Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of the growth economies of Asia.
Intellectual Property and the New Global Japanese Economy
1st Edition
By Ruth Taplin
July 12, 2016
The Japanese economy is the second largest in the world and is becoming once more one of the most competitive. Despite the stagnation and deflation experienced during the 1990s, Japan has progressively become more aware of the need to be a global player, in particular under the radical ...
Economic Cooperation between Singapore and India: An Alliance in the Making?
1st Edition
By Faizal bin Yahya
July 08, 2016
Asian interregional economic cooperation has assumed greater prominence with the rise of Asia’s two giant economies of China and India. The economic liberalization of China’s economy in 1979, followed by India in 1991, signalled the presence of business opportunities to foreign investors - ...
Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development
1st Edition
By John Connell
June 14, 2016
Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include: * rapid economic growth and political conflict * civil war on the island of Bougainville * population growth and urbanisation * mining: gold, copper ...
Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000
1st Edition
Edited
By Heita Kawakatsu, A. J. H. Latham
May 04, 2016
First Published in 2004. This volume showcases the latest research by a team of international scholars into the economic development of the Asia Pacific region. A geographically and historically diverse range of case studies cover the spectrum of Asian economic activity, from finance to trade and ...
Intellectual Property Valuation and Innovation: Towards global harmonisation
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruth Taplin
March 03, 2016
With the recent global economic crisis, attitudes and practices in relation to intellectual property valuation are changing as exemplified by the dichotomy explained in this book, which makes it unique. While there has been a move towards global harmonisation in terms of valuation of both tangible ...
The Future of Asian Trade and Growth: Economic Development with the Emergence of China
1st Edition
Edited
By Linda Yueh
February 29, 2016
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of current trends of trade and economic growth in Asia, assessing how they are likely to develop in the future. It examines the evolving patterns of Asian economic development with the emergence of China, including since China’s accession to the World ...
Economic Development and Inequality in China: The Case of Guangdong
1st Edition
By Hong Yu
January 20, 2016
The conventional belief that all regions have equally benefited from China’s remarkable development over the last three decades is subjected to criticism in this book as Hong Yu systematically analyses the issue of regional inequality during the post-1978 period using the case of Guangdong. ...
Trade Liberalisation and Regional Disparity in Pakistan
1st Edition
By Muhammad Shoaib Butt, Jayatilleke S. Bandara
November 24, 2015
Pakistan’s military, which has directly controlled the country’s affairs for more than half of its post-independence history and which often retained real political power even during periods of democratic rule, has played a significant role in trade liberalisation. Regional disparities have ...
Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By John Benson, Howard Gospel, Ying Zhu
October 16, 2015
Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Over this period the inflow of foreign capital into the region, the level of trade amongst these countries, and trade with other parts of the ...
Pro-poor Growth and Liberalization in Developing Economies: The Case of Nepal
1st Edition
By Sanjaya Acharya
July 22, 2015
By looking at the link between trade liberalization and pro-poor growth in Nepal, this book explores how a developing and transition economy can attain higher and pro-poor growth along with the ongoing trend of globalization. The author develops a social accounting database for Nepal and applies it...
Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Prema-chandra Athukorala, Jayatilleke S. Bandara, Saman Kelegama
July 22, 2015
The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has arguably been one of the most debated topics in development policy debate. Existing studies on the subject have primarily used multi-country cross-sectional data, and there is a growing concern about the limitations of this approach in providing...
Economic Reform Processes in South Asia: Toward Policy Efficiency
1st Edition
Edited
By Philippa Dee
July 16, 2015
While South Asia’s economic reform initiatives of the last two decades were often born in crisis, this alone does not account for their occurrence. This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia can ...