Development economics Books
Oxford University Press Inc Nature That Makes Us Human
Book SynopsisClimate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, resource depletion, new emerging diseases: scientists have raised awareness on the ecological and societal consequences of the unbridled development of human activities for a long time. Why do we keep destroying nature when science makes it clear that in doing so we risk our own destruction? How can we stop destroying our life-support system and reach some kind of harmony between humans and nature? This book seeks to answer these questions. It describes the inability of modern society to fundamentally modify its relationship with nature, instead engaging in collective fictions such as subject-object duality, matter-mind duality, the primacy of rationality, and the superiority of the human species over all other life. Subsequent chapters identify avenues which could allow human societies to break the current deadlock and forge a relationship with the natural world. This path is rooted in a simple observation: humans have a nature that defineTable of ContentsIntroduction Part one. Humans versus nature Chapter 1. Homo sapiens, a species among many others but not quite like the others Chapter 2. A brief history of the divorce between humans and nature Chapter 3. Subject and object: The mirror of modernity Chapter 4. Matter and spirit: The great illusion Chapter 5. The underside of economic rationality and progress Chapter 6. Journey to the centre of the modern world Part two. Where humans and nature are one Chapter 7. Letting nature touch us Chapter 8. Recovering nature in us through our fundamental needs Chapter 9. Reunifying knowledge of body and mind Chapter 10. Building a social and economic order that serves life Chapter 11. Embracing life that flows through us References
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Oxford University Press Inc Solving Social Dilemmas Ethics Politics and
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is refreshing in its approach and structure, which use analytical narratives rather than mathematical proofs. Social dilemmas require thinking and logic to provide solutions; hence, analytical narratives are helpful. Combining economics with ethics, Congleton provides an intriguing perspective on the rise of commercial societies. * Choice *The book is a remarkable work of scholarship and a pleasure to read. The methodical choice of topics, comprehensive arguments and cohesive synthesis will appeal to the scholarly community. The analytical framework of carefully introducing simple game theory and extensions of the payoff matrices of the games to account for the benefits of virtue and the costs of guilt is an expert exposition that will be appreciated by researchers with an inquiring mind. * George Tridimas, Constitutional Political Economy *The book makes a persuasive case, backed by extensive examples and careful analysis, for the claim that some systems of rules, and the associated set of moral intuitions and ethical dispositions thereby implied, are much more supportive of commercial society, and therefore of prosperity, than others. * Michael C. Munger, The Independent Review *
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Oxford University Press Inc Uncertainty and Enterprise
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OUP India Bottled
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OUP India Indias Turn Understanding the Economic
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays analyzes India's economic growth, development patterns, public institutions, and future prospects. It focuses on India's integration with the world economy through trade, ideas, and capital flows, offering policymakers and analysts various policy options.
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OUP India The Service Revolution in South Asia
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the alternative opportunities that the service revolution opens up for developing countries, focusing in particular on the South Asian experience of rapid growth and poverty reduction led by services.Trade ReviewIndia's services revolution has dazzled businesses in the rich world, turning Indian companies into global competitors and backwater cities such as Hyderabad into affluent, sophisticated technology centres. Yet economists have been less star-struck, clinging to the received wisdom that has prevailed since the industrial revolution: modernization runs from agriculture through manufacturing and only later to services.... That conventional wisdom is now under fire, in a book edited by Ejaz Ghani of the World Bank.... The authors argue that technology and outsourcing are enabling services to overcome their former handicaps.... And that is precisely what seems to be happening. * The Economist *Table of ContentsLIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. ; THE SERVICE REVOLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA: AN OVERVIEW; ; PART I: ROLE OF SERVICE IN DEVELOPMENT; ; 1. Is Service-led Growth a Miracle for South Asia?; ; 2. The Role of the Service Sector in Economic Growth and Employment Generation in South Asia; ; 3. New Economic Geography, Services and South Asia; Part II: Service Exports ; 4. Software Production: Globalization and Its Implications for South Asia; ; 5. Migration and Remittances in South Asia; Part III: Infrastructure ; 6. Education and Growth of Services; ; 7. . South Asian Telecommunications Development and the Role of Regional Cooperation; ; 8. Air Transport Liberalization in South Asia: Impacts on Airline Performance, Logistics Performance, International Traffic Flows and Tourism
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OUP India Indias Economy Performance and Challenges
Book SynopsisThis volume, in honor of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, brings together scholarship on various aspects of India's economic development. Exploring key economic challenges, the essays cover a wide range of topics-growth, inequality, macroeconomic performance, monetary policy, capital markets, infrastructure, human resources, services, global finance, climate change, and international trade.Trade Review... a valuable knowledge base on the recent developments of the Indian economy and its reform process ... * Chiara Mariotti, Economic Issues *Table of ContentsLIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ; FOREWORD BY DR MANMOHAN SINGH ; INTRODUCTION ; SECTION I: GROWTH, INEQUALITY, AND REFORM ; 1. Indian Economic Growth 1950-2008: Facts and Beliefs, Puzzles and Policies ; 2. Inequality and Equity during Rapid Growth Process ; 3. Two Episodes in the Reform Process ; SECTION II: MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POLICIES ; 4. Macroeconomic Performance and Policies, 2000-8 ; 5. India's Financial Sector and Monetary Policy Reforms: Fostering Growth while Containing Risk ; 6. India's Capital Markets, 1991-2008 ; SECTION III: SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES ; 7. Accelerating Agricultural Growth: Moving from Farming to Value Chains ; 8. Infrastructure at Crossroads ; 9. Social Sector Development: A Perspective from Punjab ; 10. Servicing India's GDP Growth ; SECTION IV: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ; 11. India in the World ; 12. India's Trade with the World: Retrospect and Prospect ; 13. A Global Deal on Climate Change: A Possible Role for India
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OUP India Economic Survey 201112
Book SynopsisA flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Economic Survey 2011-12 reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the past 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term.Table of ContentsABBREVIATIONS ; 1. State of the Economy and Prospects ; 2. Micro-foundations of Macroeconomic Policy ; 3. Fiscal Developments and Public Finance ; 4. Prices and Monetary Management ; 5. Financial Intermediation and Markets ; 6. Balance of Payments ; 7. International Trade ; 8. Agriculture and Food ; 9. Industry ; 10. Services Sector ; 11. Energy, Infrastructure and Communications ; 12. Sustainable Development and Climate Change ; 13. Human Development ; 14. India and the Global Economy ; STATISTICAL APPENDIX
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OUP India Political Economy of Reforms in India Oxford
Book SynopsisThis introduction to the Political Economy of Reforms in India discusses the political economy of the country's growth, globalization and welfare. It finds that political economy of growth and globalization are intimately connected. And, the political economy of welfare, though dependent to a much greater extent on state intervention than growth, is critically dependent on the growth process.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Political Economy of Growth ; 2. India's Economic Globalization ; 3. Citizen Concern in the New India ; 4. Reflecting on Economic Reforms ; Bibliography ; Index
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Clarendon Press The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions Clarendon Paperbacks
Book SynopsisThis volume breaks new ground in the economic theory of institutions. The contributors show how some of the tools of advanced economic theory can usefully contribute to an understanding of how institutions operate. They show how sound theoretical analysis can in fact enable economists to reach conclusions which will help practitioners avoid many pitfalls in the formation and implementation of development policies, both within individual countries and in the context of international aid.Trade Reviewwell worth reading * Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics *a welcome contribution to an economic understanding of institutions * Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture *the book may well become a standard reference in institutional economics, especially in the context of LDCs, and will additionally stimulate efforts towards more applied research * Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (Review of World Economics) *Table of ContentsGeneral introduction; Land and labour; Credit and interlinked transactions; Marketing and insurance; Co-operatives, technology and the State
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Oxford University Press Beyond Experiments in Development Economics
Book SynopsisThis book provides researchers, students, and practitioners with a methodology to evaluate the impacts of a wide diversity of development projects and policies on local economies. Projects and policies often create spillovers within project areas. LEWIE uses simulation methods to quantify these spillovers. It has become a complement to randomized control trials (RCTs), as governments and donors become interested in documenting impacts beyond the treated, comparing the likely impacts of alternative interventions, and designing complementary interventions to influence program and policy impacts. It is also a tool for impact evaluation where RCTs are not feasible.Chapters 1-4 motivate and present the basics of impact simulation, including how to design a LEWIE model, how to estimate the model, and how to obtain the necessary data. The remaining chapters provide a diversity of interesting real-world applications and extensions of the basic models. The applications include evaluations of thTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Foundations for Local Economy-wide Impact Evaluation ; 3. A Continuum of Models for Any Situation ; 4. Data for LEWIE ; 5. What's the Roatan Reef Worth? ; 6. Economy-wide Cost-benefit Analysis ; 7. Galapagos: The Myth of Eco-tourism ; 8. Evaluating the Impacts of Global Food Price Shocks in Rural Guatemala ; 9. Spillover Effects of Social Cash Transfers: Lesotho's Child Grants Program ; 10. Did Malawi Prove the Experts Wrong? ; 11. Modeling Regional Impacts of an Irrigation Project in Tanzania ; 12. Gender and Saffron Price Shocks in Morocco's Atlas Mountains ; 13. International Migration and the Impacts of the Great Recession in Rural Mexico ; 14. The True Cost of Corruption ; 15. Conclusions
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Oxford University Press Poverty
Book SynopsisNo one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank, over 700 million people lived on less than US $2 a day in 2013. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past? And what is being done about it now?In this Very Short Introduction Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us. He shows how a person''s level of vulnerability to adverse changes in their life is very much dependent on the circumstances of their birth, including where their family lived, the schools they attended, whether it was peacetime or wartime, whether they had access to clean water, and whether they are male or female. Arguing that whilst poverty is ancient and enduring, the conversation about it is always new and evolving, Jefferson looks at the history of poverty, and the practical and analytical efforts we have made to eradicate it, and the prospects for further poverty alleviation in the future.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsCODA: POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
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Oxford University Press Development Microeconomics
Book SynopsisTraditional development economics has recently been revolutionized by the application of new economic tools and concepts. Development Microeconomics is the first in a series of books which will look at the entire spectrum of development economics issues, combining the strengths of conventional developmental thought with the insights of contemporary mainstream economics. The main new conceptual tool used is the application of the theory of imperfect information and the effects this has on the the behaviour of economic agents. This helps to explain why perfect competition models rarely have success when dealing with developing economies. The authors also stress the necessity of balance in dealing with many of the classic problems in development studiesthe importance of both the individual as economic agent and cultural norms as the framework of social behaviour; the dual relationship between equity and efficiency in economic policy-making; the importance of market rivalry and the potentiTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book. It is a comprehensive survey of the issues of the household economy in developing countries ... essential reading not only for graduate students, but also for anyone intending to do research in development economics ... It sure made me want to read more. * Pushkar Maitra, Economic Record, Vol.76, No.234, Sept 2000 *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Household Economics ; Population ; Fragmented Markets: Labour ; Migration ; Rural Land Market ; Fragmented Credit Markets ; Risk and Insurance in an Agricultural Economy ; Interlinkage of Transactions and Rural Development ; Human Capital and Income Distribution ; Poverty Alleviation: Efficiency and Equity Issues ; Technological Progress and Learning ; Environment and Development ; Trade and Development ; The Dual Economy ; Intersectoral Complementarities and Coordination Failures ; Instiutional Economics and the State in Economic Development
