This book deconstructs a series of myths surrounding China's economic rise. The first myth is that globalization led directly to China's rise; the second is that China is another East Asian developmental state; the third that China's market reform had been implemented in an incremental way; and...

This book scrutinizes the last 15 years of exceptional growth in the Turkish economy, and presents a model for sustainable ongoing growth that has particular implications for other key emerging economies. The growth of the Turkish economy in the 2000’s was based on two integrated fundamental...

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Disclaimers -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Graphs -- Introduction -- References -- Part I: Institutional Environment and Entrepreneurs´ Motivations in MENA -- In Search of the Ideal Entrepreneurial Ecosystem -- 1...

This volume investigates the use of mortgages in the European countryside between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. A mortgage allowed a loan to be secured with land or other property, and the practice has been linked to the transformation of the agrarian economy that paved the way for...

This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the main development challenges of the last half century and the international community’s response through aid and trade. With 50 years of professional experience in the World Bank, the WTO and bilateral aid agencies,...