Development Economics & Emerging Economies

This book unravels the trajectories and dilemmas of development in Nigeria since its independence in 1960. Despite enormous human and material reso...

This book brings together empirical evidences and theoretical perspectives to provide a comprehensive overview of the microfinance sector in India....

This book looks at the future role of local economic development. Once New Labour came to power in 1997, they sought a third way between the new ri...

First published in 1967, this influential study reviews the economic development of 15 countries from East Asia in the period between 1945 and 1965...

First published in 1983, this book provides a detailed look at the OPEC nations’ changing roles in the world oil market as they expanded their part...

Neoliberalism is based on the systematic use of state power to impose, under the veil of ‘non-intervention’, a hegemonic project of recomposition o...

What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses th...

This unique study from the OECD Development Centre presents a comprehensive review by independent experts of the relationships and division of resp...

Two prominent features of the current global economy are the world-wide recession brought about by the recent financial crisis, and the emergence o...

This book investigates the geopoliticisation of foreign aid in recent years, against a background of global overarching crises such as climate chan...

Ghana is one of the earliest and most serious examples of the build up of foreign debt by a developing country to support its policies for economic...

Assessing both the macro- and micro-economic levels of the contemporary African Debt Crisis, this book, first published in 1989, begins by looking ...

First published in 1971, this reissue considers the main aspects of foreign aid to developing countries in terms of economic concepts and principle...

Despite the radical transformation of society associated with globalisation, shifting patterns of demography and the revolution in information and ...

There is a large literature dealing with the spillover effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to emerging and developing economies at the...

The global financial and economic crisis starting in 2007 has provoked the exploration of alternatives to neo-liberalism. Although neo-liberalism h...

Why does a huge income gap still exist between developed and developing countries? Plausible causes on the surface may be the difference in technol...

With increased resilience in the financial systems, emerging Asian economies were less affected by the recent global financial crisis, recovering m...

This book draws together a set of topical writings on the subject of microcredit that will be of relevance to the work of both researchers and prac...

Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade. The question is, does international trade – or more broadly, globalization – in...

Written by experts in their respective areas, this book is an excellent review of theories, policies and empirical evidences on important topics in...

This book includes three economic/econometric studies on four East Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand) and two studies...