In discussions ranging from the politics of inclusion and exclusion to representation of the diaspora in film, theatre and literature, this book show how diasporas evolve in the economic, social and cultural domains of their host and home countries worldwide.

Against the background of realities of underdevelopment and economic growth, environmental pressures and global governance challenges, this volume presents a broad picture of contemporary issues in African development. The multi-disciplinary collection presents a variety of important themes,...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Derivatives and Development: Contemporary Applications -- 3 Coffee, Derivatives, and Income Security: Theory and Practice -- 4 Coffee, Derivatives, and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach -- 5...

Edited by Professor Stephen Howes and Professor Lekshmi N. Pillai, Papua New Guinea: Government, Economy and Society is a must-read for students, policymakers and anyone interested in understanding this complex and fascinating country.

This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.

Sources and effectiveness of financial development : what we know and what we need to know / Svetlana Andrianova and Panicos Demetriades -- The poverty-macroeconomic policy nexus : some short-run analytics / George Mavrotas and S. Mansoob Murshed -- Finance and poverty in Ethiopia : a...

The East Asian expansion since the 1960s stands out as a global power shift with few historical precedents. The Resurgence of East Asia examines the rise of the region as one of the world's economic power centres from three temporal perspectives: 500 years, 150 years and 50 years, each denoting...

This well-written book is the first to deal with entrepreneurship in all its aspects. It considers the economic, psychological, political, legal and cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship from a market-process perspective. David A Harper has produced a volume that analyses why some people are...

This book provides a unique laboratory of 'capabilities in practice' in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores the application of the capability approach in development practice and public policy from a multidisciplinary perspective by bringing together scholars and practitioners from a wide range...

The most intriguing question about Indonesia's economic development during the twentieth century is why the country's growth performance has been so erratic and displayed such a high degree of discontinuity. This is connected with the fundamental question about the nature of long-run economic...