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Book SynopsisOne of the main value additions of the Survey 2023 is a proposal for an augmented Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) approach that duly incorporates SDG investment needs, potential socioeconomic and environmental gains, government's structural policies that go beyond financial considerations, and government's resource mobilisation strategies and financial capacity. The Survey 2023 also provides new insights on how to prevent potential public debt crises and resolve public debt distress in order to effectively pursue the SDGs. For example, in prevention of public debt crisis, governments will need to explore unconventional policy measures such as leveraging the potential of non-tax policy measures and public assets. In resolving public debt distress governments might need to bring the rising number of commercial debt creditors into discussions with the existing institutional investors, while fundamental policy actions to enhance fiscal resources are still needed, governments will also need to explore unconventional policy measures, such as leveraging the potential of non-tax policy measures and public assets amid rising public indebtedness. In resolving public debt distress, while the emergence of commercial creditors brings new opportunities as many of them are increasingly mindful about the importance of sustainable development, their participation in the existing global debt architecture is virtually missing. At the same time, several unconventional, SDG-aligned debt relief modalities have recently been proposed. Amid these and other changes in the global and Asia-Pacific debt landscapes and rising public indebtedness in the region, it is time to rethink public debt issues in support of the SDGs

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Book SynopsisThis report presents the main trends of international trade of the region's economies during the last year, with the most recent figures available on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the different countries of the region. It is composed of three chapters that review the evolution of global and regional trade after the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, analyse the evolution of intraregional trade with a long-term view, and examine how international trade can contribute to gender equality when accompanied by adequate policies

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Book SynopsisEn su edición correspondiente a 2021, el Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe consta de tres partes. La primera resume el desempeño de la economía regional en 2020 y analiza su evolución durante los primeros meses de 2021, así como las perspectivas de crecimiento para 2021 y 2022. La segunda parte examina las repercusiones de la crisis generada por la pandemia de la enfermedad del coronavirus (COVID-19) en los mercados laborales de la región y hace una comparación con la trayectoria histórica de dichos mercados, con especial énfasis en la evaluación del impacto desigual de la pandemia en el empleo de mujeres y jóvenes. La tercera parte, disponible en el sitio web de la CEPAL (www.cepal.org), contiene las notas sobre el desempeño económico de los países de América Latina y el Caribe en 2020 y el primer semestre de 2021, así como los respectivos anexos estadísticos. La información presentada ha sido actualizada al 30 de julio de 2021.

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Book SynopsisThe African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) promises to give a significant boost to the continent’s economy and, in particular, to support industrialization and structural transformation. In this context, the 8th edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA VIII) looks at what will be needed to ensure that the CFTA is implemented and that iintra-African trade plays a more dynamic role in contributing to economic transformation in Africa. Drawing on political economy analysis, the report analyses what kind of institutional set-up will be needed to ensure the CFTA’s implementation as well as the capacity development needs at the national, regional economic community and continental levels. The report also provides an update on the expected benefits of the CFTA’s implementation, as well as the usual chapter on the status of regional integration in Africa.

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Book SynopsisThe 2019 edition of the Economic Report on Africa explores the intricate terrain of revenue collection on the continent and makes salient recommendations to help African countries attain the SDGs and the aspirations of Agenda 2063 by expanding their fiscal space and how. It identifies several quick wins in Africa's pursuit of additional fiscal space to finance achievement of the SDGs and the aspirations of Agenda 2063. The Report calls on African countries to stabilize the macroeconomic environment, it advises against using competitive tax breaks for attracting international companies, and calls on African countries and their global partners to muster external public and private resources, at the same time, urges countries to pay attention to debt sustainability issues.

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Book SynopsisThis 2016 Africa Human Development Report on gender equality follows the 2012 Africa Human Development Report, which looked at the importance of assuring food security for all Africans. The two reports share a common objective of addressing what might be considered two unfinished agenda items on Africa's development trajectory. Both have long been recognized as important priorities for the governments and citizens of African countries. This year's report on gender equality reviews the ongoing efforts of African countries to accelerate the pace of assuring women's empowerment through all spheres of society - in the home and community, in health and educational attainment, in the workplace, and in political participation and leadership. While significant progress has been made across numerous fronts in most countries, gender equality for African women and girls is still far from satisfactory. This report adopts a political economy approach to gender equality and women's empowerment in Africa.

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Book SynopsisCe rapport offre une alternative nécessaire et stimulante à la paralysie face à un changement planétaire alarmant. Sa sortie intervient alors que la pandémie de COVID-19 (coronarvirus) offre simultanément un aperçu de ce que pourrait contenir une «nouvelle normalité» et ouvre la possibilité à l'humanité de changer de cap. Le rapport définit également de nouvelles mesures du développement humain pour nous guider, y compris un nouvel indice de développement humain expérimental ajusté aux pressions planétaires.

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Book SynopsisDans la continuité des Rapports sur le développement humain (RDH) 2019 et 2020, le RDH 2021/22 poursuit une conversation centrée sur les inégalités tout en intégrant d'autres thématiques importantes liées aux incertitudes de l'Anthropocène : transformations sociétales, impacts sur la santé mentale, polarisation politique , mais aussi, et surtout, une opportunité. Le rapport explore comment l'incertitude dans l'Anthropocène évolue, ce qui la motive, ce qu'elle signifie pour le développement humain et comment nous pouvons prospérer malgré cela. Le rapport soutient qu'en fin de compte, doubler le développement humain est essentiel à un avenir plus prospère pour tous.

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Book SynopsisContinuando con el hilo de los Informes sobre Desarrollo Humano (IDH) de 2019 y 2020, el Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2021/22 lleva adelante una conversación centrada en las desigualdades al tiempo que integra otros temas importantes relacionados con las incertidumbres en el Antropoceno: transformaciones a nivel social, impactos en la salud mental, polarización política. , pero también, crucialmente, oportunidad. El Informe explora cómo está cambiando la incertidumbre en el Antropoceno, qué la impulsa, qué significa para el desarrollo humano y cómo podemos prosperar a pesar de ella. El Informe sostiene que, al final, duplicar el desarrollo humano es fundamental para un futuro más próspero para todos.

