next step on the development ladder / Stephen W. Gibson -- The informal economy and microfranchising / Michael Henriques … and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for …

viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young … developing countries, discuss the relationship between IS and development, and address the question of how it should be adapted …pt. I. Innovation and development -- pt. II. Scales in innovation systems : theoretical progress and empirical overview …

Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his … work on development planning, macroeconomics of development, stabilization policy, and the global economy. He has also been … the major force behind structuralist economics, which is seen by many to be a major alternative to orthodox development …

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work … coping -- 5. Risk and inequality -- 6. Risk and development -- 7. Conclusion …

This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved …, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies …

and development for those countries operating in the global economy. The book argues that this perception of globalization … as the road to development has lost its lustre. The experience of the 1990s belied expectation of the gains, such as …

This book examines how policies implemented by members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development … (OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies …