A team of distinguished academics explore the ideas underlying Amartya Sen's critique of traditional approaches to injustice.

Over the past few decades, there has been a rapid proliferation of eGovernance for Development projects. Drawing on evidence from three longitudinal case studies of rural eGovernance projects this book shows that improving systems of governance is fundamentally a social rather than managerial or technological activity.

Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent field data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently demonstrates how biotechnology can contribute to sustainable economic development. The approach articulates the imperative for developing countries to build up specific capabilities backed up by policies and institutions.

Provides an understanding of economic policies for poverty reduction in developing countries. The policy areas include the various roles of government in ensuring the effective operation of a market economy, conducting fiscal policy, and influencing the money supply, exchange rates, and the financial sector.

Tells how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future.

Presents selected papers from the ABCDE Meetings, held May 17-18, 2007 in Bled, Slovenia. This book presents papers on financial inclusion, factors that matter the most for business climate, and the provision of public services by non-state actors.

Presents a methodological framework for the analysis of intercultural issues. This book uses a challenge-and-response theory of cultural development to examine the relationship between different natural disasters and threats and the developments of ancient civilizations.

Economic structuralists use a broad, systemwide approach to understanding development, and this textbook assumes a structuralist perspective in its investigation of why a host of developing countries have failed to grow at 2 percent or more since 1960. Sensitive to the wide range of factors that affect an economy's strength and stability, the authors identify the problems that have long ...

Leading writers examine the remarkable post-war development of East Asian economies.

Identifies ways in which the US trade and aid policy can most help the Caribbean Basin. This book reviews a number of impediments to future development in the Caribbean, including the small size of the countries and companies in the region, limited infrastructure development and trade policies that feature government reliance on tariff revenue.

Topic CueCards are perfect for quick revision of subject content. The cards in this set cover a careful selection of concepts and topics central to the core subject areas. Written by an experienced examiner, each pocket-sized card combines concise discussion of a concept or topic with a diagrammatic summary and a key point to aid the revision process.

Argues that leadership is the hallmark of almost every successful effort at international development since the late 1940s, and that its absence is the underlying cause of most development failures. This book offers case studies for development practitioners looking to increase their effectiveness in a highly interdependent global society.

By analyzing economic policy and performance across the economic spectrum, this book presents a picture of economic development in Myanmar between 1988 and the early 2000s. It synthesizes both macro and micro level data to overcome some of the limitations of national statistics, and shows how the government attempted to deal with two key issues.

Economic growth is an issue of primary concern to policy makers in both developed and developing economies. In this book, renowned growth theorist Stephen J. Turnovsky investigates the process of economic growth in a small open economy, showing that it is sensitive to the productive structure of the economy.

Explores the changing face of modern-day India and its fundamental contradictions. This title gives an insight into the country and reveals how the changes in India may affect us.

The first volume of a comparative study of trade shocks covering 23 countries. This volume examines Africa, and challenges the common generalizations. Trade shocks are shown to lead to high savings rates, though policy errors often mean windfalls actually lead to a reduction in output.

Part of a series which aims to reflect the changing face of the economic climate and business world. The books contain the latest information and thinking in their areas and are specifically focused to the needs of AS, A level and first year undergraduate students.

This collection looks at regional trade liberalization in South Africa, and argues tht to improve growth performance and stimulate development, governments must co-ordinate domestic policies with trade reforms, and strenghten weak institutions and infrastructures.