The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Whatever happened to the Third World -- Chapter 3: What preceded development economics -- Chapter 4: The first generation of development economists -- Chapter 5: The second generation of development economists -- Chapter 6: Main components of the third...

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. China’s Economic Reform Pattern: Fundamentals of “Infinite” Transition -- Chapter 3. Resources, Trends and Goals of Chinese Military Modernization -- Chapter 4. Limits for Continuity and Change in Political Transformations -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.

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. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

Chapter 1: Microentrepreneurship: An Interdisciplinary View -- Chapter 2: The Spatial Distribution of Self-employment -- Chapter 3: Economic Returns to Occupational Choice -- Chapter 4: Size of New Start-Ups Across Space -- Chapter 5: Firm growth and barriers to growth among small firms in India...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Humanitarian Funding in Crisis and The Rise of Innovative Humanitarian Finance -- Chapter 3: Innovative Vaccine and Immunization Funding: Advance Market Commitment -- Chapter 4: Performance Based Financing -- Chapter 5: Islamic Finance: Role of Traditional...

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Responsible Management: A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Green Marketing and Sustainability Management Perspective.-Part One: Corporate Social Responsibility -- Chapter 2: Benefits of Promoting Micro-Level Corporate Social Responsibility for Emerging...