This paper is a short history of the Indian economy since 1968. India today is a changed country from what it was half a century ago, when Myrdal published his Asian Drama. The stranglehold of low growth has been broken, its population below the poverty line has fallen markedly, and India has...

Preface -- List of acronyms -- Geography and the colonial legacy -- Export led growth and the origins of protectionism -- Import substitution industrialization (ISI) -- Debt crises and the lost decade -- Poverty : origins and persistence -- The political economy of Latin American development --...

This volume explores Iran’s industrial and trade policy options for achieving sustainable, export-oriented, and pro-employment growth. The first part of the book discusses Iran’s economic and industrial development performance, as well as strategies for enhancing capabilities, fostering...

This book analyzes the various problems of growth, trade and public policy from the perspective of applied economics, based on research in areas such as public policies, trade and regulation, and development economics. Part 1 investigates the broad problems of growth and regional economy,...

1 Introduction: Overview -- 2 Japan's Industrial Structure: Forced to Change (1973–1982) -- 3 The global responsibilities of an economic superpower (1981–1992) -- 4 Long-Term Depression and Economic Structural Reform (1991–2000) -- 5 Conclusion: The Emergence of a Twenty-First-Century...

The economy, a Napoleonic passion? The question today is no longer in doubt. Creator of the Banque de France and the franc germinal, introducing new budgetary principles, Napoleon Bonaparte reorganized the monetary and financial system of our country. From money to industry, from economic...