"This comprehensive reference work gives an overview of the industrial development and current state of industrialization and deindustrialization in Asia, specifically Southeast Asia and China. It introduces typologies of industrial policies and discusses the manufacturing sector and its...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Contents in Volume II -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I Industrial promotion in retrospect and prospect -- 1 Introduction: Leading issues...

Section 1. Africa’s Agricultural Renaissance -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The imperative of investing in agriculture to catalyze national development -- Chapter 3. The Current State of African Agriculture -- Chapter 4. Agriculture-poverty-inequality nexus in Africa: Theory and...

This book addresses the paradox between preponderance of hunger in a continent that is well endowed with fertile agricultural land, plenty of fresh water and a vibrant labor force. As some statistics show, close to 60% of arable land in the world is located in Africa which also has several...