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OUP Oxford Does Aid Work
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the effectiveness of aid that the North provides to help the economic development of the South. Robert Cassen and associates range as widely as possible over the whole of official Western aid, and present the facts of what has and what has not been achieved. For this second edition the author has fully revised the text and the data, to reduce the technical content of the book, and to incorporate research findings since 1986.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: `this is a welcome volume which deserves a place on development economics reading lists, while it is also accessible to the general reader' EconomicaTable of ContentsIntroduction ; The Macroeconomic Contribution of Aid ; Aid and Poverty ; Policy Dialogue ; Performance and Evaluation: Project, Programme, and Food Aid ; Technical Co-operation ; The Systemic Effects of Aid and the Role of Co-ordination ; Aid and Market Forces ; Multilateral-Bilateral Comparisons ; Summary: Conclusions and Recommendations
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Oxford University Press Leveling the Playing Field Transnational Regulatory Integration and Development
Book SynopsisEmerging market countries are currently facing a dual challenge. How to incorporate transnational regulations into their societies, while building their own versions of regulatory capitalism. This raises a multitude questions and challenges. Will the diffusion of international public and private regulations of developed countries, benefit a few and marginalize less developed countries? Or, can these regulations foster transnational public-private experiments to improve local regulatory capacities and social conditions? What kinds of strategies might facilitate or impede both transnational regulatory integration and local institutional upgrading? This book offers a fresh perspective in reconciling the seemingly incompatible goals of transnational integration and development. It offers a new analytical framework and a set of case studies that help forge a comparative analysis of integration and development. It offers both the identification of the mechanisms that can foster lasting transTable of ContentsPART I: STATICS AND DYNAMICS IN REGIONAL TIRS WITH RULE TAKERS AND HEGEMONS ; PART II: EMERGING TIRS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: BLOCKAGE AND COORDINATION IN THE MERCOSUR ; PART III: FRAGMENTATION AND REGIME COMPLEXITY IN TRRS
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OUP Oxford Dull Disasters
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia; and more. All led to loss of life and loss of livelihoods, and recovery will take years. One of the likely effects of climate change is to increase the likelihood of the type of extreme weather events that seems to cause these disasters. But do extreme events have to turn into disasters with huge loss of life and suffering? Dull Disasters? harnesses lessons from finance, political science, economics, psychology, and the natural sciences to show how countries and their partners can be far better prepared to deal with disasters. The insights can lead to practical wayTrade ReviewDull Disasters is a timely publication when the world needs to focus its resources, and communities facing natural disasters should be better prepared to face and bounce back from shocks. It is highly relevant to the IFRC with its network of 190 national societies whose volunteers form the last mile in community engagement. It rightfully shifts the discourse from counting how many we've reached to how few needs are left unmet thus making disasters dull. The message of better preparedness, networking and more robust decision making and financial tools will help us achieve the resilience we need in communities. * Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Under Secretary General - Partnerships, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies *With innovations in science and finance, making disasters 'dull' must be our aim. Shocks don't need to become full blown disasters, if we better anticipate and pre-plan for shocks, and reinforce local response capacity. The World Humanitarian Summit and what flows from it provide a key opportunity to make this happen. * Stephen O'Brien, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs *A thought-provoking book with a selection of excellent ideas for managing risks. For a country like Ethiopia subject to frequent drought the ideas on planning for and managing shocks in advance makes sense. Climate change makes it even more likely that the frequency of these shocks will increase in the future, and we need to plan for this. This kind of approach, linking the public and private sector in insuring and financing disasters, gives us much to take and consider. * Sufian Ahmed, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia; Former Minister of Finance, Ethiopia *This book is a timely and valuable contribution to an important global conversation on addressing risk and vulnerability. Disasters are becoming more severe and the impact of climate change - the ultimate threat multiplier - is exacerbating food insecurity, water scarcity, conflict and migration. In Dull Disasters, the authors offer a persuasive message: today's disasters need leaders who do not just respond emotionally and energetically to crises, but leaders who use political, legal, and financial mechanisms that result in better preparedness. * Gloria Grandolini, Sr. Director Finance and Markets Global Practice, The World Bank Group *Countries have a great deal to gain from anticipating the use of a portfolio of financial instruments to improve their capacity to cope with disasters and manage catastrophic risks. Doing so requires careful diagnostics, design, experimentation, and evaluation. Yet, this is a vastly under-researched topic. In that perspective, the book makes a unique contribution to the literature by critically summarizing the current state of research on this issue and constructing a research agenda. This will be most useful in guiding future research on the management of disaster risk and recovery. * Alain de Janvry, Professor of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley *Natural catastrophes are increasing in frequency and severity. What is more, the gap between economic and insured losses has remained stubbornly large. The consequences are especially severe in emerging and developing countries, which are both the worst hit and the least prepared. Tools exist to narrow that gap using innovative solutions that can help countries, cities and individuals preserve hard-won development gains even in the face of floods, earthquakes, adverse weather and other setbacks. This book highlights a sensible way forward to make the world more resilient. * Martyn Parker, Chairman Global Partnership, Swiss Re *Given the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters brought on by climate change and the stress of massive numbers of displaced people placed on all of society due to man-made disasters, planning for disasters is increasingly crucial for society. This book brings the needs, principles and processes together in a highly readable fashion. It is a must read for all policy makers and students of public, private, and non-government institutions. * Jerry Skees, H. B. Price Professor of Agricultural Policy and Risk, University of Kentucky *Table of Contents1: Dealing with Disasters: It Should and Can Get Better 2: Defining the Problem: Begging Bowls and Benefactors 3: Bring in the Professionals 4: Planning for Disaster Recovery: Changing the Default Setting 5: Finance as the Glue 6: Moving Forward . . . Glossary Notes References
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Oxford University Press How Change Happens
Book SynopsisDrawing on the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world's largest social justice INGOs, this book tests ideas on 'How Change Happens' and sets out the latest thinking on how citizens and others can drive progressive change.Trade ReviewI can see How Change Happens being a book I come back to over the years and that's where the value will be for me. * Jamie Petit, in Development *This book is hugely ambitious... Maybe now is a good time to read How Change Happens, to reflect on how we got to the state we are in and to prepare some alternative ideas, so that when the next crisis comes we will be able to use them to build a more generous and equitable future. * Clare Short, The Tablet *It's an engaging overview with lots of good examples. * Jeremy Williams *The book is ideas-packed, often exhilarating. * Stephen Cook *In this powerfully argued book, Duncan Green shows how we can make major changes in our unequal and unjust world by concerted action, taking full note of the economic and social mechanisms, including established institutions, that sustain the existing order. If self-confidence is important for the effective agency of deprived communities, so is a reasoned understanding of the difficult barriers that must be faced and overcome. This is a splendid treatise on how to change the actual world — in reality, not just in our dreams. * Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University *In How Change Happens, Duncan Green points to a simple truth: that positive social change requires power, and hence attention on the part of reformers to politics and the institutions within which power is exercised. It is an indispensable guide for activists and change-makers everywhere. * Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies *It was George Orwell who wrote that "The best books... are those that tell you what you know already." Well in Duncan's book How Change Happens I have found something better: A book that made me think differently about something I have been doing for my entire life. He has captured so much in these pages, drawing on global and national and local change and examples from past and present. But what makes this book so insightful is that at all times we are able to see the world through Duncan's watchful eyes: From his time as a backpacker in South America to lobbying the WTO in Seattle and his many years with Oxfam, this is someone who has always been watching and always been reflecting. * Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International *Duncan has given us a remarkable tour de force, wide-ranging, readable, combining theory and practice, and drawing on his extensive reading and rich and varied experience. How Change Happens is a wonderful gift to all development professionals and citizens who want to make our world a better place. Only after reading and reflecting have I been able to see how badly we have needed this book. The evidence, examples, analysis, insights and ideas for action are a quiet but compelling call for reflection on errors and omissions in ones own mindset and practice. It is as relevant and important for South as North, for funders as activists, for governments as NGOs, for transnational corporations as campaigning citizens. We are all in this together. How Change Happens should stand the test of time. It is a landmark, a must read book to return to again and again to inform and inspire reflection and action. * Robert Chambers, Research Associate, Institute of Development Studies *This is a gem of a book. Lucidly written and disarmingly frank, it distils the authors decades of experience in global development practice to share what can work and what may not, in changing power relations and complex systems. Again and again I found myself agreeing with him. All of us—practitioners and academics—who want a better world, and are willing to work for it, must read this book. * Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester *This fascinating book should be on the bedside of any activist and many others besides. Duncan Green is the rare global activist who can explain in clear yet analytical language what it takes to make change happen. Ranging widely from Lake Titicaca in Peru to rural Tajikistan, from shanty towns to the halls of power, this is a book sprinkled with wisdom and insight on every page. * Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *How Change Happens is a positive guide to activists. When one feels despondent and disheartened then reading this book will help to encourage, energise and inspire one to participate in the creation of a better world. Duncan Green makes the case with vivid examples that significant changes have taken place and continue to take place when social and environmental activists employ skilful means and multiple strategies such as advocacy, campaigning, organising and building movements. It is a wonderful book. Read it and be enthused to join in the journey of change. * Satish Kumar, Founder of Schumacher College and Editor Emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist magazine *(from the foreword) Those who are purely interested in understanding better how societies change will find a treasure trove of theoretical insights and empirical evidence. Those who want to change the world through formal politics will learn a lot. Civil servants who want to make things better for citizens, or business leaders who want to do more than simply maximise profits will also find plenty of lessons. * Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, and Economics: the User's Guide *The world committed to global transformative change in 2015, with the 2030 Agenda and targets in the Paris Climate Agreement to stay well below 2°C and achieve carbon neutrality by the second half of the century. We need to understand how change happens in order to accelerate our pathway to a safe future. Duncan Green's book is a timely and badly needed guide to bringing about the necessary social and political change. * Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland *Table of ContentsHa-Joon Chang: Foreword Introduction Part I: A Power and Systems Approach 1: Systems Thinking Changes Everything 2: Power Lies at the Heart of Change 3: Shifts in Social Norms often Underpin Change Case Study: The Chiquitanos of Bolivia Part II: Institutions and the Importance of History 4: How States Evolve 5: The Machinery of Law 6: Accountability, Political Parties, and the Media 7: How the International System Shapes Change 8: Transnational Transnational Corporations as Drivers and Targets of Change Case Study: The December 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change Part III: What Activists Can (and Can't) Do 9: Citizen Activism and Civil Society 10: Leaders and Leadership 11: The Power of Advocacy Part IV: Pulling it All Together 12: A Power and Systems Approach to Making Change Happen Conclusion Index
