Development economics Books
Penguin Putnam Inc Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
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£24.00
Barlow Publishing The Great Canadian Reset
£10.30
Brepols N.V. Property Rights, Land Markets and Economic Growth
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£98.64
Peeters Techniques Et Ressources En Iran Du 7e Au 19e
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£43.70
Harrassowitz Tibet-Teppiche Aus Kathmandu, Pokhara Und
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£39.00
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Transforming Fragile States - Examples of
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£22.50
Gerlach Press Resources Blessed: Diversification and the Gulf
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£136.73
Gerlach Press Science and Technology Development in the Gulf
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£105.57
Editorial Kairos GPS (Global Personal Social): Valores Para Un
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£21.81
NIAS Press Cambodia's Economic Transformation
Book SynopsisFrom 2002, Cambodia underwent a visible economic transformation driven largely by such external factors as increased Chinese demand for primary commodities and a strong international demand for Cambodian garments. Apart from dramatic rates of economic growth, the boom involved the disappearance of forests and the decline of logging, the inflow of Chinese investment and the rise of indigenous capital, and the increased significance of remittances from garment workers and labour migrants. In addition, the impact of government policies on land registration and concessions transformed relations of production and, with them, the socio-economic and political environment in rural and urban Cambodia. Cambodia's Economic Transformation examines the political economy of the Cambodian boom, analysing the changing structure of the economy, the relationship between state and market, and outcomes for the poor. Not least, it focuses the role of the state in facilitating and controlling the market, and the way that this has affected the life chances of the poor. In so doing, it situates Cambodian experience within key debates in the wider political economy of Eastern Asia, scrutinizing the relationship between class formation, structures of governance and resource distribution. The analysis also offers a deeper understanding of the nature of the market as it has emerged in Cambodia over the past decade.
£36.32
Gregorian & Biblical Press Africa: The Unknown: Resources and Gains
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£33.25
World Health Organization Health Environment: Managing the Linkages for
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£23.49
Vakmedianet Management bv Intervision: Dialogue Methods in Action Learning
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£31.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Digitalisation and Development: Issues for India and Beyond
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on development and well-being (beyond economic benefits) and highlights some emerging issues relating to the realities, constraints and digital divides with particular reference to India. It collects a series of novel contributions, studying the Indian experience in an international cross-country perspective. The book also discusses economic, social, and behavioural aspects of well-being as well as access to ICTs across regions, states and individuals to account for the digital divide. The book establishes an aggregate relationship between ICT exposure and well-being at the country level and addresses a number of fundamental issues, such as whether ICT raises the level of transparency and governance. Based on case studies and anecdotal evidence, it then further assesses the effective implementation of service delivery through ICT innovations. The book is divided into four parts: The introductory part surveys the literature and presents background information on the Indian case; introduces the main themes on the relationships between ICT, socio-economic development and digital divides; and provides a summary and roadmap to the chapters of the book. Part II focuses on the impact of ICT on economic performance, including economic growth, productivity and trade. Part III examines the extent of the digital divides in India, including international, regional as well as inter-personal inequality. Finally, Part IV investigates the impact of ICT on governance, users’ well-being and social outcomes. Combining insights from analyses of a variety of socio-economic dimensions related to digitalisation, this book is relevant for a wide range of scholars and researchers across disciplines, as well as practitioners and policy-makers. While the book has a main focus on India, various contributions take an international cross-country comparative perspective, and the results have general relevance for digitalisation and development. On the whole, the main message of this book is that the impact of ICTs is contingent upon other assets, capabilities and institutional conditions. National policies should, therefore, not only promote digitalization as such but also ensure its co-evolution and complementarity with a variety of other country-specific factors. Chapter 'Digitalisation and Development: Issues for India and Beyond' of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com Table of ContentsContributors include:• Dr. Vivekananda Mukherjee, Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University• Akshara Awasthi, Assistant Professor, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University• Dr. Nilabja Ghosh, Professor, Agriculture Unit, Institute of Economic Growth Delhi• Dr. Keshab Das, Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad• Dr. Chiranjib Neogi, Guest Faculty, West Bengal State University and Retired Technical Officer, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata• Dr. Biswajit Mandal, Assistant Professor, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan• Dr. Grace Kite, Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London• Dr. Nidhi Tewathia, Assistant Professor, Gargi College, University of Delhi• Debajit Jha, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O P Jindal Global University• Dr. Pratap C Mohanty, Assistant Professor, Dept. of HSS, IIT Roorkee • Dr. Hastimal Sagara, Assistant Professor, GLS University, Ahmedabad• Prakash Singh, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi• Dr. Sachala Sahu, Consultant Psychologist, Berhampur, Odisha.• Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Assistant Professor (Health Management Area) Goa Institute of Management, Goa.• Vigneswara P. Ilavarasan, Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi• Dr. Kushankur Dey, Professor of Economic Policy, Xavier School of Rural Management, Xavier University Bhubaneswar• Dr. Jyoti Shukla, Assistant Professor, RKMV, Himachal Pradesh university, Shimla
£49.99
NUS Press Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar:
Book SynopsisMarket liberalization in Myanmar began in 1988 and had some unanticipated consequences. As farmers began to operate in a context with greatly reduced government control, there was an explosion in the production of green gram, which became extremely popular as an export crop. However, market liberalization in the industry surrounding this new export-oriented crop gave rise to growing economic disparities, largely determined by access to land, capital and credit.Ikuko Okamoto explores these issues through a detailed case study of Thongwa Township, a place east of Yangon (Rangoon) in the major green gram producing region in the country. She shows that farmers responded quickly to policy changes and made maximum use of new opportunities, even in a country where socialist policies had previously limited such opportunities. She also traces the consequences for different social groups in rural Myanmar, and shows that traders benefited the most from the new arrangements, and landless laborers the least. Her research offers important insights into the transition from a socialist to a market-based economy, and local-level responses to market incentives. It also shows that the success or failure of new crops in a peasant economy largerly depends on whether the crop is compatible with the initial resource endowment.
£30.99
NUS Press The Economic Transition in Myanmar After 1988:
Book SynopsisFor many years Myanmar operated an inward-looking economic system built on import substitution. Ultimately this policy collapsed, leaving a legacy of inefficient state economic enterprises and widespread poverty. Political unrest in 1988 led a newly installed military government to liberalize the economy, opening it to foreign investment and private trade. This move towards a market economy was in line with regional trends, but political instability forced the country to adopt policies that were different from those of neighboring countries. By analyzing economic policy and performance across the economic spectrum, this book presents an overall picture of economic development in Myanmar between 1988 and the early 2000s. The authors synthesize both macro and micro level data to overcome some of the limitations of unreliable national statistics, and show how the government attempted to deal with two key issues. The first was how to reform the inefficient socialistic economic system in conformity with a market economy, and the second was how to develop the agricultural and use the underdeveloped economy to alleviate mass poverty.
£31.43
