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.
Building Businesses in Emerging and Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Elie Virgile Chrysostome, Rick Molz
August 14, 2018
This book focuses on the challenges and opportunities facing companies in emerging and developing countries. China and India have become the primary business destination for many global companies that are looking for market opportunities and low costs of production, whilst Morocco, Dubai, Brazil, ...
The African Manufacturing Firm: An Analysis Based on Firm Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
1st Edition
By Ata Mazaheri, Dipak Mazumdar
August 10, 2018
The African manufacturing sector continues to face many problems as it struggles to progress from its presently underdeveloped state. If the countries that make up Africa are ever to raise the living standards of the vast majority of its population to a more acceptable level, then the economic ...
State-Business Relations and Economic Development in Africa and India
1st Edition
Edited
By Kunal Sen
June 16, 2017
When the state and business interact effectively they can promote a more efficient allocation of scarce resources, appropriate industrial policy and a more effective and prioritised removal of key obstacles to growth, than when the two sides fail to co-operate or engage in harmful collusion. This ...
Public-Private Partnerships in Health Care in India: Lessons for developing countries
1st Edition
By A. Venkat Raman, James Warner Björkman
May 18, 2017
Public-private partnerships are increasingly advocated to alleviate deficiencies in the public health system as well as to reduce economic stress on those who seek services from an expensive, burgeoning and unregulated private health sector. Focusing on India, this book examines how the private ...
The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty: Pressing Need, Manageable Cost, Practical Possibilities, Favourable Spillovers
1st Edition
By Anthony Clunies-Ross, Mozammel Huq
December 08, 2016
The book is concerned with strategy and tactics for directing that small slice of world income into filling the gap. This must be done country by country, on the initiative of each country’s government: with the maximum involvement of its own civil society, and with the rich world also making a ...
Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development: Contrasting Theories and Realities
1st Edition
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By A.H.J. Helmsing, Sietze Vellema
December 08, 2016
Lead firms, development organisations, donors and governments view value chains and voluntary standards as vital instruments for achieving millennium development goals through trade and market-related interventions. The precise foundations for these development strategies, which suggest positive ...
Trade Infrastructure and Economic Development
1st Edition
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By David Olusanya Ajakaiye, T. Ademola Oyejide
December 05, 2016
There is growing consensus in the literature that trade and trade policy matter for a pro-poor growth and development strategy. Therefore, policies that are consistent with this strategy feature increasingly in many African countries where poverty is endemic and rapid and where sustainable economic...
Rural Poverty and Income Dynamics in Asia and Africa
1st Edition
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By Keijiro Otsuka, Jonna P. Estudillo, Yasuyuki Sawada
November 18, 2016
Although there is much interest in poverty reduction, there are few agreed upon strategies to effectively reduce poverty. In this new book, the editors have gathered together various evidences on poverty dynamics, based on panel data from the last few decades in the Philippines, Thailand, ...
Financial Cooperatives and Local Development
1st Edition
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By Silvio Goglio, Yiorgos Alexopoulos
November 10, 2016
This 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 ...
Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Howard Stein, Amal Fadlalla
November 08, 2016
The concept of security has often narrowly focused on issues surrounding the protection of national borders from outside threats. However, a richer idea of human security has become increasingly important in the past decade or so. The aim is to incorporate various dimensions of the downside risks ...
Essays on Balance of Payments Constrained Growth: Theory and Evidence
1st Edition
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By J.S.L. McCombie, A.P. Thirlwall
December 17, 2015
There are many theories concerning the relationship between the pace of development and economic growth in different countries. This impressive collection explores the relationship between a country's balance of payments and their rate of economic growth. The evidence and ramifications within the ...
The Macroeconomics of Monetary Union: An Analysis of the CFA Franc Zone
1st Edition
By David Fielding
September 08, 2015
This book applies contemporary macroeconomic theory and econometric modelling techniques in order to address policy issues relating to the CFA Franc Zone, a group of francophone African Countries sharing a common currency that is linked to the French Franc / Euro. Within this methodological ...