The Real Economy, Corporate Governance and Reform

Edited by Sumru G. Altug, Alpay Filiztekin

Including contributions from noted international scholars, this collection of papers provides a strong theoretical and empirical underpinning for the discussion of major public policy issues...

Published February 9th 2006 by Routledge.

Trade, Technology and Less Skilled Workers in Europe and the United States

Edited by Robert Anderton, Paul Brenton, John Whalley

Incorporating new empirical data and using a wide variety of methods such as econometrics, general equilibrium and case studies, this detailed volume provides a thorough...

Published February 9th 2006 by Routledge.

By F. Gerard Adams

We are witnessing a transformation in the world economy as a result of the IT/e-business revolution. Modern logistics based on cheap communication and transportation are...

Published January 27th 2006 by Routledge.

Environment, Inequality and Collective Action

Edited by Marcello Basili, Maurizio Franzini, Alessandro Vercelli

Efficiency is the hallmark of environmental economics, and though economists are concerned with the environment, primarily because it challenges the efficiency of competitive markets, until...

Published December 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

An Introduction to Sustainable Development

By Jennifer A. Elliott

Sustainable development continues to be the key idea around which environment and development are structured. This extensively revised third edition continues to provide a concise,...

Published December 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

Edited by Fulong Wu

Introducing readers to the far-reaching global orientation that is now taking place in urban China, an international team of contributors describe overarching globalization through a detailed...

Published December 21st 2005 by Routledge.

The Long-Running Foreign Policy of Engagement

By Tsukasa Takamine

Paradoxically, Japan provides massive amounts of development aid to China, despite Japan's clear perception of China as a prime competitor in the Asia-Pacific region.

This...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

History, Theory and Policy

Edited by Edith Kuiper, Drucilla Barker

The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty reduction. As...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

Edited by Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo

In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific

Origins, Evolution, and Implications

Edited by Vinod Aggarwal, Shujiro Urata

The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed a rapid rise in bilateral preferential trade agreements at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This trend could have potentially...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.