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Book SynopsisThe Arab region is in crisis and it is easy to succumb to pessimism about its future. This report, however, embraces a vision of hope: one that illustrates the many ways in which the region can act to ensure its future security and prosperity. It envisages a day when authoritarianism, occupation, foreign domination and all forms of discrimination end. A vision of human development and economic prosperity implies that citizens are free to voice their opinions and practice their beliefs without fear, the rule of law applies equally to all, and the basic necessities for a decent life are affordable even for the least fortunate. It calls for choices to be made in order to lay the foundations of an inclusive society, so as not to slip further into a spiral of deepening violence, instability and recession that would undermine development for generations to come.This report presents a vision of improved governance, advanced social justice and human well-being, transformed economies, and intensified regional integration; in short, an Arab region at peace, stable and prosperous.

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Book SynopsisThe National Accounts Studies of the ESCWA Region presents available data and ESCWA estimates of GDP at both current and constant prices, in addition to the consolidated national accounts for each ESCWA member country during a five years period, and the estimated real GDP growth for year of publication. Data is compiled from national statistical sources and by using questionnaires prepared by ESCWA. This publication is intended for economists, social researchers and planners. The publication is a reference for accurate, reliable data and statistical indicators from national sources covering entire Arab region and intended to the public and private sectors, experts and researchers in the field and regional and international organizations.

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Book SynopsisThe 2019 edition of the World Population Policies report, a report published biennially since 2003, focuses on Government policies and programmes on international migration. It provides an overview of policies to govern regular migration and to address irregular migration, and reviews an array of policy measures related to migrants' rights, including access to services, as well as policies to foster the integration of migrants into host societies. The report also examines Government measures to maximise the development impacts of migration and to support diasporas. The 2019 World Population Policies report presents the official Government responses to the module on international migration (module III) of the United Nations Twelfth Inquiry among Governments on Population and Development (the “Inquiry”). The Population Division has been implementing the Inquiry every five years since 1963 as part of its mandate to systematically monitor population policies at the international level.

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Book SynopsisThe 2021 edition of the World Population Policies provides a brief overview of global fertility levels and trends since the early 1960s and explores government's views and policies related to fertility. The analysis of views and policies draws on data gathered through 2019 and available in the World Population Policies Database (box 1), reflecting the situation before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The report then presents five case studies of countries from different regions and with a range of fertility levels, exploring in more detail the origin and evolution of national fertility policies. The case studies are followed by an assessment of known or potential direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility patterns and trends. The report concludes with an exploration of policy options that governments may wish to consider in the current context

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Book SynopsisThe Demographic Yearbook 2021 is the seventy-second issue in a series published by the United Nations since 1948. It contains tables on a wide range of demographic statistics, including a world summary of selected demographic statistics, statistics on the size, distribution and trends in national populations, fertility, fetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, general mortality, nuptiality and divorce. Data are shown by urban/rural residence, as available. The volume provides Technical Notes, a synoptic table, a historical index and a listing of the issues of the Demographic Yearbook published to date. This issue of Demographic Yearbook contains data as available including reference year 2021

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook aims to provide practical guidance on the calculation and allocation of the production of various types of financial services and issues related to the compilation of the financial account and balance sheets by institutional sector in the context of from-whom-to-whom relationships. The Handbook complements the 2008 SNA and related manuals, handbooks and guides. The concepts are described and defined in line with the 2008 SNA. Where appropriate, illustrative worked examples with step-by-step guidance are provided in the Handbook to give compilers and users a better picture of how to apply and interpret the various concepts. The Handbook is useful for staff working in national statistical offices, national central banks, international organizations and other institutions engaged in collecting, compiling and disseminating national accounts data, specifically on the financial corporations sector and financial account, and for users requiring a better understanding of such data.

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Book SynopsisThe World Investment Report 2023 provides the latest trends and prospects for foreign direct investment. It documents a challenging year for cross-border investment flows, looking at greenfield investment in industry, project finance in infrastructure, and international production activities of the largest multinationals. Dedicated sections provide data on international investment in the SDGs and in sustainable energy. The Report further reviews recent policy developments, including trends in national investment policy measures and international investment agreements. It presents an overview of investment policy measures aimed at supporting the energy transition. The Report also documents sustainability trends in global capital markets, including sustainability-linked financial products, sustainable stock exchanges, institutional investor commitments and financial regulations - all with a special focus on the mobilization of funds for the energy transition. Finally, the theme chapter of the Report discusses ways and means to increase international private sector investment - in particular foreign direct investment and international project finance - in the energy sector in developing countries, taking into account both the energy transition imperative and SDG7 on affordable and reliable access to energy for all

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Book SynopsisThe report examines the new technologies and manufacturing trends that African countries need to embrace to allow viable local production, attractive domestic markets for foreign companies (including relocation of production to the continent), and innovative supply chain practices. The report recommends key policy options, best practices and strategic guidance needed to support African decision- and policy-makers in leveraging the potential of African national and regional markets and businesses to foster domestic supply chains and create a trusted and reliable supplier marketplace for global supply chains, and thus contribute to expanding Africa's contribution to global trade and growth

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Book SynopsisGiven the rapid pace at which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and other Asian economies are growing and the global volatility that these societies are experiencing, social capital and its diverse connectivities can furnish useful anchoring to communities, neighbourhoods, local governments and social protection networks.This volume in twelve chapters provides a critical analysis of social capital, its indigenous evolution and spread in HKSAR. Some of the experiments and activities narrated in these chapters indicate the ingenious blending of the local ethos and culture with modern organisational forms and information networks.Policy makers, development practitioners, researchers of civil society organisations and welfare agencies will find this book a helpful reference source. The book will also appeal as a text or supplementary reading in management, public administration, governance, and development economics courses dealing with social capital and social enterprise.

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of pervasive global challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean stands at a critical point in its economic development. Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic is an illuminating exploration of the region’s need to recalibrate and reshape its developmental policy strategy.Under the stewardship of Winston Dookeran and Dr M. Raymond Izarali, the volume embarks on a comprehensive examination of the frontiers in economic policy analysis: convergence, complexity, competitiveness, and the circular economy. These frontiers, often discussed in isolation, collectively establish the theoretical framework for the World Economic Forum’s “The Great Reset Initiative”, aimed at rebuilding a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive world following the pandemic.Thought-provoking chapters – written by scholars and practitioners both within and beyond the region – span issues such as the challenges facing small island states, the adequacy of orthodox growth models, regional advances in policy structures, liberalism, investment and capital flows, and health diplomacy to name a few and encapsulate a multidisciplinary approach. This approach expertly weaves together the disciplines of economics, politics, and diplomacy to forge not only a holistic understanding of Caribbean policy dynamics but also forge a clear path to translating research findings into actionable policy insights, which could propel the Caribbean towards a future of renewed prosperity and shared success. Development and Diplomacy is a sequel to previous publications, such as Winston Dookeran’s Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for Development (2012); Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean: Politics and Convergence (2015); The Caribbean on the Edge: The Political Stress of Stability, Equality, and Diplomacy and Dookeran and Carlos Elias’s Shifting the Frontiers: An Action Framework for the Future of the Caribbean (2016). This volume is poised to empower professors and students in the field of development studies, policy leaders and practitioners within agencies, and the voices of citizens and advocates shaping public discourse.Table of ContentsFigures / xTables / xiiBoxes / xiiiMessage from The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean / xivForeword / xviPreface: Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic / xviii by Winston DookeranAcknowledgments / xxiiAcronyms / xxiiiPart 1 Conceptual Thought and Framework of Analysis1. Setting Caribbean Development Rethink in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic / 3 by M. Raymond IzaraliPart 2 Sustainability Analysis: COVID-19, Health Security, and Future Resilience2. COVID-19 Symmetric Shock and Its Asymmetric Consequences / 23 by Miriam L. Campanella and Winston Dookeran3. Regional Health Security: An Antidote for COVID-19 within Caribbean SIDS / 43 by Wendy C. Grenade4. Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean: New Strategies for a Sustainable Future / 68 by Helvia VellosoPart 3 Development Frontiers: Fixing the Gap Between Theory and Practice5. The Calculus of Development Insights on the Frontier of Analysis / 87 by Winston Dookeran6. Small State Diplomacy and Global Competitiveness / 104 by Winston Dookeran and Preeya Mohan7. Setting the Agenda for the “Circular Economy” of the Caribbean / 121 by Winston Dookeran and Preeya Mohan8. What Drives Economic Complexity? Panel Data Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean / 136 by Vaalmikki ArjoonPart 4 Recovery Process: Flows and Frameworks9. Good Governance and Economic Reconfiguration: Policy Responses in Trinidad and Tobago to the COVID-19 Pandemic / 167 by Shane Justin Pantin10. Resetting Regionalism for Convergence and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Caribbean Economies / 180 by David Anyanwu11. The Trend in External Financing to the Caribbean: Is It in the Right Direction? / 198 by Helvia Velloso12. Financing for Quality Investment: The Search for Fresher Sources / 226 by Miriam L. Campanella and Winston Dookeran13. Frontiers, Flows, and Frameworks: Resetting Caribbean and Pacific Policies Post-Pandemic / 242 by Khushbu RaiPart 5 Resetting Diplomacy: Regionalism and Geostrategic Shifts14. CARICOM’s External Engagements: What Are the Prospects for Caribbean Regional Integration and Development in a Post-COVID Environment? / 259 by Annita Montoute15. Resetting and Reinventing the Association of Caribbean States / 281 by June Soomer16. Geopolitical Shifts and Health Diplomacy / 293 by Vijay Kumar Chattu17. Complexity Theory in International Relations Studies: Small States Behavior and the COVID-19 Crisis / 316 by Faies Jafar18. Small States Diplomacy: COVID-19 and the Geostrategic Change / 335 by Winston Dookeran19. Frontiers of the Global Pandemic: A Look at the New Chapters Ahead / 348 by Winston Dookeran and Manfred JantzenAfterword / 367 by Karen Sanderson ColeAbout the Contributors / 371Index / 374

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the nature, extent and implications of rapid strides digitalization has made in India since the turn of the millennium. These have been examined not merely in the sphere of information and communication technology (ICT) but its multifarious applications spreading across almost all aspects of production, services and institutions which have profound repercussions for the transformation of the society and economy at the micro, meso and macro levels. With contributions from both ICT scholars and social scientists, this book presents diverse scenarios and unravels challenges faced in the process of technical applications, access by the users of these disruptive technologies (automation, e-commerce, big data analytics & algorithms, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, etc.) which, unlike heavy machines (embodied technology), mostly defy physical space, pace of mobility and inoperability between technologies. Chapters in this volume address challenges and possibilities in establishing and operating intricate engineering infrastructure, technical and societal constraints encountered in broad-basing digitalization across layers of educational and social skills conducive to difficult geographies. Issues dealt within this book include farming, healthcare, education, food processing, e-commerce, labour, rural community development, open source data and information democracy. The chapters also reflect upon implications on local economy and society, of the very global nature of these seamless technologies where inter-operability remains the quintessential advantage of digitalization whether promoted or spearheaded through the state, private sector or global capital. The book critiques policy inadequacies and suggests plausible policy approaches to reduce the adverse impacts of fast digitalization and broad-base potential benefits across space and levels of socio-economic development of regions and society. This book would be of interest to scholars, practitioners, technocrats, industry analysts, policy makers and civil society agencies.Table of Contents​Chapter 1. The Digitalization Conundrum in India: An Introduction.- Section I: Technical/Engineering Infrastructure and Applications.- Chapter 2. Integration of IoT with Big Data Analytics for the Development of a Smart Society.- Chapter 3. Decision Making Using Big Data in Predicting Degenerative Diseases.- Chapter 4. Impact of IoT in Healthcare: Improvements and Challenges.- Chapter 5. Cloud Managed IoT Devices in Healthcare.- Chapter 6. Neural Networks in Food Processing: A Fussy Perception.- Chapter 7. Paving the Way for Smart Agriculture in India.- Chapter 8. Agricultural IOT As A Disruptive Technology: A Comparative Case Study of the USA and Indian Agricultural Sector.- Chapter 9. Issues and Challenges of Mobile Application in Agriculture Development in India: Policy, Practices and the Way Forward.- Chapter 10. A Survey of Digitized Handwritten Signature Verification System.- Section: II Issues and Aberrations in Access/Use.- Chapter 11. Protection of Consumer Rights in e-Commerce in India.- Chapter 12. Invoking Embeddedness Theory and Cybernetic Theory for the Evaluation of the National Open Government Data Portal of India.- Chapter 13. Future of Work in Information Technology and the Analytics Industry: Understanding the Demand.- Chapter 14. Technology for Information Democracy: Case of GIS Enabled Entitlement Tracking System.- Chapter 15. Open Research Data: Features, Issues and Challenges: Insights from the Global South.- Chapter 16. ICT Education in India: Responding to Imperatives of Disruptive Technologies. Chapter 17. Extra chapter on quantum computing.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an in-depth analysis of key recommendations of the consecutive state finance commissions (SFCs) across states of India in the local and national perspective. It reviews the working of SFCs and their critical role in strengthening local governments, both Panchayats and municipalities in the various states. The volume attempts to identify some of the emerging issues related to the efficacy of SFC in fiscal decentralization. It appraises nearly eighty SFC reports and actions taken thereon by the respective State Governments with contextual analysis.Table of ContentsChapter 1- Introduction.- Chapter 2- Fiscal Decentralization in India: An Overview.- Chapter 3 – Recommendations of SFCs: A Review.- Chapter 4- Impediments in the Functioning of SFCs and Good Practices.- Chapter 5- Conclusion and Recommendations.

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Book SynopsisThis book encompasses the macro-factors pertaining to the overall development in logistics technologies and facilities, region-specific policies and plans, industry-wide transformation in transport, manufacturing, commerce, and agriculture in China. Specifically, it describes policies and practices in China's high-quality development of logistics, China's business environment construction in logistics, and progress of port logistics in China. It also highlights the applications and prospects of blockchain technology in China's logistics industry in the year 2019. The expositions on and analyses of these subjects are based on the latest available sources and statistical data. As with the previous volumes, the ultimate aim of this book is to present a timely portrait of the rapid growth of China’s logistics market and the status quo of its logistics industry. In so doing, the book offers an in-depth analysis of critical issues involved in the ongoing dynamic and multi-faceted development and provides a valuable reference resource for interested readers in the academic and professional fields.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Development of China’s Logistics Market.- Chapter 2. Logistics Facilities and Technological Development.- Chapter 3. Regional Logistics Markets in China.- Chapter 4. Development of Transport Logistics in China.- Chapter 5. Development Status of China's Manufacturing Logistics.- Chapter 6. Development of Commerce Logistics in China.- Development of Agricultural Products Logistics in China.- Policies and Practices in China's High-Quality Development of Logistics.- Chapter 9. Business Environment Construction and Its Prospects in China's Logistics Industry.- Chapter 10. Progress of Port Logistics in China.- Chapter 11. Applications and Prospects of Blockchain Technology in China's Logistics Industry

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Book Synopsis1 Introduction.- 2 Before NGOs: Women's Organizations in Colonial India.- 3 Politics of Women's Empowerment and Non-Governmental Organizations.- 4 NGO Activism and Women's Empowerment in India.- 5 Women's Participation in Rural Local Governance of Bangladesh: Progress and Challenges.- 6 Reproductive Health of Women and Human Development in Nepal.- 7 Role of Microfinance in Empowering Woman Entrepreneurs in Rural Sri Lanka.- 8 Lives in Neglect, Deceit and Violence: Voices and Agencies of Trafficked Women.- 9 Multiplying Insecurity: Disempowerment of Women's Agency in the Logistics of Transnational Trafficking Networks of South Asia.- 10 Equalizing Gender Imbalance in a Globalized World.

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Book SynopsisIncreasing evidence of environmental deterioration in emerging markets, climate change, and consequences of environmental waste have compelled not only businesses but also consumers to reduce the environmental burden, mitigate waste and preserve resources for future generations. What actions, strategies, practices, and policies can be developed to sustain environmental sustainability in emerging markets? This book brings together fresh insights, ideas, and new research directions. This book consists of eleven chapters which examine environmental sustainability from consumer, organisation and policy perspectives. These chapters are contributed by emerging and eminent authors from different regions of the world including Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. This book provides an insightful and valuable compendium for sustainability researchers, businesses, educators, and policymakers, and readers concerned about socio-environmental issues and sustainable development. The book provides policymakers and businesses with information to assist the development of policies, strategies, and programs which will develop and encourage environmentally sustainable behaviours and practices in emerging markets and the wider global communityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Promoting Environmentally Friendly Behaviours in Emerging Markets: An Urgent Need Ninh Nguyen, Asia Pacific College of Business & Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia Hoang Viet Nguyen, Department of Research Administration, Thuong Mai University, Vietnam Clare D’Souza, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia Carolyn Strong, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales Environmental degradation is a pressing global problem. Notably, emerging and developing countries are the major contributors of climate change and air pollution owing to their rapid economic growth, large consumer base and unsustainable consumption. This chapter discusses the environmental problems facing emerging markets, hence the urgent need for encouraging consumer pro-environmental behaviour and corporate environmental strategies in such countries. Chapter 2: The Green Consumers in Emerging Markets: Who are They? Rambalak Yadav, Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, India Profiling green consumer segments is important for policy makers, marketers and socio-environmental organisations that seek to promote green purchase behaviour. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the profile of green consumers in several emerging markets with respect to socio-demographic variables such as gender, age, education, income and household characteristics. Chapter 3: Green Food Consumption in China Van Thac Dang, School of Business, Shantou University, China Jianming Wang, School of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, China Xiangzhi Bu, School of Business, Shantou University, China Green food consumption is a core issue that contributes to solving environmental pollution and achieving sustainable development. This chapter aims to investigate the antecedents of green food consumption, which in turn might enhance consumer wellbeing. Data were obtained from urban Chinese consumers. The chapter’s findings enrich the extant literature relating to green food consumption and have practical implications for business managers and policymakers. Chapter 4: Key Determinants of Green Purchase Behaviour in Vietnam Tan Vo-Thanh, La Rochelle Business School – Excelia Group, France Bach Khoa Nguyen, Faculty of Marketing, Thuongmai University, Vietnam Fostering the purchase of green products makes an important contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, especially those relating to sustainable production and consumption. This chapters examines the factors that may enhance or impede consumer intention to purchase green products in the context of Vietnam. Implications for managers and policymakers are also discussed. Chapter 5: Sustainability in Adventure Tourism: Lessons from Nepal Muhammad A. Saleem, Asia Pacific College of Business & Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia Naveed Akhtar, Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan Adventure tourism contributes heavily to the national economies of many emerging markets. Nepal is one of the largest recipients of adventure tourists in the mountain climbing sector as it is home to 09 out of 14 world’s eight thousand meters high mountains. More recently, mountain climbing has gained huge popularity and the number of mountain climbers visiting Nepal has increased exponentially. With the revenues these climbers bring to Nepal, there is a growing challenge of deteriorating ecological health of adventure tourist sites, resulting from unsustainable practices of the climbers who intend to summit these mountains each year. This chapter intends to shed light on some of the growing challenges facing the key adventure tourist sites within Nepal and proposes interventions to reinforce sustainable behaviours for improving tourist site value. Chapter 6: Predicting Household Recycling Behaviour in an Emerging Market Economy Malliga Marimuthu, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia Ji Lu, Department of Business & Social Sciences, Dalhousie University, Canada Encouraging recycling is important for environmental sustainability since non-recycled waste contributes to air pollution and water pollution, putting human and animal lives at risk. This chapter examines the determinants of recycling behaviour and provides implications for governmental agencies and socio-environmental organisations in educating and promoting recycling behaviour. Chapter 7: Water Conservation Practices: The Roles of Personal Characteristics and Socio-economic Factors Ngoc Bao Le, Faculty of Marketing, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam Lester Johnson, Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Developing countries are most affected by water scarcity and poor water quality. This chapter determines the roles of personal factors and socio-economic factors in explaining water conservation practices. Based on the chapter’s findings, implications are drawn for planning effective intervention campaigns. Chapter 8: A Comprehensive Model of Energy Saving Behaviours Antonio Lobo, Swinburne Business School Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Steven Greenland, Asia Pacific College of Business & Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia Energy consumption creates serious environmental problems and is expected to rise by one-third from current levels through to 2040. Energy management – the monitoring, control and optimisation of energy use – is therefore an important corporate social responsibility, with energy efficiency an imperative concern. This chapter develops and validates a comprehensive model of energy saving behaviours in the context of an emerging market economy. Chapter 9: Dealing with Environmental Problems on Social Media Platforms Le Van Huy, University of Economics—The University of Danang, Vietnam Hoang Long Phan, University of Economics—The University of Danang, Vietnam This chapter aims to investigate travellers’ trust and attitude toward green destinations through studying their ability, motivation, and opportunity in using social media platforms. The chapter is important to add to the current knowledge in tourism, especially sustainable development goals in tourism that has been getting attention by researchers and policy makers. Chapter 10: Eco-friendly Export Business Strategies Adopted by Seafood Processing Firms Binh Do, Department of Strategic Management, Thuongmai University, Vietnam Uyen Nguyen, Department of Strategic Management, Thuongmai University, Vietnam There is growing awareness about the adverse impact of seafood production and processing on the ecosystem. This includes overfishing of endangered species, increasing waste materials, water pollution and ecological disruption. Promoting more eco-friendly seafood processing is therefore imperative for environmental sustainability. This chapter aims to develop and validate a comprehensive model of institutional – stakeholder drivers of eco-friendly business export strategies in the seafood processing sector and their consequences on export markets. Chapter 11: Market Orientation and Sustainability of SMEs in the Food Industry in Indonesia Marthin Nanere, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia Mokhamad Arwani, Universitas Muria Kudus, Indonesia SMEs are a growing industry in Indonesia. However, protective policies like reservation scheme for SMEs have distorted manufacturing prospects within these firms, more than supported, adoption of appropriate technologies among SMEs. These firms are faced with many impediments, including a lack of capital, skills, and technology, which creates poor competitiveness. More recent studies have suggested that SMEs engagement in green practices is more by the intrinsic values of the owners with strong morality-based motives than the organisational need for competitive advantage. This chapters aims to systemize a cohesive model that identifies the critical success factors and barriers for sustainability processes adopted by SMEs. This model was then validated by obtaining data from Indonesian SMEs in the food industry. Chapter 12: CSR Practices of Textile Firms: Empirical Evidence from an Asian Emerging Market Thi Thu Hien Phan, University of Economic - Technology for Industries, Vietnam Simon Pervan, RMIT Business School, RMIT, Australia The textile and apparel industry has been criticized for its heavy use of labour and large amount of waste discharged into the environment. This chapter comprehensively investigates the direct and indirect effects of CSR practices on financial performance in the Vietnamese textile sector. The findings provide fresh insights into the usefulness and effectiveness of CSR practices as well as encourage firms to adopt such practices for financial improvements and sustainable development. Chapter 13: Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development Menuka Jayaratne, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia Clare D’Souza, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia The sustainability movement drives entrepreneurs introducing new sustainability-derived products and services to help sustain nature and communities. This chapter contributes to an understanding of sustainability entrepreneurs as those who emerge from consumer concern to introduce innovative sustainability derived products, processes, and services for gain, where gain includes economic and non-economic gain to individuals, the economy, and society. Chapter 14: Sustainability Strategies for Urban Mass Transit – Case of Pakistan Asif Yaseen, Department of Commerce, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan Muhammad A. Saleem, Asia Pacific College of Business & Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia The transportation sector enjoys a central stage in the growth of any economy. Particularly for emerging economies, the access to jobs, health, and education has improved considerably with investment in urban mass transit infrastructure. In Pakistan, Rapid Bus Transit System, launched in four metropolitan cities, funded through considerable international debt, has remained in debate for its environmental sustainability and economic viability issues. This chapter provides a detailed overview of Urban Mass Transit System in Pakistan and proposes models/strategies to improve its environmental and economic performance. Chapter 15: Environmentally Sustainable Behaviours: Strategies and Policies for Mitigating Barriers in Emerging Markets Ninh Nguyen, Asia Pacific College of Business & Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia Bach Yen Tran, School of Economics, Can Tho University, Vietnam Hoang Viet Nguyen, Faculty of Research Administration, Thuongmai University, Vietnam This chapter aims to identify key barriers to consumer purchase of eco-friendly products and later suggests intervention strategies and policies to mitigate such barriers in developing countries. It would be of interest to key stakeholders including policymakers, marketers and social-environmental organizations in the development of more effective green strategies.

