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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

Forthcoming Books

  1. Globalization, Outsourcing and Labour Development in ASEAN
    By Shandre Thangavelu, Aekapol Chongvilaivan
    To Be Published May 1st 2013
  2. The Role of Informal Economies in the Post-Soviet World: The End of Transition?
    By Colin C. Williams, John Round, Peter Rodgers
    To Be Published June 4th 2013
  3. Demystifying the Chinese Economy Miracle: The Rise and Future of Relational Capitalism
    By Wang Yongqin
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  4. The Dynamics of Asian Financial Integration: Facts and Analytics
    Edited by Michael Devereux, Philip Lane, Cyn-Young Park, Shang-Jin Wei
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  5. Foreign Direct Investments in Asia
    Edited by Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Yung Chul Park, Sung Jin Kang
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  6. Miraculous Growth and Stagnation in Post-War Japan
    Edited by Koichi Hamada, Keijiro Otsuka, Gustav Ranis, Ken Togo
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  7. Time Zones, Communications Networks, and International Trade
    By Toru Kikuchi
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  8. Multilateralism and Regionalism in Global Economic Governance: Trade, Investment and Finance
    Edited by Junji Nakagawa
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  9. Enterprise Forms and Economic Efficiency: Capitalist, Cooperative and Government Firms
    By Kazuhiko Mikami
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  10. Foreign Direct Investment in China: Spillover Effects on Domestic Enterprises
    By Ziliang Deng
    To Be Published June 29th 2013

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