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...

Shaped by the current turbulent era of macroeconomic forces, inclusive of the technological challenges of Industry 4.0, and ubiquitous uncertainties, the business environment and its stakeholders hold high expectations for sustainable organizational practices, including harmonized and...

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....

The financial crisis in advanced economies and its impact on developing countries has put the longer term agenda of development - structural transformation of countries, of their growth, jobs, poverty and distribution - on the analytic and policy backburner. Day to day management of macro...

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...

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...

This book features an in-depth comparative study of South American National Development Bank’s governance systems. It explores the relationship between bank governance and performance frameworks, both in terms of financial-economic indicators and development impact. It seeks to observe,...

Chapter 1: Who is Gen Z? -- Chapter 2: What Shaped Gen Z?,- Chapter 3: What does Generation Z want? -- Chapter 4: What the hell is a 20th Century Job Anyway? -- Chapter 5: What Makes a 21st Century Job? -- Chapter 6: Bodies In Seats -- Chapter 7: The True Cost of Metric Fixation -- Chapter 8:...