Book Series

Routledge Studies in Development Economics

New & Published Titles:

Population, Economic Growth and Agriculture in Less Developed Countries

By Nadia Cuffaro

In 1950 the world population was 2.5 billion; fifty years later there are over 6 billion people. The demographic of this explosion has essentially occurred…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20290-9 (Routledge)

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From Crisis to Growth in Africa

Edited by Mats Lundahl

This book is concerned with the problem of achieving sustained economic growth in thirteen African countries. These are divided into three groups: the war stricken…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25417-5 (Routledge)

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Economies in Transition

A Guide to China, Cuba, Mongolia, North Korea and Vietnam at the turn of the 21st Century

By Ian Jeffries

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-23670-6 (Routledge)

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Mexico Beyond NAFTA

Edited by Martin Puchet Anyul, Lionello F. Punzo

With European Monetary Union well underway, Europe is starting to look at nearby countries and culturally closer continents to define its strategies for the future.…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-24386-5 (Routledge)

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Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

Edited by B. N. Ghosh

This new collection of articles puts the very latest issues in economic development under the microscope, exploring them from a variety of perspectives.
Beginning with…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25136-5 (Routledge)

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Development Policy in the Twenty First Century

Beyond the Post-Washington Consensus

Edited by Ben Fine, Costas Lapavitsas, Jonathan Pincus

The Post-Washington Consensus has succeeded in becoming the new theoretical underpinning for the World Bank's Structural Adjustment policies in developing countries. This broad-ranging critique explains…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22822-0 (Routledge)

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State-Owned Enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa

Privatization, Performance and Reform

Edited by Merih Celasun

In the rapid world-wide spread of privatization, progress in the Middle East and North Africa region has been markedly slow. This volume argues that a…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-23609-6 (Routledge)

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Recovery from Armed Conflict in Developing Countries

An Economic and Political Analysis

Edited by Geoff Harris

This comprehensive work examines ways in which developing countries may achieve economic, political and social reconstruction in the wake of armed conflict. International researchers discuss…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19379-5 (Routledge)

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The World Bank

New Agendas in a Changing World

By Michelle Miller-Adams

This book considers the nature of change at the World Bank, exploring both the external impetous for change, and the impact of the Bank's internal…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19353-5 (Routledge)

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Small Enterprises and Economic Development

The Dynamics of Micro and Small Enterprises

By Carl E. Liedholm, Donald C. Mead

Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have been recognized as a major contemporary source of employment and income in a growing number of developing countries. Yet,…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19351-1 (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