This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

1. Development economics and development studies -- 2. The nature of development economics -- 3. Economic growth and structural change -- 4. Economic growth and developing countries -- 5. Economic growth and economic development since 1960 -- 6. The global economy and developing countries -- 7....

Defines the economic dimension of discourse around controversial issues in international development accessible to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students working towards degrees in development studies. This book outlines the connections between development economics and development studies. It...

Introduction: Economic neoliberalism and international development / Michael Tribe -- How did economic neoliberalism become mainstream? / Bernard Walters -- Privatisation in developing countries : an evolving relationship between state and markets / Colin Kirkpatrick -- Neoliberalism,...

The book follows a first edition published in 1989, which focused on the severe economic crisis Ghana faced during the late 1970s and the early 1980s. In this second edition, the authors extend the review up to the mid-2010s, covering the entire period since independence, with a special focus on...

This introduction reviews some of the issues and controversies within development economics over the last half century. Particular attention is given to the status of development economics as a sub-discipline of economics and to the relationship between theoretical and empirical contributions....

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This introductory article provides an overview of the Development Studies Association's 2003 annual conference, the theme of which was Globalization and Development. A brief summary of the articles that have been based on three plenary addresses follows the overview, together with outlines of...

Cross-disciplinarity is widely accepted in the Development Studies (DS) community, but has principally been interpreted within the social sciences. However, much of the research, practical planning and evaluation studies, and teaching|training in DS involves cross-disciplinarity between the...