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Oxford University Press Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Book SynopsisThis edited book provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to the study of micro, small, and medium enterprise (SMEs). It brings together nine up-to-date studies on SME development in Vietnam, combining a unique primary source of panel data with the best analytical tools available.Table of Contents1: John Rand and Finn Tarp: Introduction 2: Hanna Berkel, John Rand, Finn Tarp, and Neda Trifkovic: The Viet Nam SME data 2005-15 PART I: CREDIT ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 3: Christina Kinghan, Carol Newman, and Conor O'Toole: Capital allocation, credit access, and firm growth 4: Enrico Santarelli and Hien Thu Tran: The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structure 5: Axel Demenet and Quynh Hoang: How important are management practices for the productivity of small and medium enterprises? PART II: POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, INSTITUIONAL QUALITY AND INNOVATION 6: John Rand: Are politically connected firms less constrained in credit markets? 7: Thi Bich Tran and Hai Anh La: Why do household businesses stay informal? 8: Tam Thanh Nguyen and Chieu Duc Trinh: Slack resources and innovation in Vietnamese SMEs: a behavioural, stewardship, and institutional perspective PART III: CERTIFICATION, WORKING CONDITIONS AND UNION MEMBERSHIP 9: Neda Trifkovic: Certification and business risk 10: Christophe J. Nordman and Smriti Sharma: Pecuniary returns to working conditions 11: Nina Torm: Does union membership pay off? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs 12: John Rand and Finn Tarp: Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Susceptibility in Development
Book SynopsisSusceptibility in Development offers a novel approach to understanding power in development through theories of affect and emotion. Development agents - people tasked with designing or delivering development - are susceptible to being affected in ways that may derail or threaten their ''sense of self''. This susceptibility is in direct relation to the capacity of others to engender feelings in development agents: an overlooked form of power. Susceptibility in Development proposes a new analytical framework to enable new readings of power relations and their consequences for development.Susceptibility in Development offers a comparative ethnography of two types of local development agents: volunteers in a community development program in Medan, Indonesia, and women municipal councillors in Dehradun, India. Ethnographic accounts that are attentive to the emotions and affects engendered in encounters between individuals provide a fresh reading of the relations shaping local development. Local development agents may be more ''susceptible'' than workers and volunteers from the global North, yet the capacity/susceptibility to affect/be affected orders relations and shapes outcomes of development more broadly. In theorising from the local, Susceptibility in Development offers fresh insights into power dynamics in development.Trade ReviewDiscusses the politics of affects and emotions within development, exploring the processes of selfhood for development agents, the collective conditions that shape differential capacity and susceptibility, and the texture and consequences of encounters between agents and targets of development. * Journal of Economic Literature (Volume 59, no. 1) *Table of Contents1: The Politics of Susceptibility 2: Local Development Agents Part I: Selfhood 3: Touched by the Heart 4: Expansion Part II: Collective Conditions 5: The 'Feel Good' Event 6: Servitude Part III: Encounters 7: Injury 8: Compulsion 9: Conclusion: Vulnerability
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Oxford University Press New Mediums Better Messages How Innovations in
Book SynopsisNew Mediums, Better Messages? demonstrates that development is not only about economics and technology but also about ideas, perceptions, and representations.Table of ContentsDavid Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock: Introduction: Innovations in translation, advocacy, and engagement in global development Part I: Translation 1: David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock: The sounds of development: Musical representations as (an)other source of development knowledge 2: Danny Hoffman: The pedagogy of trash: Photography, environmental activism, and African dumpsites 3: Mark Ralph-Bowman: Writing a development play: 'The Soft Bulldozer', or the subtle smashing of self-empowerment 4: Hilary Standing: Entering the fictional world of development: Writers, readers, and representations Part II: Advocacy 5: Duncan Green and Maria Faciolince: From poverty to power: A blogger's story 6: Jolene Fisher: Playing for change: Global development and digital games 7: Emily Le Roux-Rutledge: Women saving the world: Narratives of gender and development on global radio 8: Ben Jones: 'Being in the spotlight is not something that we are used to': Awkward encounters in The Guardian's Katine initiative Part III: Engagement 9: Shahpar Selim: Allah megh de: Culture and climate struggles in Bangladesh 10: Caroline Sage: Contemporary arts festivals in Nigeria and Nepal: Reclaiming and reimagining development discourse 11: Sophie Harman: Who consumes? How the represented respond to popular representations of development 12: Patrick Kabanda: The arts in the economy and the economy in the arts
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Oxford University Press Indian Development
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.India is a country of great diversity. The commonly used indicators of ''quality of life'' (such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy) vary tremendously between the different states, rivalling international contrasts between very low performing countries and very high achieving ones.This volume of essays reflects an attempt to draw lessons from the disparate experiences within India, rather than from contrasts with the experiences of other countries. It supplements Dréze and Sen''s India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, which studies what we can learn from international comparisons of policies, actions, and achievements.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This is an outstanding survey of some key differences and lessons, within India, concerning some crucial components of human development and self-esteem. The writing is clear and readily accessible to non-specialists * Times Higher Education Supplement *Table of Contents1: Amartya Sen: Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms 2: Jean Dréze and Haris Gazdar: Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia 3: Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar: Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal 4: V.K. Ramachandran: On Kerala's Development Achievements 5: Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Jean Dréze: Mortality, Fertility and Gender Bias in India: A District Level Analysis
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Oxford University Press Political Economy of Hunger
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.This volume is the second of three addressing a wide range of policy issues relating to the role of public action in combating hunger and deprivation in the modern world. It deals with the background nutritional, economic, social, and political aspects of the problem of world hunger.Volume 2 deals with famine prevention, paying particular attention to sub-Saharan Africa. The topics covered include: the problems of early warning and early action; the politics of famine prevention; the influence of market responses; the role of cash support and employment provision in protecting threatened food entitlements; and long-term issues of reduction of famine vulnerability. In addition to general analyses, the book contains a number of case studies of failures and successes in famineTrade ReviewReview from previous edition the authors are highly respected and the series draws on an extraordinary data base and comparison between countries. Bringing all this together is Amartya Sen. Lamont University Professor at Harvard, who has an unparalleled reputation for his work on famine, equity, and development economics ... This series forms the most definitive recent analysis of the problems of hunger and deprivation in the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The range of issues and countries covered is nothing short of extraordinary. * Dissent *This is an uncommonly fine collection of papers by prominent authors. A valuable addition to upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections in development economics.' * C.L. Nelson, Davidson College, CHOICE, Dec '91 *the most ambitious treatment of the intertwined issues of hunger, famines and well-being currently in print ... Drèze and Sen's collection is a massive achievement and will doubtless become an obligatory reference for every student on the subject. Certain essays, notably those by Jean Drèze himself, should also become obligatory reading for all practitioners in the field. * Development and Change, Vol. 24 (1993) *Table of Contents1: Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen: Introduction 2: Jean Drèze: Famine Prevention in India 3: Jean Drèze: Famine Prevention in Africa: Some Experiences and Lessons 4: B. G. Kumar: Ethiopian Famines 1973-1985: A Case Study 5: Meghnad Desai: Modelling an Early Warning System for Famines 6: Martin Ravallion: Market Responses to Anti Hunger Policies: Effects on Wages, Prices and Employment 7: Jean-Philippe Platteau: The Food Crisis in Africa: A Comparative Structural Analysis
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Oxford University Press Political Economy of Hunger
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.This volume is the last of three addressing a wide range of policy issues relating to the role of public action in combating hunger and deprivation in the modern world. It deals with the background nutritional, economic, social, and political aspects of the problem of world hunger.Volume 3 deals with the strategic options for the elimination of endemic hunger. The topics covered include: the comparative extent of hunger and deprivation in different parts of the world; the influence of food production; the interconnections between economic growth and public support; the role of economic diversification in reducing vulnerability; the potential impact of direct public provisioning on living standards; and the politics of public action. In addition to general analyses, the bookTrade ReviewReview from previous edition the authors are highly respected and the series draws on an extraordinary data base and comparison between countries. Bringing all this together is Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor at Harvard, who has an unparalleled reputation for his work on famine, equity, and development economics ... This series forms the most definitive recent analysis of the problems of hunger and deprivation in the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The range of issues and countries covered is nothing short of extraordinary. * Dissent *The volumes will become a standard reference for research in the field of hunger, famines and poverty and some of the papers are appropriate for reading lists in under- and post-graduate courses. The value of the approach to famine and hunger developed by Sen and Dréze ultimately lies in case studies. * Athar Hussain, London School of Economics, The Economic Journal, Dec '91 *the most ambitious treatment of the intertwined issues of hunger, famines and well-being currently in print ... Drèze and Sen's collection is a massive achievement and will doubtless become an obligatory reference for every student on the subject. Certain essays, notably those by Jean Drèze himself, should also become obligatory reading for all practitioners in the field. * Development and Change, Vol. 24 (1993) *Table of Contents1: Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen: Introduction 2: Carl Riskin: Feeding China 3: Sudhir Anand and S. M. Ravi: Public Policy and Basic Needs Provision: Intervention and Achievement in Sri Lanka 4: Ignacy Sachs: Growth and Poverty: Some Lessons from Brazil 5: S. M. Ravi Kanbur: Malnutrition and Poverty in Latin America 6: Peter Svedberg: Undernutrition in Sub Saharan Africa 7: Francis Idachaba: Policy Options for African Agriculture 8: Judith Heyer: Poverty and Food Deprivation in Kenya's Smallholder Agricultural Areas 9: Samuel Wangwe: The Contribution of Industry to Solving the Food Problem in Africa 10: S. R. Osmani: The Food Problems of Bangladesh 11: Kaushik Basu: The Elimination of Endemic Poverty in South Asia
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Oxford University Press They Eat Our Sweat Transport Labor Corruption and
