Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
About the Book Series
In an increasingly interdependent world, many of the most important issues are driven by economic forces. This series applies newly developed economic techniques to some of the most pressing contemporary problems. The aim of the series is to demonstrate the relevance of modern economic theory to the modern world economy, and to provide key reading for researchers and policy-makers.
Designing Integrated Industrial Policies Volume II: For Inclusive Development in Africa and Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Shigeru Thomas Otsubo, Christian Samen Otchia
May 30, 2022
Very little has been written on industrialization and deindustrialization in Asia and Africa. This reference work sheds illuminating light upon the industrial development in Asia and Africa. It also provides an in-depth look into China’s engagement and migrant labour in Africa. The book also ...
Regionalism in Latin America: Agents, Systems and Resilience
1st Edition
Edited
By JOSÉ BRICEÑO-RUIZ, Andres Rivarola Puntigliano
May 30, 2022
This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the political economy of regionalism in Latin America. It identifies convergent forces which have existed in the region since its very conception and analyses these dynamics in their different historical, geographic and structural contexts. Particular ...
The Economic Development of Bangladesh in the Asian Century: Prospects and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Quamrul Alam, Atiur Rahman, Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam
May 30, 2022
This book explains the macro-drivers of growth behind the economic development of Bangladesh. Few countries in the developing world have shown as exciting a promise of economic prosperity as Bangladesh. The promising nature of the Bangladeshi economy raises interesting questions pertaining to ...
Economic Growth, Inequality and Crony Capitalism: The Case of Brazil
1st Edition
By Danilo Rocha Limoeiro
May 06, 2022
Researchers in international development have long argued that the high costs of doing business harms prosperity in developing countries, a claim that invites the question of why governments impose these costs and why societies fail to enact reforms reducing them. This book seeks to answer the ...
Emerging Bond Markets: Shedding Light on Trends and Patterns
1st Edition
By Tamara Teplova, Tatiana V. Sokolova, Qaiser Munir
April 29, 2022
The bond market is a key securities market and emerging economies present exciting, new investment opportunities. This timely book provides insights into these emerging bond markets through empirical models and analytical databases, i.e. Bloomberg, Eikon Refinitiv and the Russian Cbonds. The book ...
China and Japan in the Global Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Tomoo Kikuchi, Masaya Sakuragawa
December 18, 2020
This book discusses the necessity for cooperation between China and Japan to provide international public goods to Asia. It provides insight into how China and Japan can redesign the process of economic integration and security architecture to ensure peace and prosperity in Asia, and how China...
Credit Default Swap Markets in the Global Economy: An Empirical Analysis
1st Edition
By Go Tamakoshi, Shigeyuki Hamori
December 18, 2020
This book provides a comprehensive overview for various segments of the global credit default swap (CDS) markets, touching upon how they were affected by the recent financial turmoil. The book uses empirical analysis on credit default swap markets, applying advanced econometric methodologies ...
Exports, Trade Policy and Economic Growth in Eras of Globalization
1st Edition
By Edward M. Feasel
December 18, 2020
This book provides an excellent resource for understanding the forces in international trade liberalization over two centuries that have brought us to this point, where the successes, setbacks and the countervailing forces now vie for the public's mind and support: the outcome of which will ...
Human Services and Long-term Care: A Market Model
1st Edition
By Yoshihiko Kadoya
December 18, 2020
Providing human service through markets is inherently problematic. Quality care is critical and unsatisfactory human service greatly influences people’s quality of life. Yet, profit for human service providers is essential for sustainable service provision. This book focuses on striking a balance ...
Regional Government Competition
1st Edition
By Yunxian Chen, Gu Wenjing
December 18, 2020
This monograph provides a coherent and systematic explanation of China’s regional economic development from the perspective of regional government competition. It gives an almost unknown exposition of the mechanisms of China's regional economic development, with numerous supporting cases drawn from...
Human Evolution, Economic Progress and Evolutionary Failure
1st Edition
By Bhanoji Rao
January 23, 2019
This monograph is an innovative endeavour in many ways. First, it brings to the fore the synergy between human evolution and economic and social progress. Second, it acknowledges the critical contributions from the routine adherence to contextual truth and contextual non-violence of humanity at ...
Measuring National Income in the Centrally Planned Economies: Why the West Underestimated the Transition to Capitalism
1st Edition
By William Jefferies
September 10, 2018
In 1991 "Communism" collapsed. The cold war was over and the West had won. Whole cities, Moscow, St Petersburg, Warsaw, Beijing, Budapest and Bucharest, whole countries indeed, were privatised for nothing or next to nothing. This was probably the greatest expansion of the world market in history. ...