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Book SynopsisThis book gives an overall description of China's manufacturing industry in the process of China's industrialization and comprehensively analyzes the development status, level, stage, problems, tasks and future development prospects of China's manufacturing industry. Under the background of Sino-US trade dispute, understanding China’s manufacturing gives a rational analysis of the opportunities and challenges of China’s manufacturing, deeply discussing the specific tasks which China’s manufacturing is facing, such as the resolve of excess production capacity, technological innovation, intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing, a service-oriented manufacturing and industrial base, and displaying the development prospect of China toward the high quality. Understanding China’s manufacturing has a strong reference significance for comprehensive and appropriate understanding of the development of China's manufacturing industry, as well as good policy reference significance for promoting the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry.Table of ContentsRise of Manufacturing Nation.- Industrialization Process of 40 Years.- The development of China’s Manufacturing.- Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Manufacturing.- Resolving Overcapacity.- Technological Innovation in Manufacturing Industry.- Intelligent Manufacturing.- Green Manufacturing.- Service-oriented Manufacturing.- Industrial Foundation.- Strategy and Policy.- Moving towards High-quality Manufacturing.

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book explores the multifaceted nature of agricultural and rural development in Asia and examines the extent to which the Asian experience is being replicated in contemporary Africa. This volume compiles the works of top scholars who provided analyses and evidences from household-level surveys collected for many years in several parts of Asia and Africa. The most important finding presented in this book is that African agricultural development has evolved following the pathways of Asian agricultural development. The common pathways are borrowed technology from abroad and adaptive research in rice farming; secured property rights on natural resources; adoption of ICTs; investments in human capital, including training; and launching of the high-value agriculture. In both continents, agricultural development started in the crop sector, which had a strong tendency to induce the dynamic development of other sectors in rural areas.Table of ContentsYou’ve Come a Long Way SinceMasao KikuchiIntroduction: Agricultural Development in Asia and AfricaJonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, and Tetsushi SonobePART I - GREEN REVOLUTION IN ASIA AND AFRICAAre the Lessons from the Green Revolution Relevant for Agricultural Growth and Food Security in the Twenty-first Century?Prabhu PingaliThe Central Luzon Loop Survey: Rice Farming in the Philippines from 1966 to 2021Kei Kajisa, Piedad Moya, and Fe GasconDiffusion of Submergence-tolerant Rice in South AsiaTakashi YamanoToward a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farm Mechanization in the Mwea Irrigation SchemeTimothy Njagi and Yukichi ManoHow Can We Achieve Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Case of TanzaniaYuko Nakano and Eustadius Francis MageziA UFO? Assessment of System of Rice Intensificationfrom the Agricultural Economics PerspectiveKazushi TakahashiRePEAT: Looking Back on 20 Years of AchievementsYoko Kijima and Rayner TabetandoPart II - LAND TENURE AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTFifty Years of Research on Land Tenure Policies and Land Markets: What are the Major Lessons?Stein T. HoldenProperty Rights and Natural Resource Management in Developing CountriesRyo TakahashiSustaining Natural Resources in African Agriculture:What Have We Learned in the Past Two Decades?Frank PlaceIntegrated Farming Management Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward a Sustainable African Green RevolutionRie MuraokaImpacts of Transboundary Crop Diseases on Sustainable Crop Production: The Case of Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) in Africa Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb14 Sustainable Green Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Regional CooperationKazi Arif Uz Zaman and Kaliappa Kalirajan PART III - TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL ECONOMYFacilitating Inclusive Use of ICTs in Rural ChinaJikun Huang, Lanlan Su, and Xinyu LiuEdTech for Equity in China: Can Technology Improve Teaching for Millions of Rural Students?Cody Abbey, Ma Yue, Guirong Li, Prashant Loyalka, and Scott RozelleMobile Revolution and Rural DevelopmentTomoya Matsumoto and Ggombe Kasim MunyegeraTransformation of Rice-Growing Villagesin the PhilippinesJonna P. EstudilloStructural Transformation and Development Experience from Asian CountriesYasuyuki SawadaMechanization and the Intersectoral Migration of Agricultural LaborDonald F. Larson and Kevin L. Bloodworth IIPart IV – EMERGING ISSUES IN AGRICULTUREBlue Revolution in Asia: The Rise of the Shrimp Sector in Vietnam and the Challenges of Disease ControlAya Suzuki and Vu Hoang NamIntegrating Agricultural and Industrial DevelopmentTakeshi AidaCluster-based Agricultural Development: A Comparison Between China and AfricaXiaobo ZhangSolar Power to Transform Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from a Solar-Powered Cold Storage Intervention in NigeriaFutoshi Yamauchi and Hiroyuki TakeshimaMeasuring Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality through the Lens of Induced InnovationAgnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Hazel MalapitCompetition, Antitrust, and Agricultural Development in AsiaArsenio M. BalisacanSummary and ConclusionsJonna P. Estudillo, Yoko Kijima, and Tetsushi Sonobe

