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Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how...
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This book examines the role that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play in growth and economic development promotion, specifically for developing countries. It highlights multiple methodologies for quantifying the impact of ICTs. This includes quantitative and qualitative...
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The financial crisis in advanced economies and its impact on developing countries has put the longer term agenda of development - structural transformation of countries, of their growth, jobs, poverty and distribution - on the analytic and policy backburner. Day to day management of macro...
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Is 'development' passe? Is it merely a by-product or a 'trickle down' effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical 'development' reader deals with these and other related questions. "Globalisation,...
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How can we determine if current growth patterns are sustainable, and what changes to we need to make to make them more so? This volume addresses these issues in a rigorous yet accessible fashion, presenting the current research of some of the world's leading scholars.
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This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in the context of structural transformation. In other words, there is a revived interest in the...
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This book explains why China’s opening-up policy can boost the rapid growth of its economy. Based on concrete facts and … economic logic, it offers a brief introduction to the history of China’s successful development, which has unprecedentedly … author assesses the different stages of China’s economic development and new challenges, illustrating how the country …
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This volume is a timely addition to the emerging literature on the rise of China and India, focusing on how rapid …
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that exports and foreign direct investment (FDI) have played in China's development process, and questions the received …, development financing and productivity growth, amongst other issues, in China …
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This book is particularly concerned with China’s path to green development and how it can be understood, exploring … to design and promote green development is proposed. Readers will discover why China must become an innovator …-term development of humankind in general and China in particular. It also serves well as a green development textbook, presenting …
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