Leading experts analyze the impact of the rapid growth of offshore outsourcing in manufacturing and IT. For some it promises more rapid economic growth and for some developing countries it is an opportunity to leapfrog, while others are sidelined but it also means labour and governments may lose...

This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to...

Zusammenfassung für Entscheidungsträger -- Integrative Umwelt- und Entwicklungspolitik — Die Vision von Rio -- Armut, Vulnerabilität und Umweltveränderungen — Ausgangslage und Trends -- Wechselwirkungen zwischen internationaler Umwelt- und Entwicklungspolitik -- Armut bekämpfen und...