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1. Intellectual Property Rights in Contemporary Capitalism

   Edited by Birgitte Andersen

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book is a timely contribution to an important debate on the increased, changed or new scope of Intellectual Property Rights in the light of Contemporary Capitalism. How the expanded or pushed Intellectual Property Rights domain encourages an individual and corporate self-interest over...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Geographical Transformation of China

   Edited by Michael Dunford, Liu Weidong

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book presents an account and interpretation of the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China’s policy of reform and opening up as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers. Each chapter illustrates the ways in which the particular...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty

   Edited by Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Developing Countries and the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO

   Edited by Pitou van Dijck, Gerrit Faber

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   The Doha Development Agenda held the promise of substantial gains for developing countries. However, the realization of these gains is far from obvious: the interests of various groups of countries differ greatly and technical complexities have hampered further progress since the very start of the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Global View on the World Economy

   A Global Analysis

   By Horst Siebert

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   As globalization continues apace, market segmentations are diminishing, distance is shrinking and the boundaries between nation states are becoming increasingly blurred. National economies are closely interlinked through manychannels and we rarely view things from a single country’s view, adopting...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. Foreign Direct Investment and the World Economy

   By Ashoka Mody

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Asking the question of whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is 'integrating' the world economy, this comprehensive volume consists of an overview of current FDI research. While the term 'integrating' is often used, the real test should be whether FDI is instrumental in bringing per...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices

   The Disruption of the World’s Resource Sector

   By Masuma Farooki, Raphael Kaplinsky

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of commodities, analyses the drivers of China’s demand for commodities the factors constraining global supply and in...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
8. China's Ethnic Minorities

   Social and Economic Indicators

   By Rongxing Guo

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   The majority of China’s population is the Han. Up to now, China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and foreigners with Chinese citizenship, 55 ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities vary widely in size in China. With a population of more than 15 million, the Zhuang have...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
9. Thoughts on Economic Development in China

   Edited by Ma Ying, Hans-Michael Trautwein

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book is about mutual influences of thinking about economic development in China and in the West, from the 18th century until the present. Its chapters are contributed by development economists and historians of thought from China and other parts of the world. The book describes important...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
10. Freight Transport and the Modern Economy

    By Michel Savy, June Burnham

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    Freight Transport and the Modern Economy adapts a well-known textbook by Michel Savy, revising, extending and updating it for British, European and international readers. It deals not only with the technical aspects of transport, logistics and supply chain management, but also the interactions...

    Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge