Development Economics Products

By Barbara McPake, Charles Normand, Samantha Smith, Anne Nolan

Health Economics: An International Perspective is the only textbook to provide a truly international, comparative treatment of health economics. Offering an analysis of health systems across borders, the fourth edition of this key text has been updated and revised to take account of changes in a…

Paperback – 2020-05-12 
Routledge

By Kurtuluş Gemici

Why did many emerging countries pursue risky financial opening policies in a reckless manner, even after the painful example of the Latin American debt crisis? Unlike trade liberalization, which has mostly been beneficial in emerging countries, the removal of capital controls has led to boom-bust…

Hardback – 2020-05-06 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Development Economics

Edited by Ichiro Iwasaki

In the last three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there is a vast amount of study looking at transforming the planned economy to a market economy from both theoretical and empirical aspects. This book provides an overview and insight into transition economies in the recent decades and…

Paperback – 2020-05-06 
Routledge
Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance

By John Tribe

One of the leading texts in the field, The Economics of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism is the ideal introduction to the fundamentals of economics in these industries, helping you to enjoy and pass an economics module as part of tourism, recreation, events or sport management degrees. International…

Paperback – 2020-04-30 
Routledge

By Christine Ngo

Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within political economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of the dynamics of rent and rent seeking in development, using Vietnam as a case study. This book provides an alternative approach…

Hardback – 2020-04-29 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Development Economics

Edited by Muhammad Khurram Khan, Muhammad Babar Khan

This book provides valuable insights into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) through a comprehensive examination of Saudi Vision 2030, an ambitious economic plan by the KSA to reinvent and diversify its economy from a heavy dependence on hydrocarbon to knowledge-based resources. Research, Innovation…

Hardback – 2020-04-28 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

Edited by M. Amarjeet Singh, Komol Singha

This volume explores the dynamics of urbanisation in Northeast India. It discusses the impact of the process of urbanisation on the environment, infrastructure and socio-economic conditions of the region. The essays in the book: Examine various challenges and opportunities of urbanisation…

Hardback – 2020-04-28 
Routledge India

Edited by Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Anne Merrild Hansen

This book intends to inform the key participants in extractive projects – namely, the communities, the host governments and the investors – about good practice for effective community engagement, based on analysis of international standards and expectations, lessons from selected case-studies and…

Hardback – 2020-04-17 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Polar Law

Edited by Shamim Samani, Dora Marinova

This book explores the changing role of Muslim women in the economy in the twenty first century. Sociological developments such as secular education, female-focused policies, national and global commitments to gender equality as well as contemporary technological advances have all served to shift…

Hardback – 2020-04-17 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Religion and Development

Edited by David Lawson, Adam Dubin, Lea Mwambene

Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic laws. In Africa, women make up much of Africa’s poorest and most marginalized population, and as such are often prevented from enforcing rights or seeking other recourse. This book brings…

Hardback – 2020-04-01 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Development Economics

By Martin Dent, Bill Peters

First published in 1999, this volume, the first to be published in on Jubilee 2000, describes the plight of 52 of the poorest nations in the world and puts in detail the case for radical cancellation of past inert debt. The cost and benefit of this remission and the groundbreaking concordat of…

Paperback – 2020-04-01 
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Jungho Yoo

Korea’s experience of rapid economic growth represents both hope and challenge to many developing countries. The conventional wisdom inside and outside Korea has been that the government’s policies such as export promotion, industrial targeting, etc. made the rapid growth possible. This book…

Hardback – 2020-03-31 
Routledge
Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy