Multinationals and Economic Growth in East Asia

Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Strategies and National Economic Development

Edited by Shujiro Urata, Chia Siow Yue, Fukunari Kimura

Developing countries in East Asia recorded remarkable economic growth until the Asian financial crisis erupted in mid-1997. Although several countries experienced devastating setbacks, most of...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38271-7 (Routledge)

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The Depression and the Developing World, 1914-1939

By A.J.H. Latham

Usual interpretations of the Depression stress the disruption in Europe caused by the Versailles Settlement, and the downswing in the United States centred on the...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39267-9 (Routledge)

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The International Economy and the Undeveloped World 1865-1914

By A.J.H. Latham

Economic Historians generally consider the international economy through the lens of the most economically powerful nations. This Western perspective distorts the true picture of how the...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39266-2 (Routledge)

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The NGO Factor in Africa

The Case of Arrested Development in Kenya

By Maurice N. Amutabi

The book breaks new ground in understanding the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa. The book historicizes NGOs using the Rockefeller Foundation as a...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97995-5 (Routledge)

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The Economics of Agricultural Development

World Food Systems and Resource Use

By George W. Norton, Jeffrey Alwang, William A. Masters

Persistent problems with poverty, rapid population growth and malnutrition in many developing countries are among the most serious issues facing the world today. This book...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77046-0 (Routledge)

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Endogenous Development

Networking, Innovation, Institutions and Cities

By Antonio Vazquez-Barquero

The beginning of the twenty first century has been characterized by the expansion of economics, politics and institutional relations. Using international case studies, this book...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40645-1 (Routledge)

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Information Technology and Development

A New Paradigm for Delivering the Internet to Rural Areas in Developing Countries

By Jeffrey James

Attempts to bring the benefits of information technology in the form of the internet to developing countries have, to date, foundered on the belief that...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40688-8 (Routledge)

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New International Poverty Reduction Strategies

Edited by Jean-Pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a joint initiative at the end of 1999, stating that they intended to set the...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40694-9 (Routledge)

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Social Capital and Economic Development

By Patrick François

This immensely readable book by Patrick François provides an original insight into the increasingly fashionable topic that is social capital. In a unique, original study,...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40701-4 (Routledge)

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Political Conflict and Development in East Asia and Latin America

Edited by Richard Boyd, Galjart Benno, Tak-Wing Ngo

Long run processes of socio-economic change generate prodigious problems of social conflict and social control and governments responsible for these processes must therefore manage the...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36318-1 (Routledge)

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