Development Economics

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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Purchasing Power Parities of Currencies

Edited by D. S.P. Rao

This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global ...

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Globalisation, Development and Transition

Brian Snowdon

This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the major economic issues that have helped shape the modern world. It includes discussions of the latest research findings in the international economic development literature and scrut...

Paperback (2009)

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Hardback (2007)

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Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Production in Developing Countries

Edited by Franco Malerba, Sunil Mani

This book examines in detail the features and dynamics of sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries. Processes of rapid growth are usually associated with specific sectors such as automobiles, electronics or ...

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Paperback (November 2009)

Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations

A. P. Thirlwall, Penélope Pacheco-López

This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence...

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Hardback (November 2008)

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Integration and Globalization

Edited by Helena Marques, Elias Soukiazis, Pedro Cerqueira

The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emergin...

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Corporate Governance and Development

Edited by Thankom Gopinath Arun, John Turner

This book analyses the complex relationship between corporate governance and economic development by focusing on the reform of corporate governance, the role of the legal system, and the interconnections with the financial system.

Hardback (August 2009)

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Monetary Policy Frameworks for Emerging Markets

Edited by Gill Hammond, Ravi Kanbur, Eswar Prasad

Financial globalization has made monetary policy formulation in emerging market economies increasingly complicated. This timely set of studies looks at the turmoil in global financial markets, which coupled with volatile inflation poses ...

Hardback (August 2009)

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Rule of Law Reform and Development

Michael J. Trebilcock, Ronald J. Daniels

This important book addresses a number of key issues regarding the relationship between the rule of law and development. It presents a deep and insightful inquiry into the current orthodoxy that the rule of law is the panacea for the wor...

Paperback (2009)

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Hardback (August 2008)

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Microfoundations of Economic Success

Edited by David G. Mayes

This book uses detailed data on individual firms and households to explore the basis behind Estonia’s record as the most successful of all the EU countries over the last decade. We find that much of the reason is the greater flexibility ...

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Uneven Paths of Development

Banji Oyelaren-Oyeyinka, Rajah Rasiah

This book focuses on what can be learned from the complex processes of industrial, technological and organizational change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate...

Hardback (April 2009)

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