Development Economics

Miroslav Beblavý, an experienced policy maker, examines monetary policy and monetary institutions in Eastern European and looks at monetary policy, more generally, in less developed, but highly open and financially integrated market economies...

This book considers the impact of multinational companies in China on the Chinese economy and on indigenous Chinese firms. It includes detailed case studies of Boeing, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola, considering their activities at the global level and within China, and case studies of the sectors in which ..

There have been significant development achievements in many ASEAN countries over the last 20 years, but the region continues to be characterised by considerable development gaps, particularly in income. This timely book offers a better understanding of these gaps and communicates the very latest st..

Why do some countries remain poor and dysfunctional while others thrive and become affluent? This title identifies reasons why prosperity has increased in some countries but not others by constructing and comparing cases that focus on the processes of nation building, state building, and economic de..

Why do some countries remain poor and dysfunctional while others thrive and become affluent? This title identifies reasons why prosperity has increased in some countries but not others by constructing and comparing cases that focus on the processes of nation building, state building, and economic de..

This text documents the economic development of East Asian countries in order to highlight the beneficial techniques used to increase growth. Socialist and capitalist structures are discussed, complete with an analysis of the future extent of interaction between East Asian countries...

Now expanded to cover Russia's 1998 financial collapse, this text examines the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of Russia's leap into capitalism, and its social consequences, presenting a portrait of the lives and circumstances of comtemporary Russians...

Now expanded to cover Russia's 1998 financial collapse, this text examines the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of Russia's leap into capitalism, and its social consequences, presenting a portrait of the lives and circumstances of comtemporary Russians...

Primarily concerned with how the US government can outwit its former allies in the rush to exploit their former common enemy. Considers the US sluggishness in technological innovation, flaws in education and labor management, the dangers of free trade, and resource depletion. Annotation copyright Bo..

Since 1975 the economy of Papua New Guinea has focused on mineral, rather than agricultural production as previously. This is the first book to look at these changes in a complex, rapidly evolving nation from an economic perspective...

The nineteenth century was the decisive period in Haitian history, serving to shape the class structure, the political tradition and the economic system. During most of this period, Haiti had little contact with both its immediate neighbours and the industrialised nations of the world, which led to ..

This book explores peripheral visions on economic development, both in the sense that it deals with specific issues of economic development and underdevelopment in countries at the periphery of the world economy, and in terms of its exploration of the economic thinking developed in those regions, pa..