From Vietnam's recent acceptance into the World Trade Organization to its post-Vietnam War reform and socialist ideals, this overview concisely examines the cultural, political, and economic changes currently at work in Vietnam within a historical context and then discusses the effects such...

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Tables -- Boxes -- Figures -- Acknowledgement -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE - Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Theoretical Debates and Experiences from Developing Regions -- 1. The Case for a...

Pakistan's development efforts are guided by its 2011 Framework for Economic Growth, which identifies actions needed to create a prosperous, industrialized Pakistan through rapid and sustainable development. Industrialization has the potential to drive Pakistan's economic growth and contribute...

The world's environmental future will be determined in significant part by what happens in the rapidly industrializing and urban economies of Asia. This work examines the prospects for and pathways to the shaping of a development future that is far less energy-, materials- and waste-intensive.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. Accounting for Growth and Decline in Venezuela -- 2. Trends and Cycles in the Venezuelan Economy -- Part Two: A Critical Survey of the "Resource Curse" Literature...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Measurement -- Specifying the industrial revolution -- The causes of the industrial revolution -- Part One: Writing and Rewriting History --...