Books in the Routledge Studies in Development Economics series

Treading the unexplored theoretical terrain created by the simultaneous decline of the Washington Consensus and Asian developmentalism, this book analyzes the comparative political economy of East Asia and Latin America.

The book brings together recent analysis of public spending for agricultural growth and rural development in Africa, providing insights on the contributions of different types of public expenditures for poverty, growth and welfare outcomes.

This book considers gender dimensions of a number of issues central to human security and development in Africa, including food security, AIDS, legal rights, violence, conflict resolution, informal work, the environment, and poverty alleviation.The gender focus of this volume points to the importance of power relationships and policy variability underlying human insecurities in the African context. The insights of this book offer the potential for an improved human security framework, one that embraces a more complex and context-specific analysis of the issues of risk and vulnerability, therefore expanding its capacity to safeguard the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations.

This volume is divided into two thematic parts: economic growth (or its absence) in developing countries; and contributions to the debate on the role of the state versus the market. It outlines possible policy prescriptions of relevance both in the North and South.

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 book, based on original empirical research undertaken in Africa and India, addresses what constitutes the effectiveness of state-business relations, what explains their formation and evolution over time and whether effective state-business relations matter for economic performance.

The post-colonial relationship between European and African states is complex. This book examines the unprecendented changes since the oil crisis of the 1970s, using new field work from Zambia as well as existing material.

This book examines the effects of financial liberalization on development, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and includes studies of Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania.

This book considers the nature of change at the World Bank, exploring both the external impetus for change, and the impact of the Bank's internal organization and culture.

Taking in a wide range of international case-studies, this title provides an extensive guide to those countries in a state of economic flux. The author considers issues such as the impact of globalization on transitional countries.

With chapters by leading Mexican economists matched by reactions from European colleagues, this book offers a novel viewpoint on the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) process.

The beginning of the 21st century has been characterized by the expansion of economics, politics and institutional relations. Using international case studies, this book illustrates the answer to the challenge of increasing competition. It introduces the idea of endogenous development, identifying the theoretical roots and defining its features.

This timely and well-written collection explores the impact of economic reforms of economic reforms in developing and transitional economies across the world.

This new book provides a selection of writings that cover trade, equity and development in Asia. Clem Tisdell, T.N. Srinivasan, Gustav Ranis and others write on countries from Pakistan and India to Korea and Indonesia.

Using econometric analysis, this book examines factors that determine patterns of aid giving including aggregate aid flows, aid from multilateral organisations and aid from bilateral donors such as Germany, Japan, the US and Arabia.

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 growth that would result from an enlarged and improved manufacturing sector may hold an important key.The book provides a useful source of greater understanding of African manufacturing firms and the perplexing lack of widespread industrial growth during the post-colonial decades. The comprehensive coverage includes such themes as: *the size and distribution of firms in Africa*entrepreneurship, labour and the regulatory and business environments in Africa*the dynamic problem of growth and investment of firmsAny reader wanting to understand the economic problems of Africa will need to read this book, and any student, academic or policy-maker working in the areas of development and industrial economics will find it to be a most useful guide

Using India as a case study, this well-written, concise book covers everything one needs to understand how a country becomes internationally competitive, and makes a compelling case for complimentary financial sector reforms.

Examines the hurdles and problems that face entrepreneurs and private firms in post-communist nations. The text is an effort in economic analysis and shall be appreciated by all those with an interest in transition economics.

There are many theories concerning the relationship between the pace of development and economic growth in different countries. This collection explores the relationship between a country's balance of payments and their rate of economic growth. The evidence and ramifications should interest economists and policy-makers in developing countries.

Provides a comparative study of the link between globalization, growth and inequality. This book assesses how globalization affects growth, inequality and poverty in developing and transition countries. Paying particular attention to eleven low and middle income countries, it argues that globalization can help reduce poverty and inequity.

An analysis of selectivity policies of bilateral and multilateral aid donors, this book combines a policy-analytical with a quantitative-empirical approach. It describes the policies of aid selectivity adopted by the World Bank. It is useful for students of various sub-fields of development studies and policy analysis.

Comprises of articles which are significant in the analysis of macroeconomic policies in developed and in-transition economies. This book covers topics such as the test of new theories of economic growth and convergence and the use of dynamic and rigorous time-series econometric methods for analysing money demand functions in transition economies.

This revealing book analyzes the different methods employed to manage globalization and development, including contributions from a renowned international team including Barbara Stallings, Alicia Giron and J.C. Ferraz.

This book offers an analysis of the relationship between population and the economy, encompassing a review of the major positions in the academic debate.

This collection from an international set of contributors explores the relationship between migration and inequality in Africa, Asia and Latin America, assessing the impact of migration on structures of caste, gender and class, and offering both empirical evidence and theoretical understandings on the relationship between migration and inequality.

This book identifies the quality of domestic governance as the most important factor determining development outcomes in poor countries, and investigates in a series of case studies how external interventions affect this crucial development constraint.

This book deals with the 'what' and 'how' but primarily with 'why' globalization most often has negative outcomes for developing countries. It breaks new ground in approaching globalization not only as trade commodities, but also as trade in positional goods ('decommodified trade.')