Development Economics

First published in 1996, this insightful and informative text examines the post-emancipation and recent economic history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Jay R. Mandle offers an explanation of the region’s continuing underdevelopment. Through the use of an analytical framework derived from the works o..

A study of environmental degradation, this work presents the environmental problems of South Korea. The effects of rapid industrialisation and modernisation are documented along with the choices and actions which are available to the country...

This book provides empirical observations on Asian countries and Africa. Each chapter provides theoretical and empirical analysis on regional case studies with an emphasis on policy implications. _x005F_x000D_ The book will be of use to many who wish to assess and improve policies in developing coun..

The studies of poverty, progress and development in this volume, first published in 1991, by a distinguished international roster of authors and researchers, aim to increase knowledge of the social mechanisms of pauperization, marginalization, and the exclusion of certain categories of society; to b..

Our post-industrialised global economy has achieved spectacular success and pushed back poverty to an extent previously thought impossible. This success is ultimately based on the continued supply of both renewable and non-renewable resources. Will this supply of primary commodities remain sufficien..

Using detailed econometric analyses and national representative data, the team of international contributors identify the challenges confronting China's private enterprises and assess their performance and potential...

This book focuses on the link between trade liberalization and poverty. The author develops a social accounting database for Nepal and applies it to an investigation of the trade-offs between growth and distribution that are associated with opening up the economy and deregulating it...

The book brings together recent analysis of public spending for agricultural growth and rural development in Africa, providing insights on the contributions of different types of public expenditures for poverty, growth and welfare outcomes...

Public finance is crucial to a country’s economic growth, yet successful reform of public finances has been rare. Ethiopia is an example of a country that undertook comprehensive reform of its core financial systems, independent of the IMF and the World Bank, and successfully transformed itself into..

This book critically re-examines a wide range of policy issues in agriculture, including land, knowledge, credit and physical inputs policy, presenting six detailed case studies from Latin America, Africa and Asia with a detailed synthesis from the editor, Ha-Joon Chang...

This book critically re-examines a wide range of policy issues in agriculture, including land, knowledge, credit and physical inputs policy, presenting six detailed case studies from Latin America, Africa and Asia with a detailed synthesis from the editor, Ha-Joon Chang...

This title was first published in 2000:  A comparative analysis of market transformation in Poland, Belarus and the Baltic states with particular emphasis on cross-national variations in speed and direction of post-Communist economic reforms. While many studies tend to concentrate on the economic as..