"Economic Development, Twelfth Edition, presents the latest thinking in economic development with the clear and comprehensive approach that has been so well received in both the developed and developing worlds. The pace and scope of economic development continues its rapid, uneven, and sometimes...

Since its establishment in 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has viewed itself as an underdeveloped country-economically backward, physically weak, and vulnerable to exploitation by more powerful states. Even as the PRC has grown stronger economically and militarily, especially since...

Deepen BRICS partnership for a brighter future / Wang Linggui, Zhao Jianglin -- Opportunities and challenges for BRICS countries : the international environment and policy outlook for BRICS countries / Roberto Abdenur -- BRICS and the changing international system / Alexander Lukin -- The role...

Auf Basis mehrerer Haushaltsbefragungen und einer Vielzahl statistischer Informationen wird der Zusammenhang zwischen politischer Zielsetzung, ökonomischer Entwicklung und ethnischer Vielfalt analysiert und aus verschiedenen Perspektiven durchleuchtet. Neben allgemeinen Fragestellungen zu...

Countries in the Middle East have very different economies, even if they are often grouped together. In The Economics of the Middle East, James Rauch focuses on the drivers of their distinctiveness, including the effects of their natural endowments, geographic locations, and interactions with...

Introduction: Political and institutional change in Africa : an analysis of innovations in economic development strategy since state independences -- Innovation in African economic development strategy : literature review and conceptual clarification -- Theoretical and methodological framework :...

What factors govern growth and sustainability? The remarkable recent development of several East Asian countries had brought this question to the fore. While other books have examined the impact of domestic policies and their interaction, this volume looks at the impact of OECD country policies...

Klappentext: This edited volume explores and dissects Africa's economic growth and sustainable development using an optimal conceptual model of the progressive continent's development up to and until 2030. Africa is studied not against the background of developed (OECD) and leading developing...

1. Introduction -- 2. Towards Analytic Coherence in Assessing Economic Development Policy Making: Special Reference to African Countries -- 3. Building the Capacity for Domestic Resource Mobilization in African Countries -- 4. Regional Economic Integration in Africa and Intra-Regional Trade --...