Introduction: enhancing board effectiveness : institutional, regulatory and functional -- Principles of corporate governance and effective board / Folajimi Ashiru, Franklin Nakpodia and Emmanuel Adegbite -- Codes for boards of directors : a law and morality and organisational differences...

Introduction / Zenebe B. Uraguchi and Essam Yassin Mohammed -- From access to progress : setting our sights on a worthier goal / Leah Wardle -- The bangladesh experience on financial inclusion : a market systems review / Rubaiyath Sarwar and Ashraful Alam -- Financial inclusion : understanding...

Why is natural resource exploitation not yielding greater benefits for the poor economies? In this second edition of his landmark book, Barbier explores this paradox in three parts. Part I gives a historical review of resource use and development, examining current theories that explain the...

In this book, economist Jean-Philippe Platteau addresses the question: does Islam, the religion of Muslims, bear some responsibility for a lack of economic development in the countries in which it dominates? In his nuanced approach, Platteau challenges the widespread view that the doctrine of...