Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Historical Foundations of East Asian Development -- 2. Understanding East Asian Growth -- 3. Government Intervention versus Laissez- Faire in Northeast Asia -- 4. Successes and Failures in Southeast Asia -- 5. From Command to Market Economy in China...

Cover -- The Modern Caribbean Economy, Volume II: Economic Development and Public Policy Challenges -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Public Policy and Economic Growth: Some Insights into the Caribbean Experience: Ramesh Ramsaran -- CHAPTER 2: Towards an Alternative...

Cover -- The Modern Caribbean Economy, Volume I: Alternative Perspectives and Policy Implications -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: The Contribution of Canadian Economic Thought to Caribbean Political Economy: A Preliminary Investigation: Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi --...

With less than five years left to achieve the MDGs, this year's report looks at the prospects and challenges for reaching the goals. It also examines the great diversity of performance across indicators, countries, and categories of countriesto determine the necessary policies to fill the...

The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climatechange is occurring and that all countries of the world will beaffected and need to adapt to impacts. The IPCC points out that manydeveloping countries are...

This volume examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book...

The need for increased food production, enhanced economic growth and poverty reduction, whilst at the same time achieving environmental sustainability, is an issue of growing importance. This book addresses the linkages and tradeoffs involved in solving such key challenges.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Postal Savings for Development -- 1. Introduction: Overview and Summary of Policy Proposals for Postal Savings in Developing...

The absence of vibrant bondmarkets in East Asia was a significant contributor to the 1997–98 financial crisis. Ever since, the development of local bondmarkets has been a major objective of financial reforms in many East Asian economies. This effort has been frustrated by the inability to...