Introduction -- Finance and Procurement Options for Infrastructure Development -- Theory of PPP -- Overview of PPP Infrastructure Development in Developing Countries -- Current Status of Infrastructure Development and Achievements for PPP in the Philippines -- Changes in Infrastructure...

This book compares the experiences of the Philippines and Vietnam to gain insight into how openness to trade and financing can increase prosperity. In contrast, theoretical and empirical work in the 20th and early 21st centuries have returned mixed results regarding this assertion. The book also...

1. The Evolution of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin -- 2. The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Northeast Thailand -- 3. Divergent Pathways of Rice Farming in Ubon Ratchathani Province -- 4. Farmer Organizations in Ubon Ratchathani Province -- 5. From Subsistence to Commercial Rice...

Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Tourism in the Philippines: Overview of Policy Development and Management Issues -- Part II. Managing and Developing Philippine Tourism Destinations -- Chapter 2. Mandatory Accreditation of Primary Tourism Enterprises in the Philippines: Challenges in...

Chapter 1. The Impact of Covid 19 to the Budgeting Scheme/Strategies of the City of Ormoc, Philippines: A Critical Analysis -- Chapter 2. The Usefulness of Information Communication Technology(ICT) in the Recruitment of Employees during Covid 19 -- 3. Budgetary Practices Among Government-Owned...

Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Tourism and the Filipino Culture and Society -- Part II. Tourism in Philippine Communities -- Chapter 2. Performance Assessment of Barangay Nagacadan as a Community-Based Tourist Destination -- Chapter 3. Stoked in the Sea: Understanding Stakeholder Perceptions...

Preface -- Chapter 1. A Preliminary Introduction -- Chapter 2. Puzzles of the Monetary Regime in Premodern China -- Chapter 3. The Divergence between China and Japan -- Chapter 4. The Worst Currency or The Best Arrangement? -- Chapter 5. An Epilogue -- Index.

Introduction -- Part I: Guggenheim Prize Lecture -- The Myth of Money as a Veil -- Part II: Financial History -- British Investment Trusts 1868 to 1928: Portfolio Diversification and the Beginnings of Institutional Investment -- Early Reflections on the Democratization of Organized Markets and...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Oil, Policy and Market Power -- Chapter 3: Looking at the Mirror: Early Days of the Oil Markets in the United States -- Chapter 4: From Competition to Monopoly -- Chapter 5: From Monopoly to Competition (Oil Markets Going Global) -- Chapter 6: Governments...