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Financing Regional Growth and the Inter-American Development Bank
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00The crisis of the current global financial order is challenging us to critically reflect on how this order has been driven, and the development outcomes produced by its central political and economic actors. There is a great deal of academic knowledge about the role of the international financial institutions, powerful states and capital markets in... more...
Guide to the Economies in Transition
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 380.00This volume provides an in-depth review of major economic developments in those economies which are in some stage of transition, following the collapse of communism in the Eastern block. The book is divided into four parts: * theoretical issues in the transition from command to market economies * the events in the fifteeen independent countries of... more...
Southern China
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00By concentrating on one of the key locations of global manufacturing, this volume offers a contribution to contemporary industry studies. The rates of growth that have characterized the southern Guangdong province in the last three decades are unique, even with respect to the more general and often cited Chinese experience. But what role have governments... more...
Rethinking America
Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 25.00The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Russians, The Power Game, and The New Russians shows how America has lost ground, and reveals how innovators are creating new strategies to win in the new global game. more...
The Rise of Development Donors in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 152.00Why do poor countries give aid to others? This book critically examines how aspirations for providing aid have coexisted with experiences of receiving aid and have transformed the practice of giving aid, with particular reference to the experiences of Japan and China. It highlights the historical sources that explain the pattern and strength of foreign... more...
Freedom from National Debt
Two Harbors Press 2013; US$ 5.00America is needlessly worried about "national debt," believing it can no longer do the many things that mark it as a great nation. Discussions of national undertakings - including infrastructure repair, jobs programs, and military modernization - have all been stifled through fear of insolvency. America has convinced itself that it can no... more...
Financial Cooperatives and Local Development
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00This book examines the opportunities opened up for financial cooperatives by the recent financial crisis, and explores the role of these institutions in promoting and sustaining local development. The global financial crisis has not only shown the limits of the mainstream theory of markets and rational expectations, but has also generated a great... more...
Flexibility, Foresight and Fortuna in Taiwan's Development
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00Using the developmental history of Taiwan as a starting point, Flexibility, Foresight and Fortuna critically examines several prevalent formulations of domestic development and international economy. The authors examine Taiwan's policy performance from, in turn, the developmental, the dependency, the statist, and the trade-off perspectives on political... more...
Institutional Barriers to Economic Development
Routledge 1997; US$ 200.00This book covers key issues including financial markets, labour markets, competition and intervention, social security, property rights to provide a wide-ranging and invaluable study of economic development in transitional economies. more...
Thai Economy
RoutledgeCurzon 1998; US$ 210.00This volume looks at the origins and consequences of the accelerated growth of the Thai economy since the mid-1980s, and explores the factors that set Thailand apart from other Asian, African and Latin American countries. more...