Book SynopsisThey Eat Our Sweat examines the corruption complex in Africa in the context of transportion. Focusing on Lagos, Nigeria, Agbiboa shows that corruption is driven by the imperatives of urban economic competition.Trade ReviewIn this riveting account, Agbiboa dispels the myth that corruption is a culturally accepted norm in Nigeria...Agbiboa shows that binary understandings of formality/informality, public/private, and legal/illegal derived from Western thought do not adequately capture the way that petty corruption is embedded in the state and is driven by elite corruption. * Ali Mari Tripp, Shepherd *The book is very well written and easy to read. Agbiboa frequently lets transport workers speak for themselves by including interview quotations, even in local languages or in pidgin...the book kept my attention throughout. * Els Keunen, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute *By emphasizing the importance of considering people's voices in policy making, Professor Agbiboa is advocating for a more inclusive and effective approach to the regulation of the informal transport sector in Africa. * Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, Africa Policy Journal *A governor or minister might see informal transport sector as a nuisance to a modern city. He might bring consultants to hurriedly analyze the problem and come up with a solution. Every person would like to see his city looking like San Francisco, Paris or Dubai. What we tend to forget is that there are thousands of lives that could suffer in our attempt to look modern. Where do we put those people who work as drivers and 'conductors' if we don't have an alternative industry that will absorb them? To understand this, Professor Daniel went to the field. He became a bus 'conductor' for two months working with a driver, starting early in the morning and absorbing the difficulty that comes with such endeavor. He used his research to understand the difficulty of survival within the informal transportation sector. * Nigerian Tracker *In focusing on the politics of road transport, on the everyday corruption and the hard living world of transport drivers, Agbiboa's book constitutes the most detailed and accurate account existing on the road transport system in Nigeria so far. * Laurent Fourchard, Global Policy *Agbiboa demonstrates that corruption is not rooted in Nigerian culture but, rather, a set of everyday practices aimed to obtain economic survival and counter precarious livelihoods. * Federico Bellentani, Social Semiotics *Agbiboa's research explores key underlying mechanisms of corruption in the transportation sector in Lagos, Nigeria. Agbiboa is to be commended for his highly creative analysis and comprehensive methodological approach, drawing on participant observations, interviews, and written records for a rich, multi-dimensional exploration of Nigerian history, culture, and everyday social interactions...The intricate weaving of perspectives is compelling and thought provoking. * Jacqueline Joslyn, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies *An ethnographically very rich account of corruption practices in everyday road transportation in Lagos. * Sebastian Kohl, Economic Sociology: Perspectives and Conversations *They Eat Our Sweat, as it stands now, has already provided us with a fresh and insightful view of everyday encounters with corruption and its grounded institutions. Agbiboa's in depth study of informal transport politics elevates the innovative ethnographic approach to Lagos in African urban studies. Looking ahead, this study is equally valuable to understanding the ever changing urban dynamics of life in Lagos, with ongoing development of other modes of mobility infrastructure and urbanism. In sum, They Eat Our Sweat paves an intellectual path to understandings of an urban future of African megacities. * Allen Xiao, Society & Space *They Eat Our Sweat provides a rich case study in the everyday moral economy of corruption, showing how corruption structures the everyday production of space and urban mobilities and, in so doing, demonstrates the ubiquity and heterogeneity (close to the point of semantic incoherence) of corruption as a system of governance and mode of appropriation. * Jacob Doherty, Journal of Urban Affairs *Daniel Agbiboa's book They Eat Our Sweat (2022) is a pathbreaking look at corruption in Nigerian society. Told with a view that combines well-argued theory and an uncompromising sight into the stark realities of urban transport, the book restores corruption from a flippant, inaccurate caricature to a standpoint where all hold some accountability. This is a rare academic book that grabs readers and holds on for the duration -- a real page-turner -- its scathing, fiery prose burns with knowing intensity throughout. * Public Organization Review *A key belief that is challenged in Agbiboa's book is that bribery is culturally accepted or forms part of a 'moral economy.' In contrast, the continuous extortion from state and affiliated actors is continuously decried by ordinary citizens as 'eating too much,' yet citizens have no choice to participate in order to survive. * Journal of Cultural Economy *They Eat Our Sweat convincingly challenges the argument that corruption is a culturally accepted norm in Nigerian society related to gift-giving, in contrast showing how Nigerians reject corruption but also face the reality of having to play the game. * Journal of Cultural Economy *They Eat Our Sweat ably demonstrates the generative capacity of corruption to reproduce its own conditions of survival. * Allegra Lab: Anthropology for Radical Optimism *They Eat Our Sweat convincingly challenges the argument that corruption is a culturally accepted norm in Nigerian society related to gift-giving, in contrast showing how Nigerians reject corruption but also face the reality of having to play the game. * Journal of Cultural Economy *A key belief that is challenged in Agbiboa's book is that bribery is culturally accepted or forms part of a 'moral economy.' In contrast, the continuous extortion from state and affiliated actors is continuously decried by ordinary citizens as 'eating too much,' yet citizens have no choice to participate in order to survive. * Allegra Lab: Anthropology for Radical Optimism *Daniel Agbiboa's book They Eat Our Sweat (2022) is a pathbreaking look at corruption in Nigerian society. Told with a view that combines well-argued theory and an uncompromising sight into the stark realities of urban transport, the book restores corruption from a flippant, inaccurate caricature to a standpoint where all hold some accountability. This is a rare academic book that grabs readers and holds on for the duration - a real page-turner - its scathing, fiery prose burns with knowing intensity throughout. * Christopher L. Atkinson, Public Organization Review *The description of the flows and fixities present throughout the transport system show how the state, institutional actors, unions, and people interact, composing displacement practices, as well as executing discursive and non-discursive practices to accept and reject corruption * Hernán Camilo Pulido-Martinez, Subjectivity *[Agbiboa's] lived experience and his comparative research extend our understanding of societies around the world where negotiating corruption is part of everyday life. * Michelle Nicholasen, Epicenter *The book offers an intimate look at this shadowy network. * Michelle Nicholasen, Epicenter Blog: Harvard University *This is brave, bold, and brilliant research, which provides insights that more conventional strategies would simply not generate * Nic Cheeseman, African Studies Review *They Eat Our Sweat is a gripping analysis of how corruption is sculpted by and perpetuates multifaceted social networks upon which scores of Lagosians are dependent for their livelihoods and how these networks are embedded within the Nigerian state. * Daniela Schofield, LSE Review of Books *... open[s] fresh perspectives on the corruption and insurgency debate in Africa. * Gabriel O. Apata, Theory, Culture & Society *Agbiboa offers a brilliantly insightful look into the mixing and meshing of transport, labor union and government workers—sometimes collusive, sometimes violent—in a Nigerian megacity known for deep problems and inventive solutions. They Eat Our Sweat shakes up usual understandings of order and chaos, government and public, centrality and marginality, survival and profiteering. Challenging simplistic notions of corruption as a matter of one-way exploitation, moral depravity, or African cultural inevitability, Agbiboa roundly explores the topic from within the fluid and dynamic transport system. The book perceptively and vividly describes the complexity of strategy and mutual adaptation practiced day to day, showing how those who denounce and who depend on practices like bribery, extortion, and nepotism are often the same people. The result is moving in every sense. * Parker Shipton, , Professor of Anthropology and African Studies, Boston University *A superb book, full of fresh insights and grounded in enthralling ethnography, They Eat Our Sweat provides a nuanced analysis of Nigeria's notorious corruption. Immersed in the everyday world of road transport workers in Lagos, Agbiboa's stunningly evocative narrative advances a compelling theoretical framework that accounts for the agency—and plight—of ordinary citizens. * Daniel Jordan Smith, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University, and author of Every Household Its Own Government: Improvised Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Citizens, and the State in Nigeria *They Eat Our Sweat is a skillful and compelling navigation of the contours of everyday urban life as it manifests in the informal transport sector where the actuality of urban mobility challenges the possibilities of good life in Africa's foremost megalopolis. The book captures the underbelly of Lagos in its enthralling, perplexing and vexing intricacies. * Wale Adebanwi, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania *Taking over from where Daniel Jordan Smith left off, They Eat our Sweat is an unflinching, richly grounded micro analysis of quotidian corruption in Nigeria. Primarily situated in the riveting economy between the transport union toughs and political heavies in Lagos, Nigeria's ever dynamic megacity, the book vividly portrays the 'work' and 'workings' of corruption against the backdrop of worsening social precarity. Those interested in the strictures of urban living, particularly how unequal negotiations between the state and a host of nonstate actors incentivize violent subalternity, will find Daniel Agbiboa's vivid interlacing of the personal with varied strands of conceptualization utterly compelling. * Ebenezer Obadare, Professor of Sociology, University of Kansas, and author of Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria *A significant contribution to the understanding of the connection between layers of power, elite politics, and their interrelatedness to everyday survival strategies in an urban space. * Omolade Adunbi, Political and Legal Anthropology Review *This book provides an in-depth understanding of key parts of the informal transit system in Lagos, as well as new insight into the everyday corruption that exists in many parts of the world. * Dolores Koenig, Urbanites: Journal of Urban Ethnography *Agbiboa gives us a rich and nuanced understanding of the complex dynamics of corruption and the ways it is experienced, precarious labour and informality, and the everyday struggles for survival in Lagos. * Vanessa van den Boogaard, Sociology *This work's importance lies in the way it demonstrates how people learn to navigate this system to survive. * Choice *Through its disruption of Western definitions of corruption as applied to Africa, and its attention to everyday stories of paratransit workers entangled in the dance for survival in a precarious social and economic environment, They Eat Our Sweat provides an important contribution to the appreciation of mobility, labor, and life in the African city. * Bradley Rink, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, The AAG Review of Books *Agbiboa's work in They Eat Our Sweat unpacks a carefully considered understanding of corruption that demonstrates the degree to which it has been entrenched in social and economic life in Nigeria. His analysis allows the reader to get beyond an oversimplified interpretation of corruption as illegality through an understanding of the interrelationships between the state, society, and economy in Nigeria. * Bradley Rink, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, The AAG Review of Books *In attempting to provide a grounded, place-based understanding of corruption, Agbiboa helpfully moves us past old and unnecessarily limiting assumptions about corruption as a function of failed states to instead understand the complex dynamics of daily life. This is a welcome revisiting of old debates with a fresh new perspective informed by a broad literature that is heavily anchored in anthropology, but which also includes history, political science, economics, and other allied fields. * Jennifer Hart, History Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg (VA), United States *The book's solid empirical base makes it an important study of transport working conditions in the country. Agbiboa usefully questions the distinction - recently established by critical scholars - between "capitalist owners" (of minibuses) and "proletarian workers" (who have only their labour to sell) in Africa's cities. In Lagos, he suggests, the workers have the potential to earn more money than the owners. * Laurent Fourchard, Research Professor at the National Foundation for Political Science (CERI), The Conversations *The book's categorization of the politicization of the union is enlightening, as it depicts youth as both agents and victims of manipulation. * Tope Shola Akinyetun, The Young *The work is very sensitive to the forms of domination exercised in the transport sector, as opposed to literature that values informality. It exposes the daily interactions between drivers, police officers and members of the dominant union in Lagos, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Corruption is the central object around which much of the book revolves, which [Agbiboa] is careful not to essentialize. * Politique Africaine *The book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of urban anthropology, transportation planning, and development studies. * Ding Fei, The Journal of Development Studies *Readable and accessible, They Eat Our Sweat would be a welcome addition to undergraduate classes in African studies, anthropology, geography, international studies, political science, and urban studies, among others. * Sarah Muir, Transforming Anthropology Vol. 31 *The book offers valuable evidence in thinking about corruption complexes in cities of the Global South more broadly, but also in terms of specific empirical contexts. The book lays out a promising line of inquiry for studies engaging with the topic of corruption making it an essential read for anyone broadly engaged in the subject across the social sciences. * Priyanjali Mitra, Doing Sociology *This is a book with significant theoretical underpinnings and is rooted in a unique research base. Agbiboa spent months working in the informal bus sector. This highly participatory form of ethnography—he was certainly no mere observer-allows him to generate a visceral sense of how, where, and, ultimately, why informality and "corruption" characterize the operations of this sector. These experiences enable him to generate a clear and, at the same time, nuanced sense of how corrupt acts are the contingent consequences of individuals responding to multiple layers of precarious existence in the city. * Journal of Law and Political Economy 728 *Overall, Agbiboa does a splendid job in rebuking the misguided, essentialist and frankly racist idea of an 'African' culture of corruption without romanticizing the complex patronage politics that profoundly shape the everyday urban experience of Lagosians. Well-researched, rich in content and accessibly written, They Eat Our Sweat is a timely intervention for anyone interested in new ways of understanding the critical intersections between everyday urban practice, transport infrastructures and the African state. * Laura Nkula-Wenz, International Journal Of Urban And Regional Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking Corruption 1. Corruption and the Crisis of Values 2. The Language of Corruption 3. The Politics of Informal Transport 4. The Art of Urban Survival 5. Nigeria's Transport Mafia 6. The Paradox of Urban Reform Conclusion: Learning from Corruption
