This book examines and explains the intellectual capital reporting practices, with a human capital focus, of firms located in the developing nation of Sri Lanka, meticulously outlining an extensive literature review in this emerging field of debate.
Too much emphasis has been placed on attracting Foreign Direct Investment, and not on understanding how to optimise the benefits for the host economy...
This important book examines the impact of recent changes in the world economy on trade policy within the MENA region and its economic relations with ..
This volume is the only one of its kind to explore Sen's work from a gender perspective. A special issue of the journal Feminist Economics, it feature..
Cash Transfers, for all their notable successes, have been criticised for their limited ability to move poor households to provide sustainable routes ..
This book discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and em..
Enterprise and Development seeks to challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity that underlies the problems of deprivation and soc..
First published in 1978, Development Economics in Action is a renowned study of policies in Ghana, one of Africa’s most closely watched economies. In ..
Examining institutions rather than themes, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the inter-relationship between trade-induced economic growth a..
First published in 1986, the Malaysian economy has grown remarkably since 1970 but despite this poverty is still widespread. This book examines the re..
China has made huge economic strides in recent decades but poverty is still a major issue on the agenda for rural China. Poverty and Development in Ch..
China is the world’s largest ICT exporter, having overtaken Japan, the European Union and the United States, and China’s ICT industry is the largest m..
The author examines the evolving range of issues of sustainability, and the related change of processes within governments and businesses in both the ..