Development Economics & Emerging Economies

The present volume makes an important contribution to the rich literature on impact of trade reforms on growth and employment by undertaking an ind...

The Planning Commission has decided to prepare State Development Reports (SDRs) for all States and Union Territories. The purpose of bringing out t...

This study argues that a well-designed wage-employment programme, with a guarantee component, can not only address the immediate problem of ensurin...

Manuel Orozco moves beyond the numbers to provide a uniquely comprehensive, historically informed overview and analysis of the complex role of migr...

Poverty is still widespread in Latin America, in spite of over five decades of international development efforts to eradicate it. While some progre...

In 2006, while travelling in Argentina, young entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie encountered children too poor to afford shoes, who developed injuries on ...

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions Contrary to conventional...

The Intangible Economy: How Services Shape Global Production and Consumption studies aspects of the role of services in development as well as on p...

'Our democracy has gone profoundly wrong. Economists have failed us. Politicians have lied to us. Things must change. This fearless new book will h...

This book discusses economic policies and issues which affect various countries throughout the world. Topics discussed include the identification a...

How to Find, Keep and Nurture Creative TalentNolan Bushnell founded the groundbreaking gaming company Atari and two dozen other companies. He also ...

The institutional endowment of a country determines government''''s regulatory choices, the public policies, incentives, and the direction of econo...

China has achieved spectacular growth in the past forty years, and its economic structure has experienced great transformation. The country has als...

Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard...

Central Asian Economies in Transition focuses on Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaij...

This volume brings together eighteen studies on macroeconomic and regional modelling, dedicated to founding of the Macroeconomic Modelling Seminar ...

This book examines the innovation, investment and sustainability of developing economies across the globe. Topics discussed herein include black mo...

This book is the outcome of an international conference held in the Department of Economics, Burdwan University, in 2013. The major part of the con...

Rural areas are home to about 50 million Americans and are an essential part of the overall economy. This book surveys the current state of rural A...

In 2000, Congress passed the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a U.S. trade preference program, in order to help spur market-led economic ...