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The economics of climate-resilient development
Fankhauser, Samuel (contributor);  … - 2016
1. Climate-resilient development: an introduction / S. Fankhauser and T. Mcdermott -- Part I concepts -- 2. The role of … climate in development / D. Castells-Quintana, M. Lopez-Uribe and T. Mcdermott -- 3. Poverty and climate change / S … with climate risk: the options / D. Castells-Quintana, M. Lopez-Uribe and T. Mcdermott -- 5. Locking in climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419875
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Economic reform in China and India : development experience in a comparative perspective
Chai, C. H. - 2006
Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from 6 to 8 per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines this prospect, reviewing the development strategies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850640
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Information communication technology and economic development : learning from the Indian experience
Stough, Roger (contributor);  … - 2005
Information Communication Technology and Economic Development reveals new insights regarding the complex process of globalization. It shows how the generation and circulation of intellectual capital in the US and India in ICT have led to greater productivity in the US while facilitating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851177
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World economic performance : past, present and future
Prasada Rao, D. S. (ed.); Ark, Bart van (ed.) - 2013
'Not only is this excellent collection of papers a fitting tribute to Angus Maddison, it is also a great resource for thinking about future patterns of global economic growth both in the BRICS and the OECD based on key insights from historical experience.' (Nicholas Crafts, University of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851276
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Uneven paths of development : innovation and learning in Asia and Africa
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyebanji - 2009
This book focuses on what can be learned from the complex processes of industrial, technological and organizational change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate how sectors act as seeds of economic progress. Detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851295
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Globalization and development in the Mekong economies
Leung, Suiwah (ed.); Bingham, Ben (ed.); Davies, Matt (ed.) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851418
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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
Sideras, Jörn (contributor);  … - 2006
This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432
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Geography, structural change and economic development : theory and empirics
Tamberi, Massimo (contributor); Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2009
The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851875
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The record of global economic development
Jones, Eric Lionel - 2002
The record of global economic development analyses the long-term and current economic forces which promote or impede globalisation, drawing on the experience of economic history to help interpret major trends in modern economies
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851918
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China's Economic Development : Institutions, Growth and Imbalances
Lu, Ming; Chen, Zhao; Wang, Yongqin; Zhang, Yan; Zhang, Yuan - 2013
1. Introduction : the reform and opening-up of a large, developing country -- 2. Political and social foundations of economic development -- 3. Urban and rural economic development during the process of urbanization and industrialization -- 4. Industrial agglomeration in the process of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260678