Development Economics
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Fiscal Decentralization and Budget Control
Laura Von Daniels
Fiscal Decentralization and Budget Control explores possible institutional solutions to fiscal instability in countries that have traditionally been caught up in problems of over-expenditure and over-indebtedness. How can governments con...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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National Innovation Systems, Social Inclusion and Development
Edited by Gabriela Dutrénit, Judith Sutz
The book has a strong theoretical foundation with empirical illustrations from diverse Latin American countries. As a whole, it offers a comprehensive exploration of the foundations of the theory of National Innovation Systems. The autho...eBook:Find out more$51.96
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Cooperatives, Economic Democratization and Rural Development
Edited by Jos Bijman, Roldan Muradian, Jur Schuurman
Agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transit...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Connecting Asia
Edited by Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan, Ganeshan Wignaraja
This book analyses how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions, with a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this proce...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
Timothy Cadman, Lauren Eastwood, Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis, Tek N. Maraseni, Jamie Pittock, Tapan Sarker
Since the Rio ‘Earth’ Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as em...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Culture and Economic Action
Edited by Laura E. Grube, Virgil Henry Storr
This edited volume, a collection of both theoretical essays and empirical studies, presents an Austrian economics perspective on the role of culture in economic action. The authors illustrate that culture cannot be separated from economi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Edited by Juhzon Zhuang, Paul Vandenberg, Yiping Huang
The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Edited by Janine Berg
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment co...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Developing National Systems of Innovation
Edited by Eduardo Albuquerque, Wilson Suzigan, Glenda Kruss, Keun Lee
Interactions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. This book focuses on those interactions in developing countries, presenting studies based on fresh empirical material prepared by research teams i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Disintegration of Production
Edited by Mariko Watanabe
In the past two decades, China has experienced rapid industrial and economic growth. This fascinating book explores the unique Chinese business strategy of vigorous market entry and low prices, which has been the key feature of this acce...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Asia and Global Production Networks
Edited by Benno Ferrarini, David Hummels
This timely book deploys new tools and measures to understand how global production networks change the nature of global economic interdependence, and how that in turn changes our understanding of which policies are appropriate in this n...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Aid and Private Schools for the Poor
Pauline Dixon
This fascinating volume challenges the widely held belief that the state should supply, finance and regulate schooling in developing countries. Using India as an example, Dr. Pauline Dixon examines the ways in which private, for-profit s...eBook:Find out more$37.56