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Oxford University Press The Global Lab
Book SynopsisThe Global Lab tells the story of a group of organizations and corporations using low-income countries as a laboratory. It reveals experiments with untested technologies, biometric humanitarian solutions, and radical methodologies for social change. The book maps out the political, institutional, and ethical coordinates of emergent transnational practices of experimentation, asking where and how this movement works, while unfolding the human, philosophical, and political consequences of its ideas and interventions. The book takes the reader through Silicon Valley, Africa, and Asia to understand the tangible and transformative implications of contemporary human experimentation. It follows a set of main protagonists, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to experimental economists known as the randomistas, to humanitarian organizations and pharmaceutical companies. These actors form a movement inspired by the logic of Silicon Valley about the need for fast-paced radical change and sTable of ContentsPreface 1: The Global Lab 2: Humanitarian Machine Dreams 3: The Randomistas 4: The Gates Effect 5: Experimental Bodies 6: The Silicon Valley Way 7: Experimental Futures
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Oxford University Press Pathways to Development
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-BC-ND 4.0 International License. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.The puzzle of why some countries are wealthier and more developed than others continues to confound students and practitioners of development alike. Whereas earlier grand explanations focused on issues of ''geography'' or ''institutions'', the second decade of the 21st century finally saw ''politics'' arrive centre-stage within international development. This catalyzed a search to answer the key question: under what conditions do governments become committed to and capable of delivering development? How can these processes be conceptualized and researched? And what (if anything) can be done to ''get the politics right'' for development?Pathways to Development draws on a major comparative research effort to present new answers to the question of how politics shapesTrade ReviewPathways to Development reveals an insightful response to a critical question: Why do some countries make choices that lead to economic and social development while others fall behind time and again? Challenging current responses emphasizing the role of institutions and democratic governance, Hickey, Sen, and their colleagues demonstrate convincingly that the nature of elite coalitions, and the ideas they embrace, condition development outcomes. In this incisive study of how several African countries have chosen to exploit their natural resources, deliver social services, and build state capacity, these scholars explain how the politics of elite bargains contribute to or diminish development potential. * Merilee S. Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, emerita Harvard Kennedy School *What explains differences in performance among states in the developing world? This landmark volume contains the best synthesis yet of what rigorous social science - as opposed to amateur speculation and academic dogma - has to say on this important perennial question. The answer turns out to be complicated but, in Hickey and Sen's lucid treatment, not at all obscure. Action-oriented professionals who have been demanding usable guidance on the subject should not be disappointed. Nor should scholars in mainstream economics and political science fields so long as they engage with its arguments seriously. The book not only challenges some standard assumptions that should have been consigned to the intellectual junk-yard long ago but provides a richly referenced discussion on the basis of an ample evidence-base that will be new to many. * David Booth, Senior Research Fellow, ODI *This book builds a powerful framework to illustrate how underdevelopment is a political problem. Utterly convincingly and fantastically erudite. If, like me, you believe that you can't solve the problem of development without understanding its causes, then read this book. * James A. Robinson, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago *Table of Contents1: Pathways to Development: Introduction 2: Reconceptualizing the politics of development: the power domains approach 3: Political economy puzzles: how do countries grow and how can they avoid the natural resource curse? 4: Rights and recognition puzzles: when do elites commit to protecting vulnerable citizens? 5: Social provisioning puzzles: how can countries move from providing access to providing high-quality social services? 6: The politics of governance and state capacity 7: Conclusions and implications
£30.00
Oxford University Press Globalization Peraks Rise Relative Decline and
Book SynopsisWritten by Sultan Nazrin Shah - the author of the highly acclaimed works Charting the Economy and Striving for Inclusive Development - this book is a pioneering study of the many economic and social changes in the natural resource-rich Malaysian state of Perak over the last two centuries. When globalization first took hold and international trade networks broadened and deepened in the first half of the 19th century, and a new capitalist world order emerged in the second, Perak was a key player. Its tin was in high demand in Western industrializing countries and foreign capital, labour, and technology propelled it forward. By 1900, Perak accounted for almost half of Malaya''s tin output and a staggering quarter of world output, with its prosperity making it the Malay peninsula''s commercial hub. Likewise, during the global rubber boom that began in the early 20th century as cars were mass produced for the first time, Perak was the largest rubber-producing state in the peninsula. This book brings together a range of key sub-themes - economic geography, the institutional legacy of colonialism, increasing federal government centralization, forces of economic agglomeration, and human migration - which drove Perak''s fortunes in sometimes dramatic economic cycles and ultimately led to the collapse of its tin and rubber industries and the migration of many of its young and skilled. The book concludes by looking forward, analysing Perak''s characteristics, and extrapolating lessons from formerly wealthy industrial centres originally blessed with natural resources but subsequently left behind by new waves of globalization, such as Cornwall and Sheffield in the United Kingdom, and Pittsburgh and Scranton in the United States. With a new vision Perak can regenerate itself and once again emerge triumphant against a tough global background-Covid-19, war, and deglobalization.
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Oxford University Press Human Development in South Asia 20102011
Book SynopsisMahbub ul Haq Centre's report on Food Security in South Asia is a valuable contribution towards the conceptual and empirical analysis of food security in South Asia. The high food and fuel inflation, and rising unemployment have put half a billion South Asians into poverty, and millions of children and women malnourished. The Report argues that the economic growth of the region must translate into people's wellbeing through ensuring their food security.Table of ContentsOVERVIEW ; 1. : Food Security and Human Development: A Conceptual Framework ; 2. : Food Security in India: A Critical Analysis ; 3. : Food Security in Pakistan: Issues and Choices ; 4. : Food Security in Bangladesh: Challenges and Response ; 5. : Gender Dimension of Food Security ; 6. : Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in South Asia ; 7. : Global Commitments to Food Security ; BACKGROUND PAPERS ; NOTES ; REFERENCES ; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS FOR SOUTH ASIA ; KEY TO INDICATORS
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Oxford University Press Contours of the World Economy 12030 AD
Book SynopsisThis book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown rich and others have lagged behind. Encompassing 2000 years of history, part 1 begins with the Roman Empire and explores the key factors that have influenced economic development in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. Part 2 covers the development of macroeconomic tools of analysis from the 17th century to the present. Part 3 looks to the future and considers what the shape of the world economy might be in 2030. Combining both the close quantitative analysis for which Professor Maddison is famous with a more qualitative approach that takes into account the complexity of the forces at work, this book provides students and all interested readers with a totally fascinating overview of world economic history. Professor Maddison has the unique ability to synthesise vast amounts of information into a clear narrative flow that entertains as well as informs, making this text an invaluable resource for all students and scholars, and anyone interested in trying to understand why some parts of the World are so much richer than others.Trade ReviewPacked with historical detail and infectiously written. * Australian Economic History Review *Angus Maddison's life work... his heroic reconstruction of economic and demographic time series for countries and regions over the past two millenia of world history. * G. McN., PDR. *Table of ContentsIntroduction and Summary ; PART I CONTOURS OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT, 1-2003 AD ; 1. The Roman Empire and its Economy ; 2. The Resurrection of the West and the Transformation of the Americas ; 3. Interaction between Asia and the West, 1500-2030 ; 4. The Impact of Islam and Europe on African Development, 1-2003 A D ; PART II ADVANCES IN MACRO-MEASUREMENT SINCE 1665 ; 5. Political Arithmeticians and Historical Demographers: The Pioneers of Macro-measurement ; 6. Modern Macro-measurement: How Far Have We Come? ; PART III THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME ; 7. The World Economy in 2030 ; Statistical Appendix A ; Statistical Appendix B
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Oxford University Press, USA Linking the Formal and Informal Economy Concepts and Policies UnuWider Studies in Development Economics UnuWider and EGDI
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a significant new collection of studies on formality and informality in developing countries. Containing contributions from some of the very best analysts in development studies, the volume is multidisciplinary in nature, with contributions from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition No matter how you divide up the developing world-'formal-informal', 'legal-extralegal' (my preference)- one thing is not debatable: most people are poor, on the outside of the system looking in, and getting angrier every day. The message of this book is it's time to stop talking and start designing reforms based on the informal practices and organizations that poor entrepreneurs already use. I second that motion. If you rebuild the system from the bottom-up, they will come, with their enterprise, creativity, and piles of potential capital. * Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Peru *The obvious is not necessarily the best. For many, a well-defined set of formal institutions is the obvious road to economic success. Academic analysts are attracted by the parsimony of formal institutions. Policy makers appreciate the apparent predictability of the effect on addressees. Constitutional lawyers prefer formal institutions since they lend themselves to ex post control. Yet as the book convincingly demonstrates, in many contexts, and in developing countries in particular, going for the obvious is bad policy. Imposing a small set of formal institutions forces all economic activity into a Procrustes' bed. Often, a clever mixture of formal and informal elements has two main advantages: harnessing new resources for corporate governance, and making the firm more responsive to its environment, be it demand, competition or regulatory expectations. * Christoph Engel, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn *Linking the Formal and Informal Economy is an excellent synthesis of past debates and contemporary policy analysis. It embraces economic development, governance and social justice issues and it provides innovative case studies from a wide variety of contexts. * Ray Bromley, State University of New York at Albany *Table of Contents1. Beyond Formality and Informality ; CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENT ; 2. Bureaucratic Form and the Informal Economy ; 3. The Global Path: Soft Law and Non-sovereigns Formalizing the Potency of the Informal Sector ; 4. The Relevance of the Concepts of Formality and Informality: A Theoretical Appraisal ; 5. Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment ; 6. Formal and Informal Enterprises: Concept, Definition, and Measurement Issues in India ; EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF POLICIES AND INTERLINKING ; 7. The Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality: Cross-Country Evidence ; 8. Financial Liberalization in Vietnam: Impact on Loans from Informal, Formal, and Semi-formal Providers ; 9. Blocking Human Potential: How Formal Policies Block the Informal Economy in the Maputo Corridor ; 10. Microinsurance for the Informal Economy Workers in India ; 11. Turning to Forestry for a Way Out of Poverty: Is Formalizing Property Rights Enough? ; 12. Voluntary Contributions to Informal Activities Producing Public Goods: Can These be Induced by Government and other Formal Sector Agents? Some Evidence from Indonesian Posyandus ; 13. Social Capital, Survival Strategies, and their Potential for Post-Conflict Governance in Liberia ; 14. Enforcement and Compliance in Lima's Street Markets: The Origins and Consequences of Policy Incoherence Toward Informal Traders ; 15. Formalizing the Informal: Is There a Way to Safely Unlock Human Potential Through Land Entitlement? A Review of Changing Land Administration in Africa
