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Reconciling Trade and the Environment
Veena Jha, Anil Markandya, René Vossenaar
‘The main contribution of the volume by Jha et al is the wealth of empirical material presented on the case study countries. Until this book was published, there was little material available on the impact of trade on the environment of ... -
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Pathways to Economic Development
Richard Grabowski
This innovative book integrates ideas from sociology, economics and political science to analyse economic development. In doing so, it sheds new light on the process of successful development in East and Southeast Asia and, at the same ... -
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Development Policies in Natural Resource Economies
Edited by Jörg Mayer, Brian Chambers, Ayisha Farooq
‘. . . this volume would also be useful reading for postgraduate students of development economics or natural resources management.’ – Elizabeth Bennett, Progress in Development Studies ‘The issue as to what role the exploitation of na...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Taiwan’s Development into the 21st Century
Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu
‘. . . a welcome book, of particular use to graduate schools.’ – A.J.H. Latham, Asia Pacific Business Review Over the past four decades, Taiwan has achieved remarkable economic growth. In this important book, a distinguished group of c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century
Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu
‘I warmly recommend The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century to everybody interested in the nature of economic development. The essays are thought provoking and intellectually challenging.’ – Tanel Tang, Act... -
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Sustaining Development
Daniel W. Bromley
‘. . . Read the book. It is worthwhile and highly recommended to all people working in agricultural development and similar fields. The book belongs to the most important publications printed recently.’ – Frithjof Kuhnen, Quarterly Journ... -
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Labour Standards and International Competitiveness
André Raynauld, Jean-Pierre Vidal
This innovative book assesses the impact of labour standards on the competitiveness of firms through a comparison of developing and industrialized countries. -
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Growth, Development and Trade
H. W. Singer
This volume contains 21 selected essays by Professor Sir Hans Singer written over the last two decades. -
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Ecology and the Crisis of Overpopulation
Anup Shah
‘. . . it offers many original insights into the population question and should interest academics and professionals in various disciplines.’ – J.R. McDonald, Choice ‘His knowledge is encyclopaedic and he has one of the clearest and mo... -
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Technology, Development and Democracy
Haider A. Khan
‘This interesting book addresses the implications of a modern technology system for economic development and examines questions regarding the role of advanced technologies in creating post-modern conditions in developing societies.’ – As... -
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The Economics of Environment and Development
Edward B. Barbier
‘. . . Barbier provides us with an interesting insight into the emerging role of the environment . . . There is little doubt that Barbier’s work, neatly summarised in this book, has made an important contribution to the debate on how the... -
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The Political Economy of Gunnar Myrdal
James Angresano
‘The book certainly does provide the reader with a very useful investigation of Myrdal’s intellectual metamorphosis from his early training as a neoclassical economist to that of a broadly-defined institutionalist economist . . . Angresa...