Economic Development category: 2617 books
A Culture of Growth
The Origins of the Modern Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial Revolution
During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what...
Diversified Development
Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
Development policy discussions in Eurasia often become debates about how economies can be made more diversified. For a region that is resource-rich, this is to be expected. But Eurasian economies have in many ways become less diversified during the past two decades. At the same time, people are much...
India
The Emerging Giant
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
India is not only the world's largest and fiercely independent democracy, but also an emerging economic giant. But to date there has been no comprehensive account of India's remarkable growth or the role policy has played in fueling this expansion. India: The Emerging Giant fills this gap, shedding...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Economic and societal systems continually evolve as the needs and demands of society change. With the development of new technologies, research, and discoveries, various opportunities emerge for venture development and developing economies. Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging...
Schumpeterian Analysis of Economic Catch-up
Knowledge, Path-Creation, and the Middle-Income Trap
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
One of the puzzles about why some countries have stronger economic growth than others revolves around the so-called 'middle-income trap', the situation in which a country that has grown strongly gets stuck at a certain level. In this book, Keun Lee explores the reasons why examples of successful catching-up...
by Qiang Christine Zhen-Wei
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
Since 1997, China has devoted considerable resources to information and communications technology (ICT) development. China has the world's largest telecommunications market, and its information technology industry has been an engine of economic growth - growing two to three times faster than GDP...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Investment in Latin America is continuously developing in complex patterns due to the region’s increasing role in the global economy. The Handbook of Research on Economic Growth and Technological Change in Latin America helps readers to better understand the importance of Latin America in today’s...
by Lancy Lobo, Shashikant Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
This book is a first-ever detailed analysis of the land acquired for development projects and their impact on the displaced and project-affected people of Gujarat, from 1947 to 2004. It begins with a debate on the meaning of the term ‘development’ and focuses on displacement, marginalisation and...
by Tirthankar Roy, Anand V. Swamy
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Since the economic reforms of the 1990s, India’s economy has grown rapidly. To sustain growth and foreign investment over the long run requires a well-developed legal infrastructure for conducting business, including cheap and reliable contract enforcement and secure property rights. But it’s...
Reaping Richer Returns
Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How governments elect to spend public resources has significant development impact in this regard. Choosing...
Results Not Receipts
Counting the Right Things in Aid and Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
In the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. Agency for International Development supported the Afghan Ministry of Public Health to deliver basic healthcare to 90 percent of the population, at a cost of $4.50 a head. The program played a vital role in improving the country's health; the...
Invention and Reinvention
The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Formerly prosperous cities across the United States, struggling to keep up with an increasingly global economy and the continued decline of post-war industries like manufacturing, face the issue of how to adapt to today's knowledge economy. In Invention and Reinvention, authors Mary Walshok and Abraham...
Economic Challenges for the Contemporary World
Essays in Honour of Prabhat Patnaik
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
In view of Prabhat Patnaik’s role in advocating progressive reforms and ideas in the global economy, this volume, in his honour, questions conventional thinking in mainstream economics and policy.
This book brings together diverse scholarship on various aspects of economic development that...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Economists have moved in recent years beyond analyzing the manner in which the macroeconomies of different countries function and prescribing appropriate policies for dealing with domestic and external imbalances. Increasingly, they have sought to understand the complex interaction between political...