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Oxford University Press, USA Growth Inequality And Poverty Prospects for ProPoor Economic Development Wider Studies in Development Economics
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of papers examining the issue of increasing inequality in the distribution of income in developing countries. Growth, Inequality and Poverty comprises many of the most important contributions to the debate.Trade Review"Growth, Inequality and Poverty, edited by Anthony Shorrocks and Rolph Van Der Hoeven, is a very useful addition to the literature on the subject. Perhaps for the first time, readers will see how the thinking has evolved, converged and where disagreements remain, all in one volume. Readers will also be able to learn about the cutting-edge technical analysis (econometric and otherwise) and observe it applied to countries and regions where poverty is rampant. This book will become an obligatory source for researchers in the subject and reading material for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on development economics." * Dr Nora Lustig, Rectora/President, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, México *"In this well researched and excellently edited study an array of experts analyzes the relationships between poverty, inequality and growth. Although there is disagreement on many issues, there is growing agreement that poverty reduction and greater equality are not only desirable in themselves but are also good for economic growth." * Paul Streeten, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Boston University, and founder and chair of the Board of World Development *Together they make a valuable collection of papers on linkages between inequality and/or trade with growth and/or povertyresearchers will find much of value in the volumes, and research students will find the reviews, methods and case studies informative and useful. * Journal of International Development *Table of Contents1. Economic Policy, Distribution, and Poverty: The Nature of Disagreements ; 2. Growth is Good for the Poor ; 3. Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Looking Beyond the Averages ; 4. The Growth Elasticity of Poverty ; 5. Education is Good for the Poor: A Note on Dollar and Kraay ; 6. Growth, Distribution, and Poverty Reduction: LDCs are Falling Further Behind ; 7. Redistribution Does Matter: Growth and Redistribution for Poverty Reduction ; 8. Producing and Improved Geographic Profile of Poverty: Methodology and Evidence from Three Developing Countries ; 9. Twin Peaks: Distribution Dynamics of Economic Growth Across Indian States ; 10. A Decomposition of Inequality and Poverty Changes in the Context of Macroeconomic Adjustment: A Microsimulation Study for Cote d'Ivoire ; 11. Educational Expansion and Income Distribution: A Micro-Simulation for Ceara ; 12. Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review
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Oxford University Press Economic Transformations
Book SynopsisThis book examines the long term economic growth that has raised the West''s material living standards to levels undreamed of by counterparts in any previous time or place. The authors argue that this growth has been driven by technological revolutions that have periodically transformed the West''s economic, social and political landscape over the last 10,000 years and allowed the West to become, until recently, the world''s only dominant technological force.Unique in the diversity of the analytical techniques used, the book begins with a discussion of the causes and consequences of economic growth and technological change. The authors argue that long term economic growth is largely driven by pervasive technologies now known as General Purpose (GPTs). They establish an alternative to the standard growth models that use an aggregate production function and then introduce the concept of GPTs, complete with a study of how these technologies have transformed the West since the Neolithic AgTable of ContentsForeword: The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and this Book ; Preface: Why Another Book on Growth? ; Acknowledgements ; GROWTH, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES ; 1. Technology as Revolution ; 2. Two Views of Economic Processes ; 3. A Structuralist Evolutionary Decomposition ; 4. Technology and Technological Change ; 5. A Survey of GPTs in Western History: Part I 10,000 BC to 1450 AD ; 6. A Survey Of GPTs in Western History: Part II 1450 to 2010 ; THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINED GROWTH ; 7. The Emergence of Sustained Extensive Growth in the West ; 8. Why Not Elsewhere? ; 9. Population Dynamics: Extensive and Intensive Growth Related ; 10. The Emergence of Sustained Intensive Growth in the West ; MODELLING SUSTAINED GPT-DRIVEN GROWTH ; 11. GPTs and Related Concepts in the Literature ; 12. Scale Economies in Economic Growth ; 13. Appreciative Theories of GPTs ; 14. Formal Models Of GPT-Driven Sustained Growth: The Base Line Model ; 15. Formal Models of GPT-Driven Sustained Growth: Extensions and Applications ; POLICY ; 16. Technology Enhancement Policy: Theory and Evidence ; 17. Assessing Technology Enhancement Policies
£186.75
Oxford University Press Economic Transformations
Book SynopsisThis book examines the long term economic growth that has raised the West''s material living standards to levels undreamed of by counterparts in any previous time or place. The authors argue that this growth has been driven by technological revolutions that have periodically transformed the West''s economic, social and political landscape over the last 10,000 years and allowed the West to become, until recently, the world''s only dominant technological force. Unique in the diversity of the analytical techniques used, the book begins with a discussion of the causes and consequences of economic growth and technological change. The authors argue that long term economic growth is largely driven by pervasive technologies now known as General Purpose (GPTs). They establish an alternative to the standard growth models that use an aggregate production function and then introduce the concept of GPTs, complete with a study of how these technologies have transformed the West since the Neolithic ATable of ContentsForeword: The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and this Book ; Preface: Why Another Book on Growth? ; Acknowledgements ; GROWTH, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES ; 1. Technology as Revolution ; 2. Two Views of Economic Processes ; 3. A Structuralist Evolutionary Decomposition ; 4. Technology and Technological Change ; 5. * A Survey of GPTs in Western History: Part I 10,000 BC to 1450 AD ; 6. A Survey Of GPTs in Western History: Part II 1450 to 2010 ; THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINED GROWTH ; 7. The Emergence of Sustained Extensive Growth in the West ; 8. Why Not Elsewhere? ; 9. Population Dynamics: Extensive and Intensive Growth Related ; 10. The Emergence of Sustained Intensive Growth in the West ; MODELLING SUSTAINED GPT-DRIVEN GROWTH ; 11. * GPTs and Related Concepts in the Literature ; 12. Scale Economies in Economic Growth ; 13. : Appreciative Theories of GPTs ; 14. Formal Models Of GPT-Driven Sustained Growth: The Base Line Model ; 15. * Formal Models of GPT-Driven Sustained Growth: Extensions and Applications ; POLICY ; 16. Technology Enhancement Policy: Theory and Evidence ; 17. Assessing Technology Enhancement Policies
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OUP India INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL CHANGES
Book SynopsisThe book questions if India's economic growth has truly been inclusive, highlighting the lack of improvement in vulnerable households despite formal sector progress. It explores the need for better linkages between formal and informal sectors, emphasizing the necessity of structural change for true inclusivity.Table of ContentsPART I: AGRICULTUREINDUSTRY RELATIONS; PART II: FORMALINFORMALAGRICULTURE RELATIONS IN INDIA; PART III: MODELS OF FORMALINFORMALAGRICULTURE RELATIONS; PART IV: PERSPECTIVES
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Oxford University Press Economic Survey 201516
Book SynopsisThe focus is on ensuring macro-economic stability and prudent fiscal management through a fresh set of economic reforms and policy initiatives to counter risks of global slowdown.Table of ContentsVolume 1; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Economic Outlook, Prospects, and Policy Challenges; 2. The Chakravyuha Challenge of the Indian Economy; 3. Spreading Jam across India's Economy; 4. Agriculture: More from Less; 5. Mother and Child; 6. Bounties for the Well-Off; 7. Fiscal Capacity for the 21st Century; 8. Preferential Trade Agreements; 9. The Fertiliser Sector; 10. Structural Changes in India's Labour Markets; 11. Powering "One India"; Technical Appendix; Volume 2; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. State of the Economy: An Overview; 2. Public Finance; 3. Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation; 4. External Sector; 5. Prices, Agriculture, and Food Management; 6. Industrial, Corporate, and Infrastructure Performance; 7. Services Sector; 8. Climate Change and Sustainable Development; 9. Social Infrastructure, Employment, and Human Development
£4.86
OUP India Integrating South and East Asia Economics of
Book SynopsisEconomic ties between South and East Asia have deep historical roots and are currently being strengthened through bilateral and regional initiatives. This book evaluates the potential for these sub-regions to dominate global trade and explores how integration can drive inclusive economic development, with a focus on India's role in East Asia.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION - T.N. SRINIVASAN AND JAYANT MENON
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OUP India Social Science Research in India Status Issues
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION I RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE; SECTION II RESEARCH OUTPUT; SECTION III QUALITY OF RESEARCH; SECTION IV POLICY IMPACT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; SECTION V RESEARCH FUNDING; SECTION VI SOCIAL SCIENCE POLICY
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OUP India Sustainable Development and India
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsMessage by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1: Introduction by Bimal N. Patel and Ranita Nagar PART 2: Critical Appraisal of Indian Legal Framework on Technical and Global Issues 2: Rio +20 To SDGS: A Quest For Inclusive and Sustainable Development by Saira Gori 3: Sustainable Development, Convention of Biological Diversity, and Intellectual Property Rights by Sanjeev Kumar Chaudhary 4: Patents: The Holy Grail for Sustainable Development by Ranita Nagar 5: Nanotechnology as an Intellectual Property: Issues and Challenges in India by Hardik Parikh 6: Sustainable Development and Marine Environment: A Preview of Legal Issues in India by Bimal N. Patel 7: Role of Satellite Technology in Oceanic Study by Thomas Matthew 8: Bioremediation: A Tool for Contemporary Environmental Issues by Sunita Varjani PART 3: Sustainable Development in Practice: Case-Study in India Political Issues 9: Paradox of Sustainable Development: Agenda of Political Parties by William Nunes and Saurabh Anand 10: Role of Local Governance in Sustainable Development by Aruna Kumar Malik Socio-economic and Human Rights Issues 11: Sustainable Water Resource Management: Historical Enquiry to Address the Water Crisis by Richa Mulchandani 12: Commercial and Legal Sustainability of Contract Farming in Gujarat by Satya Ranjan Mishra 13: Environmental-Economical Sustainability and Human Rights by Vikas Gandhi 14: E-Waste Management: Global Outlook and Lessons for India by Viral Pandya PART 4: CONCLUSION Index About the Editors and Contributors
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Oxford University Press DOES FOREIGN AID REALLY WORK P
