Economic Growth

By tracing the evolution of South Korean state-led capitalism and comparing it with other economies, this book critiques prevalent theories includi...

Since the Reform and Opening up, Chinas economy has maintained high growth rates, known as the Chinese growth miracle. Over this period, the stabil...

Provides an assessment of the implications of the financial crisis for low-income countries, evaluates the short-term macroeconomic outlook for the...

This edition highlights how intra-African migration is of relevance to the agenda for regional and continental integration and shows that there are...

The biomedical industry, which includes biopharmaceuticals, genomics and stem cell therapies, and medical devices, is among the fastest growing wor...

Germany has been a central player in discussions on the future architecture of Europe, and has been called on to play a larger role in supporting g...

Cambodia is poised to join a new generation of Asian frontier economies transitioning from low-income to emerging-market. But the path to greater a...

Countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) region and those in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) responded to ...

In the quarter century since its emergence from military rule and integration into the global economy, Bangladesh's economy has achieved high growt...

With only 1.3 million inhabitants, Estonia is one of Europes least populous nations -- yet it boasts one of the continents fastest growing economie...

Globally, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. Cities are also experiencing an expanding variety and frequency of climate ch...

In 1960, there were 101 middle-income countries. By 2008, only thirteen of these had become high-income countries. Why do so many middle-income cou...

For decades, policy-makers in government, development banks and foundations, NGOs, researchers and students have struggled with the problem of how ...

It is common wisdom that central banks in the postwar (19451970s) period were passive bureaucracies constrained by fixed-exchange rates and inflati...

In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom seeks to carefully explain, engage, and systematically question the existing explanations of inequalities within...

The scale of China's innovation ambitions inspires worldwide commentary, much of it poorly informed. Focusing on electricity, telecommunication and...

This landmark handbook collects in a single volume the current state of cutting-edge research on the capability approach. It includes a comprehensi...

Emerging market multinationals are becoming leaders in their industries, able to compete on equal terms with firms from advanced economies, but the...

The 2015 edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence provides a wealth of data relevant to security and the post-2015 sustainable development fr...

'Lucid, calm and compelling Olivier De Schutter tackles the big questions' Kate Pickett, co-author, The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for E...

This book examines Schumpeter's dramatic theory of social and economic evolution as the pivot of his life and work, resolving apparent paradoxes an...