Development Economics

Thailand's dynamic economic development has earned it a reputation as the "Fifth Tiger" (following on the heels of the superperforming "Four Tigers" - South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong). This is a study of Thailand's development experience since 1955...

Focusing on the normative side of trade theory with emphasis on the Pareto optimality, this is an invaluable guide for all those interested in the social consequences of international trade and aid...

This title, first published in 1983, considers the Haitian economy, placing it in its historical context, and explores the reasons why it has performed so badly. Mats Lundahl examines agriculture, which has failed to provide an adequate standard of living, analyses the structure of agricultural prod..

This title was first published in 2002. Banking reform lies at the heart of economic reform in China and is central to sustaining the country’s high economic growth. Presenting a wealth of valuable and original data, this timely book explores the existing and potential roles of the financial sector ..

The Institutional Economics of Russia's Transformation..

This title was first published in 2000:  This text examines China’s township and village enterprises from a new angle. An empirically rich study, it provides new insight into China’s institutional transition towards a market system. It explains how a bottom-up endogenous, instead of top-down exogeno..

This volume concentrates on the role of developing nations in the fifty years preceding the first world war. These regions, it argues, were instrumental in the evolution of the world economy. Indeed it could not have evolved in the manner that it did without them...

This book investigates the impact of global goals and quantitative target setting as central instruments for defining global priorities. Building on 11 case studies, this book provides a goal-by-goal analysis by leading specialists of how the MDGs have shifted policy agendas and reshaped concepts. I..

This book investigates the impact of global goals and quantitative target setting as central instruments for defining global priorities. Building on 11 case studies, this book provides a goal-by-goal analysis by leading specialists of how the MDGs have shifted policy agendas and reshaped concepts. I..

This book focuses on the uneasy interaction between a developing country traditional logic and Multinational Enterprise (MNE) economic logic, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America...

This book focuses on the uneasy interaction between a developing country traditional logic and Multinational Enterprise (MNE) economic logic, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America...

Contributors to this volume address the significance of new institutional economics to third world development. It includes articles from Douglas North, political scientist Robert Bates and John Toye...