Book SynopsisForeign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer these important questions have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistance. In this first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all. Does Foreign Aid Really Work? sets out the evidence and exposes the instances where aid has failed and explains why. The book also examines the way that politics distorts aid, and disentangles the moral and ethical assumptions that lie behind the belief that aid does good. The book concludes by detailing the practical ways that aid needs to change if it is to be the effective force for good that itTrade Review'...[an] excellent and significant book...' * Alex De Waal, Times Literary Supplement *'...essential reading for anyone interested in the subject of aid and wishing to be informed about the issues involved.' * Nigel Grimwade, Times Higher Education Supplement *'Roger Riddell's text provides the single best introduction to the history and range of contemporary debates associated with foreign aid, including the rise of international NGOs as major actors and the centrality of domestic politics to shaping aid practice.' * John Gershman, Foreign Affairs *'Riddell provides a compelling and thorough account of the intricacies of foreign aid. The strength of this book is that it establishes the positive attributes of aid without avoiding the need to critically assess its failures. Through a combination of personal experience, conceptual insight and empirical substance, Riddell demonstrates that investigating whether foreign aid works could ensure its future, rather than undermining it.' * Sara E. Davis, International Affairs *'For anyone who wants to know more about development assistance, this is a 'must- read'. Roger Riddell provides us with a nuanced and honest outline of past and current aid-flows, their complexities, trends and possible impact. Does aid really work? His answer is a conditional, cautious - yes. And he presents some bold proposals to address some of the systemic weaknesses. It was strong international leadership that delivered the aid-reforms of the 90's. The question is whether the current leaders in development are ready for this debate?' * Hilde Frafjord Johnson, former Minister of International Development of Norway *'This book is a heroic achievement. Not only has Roger Riddell mapped out with great clarity the arcane world of international aid, in a way that will help the practitioner as much as the general reader, he has also produced visionary and challenging recommendations for reform of the system.' * Sir Michael Aaronson, former Director General of Save the Children UK *'In this impressive new study, Riddell has surpassed even his distinguished Foreign Aid Reconsidered. It includes a rare and much-needed analysis of emergency and voluntary assistance. Complete and authoritative, the book will have a long life as the definitive account of its important subject.' * Professor Robert Cassen, London School of Economics *Table of Contents1. 'A Good Thing?' ; PART I: THE COMPLEX WORLDS OF FOREIGN AID ; 2. The origins and early decades of aid-giving ; 3. Aid-giving from the 1970s to the present ; 4. The growing web of bilateral aid donors ; 5. The complexities of multilateral aid ; PART II: WHY IS AID GIVEN? ; 6. The political and commercial dimensions of aid ; 7. Public support for aid ; 8. Charity or duty? The moral case for aid ; 9. The moral case for governments and individuals to provide aid ; PART III: DOES AID REALLY WORK? ; 10. Assessing and measuring the impact of aid ; 11. The impact of official development aid projects ; 12. The impact of programme aid, technical assistance and aid for capacity development ; 13. The impact of aid at the country and cross-country level ; 14. Assesing the impact of aid conditionality ; 15. Does official development aid really work? A summing up ; 16. NGOs in development and the impact of discrete NGO development interventions ; 17. The wider impact of non-governmental and civil society organizations ; 18. The growth of emergencies and the humanitarian response ; 19. The impact of emergency and humanitarian aid ; PART IV: TOWARDS A DIFFERENT FUTURE FOR AID ; 20. Why aid isn't working ; 21. Making aid work better by implementing agreed reforms ; 22. Making aid work better by recasting aid relationships
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Oxford University Press, USA Poverty Dynamics Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis book looks at poverty dynamics, or how individual experiences of poverty and wellbeing change over time. It includes work from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists and combines qualitative and quantitative research approaches to help deepen our understanding of why some people remain poor while others escape.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Poverty Dynamics: Measurement and Understanding from an Interdisciplinary Perspective ; PART II: POVERTY DYNAMICS: POVERTY MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT ; 2. Chronic Poverty and All That: The Measurement of Poverty Over Time ; 3. A Class of Chronic Poverty Measures ; 4. Measuring Chronic Non-Income Poverty ; 5. The Construction of an Asset Index Measuring Asset Accumulation in Ecuador ; 6. Looking Forward: Theory-Based Measures of Chronic Poverty and Vulnerability ; 7. Exploring Poverty Dynamics from Life History Interviews in Bangladesh ; 8. Subjective Assessments, Participatory Methods and Poverty Dynamics: The Stages of Progress Method ; PART III: EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING POVERTY DYNAMICS ; 9. Bringing Politics Back into Poverty Analysis: Why Understanding of Social Relations Matters More for Policy on Chronic Poverty than Measurement ; 10. Poverty Measurement Blues: Beyond 'Q-Squared' Approaches to Understanding Chronic Poverty in South Africa ; 11. When Endowments and Opportunities Don't Match: Understanding Chronic Poverty ; 12. Investments, Bequeaths, and Public Policy: Intergenerational Asset Transfers and the Escape From Poverty ; 13. Questioning the Power of Resilience: Are Children Up To the Task of Disrupting the Transmission of Poverty? ; 14. The Social Distribution of Sanctioned Harm: Thinking Through Chronic Poverty, Durable Poverty and Destitution ; 15. Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigour and Relevance of Social Theory
£37.99
Oxford University Press Poverty Development
Book SynopsisPoverty & Development in the 21st Century provides a fully updated, interdisciplinary overview of one of the world''s most complex and pressing social problems. The book analyses and assesses key questions faced by practitioners and policy makers, ranging from what potential solutions to world poverty are open to us to what form development should take and whether it is compatible with environmental sustainability.The third edition considers the complex causes of global poverty and inequality, introducing major development issues that include hunger, disease, the threat of authoritarian populism, the refugee crisis and environmental degradation.Three new chapters illustrate the impact of climate, refugee and health crises on development by drawing on accounts of lived experience to explore the real-world implications of theory.Refreshed student-centred learning features include boxes outlining key concepts, definitions and cases that explore contested issues in greater depth. These casTrade ReviewIf the problem of development is to empower people to gain control of their own destiny, then poverty - whatever its cause - means the challenge continues undiminished everywhere on our planet. This big book gets us to think about all this systematically, rigorously, and powerfully. * Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore *This outstanding book is essential reading for students of international development, policy-makers, and anyone thinking about the human condition in our interdependent, globalised world. It asks the big questions. Why in an era of extraordinary wealth and scientific progress, do poverty and extreme deprivation continue to blight so many lives? How should we express human solidarity through international cooperation and multilateralism? As the climate crisis intensifies, ecological stress worsens, and inequality reaches ever more extreme proportions, is it time to rethink what we mean by 'development' and 'progress'? The author's combined academic rigour with readability and, critically practical reflections on how change happens. * Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive, Save the Children UK *This new edition of Poverty and Development marks a welcome return of one of the most interesting collection for teaching development. Lucid and comprehensive, the text covers the gamut of topics needed to teach international development, from the historical transformation of the Global South under the impact of European expansion, through the rival models of development propagated during the global Cold war, to the Great Transformation wrought by industrialisation of China and E. Asia. In addition, the book covers key issues in contemporary development, including new chapters on climate change, digital technologies, as well as on the changing nature of conflict. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the book illustrates clearly how policies in both North and South impact the welfare of the vast majority of humanity. * Jocelyn DeJong, Professor and Associate Dean, and Tariq Tell, Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, Lebanon *Poverty and Development remains a foundational volume in understanding the intricacies between poverty and development in developing regions. For those of us interested in Public Policy, Governance and Development in Africa, this book provides critical points of reference for understanding pertinent policy, and governance domains in the development paradigm. It thus offers unconventional insights for teaching, researching and studying governing components in Africa and similar contexts for years to come. * Gedion Onyango, Lecturer in Political Science, Nairobi University, Nairobi *The dynamics of global change continually shift the frontiers of development practice, thought and theory. This thoroughly revised edition of Poverty and Development offers a measure of changes with collateral impact on development over the last twenty years. Some chapters and a thoughtful postscript consider the broad experience and implications of Covid-19. The online resources that accompany the book make it an extremely valuable reference, teaching and learning tool. * David Luke, Coordinator of the African Trade Policy Centre, UN Economic Commission for Africa *Poverty and Development is a succinct elucidation of how poverty and development interface in developing countries. * Lawrence Sao Babawo, Senior Lecturer, Njala University, Sierra Leone *This brilliant book is an essential and thought-provoking contribution on how we look at the global challenge of poverty. * Koen Vlassenroot, Professor and Director of Conflict Research Group (CRG), Ghent University *Allen and Thomas' book offers a dazzling, systematic and wide-ranging analysis of the most challenging topics in international development. It accomplishes this in an engaging and highly accessible way. This book is a must read for students, academics and those working in the field. * Professor Nicole Stremlau, Research Professor in the Humanities, University of Johannesburg *COVID-19 has thrown millions into poverty and threatens to undo decades of development. This updated and enhanced classic with its abundance of perspectives and rich insights helps us reflect again on the many inequalities the pandemic has unveiled and how to achieve more sustainable development. * Erik Berglöf Chief Economist of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) *This is exactly the sort of book that people go to university to read and discuss. It provides a great deal of food for thought for hungry minds: mixing theory and evidence very well, giving a wide geographical range of examples and drawing good conclusions. * Dr Kevin Manton, SOAS University of London *Migration, Security & Development is an excellent new chapter. Well-balanced, it tackles the politics of migration in a nuanced manner. * Professor Mustapha Pasha, Aberystwyth University *Table of ContentsPart One: Conceptions of Poverty and Development 1: Alan Thomas and Tim Allen: Why Poverty and Development? 2: Naila Kabeer and Alan Thomas: Poverty and Inequality 3: Alan Thomas: Meanings and Views of Development 4: Duncan Green and Tom Kirk: Agencies of Development Part Two: Aspects and Causes of Poverty 5: Tim Allen, Shun-Nan Chiang, and Ben Crow: Hunger and Famine 6: Melissa Parker and Cristin Fergus: Diseases of Poverty 7: Peggy Froerer: Poverty and Education 8: David Wield: Unemployment and Making a Living 9: Valeria Cetorelli and Alan Thomas: Population, Poverty and Development 10: Kathryn Hochstetler: Environmental Degradation and Sustainability 11: Tim Allen and Tom Kirk: War and Armed Conflict Part Three: Transformation and Development 12: Janet Bujra: Diversity in Pre-Capitalist Societies 13: Henry Bernstein: Colonialism, Capitalism, Development 14: David Potter and Alan Thomas: The Power of Colonial States 15: Tom Hewitt: The Era of Development - A short history 16: Guoer Liu and Andrew Kilmister: Socialist Models of Development and the Rise of China Part Four: Challenges for Development 17: David Potter, Alan Thomas, and María del Pilar López-Uribe: Democratization, Governance, and Development 18: Charlotte Brown and Ruth Pearson: Rethinking Gender Matters in Development 19: Peter Robbins, David Wield, and Gordon Wilson: Engineering for Development 20: Cristin Fergus, Tim Allen, and Melissa Parker: New Directions and Challenges for Health and Development 21: Helen Hintjens, Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, and Ali Bilgic: Migration, Security, and Development Part Five: Prospects for Development 22: Tony Roberts, Kevin Hernandez, and Becky Faith: Digital Technologies 23: Jo Beall: City Life 24: Tom Kirk, Tim Allen, and John Eade: Identity Politics and Clashing Cultures 25: Dina Abbott, Gordon Wilson, and Alan Thomas: Climate Change and the End of Development 26: John Harriss: Returning to the 'Great Transformation' 27: Ikenna Acholonu, Charlotte Brown, and Ingrina Shieh: Poverty and Development: Prospects for the future Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book SynopsisElites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country''s endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites. But what factors affect whether elites use their influence for individual gain or national welfare? To what extent do they see poverty as a problem? And are their actions today constrained by institutions and norms established in the past? This volume looks at case studies from South Africa to China to seek a better understanding of the dynamics behind how elites decide to engage with economic development. Approaches include economic modelling, social surveys, theoretical analysis, and program evaluation. These different methods explore the relationship between elites and development outcomes from five angles: the participation and reaction of elites to institutional creation and change, how economic changes affect elite formation and circulation, elite perceptions of national welfare, theTable of ContentsPART I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ; PART II: THE FORMATION AND CIRCULATION OF ELITES ; PART III: THE PREFERENCES OF ELITES ; PART IV: ELITES AND STATE CAPACTIY ; PART V: GRASSROOTS RESPONSES TO ELITES
£130.00
