Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and...

Learning, industrial, and technology polices : an overview / Akbar Noman and Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Theoretical and conceptual foundations -- Industrial policies in learning economies / Mario Cimoli, Giovanni Dosi and Joseph Stiglitz -- Dynamic efficiency : structural dynamics and economic growth...

Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013 - or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008 - just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? This title...

Cuba opens a door to the world: the United States engages -- The old Cuban economy and Raul Castro's efforts to fix it -- Dancing with many partners: good balance, poor execution -- Opening to foreign investment: new portfolio opportunities -- Joint ventures in Cuba: seven case studies --...

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age,...