Introduction by the Editors -- Empirical Estimates of Inverted Duty Structure and Effective Rate of Protection- The case of India -- Does Past Performance in Home Market Affect Export Participation of New Exporters? Evidence from Indian Firms -- A Panel Data Analysis of Indo-Africa Trade: A...

Part I: Diopian Pluridisciplinary Treatises on Globalization and Africa’s Socioeconomic and Political Development in the 21st Century -- Chapter 1: Why It Is Okay for Africans to Be Who They Are in a Globalized World that Has Become Inhumane -- Chapter 2: The Effects of the Politics of...

This paper examines how skill-biased growth can generate economic fragmentation (income disparities) that give rise to social fragmentation (the adoption of increasingly incompatible social identities and values), which generate political fragmentation (the adoption of increasingly incompatible...

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per...

Open regionalism and integration between the world’s two largest developing countries - the People’s Republic of China (China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic and social benefits that could result in...

As investment in new ventures across the African continent grows, and enterprises multiply in a wide variety of sectors, the next wave of challenges and opportunities has become apparent to those with the experience and vision to understand them. In this book for investors, institutions,...

The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and opportunities that these diasporas could represent for home countries. In addition, the paper discusses policies aimed at leveraging this "diaspora capital".

PART I. ECONOMY BASED ON RESOURCE SECTOR -- Chapter 1. Institutional reform in Kazakhstan -- Chapter 2. Oil and gas industry development -- Chapter 3. The effects of oil revenues on Kazakhstan’s economy -- PART II. KAZAKHSTAN: STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES -- Chapter 4. Infrastructure investment and...

PART ONE -- Chapter 1: This chapter overviews historical connection between China and Africa and moves on to engage critical debates surrounding Africa countries shift towards China, exploring scholarly discussions that have accompanied this change from within and outside African continent --...

Introduction -- Trade potential and bottlenecks in East Africa: a gravity approach -- Trade Complementarities between Europe and Tanzania -- The Effect of the tripartite free trade area on trade flow in Southern and Eastern Africa -- Investment climate and international integration of firms in...