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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America

Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006

Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation--good or bad--can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade...

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Media, development and institutional change

Coyne, Christopher J. - 2009

Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media's profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development. The authors use the tools of economics to illuminate the media's role in enabling and inhibiting political-economic reforms that promote development

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Information communication technology and economic development : learning from the Indian experience

Stough, Roger (contributor); … - 2005

Information Communication Technology and Economic Development reveals new insights regarding the complex process of globalization. It shows how the generation and circulation of intellectual capital in the US and India in ICT have led to greater productivity in the US while facilitating the...

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Chinese economic development and the environment

Managi, Shunsuke - 2009

Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world's largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China's environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides an economic analysis of the significant environmental and...

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Regional integration, economic development and global governance

Volz, Ulrich (contributor) - 2011

The contributors expertly provide a comparative perspective on regional integration in different regions of the world while at the same time analysing the various facets of integration, relating to trade, FDI, finance and monetary policies. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject...

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Bridging the global digital divide

James, Jeffrey - 2003

Employing a rigorous analytical framework, the author bases his analysis on the concept of international technological dualism. He argues that one possible solution to the problem is the availability of affordable technologies, such as low-cost computers, which are specifically designed for the...

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Beyond the Asian crisis : pathways to sustainable growth

Chowdhury, Anis (contributor); Islam, Iyanatul (contributor) - 2001

As Southeast and Northeast Asia recover from the Asian crisis and return to a state of growth, the authors of this book assess the lessons to be learned from the crisis to achieve sustainable development in the future. While the importance of each factor contributing to the crisis varies from...

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Trade theory, analytical models and development : essays in honour of Peter Lloyd. Volume I

Lloyd, Peter John (contributor); … - 2005

Trade Theory, Analytical Models and Development, comprises 11 essays offering new contributions on the following topics … welfare; customs union theory; endogenous mergers and tariffs; intra-industry trade; state trading enterprises and trade …pt. 1. Real trade theory -- pt. 2. Theory of trade policy -- pt. 3. Trade and market structure -- pt. 4. New …

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Handbook on the South Asian economies

Chowdhury, Anis (contributor); … - 2008

This Handbook on the South Asian Economies (a companion to the Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies) is a comprehensive and unique collection of original studies on the economic and social development of countries in South Asia. The analytical narratives draw upon a wide range...

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Social capital and economic development : well-being in developing countries

Isham, Jonathan (contributor); Ramaswamy, Sunder (contributor) - Middlebury College Conference on Economic Issues <(21st … - 2002

The chapters in this volume explore the challenges and opportunities raised by this concept for researchers, practitioners and teachers. Social Capital and Economic Development is based upon a consistent, policy-based vision of how social capital affects well-being in developing countries

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