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1. Introduction and summary -- 2. The theory of preferential trading arrangements : an overview -- 3. Measuring the effects of economic integration -- 4. Effect of EC-92 and NAFTA on developing-country trade flows -- 5. Effects of EC-92 and NAFTA on DFI in Asia -- 6. ASEAN economic cooperation :...
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pt. 1. Conceptualizing the influence of information technology on globalization -- pt. 2. Pro-poor modes of technical integration into the global economy -- pt. 3. Technology policy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides...
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This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it represents over-urbanization--that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot find adequate shelter and do not have the means to feed...
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, industrial transformation and rural development. In the third part there is an evaluation of whether ecosystems and economics can …
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The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets. This state-of-the-art book provides fresh...
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Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank. These essays report some of the core … view on 'trade and development' from the presumption that developing countries should receive 'special and differential …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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