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From Microfinance to Middle Class?
Tonia L Warnecke
This thought-provoking book is a major examination of female entrepreneurship in China and India. It discusses gender inequalities, explores to what extent socioeconomic factors determine access to entrepreneurial opportunities, and uses... -
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Food Security and Islamic Ethics
Edited by Ray Jureidini, Said F. Hassan, Dalal Aassouli
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline, thanks to generous funding support from the Qatar National Library, the College of Islamic Studies at H... -
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![Regional Trade Agreements in Asia]()
Regional Trade Agreements in Asia
Edited by Tran Van Hoa, Charles Harvie
Tran Van Hoa and Charles Harvie present this original study of the likely effects of new regional development. The first East Asia Summit in 2005 prompted discussions of enlargement of ASEAN free trade agreements to include all major tra...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Growth and Economic Development
Reunka Mahadevan
This book provides an insight into some of the efforts and actions taken by the rapidly developing economy of Malaysia towards its ‘Vision 2020’ of becoming a developed country. Renuka Mahadevan explores whether the vision can become rea...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technical Progress and Economic Growth
Ranald J. Taylor
Most of the studies conducted to examine the growth performance of many developing economies are based on the traditional neoclassical growth frameworks. This book takes an alternative path. It employs a blend of historical, neoclassical...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Market Development in China
Edited by Belton M. Fleisher, Haizheng Li, Shunfeng Song
Market Development in China presents the analysis of leading specialists on the causes, benefits and problems resulting from China’s transition to a market economy. As the authors illustrate, it is generally recognized that in the last 2...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Decentralization in Asia and Latin America
Edited by Paul Smoke, Eduardo J. Gómez, George E. Peterson
In addition to taking an atypically comparative perspective, the volume highlights the importance of an historical analysis of decentralization and links this to institutional and public policy outcomes. Placing decentralization in this ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore
Johnny Sung
Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore explores the transformation of Singapore in the last three decades, going beyond the conventional explanations. The book argues that there was more to the transformation than a simple ‘right p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reducing Poverty in Asia
Edited by Christopher M. Edmonds
In this book, a group of distinguished authors addresses three broad questions: what broad strategies and macroeconomic policies best support poverty reduction efforts in Asia; what role should targeted antipoverty interventions play, an...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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![The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Development into the 21st Century]()
The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Development into the 21st Century
Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu
Over the past four decades, Taiwan has achieved remarkable economic growth. In this important book, a distinguished group of contributors employs a comparative perspective to explore the reasons behind and the lessons to be learned from...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Economic Development of Modern Japan]()
The Economic Development of Modern Japan
Shigeto Tsuru
Japan’s emergence as a modern state in the middle of the nineteenth century was a unique socio-political event. The accompanying economic development – achieved without tariff autonomy and with practically no injection of foreign capita...
