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...

A superb, field-changing bookA true classic.Sunil AmrithMakes a major contribution towards a necessary discussion of the politics of aid.Times High...

A radical examination by a leading financial analyst, commentator and investor of the ills of capitalism and how they can be fixedWhat went wrong w...

This open access book presents selected contributions on a wide range of scientific and technological areas originating from the BUiD Doctoral Rese...

This open access book presents selected contributions on a wide range of scientific and technological areas originating from the BUiD Doctoral Rese...

This open access book is a new study by the Institute for Contemporary China Studies at Tsinghua University, condensing the new achievements of the...

The macroeconomic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa continues to strengthen with higher growth, easing inflation, and stabilizing public debt ratios w...

Based on the philosophy of Systems Science and the law of evolution theory, the book, by applying the methods of structural functionalism, divides ...

This book provides an overview of notable developments Beijing saw in a broad range of areas in 2020, both by itself and as an integral part of a l...

This open access book offers a comprehensive analysis of Chinas way of economic development balancing between efficiency and equity, striving to in...

Sub-Saharan Africa is struggling to navigate an unprecedented health and economic crisisone that, in just a few months, has jeopardized decades of ...

Framed by the decline of the Heian aristocracy in the late 1100s and the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 1600s, Japans medieval era was...

This book reflects the current state of discussion about agricultural and rural finance in developing and transition countries. It provides insight...

Financial crisis, recession and worsening inequality have long been blamed on a surplus of capital. But the actions that led the latest boom and bu...

Onyeiwu focuses on how events of the twenty-first century are shaping key sectors of African economies and societies. He suggests that, compared to...

This Open Access book examines the long economic boom experienced in Ireland  between the late 1980s and 2007, analysing why this boom occurred. T...

This book explores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the 'swea...

This book presents an assessment of endeavors towards Financial Inclusion and its role in Sustainable development. An attractive feature is that it...

This report highlights structural differences in public spending policies between emerging markets and industrialized nations. Emerging markets com...

This report puts the creation of more productive and better-paying jobs at the center of country growth strategies, presenting new data revealing h...

This report examines the impacts of trade integration on the quantity and quality of jobs in developing countries and the underlying channels throu...

Knowledge-making in the field of alternative economies has limited the inclusion of Black and racialized people's experience. In Beyond Racial Capi...