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The Asian 'poverty miracle' : impressive accomplishments or incomplete achievements

Wan, Guang Hua (contributor); Silber, Jacques (contributor) - 2016

. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A … poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R …

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Research handbook on measuring poverty and deprivation

Silber, Jacques (ed.) - 2023

measurement, not only detailing broad issues but also scrutinising specific domains and aspects of poverty, such as health, energy …"Currently, works on poverty constitute only a small part of contemporary economic research; however, the field of … poverty and deprivation is undoubtedly one rising in popularity and relevance. Encompassing chapters that address both …

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Human development in the era of globalization : essays in honor of Keith B. Griffin

Boyce, James K. (contributor); Griffin, Keith B. (contributor) - 2006

pt. 1. Perspectives on Chinese development -- pt. 2. Agriculture and rural poverty -- pt. 3. Dimensions of human … development -- pt. 4. Globalization and inequality -- pt. 5. Strategies for reducing poverty and inequality …

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Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2006

Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from...

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Government, innovation, and technology policy : an international comparative analysis

Mani, Sunil - 2002

1. Innovation policies in a globalised world -- 2. The Japanese model of low government intervention -- 3. The South Korean model of increasing privatisation of industrial R&D -- 4. The Singaporean model of increasing government intervention -- 5. The Malaysian experience -- 6. The South African...

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The decline of the South African economy

Jones, Stuart (contributor) - 2002

South Africa's leading economists adopt within this volume a sectoral approach in their analysis of the drastic changes that have occurred within the South African economy since 1970. The book illustrates how, despite its sophisticated infrastructure, the South African economy has shared in the...

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Environmental accounting in action : case studies from southern Africa

Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2003

Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and water, each chapter provides important lessons about...

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Narratives of organisational change and learning : making sense of testing times

Reissner, Stefanie - 2008

Narratives of Organisational Change and Learning explores how organisations learn from profound change and create new futures through the narrative process of sense-making. Stefanie Reissner investigates change and learning through the comparative and contextual analysis of organisational...

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Capital flight and capital controls in developing countries

Epstein, Gerald A. (ed.) - 2005

Capital flight - the unrecorded export of capital from developing countries - often represents a significant cost for developing countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory, which would predict that poorer countries be importers of capital due to its scarcity. This situation...

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Investment strategies in emerging markets

Estrin, Saul (ed.); Meyer, Klaus (ed.) - 2004

Foreign investment has surged across emerging markets. This unique comparative study presents the first systematic evidence on the entry mode, business environment and their interrelationships in emerging markets. It integrates strategic management and economic policy analysis, and provides new...

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