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![Globalization and Development in the Mekong Economies]()
Globalization and Development in the Mekong Economies
Edited by Suiwah Leung, Ben Bingham, Matt Davies
Since the late 1980s, Vietnam, Cambodia, PDR Lao, and Myanmar have been opening their economies to international trade and investment. With the exception of Myanmar, the reforms have yielded impressive results, but the process is far fro...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth
Bryan K. Ritchie
For many developing countries, economic growth is an elusive quest. Both economists and policymakers have long known that issues such as education, investment and infrastructure are necessary ingredients for development and yet only a ve...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context]()
Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context
Edited by Norman Long, Jingzhong Ye, Yihuan Wang
This unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China. The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debate...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Great Migration
Edited by Xin Meng, Chris Manning, Li Shi, Tadjuddin Nur Effendi
This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respe... -
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Urban Poverty in China
Fulong Wu, Chris Webster, Shenijing He, Yuting Liu
Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Chinese Economic Development and the Environment
Shunsuke Managi, Shinji Kaneko
Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world’s largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China’s environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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China, India and Beyond
Edited by Natalia Dinello, Shaoguang Wang
China, India and Beyond challenges the widespread belief that China and India will be the driving forces of the global economy in the 21st century. Scholars of these two countries offer scenarios ranging from buoyant to subdued to negati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Infrastructure’s Role in Lowering Asia’s Trade Costs]()
Infrastructure’s Role in Lowering Asia’s Trade Costs
Edited by Douglas H. Brooks, David Hummels
This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure’s central role in lowering Asia’s trade costs.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Development in Western China
Colin G. Brown, Scott A. Waldron, John W. Longworth
This much-needed study provides a unique examination of the intricate web of policies and institutions that now impact on grassland degradation and sustainable development in China’s pastoral region. Understanding this complex matrix and...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Infrastructure and Trade in Asia
Edited by Douglas H. Brooks, Jayant Menon
Analysis of infrastructure’s role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, as...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Protection in China
Edited by Jeff Bennett, Xuehong Wang, Lei Zhang
Faced with intensified environmental degradation and decreased agricultural land productivity, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse both of these negative trends. Among the policy instruments is the Conversio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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
