Development Economics Products

Edited by Soya Mori, Celia M Reyes, Tatsufumi Yamagata

A third of poor people are disabled in the developing world. How much do we know about their livelihood with hard data? Are they entirely powerless and dependent on family members? How do they earn income? These questions have become more important than ever, now that persons with disabilities (…

Paperback – 2017-04-16
Routledge

Edited by Jenny Corbett, Ying Xu

Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits elsewhere. The sharp plunge in global trade volumes during the global financial crisis has highlighted the need for ‘rebalancing’–…

Paperback – 2017-04-15
Routledge

Edited by Sacchidananda Mukherjee, Debashis Chakraborty

The economies located in East, South and Southeast Asia have witnessed an interesting growth-sustainability trade-off over the last decades. While growth considerations have paved ways for deepened ties with growing trade-investment waves and increasing population pressure necessitated exploitation…

Paperback – 2017-04-15
Routledge

Edited by Akira Kohsaka

Growth perspectives in emerging market economies are increasingly dependent on international capital flows in recent decades because of their influences on business cycles. In fact, volatile international capital flows has been one of the main concerns for the macroeconomic policy authorities.…

Paperback – 2017-04-15
Routledge

By Brijesh C Purohit

Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and facilitated in the alleviation of poverty. Hence, budgetary expenditure to be mobilized for such investments needs to be efficiently allocated and utilized to maximize the greatest good. This…

Paperback – 2017-04-13
Routledge

By Edward M Feasel

In the twentieth century Japan emerged as one of the world’s leading economic powers: rising from wartime destruction to a leading economic engine in world markets. Japan’s economic aid policy, beginning with war reparations following its defeat in World War II, became a vehicle to help achieve…

Paperback – 2017-04-13
Routledge

By Charles Harvie, Dionisius Narjoko, Sothea Oum

International production networks in manufacturing, particularly in machinery industries, have rapidly developed over the last two decades, resulting in dramatic increases in intra-regional and intra-industry trade, providing a key source of regional growth, integration and development in East Asia…

Paperback – 2017-04-13
Routledge

Edited by Atsushi Maki

There are many problems regarding poverty, inequality and growth in developing countries in Asia and Africa. Policy makers at the national level and at international institutions such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and others have implemented various policies in…

Paperback – 2017-04-13
Routledge

By Indrajit Bairagya

Impact of liberalization on informality has been a subject of intense debate for many years and the major issue that has come up is whether liberalization helps to grow informal sector and informality in the economy or it is an obstruction for informal sector’s growth. Thus, in the light…

Paperback – 2017-04-11
Routledge

Edited by Michael Dunford, Liu Weidong

The aim of this book is to examine the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China's policy of reform and opening-up in 1978, as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers. Throughout that period, Chinese geographers have studied these environmental, economic,…

Paperback – 2017-04-11
Routledge

By Kamran Ali Afzal, Mark Considine

Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and health. However, many states still neglect these considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding their armies. This book examines how…

Paperback – 2017-04-10
Routledge
Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

Edited by Khayaat Fakier, Ellen Ehmke

Taking a unique comparative approach to the respective development paths of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA), this book shows that people and governments in all three countries are faced with similar challenges of heightened insecurity, caused by liberalization and structural adjustment. The…

Paperback – 2017-04-09
Routledge
Routledge Explorations in Development Studies