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This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In...
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pt. 1. Conceptualizing the influence of information technology on globalization -- pt. 2. Pro-poor modes of technical … globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and …
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north, the south and globalization …
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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 themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
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Globalization is widely regarded as a means not only of ensuring efficiency and growth, but also of achieving equity … and development for those countries operating in the global economy. The book argues that this perception of globalization …pt. 1. Globalization, instability and path dependence -- pt. 2. International capital flows -- pt. 3. Equity …
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The Financial Crisis and Developing Countries discusses and analyses regional and country specific impacts of the financial crisis in emerging markets and developing countries, covering all continents. Using heterodox and mainstream methodologies, the book develops a multidisciplinary...
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Globalization provokes both excitement and fear. This comprehensive collection, which brings together some of the most … important published work on the subject, addresses a core issue of contention: the implications of globalization for poverty and … economists. Globalization may be regarded by some as the realization of new opportunities through the removal of barriers to the …
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Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets … globalization for both developed and developing countries. The authors demonstrate how the European Single Market remains a work in … opportunities provided by integration and globalization to fragment their production processes internationally, which brings gains …
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This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based
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