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1 The Chinese Birdcage -- 2 Western Triumphalism -- 3 China as the World's Factory -- 4 Housing Bubbles across the Western Hemisphere -- 5 The Global Financial Crisis -- 6 The Economic Fallout -- 7 Unlimited Supplies of Labor -- 8 China's Economic Development -- 9 Global Imbalances and Corporate...
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The "development credibility" of the current trade regime in general, and the WTO in particular, is at stake. The Doha Round aims to reverse the brewing scepticism by providing a reliable engine of trade-led growth and development. The essays in this volume identify the key challenges in this...
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More than half of the world's sovereign states are small economies. The majority are in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin. For small economies, the globalization process involves opportunities, but also important risks because of their vulnerability and lack of diversification. This...
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This volume undertakes the important task of envisioning a regional history of Asia based on its unique internal … characteristics, going beyond the usual West/non-West dichotomy. The “regional trade zone of modern Asia” was debated in the 1980s …. Since then, Japanese historians of the socioeconomic history of Asia have explored how the traditional trade relations that …
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Although Asia has been the world engine of economic growth since World War II, growth rates have differed sharply among … to all scholars of economics, management and the political sciences who work on the economies of East Asia, and also to … Agreements and Responsible Business: Examples from the EU’s Bilateral Agreements in East and Southeast Asia -- Chapter 3: Control …
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Part I: Growth and Regional Development -- Reconsidering the Middle-income Trap: The Case in Asia -- Identifying the … -- Part II: International Trade and Investment -- Global Supply Chain and Japanese Electronics firms’ Location in East Asia …
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This book comprehensively investigates the challenges to Myanmar’s access to the global market. Myanmar is a late entrant in the global trade and investment scenario after years of isolation. However, it has large untapped potentials for trade and investment in minerals, agro and forest based...
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Focusing on global value chains and their importance to trade, this edited collection explores the strategic role of logistics and supply chain infrastructure in the development of Africa. Skilled authors present critical analysis of the current state of logistics in Africa, and suggest...
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Preface -- Introduction -- Output Growth and Productivity Growth in China -- Growth and Convergence across the Chinese Regions -- Openness and Regional Growth in China -- Openness, Human Capital, and Productivity Growth in the Chinese Regions -- Foreign Direct Investment and Regional...
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Investment Darling in Asia?. …This book offers a collection of studies on regional integration and the dynamic business environment in East Asia. The … papers included, originally presented at the 2014 Asia Pacific Business Conference on "Free Trade Agreements and Regional …
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