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,...

Addressing the alarming environmental consequences of China's rapid rate of growth, this report contributes to the literature on Chinese economic growth and broadens the policy analysis in several important new areas, using the most recent data available.

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...

Key Features:Detailed analysis of key issues such as trade, services, international trade, energy and pollutionComparative study of economic growth, disparity and convergence of the Chinese and Indian economies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreign Direct Investment, Trade in Services and Economic Growth: An Introduction -- Section I: FDI, Trade and Economic Growth -- 1. India-ASEAN Trade, FDI and...

Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Property Rights and Sustainable Development - Terry L. Anderson -- 1. The Skeptical Environmentalist - Bjørn Lomborg -- 2. Economic Growth, Technological Change, and...

This book examines two factors which are at the heart of Japanese management - the pursuit of growth and the intensive competition within and between Japanese firms. The author looks at how they interact and how they affect economic efficiency, stability, and dynamism. He avoids popular...

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...

In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial...