Understanding FDI-Assisted Economic Development

Edited by Sanjaya Lall, Rajneesh Narula

It is nowadays well accepted that both economic growth and development are highly dependent on improving not just the availability of capital, but also access...

Published October 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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Social and Economic Change in the Pamirs (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)

Translated from German by Nicola Pacult and Sonia Guss with support of Tim Sharp

By Frank Bliss

Since Olufsen and Schulz published their monographs on the Pamirs in 1904 and 1914, respectively, this is the first book to deal with the history,...

Published September 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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Economic Development in Pacific Asia

By Hafiz Akhand, Kanhaya Gupta

During the period 1965 to 1990 East Asia was the world’s fastest growing region. Economic Development in Pacific Asia provides illuminating, non-technical perspectives on key...

Published September 5th 2005 by Routledge.

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Living with Transition in Laos

Market Intergration in Southeast Asia

By Jonathan Rigg

Laos - the Lao People's Democratic Republic - is one of the least understood and studied countries of Asia. Its development trajectory is also one...

Published August 25th 2005 by Routledge.

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Amartya Sen's Work and Ideas

A Gender Perspective

Edited by Bina Agarwal, Jane Humphries, Ingrid Robeyns

This unique volume is the first to examine Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's ideas through the lens of gender. His humanitarian approach to economics has been crucial...

Published August 25th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Political Economy of Reform Failure

Edited by Mats Lundahl

Economists have moved in recent years beyond analyzing the manner in which the macroeconomies of different countries function and prescribing appropriate policies for dealing with...

Published July 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Food Aid After Fifty Years

Recasting its Role

By Christopher B. Barrett, Dan Maxwell

This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues...

Published June 23rd 2005 by Routledge.

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Fuelling War

Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts

By Philippe Le Billon

A generous endowment of natural resources should favour rapid economic and social development. The experience of countries like Angola and Iraq, however, suggests that resource...

Published June 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Chinese Model of Modern Development

Edited by Tian Y. Cao

This study examines the Chinese model of modern development, reflecting on the historical experience of China's reform and highlighting theoretical issues that are crucial for...

Published June 3rd 2005 by Routledge.

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Beyond Market-Driven Development

Drawing on the Experience of Asia and Latin America

Edited by Costas Lapavitsas

Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems ‘repressed’ and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East Asia challenged the Washington consensus,...

Published June 2nd 2005 by Routledge.

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