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The Economy of Ghana : 50 Years of Economic Development
Huq, Mozammel; Tribe, Michael - 2018
The book follows a first edition published in 1989, which focused on the severe economic crisis Ghana faced during the … analyzing the wider macroeconomy of Ghana; its individual sectors; money, banking and trade; infrastructure and environmental … policies; and Ghana’s poverty, welfare and income distribution, the authors are able to draw vital lessons from the country …
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Geopolitics, Development, and National Security : Romania and Moldova at the Crossroads
Văduva, Sebastian (ed.); Thomas, Andrew R. (ed.) - 2015
Preface -- Ch 1 Governmental Administration and the Security of Romania in a Global Context -- Ch 2 Geopolitics and Security by the Black Sea: The Strategic Options of Romania and Moldova.- Ch 3 Transfer and Diffusion of New Technologies within the Supply Chain of multinational companies with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819095
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The Primacy of Regime Survival : State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
Simpson, Mark; Hawkins, Tony - 2018
1. Introduction -- 2. The Economics of State Fragility -- 3. Zimbabwe’s First Decade: Building the One-Party State and Controlling the Economy -- 4. Regime Interests and the Failure of Economic Reform in the 1990s -- 5. Regime Survival and the Fast Track Land Reform Programme -- 6. Regime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256193
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Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China : A Socialist Experiment, 1950−1971
Scranton, Philip - 2019
Given the near-silence in technological and business history about post-World War II socialist enterprises, this book gives voice to a generation of Communist China’s managers, entrepreneurs, cadres, and workers from the Liberation to the early 1970s. Using recently-opened online archival...
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Emerging States at Crossroads
Tsunekawa, Keiichi (ed.); Todō, Yasuyuki (ed.) - 2019
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This volume analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confront today. Notwithstanding the growing importance of the ‘emerging states’ in global affairs and governance, many problems requiring immediate...
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China: Innovative Green Development
Hu Angang - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017
This book is particularly concerned with China’s path to green development and how it can be understood, exploring questions such as how the goal of Chinese-led green development can be achieved. The book provides systematic explanations of the theory of green development, exploring its...
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Botswana – A Modern Economic History : An African Diamond in the Rough
Hillbom, Ellen; Bolt, Jutta - 2018
“Many people have tried to draw lessons from Botswana’s apparent economic success, and linked it to unique features of the country’s history. In this book, Bolt and Hillbom have used detailed historical research to tell the story of that success, and suggest that it is perhaps not so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397312
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The Economy of Modern Malta : From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century
Caruana Galizia, Paul - 2017
This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the Maltese economy in the modern era, from colonialism to European Union membership. It sets arguments about growth and development, and the impact and legacy ofcolonization, against detailed histories of agriculture, manufacturing and trade,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397371
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Central Asia and the Silk Road : Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia
Barisitz, Stephan - 2017
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and...
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The China Path to Economic Transition and Development
Hong, Yinxing - 2016
Preface -- Foreword -- PART I: The China Model of Economic Reform and Opening -- A Theory of Transition Economics -- Economic Transition and Theoretical Innovations -- Evolutionary Market-Oriented Reform in China -- Understanding the Establishment of Market Order -- The Reform of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019631