Routledge Studies in Development Economics
About the Book Series
The last decade has seen dramatic changes in the economic position of developing countries. A minority of middle-income countries, especially in Asia, have fared relatively well. This has led some economists and policy makers to argue that other developing countries need to adopt the same policies of export led growth. However the results of this have been disappointing and many of the world's poorest countries have seen their positions decline in both relative and absolute terms. This series presents accounts of the present position of, and future prospects for, the developing countries.
The Private Sector after Communism: New Entrepreneurial Firms in Transition Economies
1st Edition
By Vladimir Banacek, Mihaly Laki, Jan Winiecki
August 28, 2013
The transformation of state-owned enterprises into privately owned ones is commonly referred to as 'privatization'. Just as important as this process, though sometimes not given the attention it deserves and requires, is the establishment and expansion of new private firms.This book analyzes new ...
Law Reform in Developing and Transitional States
1st Edition
By Tim Lindsey
October 19, 2012
Law reform in developing countries has become an increasingly topical subject in recent years. A critical issue is why so many law reform projects in developing economies are regarded by their sponsors and recipients as unsuccessful. This informative book: examines examples of law ...
Overcoming Inequality in Latin America: Issues and Challenges for the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Ricardo Gottschalk, Patricia Justino
October 19, 2012
Latin America is faced with the challenge of achieving the Millennium Developmental Goal to halve poverty in the region by 2015. Historically, this region has experienced persistently high levels of inequality and poverty, the causes and consequences of which are analytically examined here. ...
The Chronically Poor in Rural Bangladesh: Livelihood Constraints and Capabilities
1st Edition
By Pk. Md. Motiur Rahman, Noriatsu Matsui, Yukio Ikemoto
October 10, 2012
This book examines rural poverty in Bangladesh. Based on detailed empirical research and surveys of households in Bangladesh, it provides an accurate portrait of the everyday situations faced by the rural poor in Bangladesh today, covering all aspects of household behaviour. All of the key issues ...
Beyond Market-Driven Development: Drawing on the Experience of Asia and Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Costas Lapavitsas
September 18, 2012
Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems ‘repressed’ and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East Asia challenged the Washington consensus, offering an alternative development paradigm. However, in the 1990’s, Asian capitalism was disrupted following...
Microfinance: Perils and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Jude L. Fernando
September 18, 2012
Microfinance is defined as the financial services offered to the poor for the purpose of promoting small-scale enterprises, and as such it is one of the most important topics in development studies and a burgeoning area in economics. This volume provides a much-needed historical, political and ...
Development Dilemmas
1st Edition
By Melvin Ayogu, Don Ross
September 10, 2012
It is widely believed that economic development in much of the world is not happening quickly enough. Indeed, the standard of living in some parts of the world has actually been declining. Many experts now doubt that the solution can be purely technical and economic; it must also be political and ...
The Asymmetries of Globalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Pan Yotopoulos, Donato Romano
September 10, 2012
The discourse on globalization has become polarized. Proponents consider globalization as the silver bullet for targeting growth in the world economy and for poor countries specifically, while opponents see it as the poisoned arrow of exploitation and impoverishment of the Third World. Splendidly ...
The Economics of Palestine: Economic Policy and Institutional Reform for a Viable Palestine State
1st Edition
Edited
By David Cobham, Nu'man Kanafani
September 10, 2012
This book aims to set the intense political debates on one side in order to do some serious economic analysis. It assumes that a sovereign independent Palestinian state comes into existence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and proceeds to examine the economic policies and institutional reforms ...
Who Gains from Free Trade: Export-Led Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Rob Vos
July 23, 2012
The issue of the pros and cons of free trade from the point of view of developing countries refuses to dissipate, and in Latin America, the debate rages most fiercely. Argentina is still licking its wounds after a catastrophic past five years, and Brazil and others have hardened their line – even ...
Managing Development: Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Junji Nakagawa
July 11, 2012
Globalization in the 1990s provided both opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. Though for some, it offered the chance to achieve economic growth through active involvement in the integrated and liberalized world economy, it also increased their vulnerability to ...
The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Harriss-White, Judith Heyer
April 30, 2012
This book illustrates the enduring relevance and vitality of the comparative political economy of development approach promoted among others by a group of social scientists in Oxford in the 1980s and 1990s. Contributors demonstrate the viability of this approach as researchers and academics become ...