Introduction (Paul Dobrescu) -- Part I. Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates -- Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? (Ian Goldin) -- Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses (Anne L....

About the Book -- About the Editor -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Introduction -- China: The Bankable State -- Chapter-1: Role of State in the Evolution and Success of Commercial Banks in China -- Chapter-2: Historical Trends and Transitions in Credit Risk Management of Chinese Commercial...

Social changes accompanying the evolution of technology and its contradictions find expression in dynamic desequilibria which affect the internal economies of both the central and the peripheral countries. This article analyses these disequilibria and puts forward considerations relating to the...

1. Introduction; Jorge Alvarez and Svante Prado -- Part 1. Latin America and Scandinavia -- 2. Latin American and Nordic countries: a renewed tradition of comparative studies; Jorge Álvarez, Luis Bértola and Jan Bohlin -- Part 2: Trade, industrialisation and growth -- 3. Foreign trade and...

Chapter 1. Introduction (Monica Galloway Burke and Colin Cannonier) -- Chapter 2. Debt Burden in Small Island Caribbean States and Prospects for Debt Relief (Dillon Alleyne and Machel Pantin) -- Chapter 3. Technology, Growth and Productivity in the Caribbean (Wendell Samuel) -- Chapter 4....

Introduction -- Section 1: India's Industrial Growth: Opportunities and Challenges -- India’s industrial development including manufacturing, construction, and mining -- Manufacturing vs. Services -- Global value chains -- Industrial development and climate change -- Section 2: Role of Trade...

Part I Sustainability in Infrastructure Development -- Chapter 1. Resilient Off-Grid Solar PV Power Supply for Rural Communities -- Chapter 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Kenya -- Chapter 3. Engineering Skills Development Through Mega Construction Projects (MCPs) -- Chapter 4. A Conceptual...

Part I Transforming Infrastructure Development -- 1. Corporate Governance in South Africa: A Comparative Aspect -- 2. Hi-Tech Development of Modern Africa: Opportunities and Barriers -- 3. Information Society, Telecommunication Infrastructure, and Digital Entrepreneurship in Modern Africa -- 4....

1 Introduction -- 2 Comparisons of Chinese and Japanese Development Process from Economic and Politico-economic Perspectives -- 3 Trade, FDI and Economic Growth -- 4 Digital China: The Fourth Industrial Revolution with Chinese Characteristics -- 5 Agricultural Development in China: Comparison...