Oxford University Press, USA Intellectual Property Rights
Book SynopsisIn recent years, Intellectual Property Rights - both in the form of patents and copyrights - have expanded in their coverage, the breadth and depth of protection, and the tightness of their enforcement. Moreover, for the first time in history, the IPR regime has become increasingly uniform at international level by means of the TRIPS agreement, irrespectively of the degrees of development of the various countries.This volume, first, addresses from different angles the effects of IPR on the processes of innovation and innovation diffusion in general, and with respect to developing countries in particular. Contrary to a widespread view, there is very little evidence that the rates of innovation increase with the tightness of IPR even in developed countries. Conversely, in many circumstances, tight IPR represents an obstacle to imitation and innovation diffusion in developing countries.What can policies do then? This is the second major theme of the book which offers several detailed discTable of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I: IPR, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT: ECONOMIC HISTORY AND THEORY ; 2. Innovation, Technical Change and Patents in the Development Process: A Long Term View ; 3. Lessons from the Economics Literature on the Likely Consequences of International Harmonization of IPR Protection ; 4. Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century: Will the Developing Countries Lead or Follow? ; PART II: KNOWLEDGE APPROPRIATION AND DEVELOPMENT ; 5. Ethical Incentives for Innovation ; 6. Is Bayh-Dole Good for Developing Countries? Lessons from the US Experience ; PART III: EXPERIENCES FROM PUBLIC HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY ; 7. IPRs, Public Health, and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Issues in the Post-2005 TRIPS Agenda ; 8. Innovation, Appropriability, and Productivity Growth in Agriculture: A Broad Historical Viewpoint ; 9. The Distributive Impact of Intellectual Property Regimes: Report from the 'Natural Experiment' of the Green Revolution ; 10. Securing the Global Crop Commons in Support of Agricultural Innovation ; 11. Mode of Entry for Emerging Markets: An Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Perspective of the Open Source Development and Management of Biotechnology Knowledge Assets ; 12. Intellectual Property and Alternatives: Strategies for Green Innovations ; 13. Economic and Legal Considerations for the International Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies ; PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR GOVERNANCE AND POLICYMAKING ; 14. Multilateral Agreements and Policy Opportunities ; 15. Preferential Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property Rights ; 16. Industrial Policy and IPR: A Knowledge Governance Approach ; PART V. CONCLUSION ; Policy Options and Requirements for Institutional Reform
£119.25
Oxford University Press, USA Achieving Development Success
Book SynopsisThis book presents development strategies and lessons based on a large range of ''success'' countries across the developing world. In addition to the country cases, it presents regional and overall syntheses that cover orthodox vs. heterodox policies; the importance of capability, primary exports, diversification and financing; managing diversity; the role of institutions and governance; and human development.The book reveals much diversity in successful development strategies offered by the various select countries: for example, the ''disinterested-government'' political economy of China; the democratically supported, high-service-sector development approach of India; the ''Washington-Consensus-based'' reforms of Ghana and China; the diversification strategies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Oman; the dynamic orthodox-heterodox strategy of Malaysia and Vietnam; the effective natural-resource management of Botswana, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE; the social-sector underpinniTrade ReviewThis valuable collection of studies is full of new insights. It confirms that a deep understanding of economic history really matters for policy makers in developing countries. * Nicholas Crafts, Professor of Economic History, Warwick University *Comparative analysis of development successes based on country case studies is a useful complement to statistical cross-country regressions. While they have no claim at establishing causality, they give us a richness of detail that reliably suggests policy approaches to success. The 21 case studies from all five continents presented in this book show that success can be achieved, that there are many ways of engineering success, but that good governance and market forces play key complementary roles. While we have a good understanding of how markets work, knowing how to make developing country governments assume developmental functions is one of the greatest challenges to the development profession. This book makes an important contribution in that direction that will be of great assistance to both scholars and policy makers. * Elisabeth Sadoulet, Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley *Nations are not destined to fail, however most fail to be successful. The case studies in this book provide both aspiration and insights on how to guide a nation away from failure towards success. This book will become an essential reading for scholars and for policy makers in developing countries, international development community, and in developed countries as well. * Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Honorary Dean, National School of Development, Peking University and Former Chief Economist, World Bank *Table of ContentsPART I: EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (SOUTH KOREA, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM); PART II: THE EMERGING ASIAN GIANTS (INDIA AND CHINA); PART III: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (BOTSWANA, MAURITIUS, SOUTH AFRICA, AND GHANA?; PART IV: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (BRAZIL, CHILE, COSTA RICA, AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); PART V: MIDDLE-EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (OMAN, BAHRAIN, TUNISIA, AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
£118.75
Oxford University Press One Illness Away
Book SynopsisWhy does poverty persist? A critical, but so far ignored, part of the answer lies in the fact that poverty is regularly created. Large numbers of people are escaping poverty, but large numbers are concurrently falling into chronic poverty. This book presents the first large-scale examination of the reasons why people fall into poverty and how they escape it in diverse contexts. Drawing upon personal interviews with 35,000 households in different parts of India, Kenya, Uganda, Peru, and the United States, it takes you on an illustrative journey, filled with facts, analyses, and the life stories of people who fell into abject poverty and others who managed to escape their seemingly predetermined fates. Letting a farmhand''s son or daughter remain a farmhand, even though he or she is potentially the next Einstein, is a tragedy that poor people witness time after time. Remedying this situation is crucial for making poverty history. This book addresses how equal opportunity can be promoted Trade Review[The book] incorporates ideas from both political theory and economics, but is much more engaged and practical than abstract approaches to conceptions of poverty or fiddling with numbers and metrics. Krishna also gives a human face to his account by including some short examples of individual life stories. One Illness Away offers a revealing perspective on poverty. It should have relevance and appeal to a broad audience, not just workers in development, economists, and other specialists. * Danny Yee, Law and Economics Review *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Refilling the Pool of Poverty ; 2. Poverty Flows ; 3. The Rising-Falling Tide ; 4. Reasons for Descent: The Health Poverty Trap ; 5. Reasons for Escape: Diversification and Agriculture ; 6. Connecting Capability with Opportunity: Investing in Information ; 7. A Two-Pronged Strategy: Protection and Opportunity ; Appendix: Measuring Poverty: Testing Stages-of-Progress
£42.29
Oxford University Press, USA Korean State and Social Policy
Book SynopsisThere are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea. How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a stable democratic polity? South Korea was long ruled with harsh authoritarianism, but, strangely, the authoritarian rulers made energetic use of social policy. The Korean State and Social Policy observes South Korean public policy from 1945 to 2000 through the prism of social policy to examine how the rulers operated and worked. After the military coup in 1961, the new leaders used social policy to buy themselves legitimacy. That enabled them to rule in two very different ways simultaneously. In their determination to hold on to power they were without mercy, but in the use of power in governance, their strategy was to co-opt and mobilize with a sophistication that is wholly exceptional among authoritarian rulers. It is governance and noTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Birth of the State ; 2. The State Meets Modernity ; 3. The State Meets Business ; 4. The State Meets Voluntarism ; 5. The State Meets Democracy ; 6. Conclusion: The Anatomy of the State
£67.50
Oxford University Press Inc The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Trade surveys the literature on the politics of international trade and highlights the most exciting recent scholarly developments. The Handbook is focused on work by political scientists that draws extensively on work in economics, but is distinctive in its applications and attention to political features; that is, it takes politics seriously. The Handbook''s framework is organized in part along the traditional lines of domestic society-domestic institutions - international interaction, but elaborates this basic framework to showcase the most important new developments in our understanding of the political economy of trade. Within the field of international political economy, international trade has long been and continues to be one of the most vibrant areas of study. Drawing on models of economic interests and integrating them with political models of institutions and society, political scientists have made great strides in understanding the sources of trade policy preferences and outcomes. The 27 chapters in the Handbook include contributions from prominent scholars around the globe, and from multiple theoretical and methodological traditions. The Handbook considers the development of concepts and policies about international trade; the influence of individuals, firms, and societies; the role of domestic and international institutions; and the interaction of trade and other issues, such as monetary policy, environmental challenges, and human rights. Showcasing both established theories and findings and cutting-edge new research, the Handbook is a valuable reference for scholars of political economy.Trade Review2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title "The book is truly more than a handbook... it engages in sophisticated debates on such subjects as trade and the environment and trade and human rights. This work belongs on the shelf of every scholar of global political economy." --Choice Reviews, J. R. Strand, University of Nevada, Las VegasTable of Contents1. Introduction, Lisa L. Martin ; I. Historical, theoretical, and methodological developments ; 2. Explaining the GATT/WTO: Origins and Effects, Joanne Gowa ; 3. The Free Trade Idea, Gordon Bannerman ; 4. Trade Policy Instruments over Time, Chad P. Bown ; 5. Methodological Issues, Raymond Hicks ; II. Domestic Society ; 6. Individual Attitudes, Jason Kuo and Megumi Naoi ; 7. Labor and Protectionist Sentiment, Erica Owen ; 8. Domestic Politics and International Disputes, B. Peter Rosendorff ; III. Firms ; 9. Industry-level Protection, Lucy M. Goodhart ; 10. Intra-Industry Trade and Policy Outcomes, Timothy M. Peterson and Cameron G. Thies ; 11. Heterogeneous Firms and Policy Preferences, Michael Plouffe ; 12. The Politics of Market Competition: Trade and Antitrust in a Global Economy, Tim Buthe ; 13. Connected Channels: MNCs and Production Networks in Global Trade, Walter Hatch, Jennifer Bair, and Gunter Heiduk ; IV. Domestic Institutions ; 14. New Democracies, Bumba Mukherjee ; 15. Electoral Systems and Trade, Stephanie J. Rickard ; 16. Authoritarian Regimes, Daniel Yuichi Kono ; 17. Domestic Geography and Policy Pressures, Kerry A. Chase ; V. International negotiations and institutions ; 18. The Design of Trade Agreements, Leslie Johns and Lauren Peritz ; 19. Deep Integration and Regional Trade Agreements, Soo Yeon Kim ; 20. WTO Membership, Christina Davis and Meredith Wilf ; 21. Dispute Settlement in the WTO, Marc L. Busch and Krzysztof J. Pelc ; VI. Issue linkages ; 22. Trade and War, Erik Gartzke and Jiakun Jack Zhang ; 23. Trade and Environment, J. Samuel Barkin ; 24. Bridging the Silos: Trade and Exchange Rates in International Political Economy, Mark S. Copelovitch and Jon C. W. Pevehouse ; 25. Trade and Development, Kenneth C. Shadlen and Mark S. Manger ; 26. A Match Made in Heaven? The Wedding of Trade and Human Rights, Susan Ariel Aaronson ; 27. Trade and Migration, Margaret E. Peters
£155.00
The University of Chicago Press Bringing in the Future
Book SynopsisHumans are plagued by shortsighted thinking, preferring to put off work on complex, or difficult problems in favor of quick-fix solutions to immediate needs. This book draws on research from psychology, economics, institutional design, and legal theory to suggest strategies to overcome obstacles to long-term planning in developing countries.Trade Review"This is an imaginative and sophisticated treatment of a tremendously important, albeit extremely complicated, collection of topics. Few authors could have carried this off as well as Ascher, given his long and varied career as both a distinguished policy scientist and responsible practitioner. Indeed, he virtually draws on almost everything he knows as he classifies, inventories, and assesses dozens of different ways, means, and strategies to promote what he terms 'farsightedness.'" - Garry D. Brewer, Yale School of Management"
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