Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of appendices -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Understanding services growth -- 2 Can...

The economics of international investment is an area in which many important theoretical and empirical contributions have been made over recent years. This volume draws together a series of original new essays which reflect and refine developments in the concepts, theories and tools of analysis...

Jagdish Bhagwati's proposal for a 'brains tax' to be levied on the incomes of the diaspora from developing countries residing in the developed countries and the proceeds to be remitted to the countries of origin of the diaspora is well known. In recent years the voluntary contributions or...

This paper analyses the growth of production and employment in China during the period 1978 to the early 1990s. It argues that the Chinese experience with export-led growth provides an excellent case study of the phenomenon of a vent for surplus resources provided by exports, identified by Adam...