Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of interventions, and explicates lessons for resource management and...

Since the 1980s, there has been a global wave of transfer of state assets to private hands. China is a relatively late participant of this worldwide trend, yet, in the last decade it has emerged as one of the largest privatizing countries. Shu-Yun Ma argues that China’s privatization is not...

Foreign Direct Investment in China is one of the most comprehensive studies of FDI in China and provides a remarkable background of information on the evolution of China’s FDI policies over the last 30 years.

This timely book presents a critical examination of the developmental premises of Japan’s high-growth success and its subsequent drift into recession, stagnation and piecemeal reform. The country, which within a few decades of wartime defeat mounted a serious challenge to American hegemony,...

This well-researched book examines the dramatic transformation of Southeast Asian countries from agricultural and mining economies to industrial nations.

The prospects and value of economic integration and regionalism in Asia are increasingly evident in what could turn out to be ‘the Asian Century’. It is within this context that this important book explores the critical economic issues, security concerns and political themes pertinent to...

Economic Development and Political Reform addresses critical trends in the Middle Eastern political economy in the 1980s and 1990s and builds upon the cross-regional political science literature concerning political and economic reforms in the developing world. The book argues that external...

The existing economic growth literature has provided substantial coverage of the impact of various aspects of institutions on economic growth. This timely study goes beyond a general statement on the critical role they play, and addresses why and how institutions – specifically political...

This major work provides an assessment of Adolf Lowe’s work and explores areas for future research in relation to his important contribution to economics, in particular his belief that economics is inseparable from social inquiry.

This important and timely two-volume collection presents the key issues and processes that surround recent large-scale financial crises – in Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere – and identifies procedures that will help to avoid and manage crises. The articles are drawn from leading journals...