Introduction -- Opening of the Vietnamese economy: Achievements and challenges -- Public administration reform: Efforts and reality -- From state to market: Evolving ownership and corporate governance in Vietnam -- Labour and special economic zones -- Vietnamese political economy in an East...

The book provides insights into the development of special economic zones, which are an important factor in the political and economic reforms in China. It discusses a number of topics, including the history and the modernization of special economic zones in China, the contributions of special...

Chapter 1 New Mission for China's Special Economic Zones -- Chapter 2 Internal Causes for Shenzhen's Industrial Development and Structural Evolution: An Explanation from the Perspective of Institutional Change -- Chapter 3 The Evolution of the Special Economic Zones: International Experience and...

1. Special Economic Zones Unpacked -- 2. Regulatory and Institutional Framework of Special Economic Zones -- 3. Chinese Experiences on Special Economic Zones -- 4. Overview of Special Economic Zones in Africa. 5. Assessing the Outcomes in Special Economic Zones in Africa -- 6. A Review of the...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: State Corporate Control in Transition: Research Perspectives -- Chapter 3: State Corporate Control in Transition: Challenges and Goals -- Chapter 4: Evolution of the State Corporate Control in Poland during the Transition -- Chapter 5: State Corporate...

This book explores how better governance can help Africa to achieve structural transformation (understood to be the reallocation of factors of production across and within sectors to better support inclusive development), which history has shown to be key to sustained, inclusive growth. The book...

1. Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians and the Neoliberal Reinvention of Tribal Identity in India -- 2. Myth of Modernization and Development in Orissa -- 3. Interrogating Social Capital and Denials of Development in the Planning for Tribal Development in India -- 4. Capitalism and...

Exploring the Way to China’s Modernization -- Four Major Reforms in China since the Modern Times -- Achievements of Reform: Development, Transition, and Globalization -- Experience from China’s Reform -- Three Stages of China’s Economic Institutional Transition -- The Origin of the...

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 volume explores Iran’s industrial and trade policy options for achieving sustainable, export-oriented, and pro-employment growth. The first part of the book discusses Iran’s economic and industrial development performance, as well as strategies for enhancing capabilities, fostering...