This book explores what happened in the transition economies of China, Vietnam and Myanmar from both macro and micro perspectives, and questions whether the governments of these countries are capable of implementing effective reform and transformation

Given the near-silence in technological and business history about post-World War II socialist enterprises, this book gives voice to a generation of Communist China’s managers, entrepreneurs, cadres, and workers from the Liberation to the early 1970s. Using recently-opened online archival...

This book examines the uneven economy in Asia, showing how the pace of economic transformation affects prosperity and the emerging middle class. Using the Lewis turning point and the long run cycle of the rise and fall of nations as a framework, it demonstrates how demographic trends,...

This book empirically investigates the changes in labor market structure accompanying the labor market reform in China by focusing on the labor market segmentation problems from the 1980s to 2013. The book also aims to examine the effect of labor policy reforms on individual, household and...

In diesem Buch wird die Notwendigkeit einer programmatischen und terminologischen Weiterentwicklung der Sozialen zu einer Nachhaltigen Marktwirtschaft aufgezeigt. Es legt informativ dar, wie der aktuelle Stand bei der fortschreitenden Implementierung und Etablierung ist und welche Probleme...

Chapter 1. Economic Transformation and Development Experience of Indian Punjab-An Introduction -- Section I: Understanding the Crisis of Agrarian Transition -- Chapter 2. The Role of Technological and Institutional Changes in the Growth and Transformation of Agriculture in Punjab -- Chapter 3....

The Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, the Krygyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan - are transitioning from centrally planned economies to market-oriented systems. This volume addresses the process and policy reforms these countries face and how the reforms may impact...

This book covers a wide variety of aspects of transition in Central and Southeast Europe and the CIS, including the socialist legacy, privatization and growth, skills, and banking reforms. It also covers the evolution of the global economy beyond transition, looking at complexity, risk...