Development Economics & Emerging Economies

Contains four sets of refereed essays. One group includes papers on Harrod and Robertson; Adam Smith; Keynes; Mendeleev; Veblen; and J. M. Clark. T...

First published in 1997, this volume examines how Bulgaria has been an early starter, but a slow and often erratic mover in the path of stabilizati...

'Roy's book is a rich and detailed study of various facets of economic and social development in ten countries, both democratic and authoritarian. ...

China’s continuous, rapid economic growth since the Reform and Opening up of the country in the early 1980s has been praised as a miracle of the wo...

As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have ...

A burgeoning literature is currently exploring the rise of a new migratory profile: migrants engaged in Transnational Entrepreneurship, referring t...

This book advances the international debate on the development of e-commerce with focus on emerging ASEAN economies. It provides readers insights o...

First published in 1997, this volume looks at the rationale for, the implementation of, and the economic and social effect of the World Bank Struct...

This title was first published in 2001. This work is a response to criticisms that investment liberalization in the APEC region is not moving quick...

Since the inception of development economics in the post-World War II period, most of its proponents have prescribed the adoption of western instit...

A Church for the World: The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development challenges theologians and lay readers alike to think ...

The Community of Oil Exporting Countries (1972) looks at the oil producing countries of the developing world and their economic reliance on oil. Th...

This book assesses the role of microfinance in the construction of livelihoods for poverty reduction in the Northern Savannah of Ghana, analysing t...

Despite the considerable economic growth of the Asia-Pacific, poverty continues to be a major problem. One key way to create sustainable livelihood...

Originally published in 1994 this book concerns successful implementation of radical, technological innovations within business organizations. It e...

Interrogating the notion of developmental regionalism as applies to Southern Africa, this volume explores the policy options and interventions nece...

From the financial crash to the climate emergency and Covid- 19, this book demonstrates that recent crises have had unequal impacts, they require a...

In the established historiography of trade in Asia, the emergence of Western trading empires invariably triggered the decline and dispersal of ol...

Adopting perspectives from development economics and international relations, this book researches the ongoing cooperation between China and Africa...

In Revolutionary Tunisia: Inequality, Marginality, and Power, Stefano Pontiggia examines marginality and inequality in Tunisia through the stories ...

This book provides empirical insights into the relationship between capital and equity-ownership structure of Indian manufacturing companies and th...

This book analyses and explains the nature of the economies of small countries and territories. It includes an assessment of material prosperity in...

Soldiers and Oil (1978) examines Nigeria under military rule from 1966 to 1978, a period of political change as well as economic – the period also ...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of economic crimes and market irregularities, including matters of trickery, illicit trade, parallel econ...

Born out of the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan has been notable for its struggle to develop a pluralist polity and free market, an attempt that d...

Oil Companies in the International System (1978) provides an original and wide-ranging examination of the impact that the leading oil companies hav...

At a time when Peru continues to reel from the impact of Covid-19 and the eruption of corruption scandals involving five former presidents, this bo...

The New Economy has hit China, driven by the Internet and e-commerce. China has made a good start in both areas. Since its debut, subscribers to th...

This ground-breaking book opens new horizons in understanding educational decision-making and how schooling patterns are shaped by, and reshape, ru...

The British Economy After Oil (1988) examines the future paths for the British economy as North Sea oil runs out. It considers the argument that th...

Oil and Development in the Arab Gulf States (1985) brings together in one volume the manifold sources of information on the Arab Gulf region, espec...

For many countries, primarily in the Global South, extractivism – the exploiting and exporting of natural resources – is big business. For those ex...

For years, China’s transformation from one of the world’s poorest nations was lauded as a triumph that lifted hundreds of millions of people out of...

This book conveys a simple idea: that the economic framework established by Smith and Coase is very useful in describing and explaining many facts ...

This volume explores the impact of good governance upon social sectors’ development in India and other selected economies of the world.Economic dev...