squire, T. N. Srinivasan
    This book examines how policies implemented by members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies.
    Hardback (April 2010)

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  7. Add to Wish List Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries

    Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries

    P. B. Anand
    P.B. Anand argues that if water supply and sanitation were mainly problems of technology or financial resources, they would have been resolved long ago. While appreciating that technology and finances are important, he ascertains that th...
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    Hardback (January 2008)

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  8. Add to Wish List Food Security in Africa

    Food Security in Africa

    Edited by Alexander Sarris, Jamie Morrison
    Drawing on insights from theoretical applications, empirically based approaches and case study experience, this book contributes to the improved design and use of trade and related policy interventions in staple food markets.
    Hardback (April 2010)

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  9. Add to Wish List The Militarization of the Persian Gulf

    The Militarization of the Persian Gulf

    Hossein Askari, Amin Mohseni, Shahrzad Daneshvar
    The Persian Gulf is arguably the most militarized region in the world. The authors of this insightful book examine military expenditures, arms imports and military deployment to analyze how and why this came to be. Muslim teachings have ...
    Hardback (February 2010)

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  10. Add to Wish List Diversity in Economic Growth

    Diversity in Economic Growth

    Edited by Gary McMahon, Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Lyn Squire
    Economists have long relied on cross-country regression analysis to identify the determinants of continued growth, but with only limited success. This book demonstrates the value of a different approach.
    Hardback (February 2010)

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  11. Add to Wish List Chinese Economic Development and the Environment

    Chinese Economic Development and the Environment

    Shunsuke Managi, Shinji Kaneko
    Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world’s largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China’s environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides...
    Hardback (February 2010)

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  12. Add to Wish List Explaining Civil War

    Explaining Civil War

    Syed Mansoob Murshed
    This book explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional mechanisms of restraint that c...
    Hardback (January 2010)

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