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Book SynopsisThis book gives a panoramic review of China's 70 years of modernization, reveals the historical process and logic of the formation of the modernization path with Chinese characteristics, especially focuses on the key decision-making process in the history of China's modernization, theoretically compares the Chinese model and the western mainstream model and summarizes the characteristics and experience of China's development model. At the same time, it reveals the causes of the global crisis from a historical perspective and puts forward the future of China based on historical experience. The book tries to answer the following hot-debating questions: What is the core of Chinese experience? Is China model a new model of modernization? Is China's model sustainable? Is this model compatible with the mainstream model? What is the relationship between China's revolution and modernization? How will China's development affect the world? This book will be found helpful by all scholars, students and the public who are interested in China's development path.Table of ContentsChapter1. China’s Early Choice of Modernization Path.- Chapter2. Seeking a Chinese Path (1956–1976).- Chapter3. Legacy of the Mao Era and China’s Modernization.- Chapter4. Dialectics of the Market Economy.- Chapter5. Chinese Democracy.- Chapter6. Chinese New Model of Modernization. Chapter7. Understanding Marxism in China.- Chapter8. A Macro-historical View of the Global Crisis.- Chapter9. China’s New Era (2012- ) and Xi Thoughts.

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Book SynopsisSince its founding in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been an increasingly large part of the life of Southeast Asia, although most people in the region know very little about it. ASEAN has helped bring peace and stability to the region. It has successfully engaged the world's major powers, in East Asia and beyond. ASEAN has taken steps to integrate the regional economy as an important means of cooperatively improving the region's competitiveness, attracting investments, generating jobs, raising incomes, and lowering costs and prices. ASEAN has also formed networks for dealing with regional problems like communicable diseases, environmental degradation, and transnational crime. An essential part of the ""Southeast Asia Background Series"", this book seeks to shed some light on what ASEAN is all about.

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Book SynopsisSince the dawn of the industrial revolution, and the ushering in of an era of global economic relations, the United States and Europe have been the core poles of economic power. However, China along with India is increasingly challenging the traditional economic hegemony. An issue of great importance is how this shift in the global economic balance of power will affect developing economies and the transition economies of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which are located in China's backyard and deeply integrated into its economy through regional supply chains. This volume examines the relationship between transition economies and the rise of China through presenting empirical case studies from the GMS. In doing so, it offers insights into the effect of China on developing countries in general, and offers practical policy directions for the place-specific economies of the GMS.

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Book SynopsisThe oil palm industry has transformed rural livelihoods and landscapes across wide swathes of Southeast Asia, generating wealth along with economic, social, and environmental controversy. Who benefits and who loses from oil palm development? Can oil palm development provide a basis for inclusive and sustainable rural development?This book considers the impacts of specific communities and plantations. It analyses the regional political economy of oil palm, examining how the oil palm industry in Malaysia and Indonesia work as a complex, in which land, labour and capital are closely connected. It unpicks the dominant policy narratives, business strategies, models of land acquisition and labour-processes.Understanding this oil palm complex is a prerequisite to developing improved strategies to harness the oil palm boom for a more equitable and sustainable pattern of rural development.Trade Review"...provides scholarship that elucidates the complexities of oil palm production, and the challenges presented by peatland agriculture as well as peatland restoration."-The Jakarta Post

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Book SynopsisBy any indicator, Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation on earth, is a development success story. Yet 20 years after a deep economic and political crisis, it is still in some respects an economy in transition. The country recovered from the 1997–98 crisis and navigated the path from authoritarian to democratic rule surprisingly quickly and smoothly. It survived the 2008–09 global financial crisis and the end of the China-driven commodity super boom in 2014 with little difficulty. It is now embarking on its fifth round of credible national elections in the democratic era. It is in the process of graduating to the upper middle-income ranks. But, as the 25 contributors to this comprehensive and compelling volume document, Indonesia also faces many daunting challenges — how to achieve faster economic growth along with more attention to environment sustainability, how to achieve more equitable development outcomes, how to develop and nurture stronger institutional foundations, and much else.Trade Review“This is a timely and much-needed book. There are very few recent books on Indonesia with such a comprehensive analysis of not just mainstream economic policies, but also most importantly the key issues of human capital, inequality, social welfare, labour, food security and natural resource management. This book will not only be crucial for policy discourse but for all stakeholders who care about Indonesia making the transition not only to a high-income economy, but an inclusive one.” — Mari Pangestu, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia“The Indonesian Economy in Transition: Policy Challenges in the Jokowi Era and Beyond is one of the most important books that discusses the Indonesian economy post–Asian Financial Crisis. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand contemporary Indonesian economy.” — M. Chatib Basri, former Minister of Finance of Indonesia

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Book Synopsis“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is a must read.” – Suchit Bunbongkarn, Emeritus Professor, Chulalongkorn University “Now in its forty-sixth edition, Southeast Asian Affairs offers an indispensable guide to this fascinating region. Lively, analytical, authoritative, and accessible, there is nothing comparable in quality or range to this series. It is a must read for academics, government officials, the business community, the media, and anybody with an interest in contemporary Southeast Asia. Drawing on its unparalleled network of researchers and commentators, ISEAS is to be congratulated for producing this major contribution to our understanding of this diverse and fast-changing region, to a consistently high standard and in a timely manner.” – Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National University

