Book Series

Routledge Studies in Development Economics

New & Published Titles:

Economic Transitions to Neoliberalism in Middle-Income Countries

Policy Dilemmas, Economic Crises, Forms of Resistance

Edited by Alfredo Saad-Filho, Galip L. Yalman

Neoliberalism is based on the systematic use of state power to impose, under the veil of ‘non-intervention’, a hegemonic project of recomposition of capitalist rule…

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November 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49253-9 (Routledge)

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Work, Female Empowerment and Economic Development

Edited by Sara Horrell, Hazel Johnson, Paul Mosley

Accumulation of assets to enable the diversification of activities has been established as crucial in helping the rural poor escape poverty. The empowerment of women…

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November 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56962-0 (Routledge)

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Trade Relations Between the EU and Africa

Development, challenges and options beyond the Cotonou Agreement

Edited by Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu, Francis A.S.T. Matambalya

Trade liberalisation and openness, as linchpins for development have been flagships of conventional economic policy advices to most African countries over the last few decades.…

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October 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-54981-3 (Routledge)

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Development Ethics at Work

Explorations – 1960-2002

By Denis Goulet

In recent years, global institutions such as the World Bank have become increasingly conscious of the role that ethical reflection may play in leading towards…

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October 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49404-5 (Routledge)

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Trade, Growth and Inequality in the Era of Globalization

Edited by Kishor Sharma, Oliver Morrissey

In recent years, globalization has been the subject of considerable research and comment. A major phenomenon, it is open to a variety of interpretations. In…

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October 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49405-2 (Routledge)

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The New Famines

Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization

By Stephen Devereux

The recent occurrences of famine in Ethiopia and Southern Africa have propelled this key issue back into the public arena for the first time since…

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October 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54787-1 (Routledge)

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Anti-Poverty Land Reform Issues Never Die

Collected essays on development economics in practice

By M. Riad El-Ghonemy

What can we do to unlock the unrealised potential of the hundreds of millions of rural poor and landless workers?

The ever-topical central theme in this…

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July 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49701-5 (Routledge)

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Labor Markets and Economic Development

Edited by Ravi Kanbur, Jan Svejnar

As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues increasingly come to the fore. With the increased competition from globalization,…

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April 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77741-4 (Routledge)

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Development Macroeconomics

Essays in Memory of Anita Ghatak

Edited by Subrata Ghatak, Paul Levine

This brings together relevant papers on macro-, monetary and development economics from many eminent economists from all over the world who are closely associated with…

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March 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44834-5 (Routledge)

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Taxation in a Low-Income Economy

The case of Mozambique

Edited by Channing Arndt, Finn Tarp

This volume contains a stimulating collection of analytical studies focusing on taxation in Mozambique. It tells a compelling story about tax systems in a low…

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March 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48053-6 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

This series presents accounts of the present position of, and future prospects for, developing countries in terms of their Economics and potential for export led growth.

Forthcoming Titles:

Latecomer Development: Innovation and knowledge for economic growth
By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Padmashree Gehl Sampath
To be published December 7th 2009

The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia
Edited by Barbara Harriss-White, Judith Heyer
To be published December 18th 2009

Reform and Development in China: What Can China Offer the Developing World
Edited by Yang L. Yao, Ho-Mou Wu, Justin Yifu Lin
To be published March 30th 2010

Economic Partnership Agreements and Development: EU Trade Policy Towards Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Edited by Oliver Morrissey
To be published April 1st 2010

Credit Cooperatives in India: Past, Present and Future
By Biswa Swarup Misra
To be published April 19th 2010

Development Economics in Action Second Edition: A Study of Economic Policies in Ghana
By Tony Killick
To be published April 30th 2010

Labour Standards, Development and Trade
By Göte Hansson
To be published May 30th 2010

The Multinational Enterprise in Developing Countries: Local versus Global Logic
Edited by Rick Molz, Catalin Ratiu, Ali Taleb
To be published June 15th 2010

Monetary and Financial Integration in West Africa
By Temitope Oshikoya
To be published July 30th 2010

Towards New Developmentalism: Market as Means rather than Master
Edited by Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Jens Christiansen
To be published August 1st 2010

Culture, Institutions, and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate
Edited by Jean-Philippe Platteau, Robert Peccoud
To be published September 1st 2010

Agri-Food Systems and Economic Development
Edited by Spencer Henson, Steven Jaffee
To be published September 30th 2010

Energy, Bio Fuels and Development: Comparing Brazil and the United States
Edited by Edmund Amann, Werner Baer, Don Coes
To be published November 15th 2010