Economic Growth

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...

The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia in the early years of Zambia'...

The offshore currency market is a foundation of offshore bond market, helping well-established corporations in global financing. Following the glob...

This book links the environment and corruption with China's large inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). It investigates the effects of econom...

On the Trail of Capital Flight from Africa investigates the dynamics of capital flight from Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and South Africa, countries that...

To what extent is South Africa affected by G8 economies and BRIC growth shocks? This book identifies channels that amplify these shock effects, the...

The 2007-2009 financial crisis has had a worldwide impact on banks and financial systems. It has also brought about major changes in Europe's finan...

Drawing on the author's four decades of experience as a practitioner and academician working with private equity investors, entrepreneurs, and poli...

This book offers an in-depth look at the current quality of life in Chinese cities, and how the drastic environmental problems caused by economic g...

Winner of the William M. LeoGrande PrizeFor over a century, the United States has sought to improve the behavior of the peoples of Latin America. P...