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Book SynopsisSoutheast Asian Affairs, produced since 1974, is an annual review of significant trends and developments in the region. The emphasis is on ASEAN countries but important developments in the broader Asia-Pacific region are not ignored. The publication seeks to provide readable and easily understood analyses of major political, strategic, economic and social developments within the region.Trade Review“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is a must read.” – Suchit Bunbongkarn, Emeritus Professor, Chulalongkorn University“Now in its forty-seventh edition, Southeast Asian Affairs offers an indispensable guide to this fascinating region. Lively, analytical, authoritative, and accessible, there is nothing comparable in quality or range to this series. It is a must read for academics, government officials, the business community, the media, and anybody with an interest in contemporary Southeast Asia. Drawing on its unparalleled network of researchers and commentators, ISEAS is to be congratulated for producing this major contribution to our understanding of this diverse and fast-changing region, to a consistently high standard and in a timely manner.”– Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National UniversityTable of Contents The Region Southeast Asia in 2019: Adjustment and Adaptation to China’s Regional Impact, by Graham Ong-Webb Economic Overview of Southeast Asia, by Manu Bhaskaran The Rise of the Right: Populism and Authoritarianism in Southeast Asian Politics, by Kanishka Jayasuriya American Foreign Policy and Southeast Asia, by Daljit Singh China’s Belt and Road Initiative Financing in Southeast Asia, by Xue Gong Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam in 2019: Issues Revisited, by Pushpa Thambipillai CambodiaCambodia in 2019: Entrenching One-Party Rule and Asserting National Sovereignty in the Era of Shifting Global Geopolitics, by Kheang Un, Jing Jing LuoIndonesia Post-Election Politics in Indonesia: Between Economic Growth and Increased Islamic Conservatism, by Amalinda Savirani Social Media and the 2019 Indonesian Elections: Hoax Takes the Centre Stage, by Jennifer Yang Hui LaosLaos in 2019: Moving Heaven and Earth on the Mekong, by Geoffrey C GunnMalaysia Malaysia in 2019: A Change of Government without Regime Change, by Ross Tapsell Malaysia and the Pursuit of Sustainability, by Serina Rahman Myanmar Myanmar in 2019: Rakhine Issue, Constitutional Reform and Election Fever, by Nyi Nyi Kyaw The 2020 Myanmar General Election: Another Turning Point?, by Ye Htut The PhilippinesThe Ones Who Don’t Walk Away from the Philippines, by Lowell BautistaSingapore Singapore in 2019: In Holding Pattern, by Khairulanwar Zaini The Bicentennial Commemoration: Imagining and Re-imagining Singapore’s History, by Terence Chong Thailand Thailand in 2019: The Year of Living Unpredictably, by Kanokrat Lertchoosakul Future—Forward? The Past and Future of the Future Forward Party, by James Ockey Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: Twenty Years after the Self-Determination Referendum, by Rui Graça FeijóVietnam Vietnam in 2019: A Return to Familiar Patterns, by Paul Schuler, Mai Truong Succession Politics and Authoritarian Resilience in Vietnam, by Nguyen Khac Giang

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Book SynopsisThis article reports the findings of an online survey conducted in November–December 2021 on Indonesians' experience and perception of fintech tools, focusing on fintech adoption in the Greater Jakarta region, which besides Jakarta, includes Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi.One key finding is that, in the Greater Jakarta region, socio-economic status as measured by income is not a key determinant of fintech adoption. This is likely due to the more developed and mature ICT infrastructure in the Greater Jakarta region, which makes fintech tools readily accessible.However, the kinds of fintech tools that are more likely to be used—M-banking, E-wallet, Online Lending, Investment, Donations, and so on—are influenced by factors such as income, education, gender, age and occupation, suggesting that different fintech tools appeal to different groups in society according to their needs and resources.Psychological factors that are important in the adoption of fintech include having many choices in the needed financial services and feeling in control. While fintech users are concerned about data leaks and fraud, this does not deter them from using fintech.It may be anticipated that with the deepening of ICT infrastructure and public education on the safe use of fintech, fintech usage in Indonesia will continue to spread throughout the country.

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Book SynopsisISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute has commissioned a second nationwide survey in Indonesia as a follow-up to the first similar project in 2017 called the Indonesia National Survey Project (INSP). Its broad aim is to enhance understanding of political, economic, and social developments in Indonesia. Its key findings are as follows:The approval rating of President Joko Widodo hovers around 71.8 per cent, at least before the September 2022 announcement on the fuel subsidy cut. His major infrastructure push as his flagship development programme still garners the most positive assessment. However, poverty, unemployment and cost of living remain key flashpoints that the government should be concerned with.

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Book SynopsisThe New Era will be transformative of the Chinese economy. China will join the ranks of developed economies of the world.This book presents a collection of articles by Professor Lawrence Juenyee Lau from 1994 to 2018, discussing Chinese economic development over the past decades. With empirical findings, the author identifies the sources of Chinese economic growth and scrutinizes the role of government in development at various stages. Based on comprehensive account of China’s macro-economy, the author answers the question of whether Chinese economic growth is an extraordinary “miracle” or merely an implausible economic “bubble.”

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering volume develops an institutionalist analysis of Malaysia's post-colonial economy by exploring the political economy of development and particularly the interface between economics and law. The various authors show that economic policy initiatives in Malaysia have often been accompanied by corresponding legislative and regulatory reforms intended to create an appropriate legal environment, and that economic problems or crises arising from earlier policies have led to major legislative innovations.The volume begins with a survey of Malaysia's colonial legal heritage and significant postcolonial developments, and the relationship between economic change, institutional developments and the law. Colonial land law transformed the rural Malay population, and the authors show that the routine depiction of this sector of the economy as a 'traditional' relic of the pre-colonial era is misleading. With regard to industry, the government changed course after independence, promoting manufacturing investments and technological progress, and forging new industrial relations between the state and trade unions. Drawing on this background the book rejects claims that corporate governance failures caused the financial crisis of the 1990s, and criticizes claims for the superiority of Anglo-American arrangements for corporate governance.

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Book SynopsisLate industrializing countries are able to pick strategies for economic development based on the experiences of countries that preceded them. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (the CLMV countries) were closed off from the international community for many years, and they began to embrace a market economy at around the same time. Each bypassed the import-substitution strategy adopted by other Southeast Asian countries and began industrialization efforts with export growth funded by Foreign Direct Investment.The outcomes differed significantly owing to geographical location, government policies, and internal economic conditions. Industrialization in Late-Developing ASEAN Countries explores these differences through case studies based on an extended research program conducted by the Institute of Developing Economies in Tokyo, which offered insights into models of economic growth, and into the trajectories followed by the four countries examined.

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