Development Economics

Sustainable Development and Integrated Appraisal in a Developing World

Edited by Norman Lee, Colin Kirkpatrick

This book will be warmly welcomed by development policymakers and consultants in government and non-government organizations as well as academics and postgraduates working in the fields of economics, development and environmental studies.

Hardback (April 2000)

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The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century

André A. Hofman

This book provides an assessment of Latin American 20th century economic performance from a comparative and historical perspective. The author uses growth accounting methods and previously unavailable long-term series data to present a ...

Hardback (March 2000)

List price ~~$162.00~~

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Institutions and Economic Change in Southeast Asia

Edited by Colin Barlow

This ambitious book scrutinizes the role of institutions in economic change, with special reference to Southeast Asia. It suggests that the nature of institutional arrangements such as households, community groups, firms, bureaucracies ...

Hardback (2000)

List price ~~$134.00~~

Member price $120.60

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$40.00

Competition and the World Economy

Francisco C. Sercovich, Choong-Yong Ahn, Claudio Frischtak, Mojmir Mrak, Herman Mügge, Wilson Peres, Samuel M. Wangwe

Globalisation has had a major impact on manufacturing competitiveness and industrial development in transitional and developing economies. This up-to-date book critically examines the experience of a wide range of countries, focusing on...

Hardback (2000)

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Reconciling Trade and the Environment

Veena Jha, Anil Markandya, René Vossenaar

The link between trade and the environment has focused on two broad issues: how changing trade regimes have affected the environment and how stricter environmental regulations have affected trade. The answers are of particular importance...

List price ~~$175.00~~

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Environmental Economics and Development

Edited by J. B. Opschoor, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp

This outstanding new collection surveys the relationship between the environment and development, and highlights some of the tensions that are implicit in the notion of sustainable development.

List price ~~$384.00~~

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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 important book examines the factors that influence economic growth and sustainable development in countries with a significant natural resource sector. It addresses the key issue of how to make the primary sector sufficiently produc...

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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

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...

List price ~~$165.00~~

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The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century

Edited by Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu

This important book uses the most recent advancements in growth theory and case studies to examine the status of economic and political development at the turn of the 20th century.

List price ~~$180.00~~

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The Economics of Famine

Edited by Jean Drèze

The Economics of Famine presents an important collection of outstanding contributions to the economic analysis of famine. The first part consists of theoretical papers, including Amartya Sen’s classic exposition of the entitlement appro...

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