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 IMF, World Bank and Policy Reform
1st Edition
Edited
By Alberto Paloni, Maurizio Zanardi
November 12, 2007
The debate on whether or not the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and their intervention strategies are a positive force for change in the developing world continues to rage. Featuring both macroeconomic and microeconomic approaches, this book brings together an international team of ...
Finance and Competitiveness in Developing Countries
1st Edition
Edited
By José María Fanelli, Rohinton Medhora
November 09, 2007
This volume represents a uniquely thorough investigation of trade and financial policy as it impacts upon Third World development. A broad range of international case studies (including Indonesia, Uruguay and Tunisia) offer a wealth of empirical material and statistical information. Thematic ...
Targeting Development: Critical Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals
1st Edition
By Richard Black, Howard White
June 13, 2006
The Millennium Development Goals accepted by the UN in 2000 are, along with the targets set by the OECD in 1996 the subject of this expertly written book. It asks and answers questions such as: Is development achievable in the time frames given? How useful were the goals in the first ...
Information Technology and Development: A New Paradigm for Delivering the Internet to Rural Areas in Developing Countries
1st Edition
By Jeffrey James
September 02, 2004
Attempts to bring the benefits of information technology in the form of the internet to developing countries have, to date, foundered on the belief that this requires the beneficiaries to access the technology directly. As a result, the perceived huge benefits of such an enterprise have often ...
The Pattern of Aid Giving: The Impact of Good Governance on Development Assistance
1st Edition
By Eric Neumayer
July 28, 2003
Practically all donor countries that give aid claim to do so on the basis on the recipient's good governance, but do these claims have a real impact on the allocation of aid? Are democratic, human rights-respecting, countries with low levels of corruption and military expenditures actually likely ...
New International Poverty Reduction Strategies
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean-Pierre Cling, Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud
June 25, 2003
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a joint initiative at the end of 1999, stating that they intended to set the fight against poverty at the heart of their development policies. This book provides the expert, critical analysis of the poverty reduction strategies that ...
Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries
1st Edition
Edited
By Kishor Sharma
May 30, 2003
Asia constitutes a large portion of the world's population and this new book provides a good selection of contributions that cover trade, equity and development in the continent. With contributions from such leading experts as Clem Tisdell, T.N. Srinivasan and Gustav Ranis, the book's chapters ...
Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the Post-Washington Consensus
1st Edition
Edited
By Ben Fine, Costas Lapavitsas, Jonathan Pincus
May 16, 2003
This excellent book, newly available in paperback, addresses the growing dissatisfaction with the neo-liberal post-Washington consensus. The concern of the contributors in writing this collection was that this consensus has established itself as a new orthodoxy, more powerful and widespread than ...
Competitiveness Strategy in Developing Countries: A Manual for Policy Analysis
1st Edition
By Ganeshan Wignaraja
January 17, 2003
Globalization and structural adjustment offer many opportunities for export orientated industrialization in developing economies. As a group, competitiveness in the developing countries has improved, but, while East Asian economies have had rapid export growth and technological upgrades, South ...
Programme Aid and Development: Beyond Conditionality
1st Edition
By Geske Dijkstra, Howard White
December 27, 2002
This important contribution to the literature on development economics analyses the effectiveness of programme aid - i.e. aid that is not given in the form of projects. Using real world examples from countries such as Nicaragua, Tanzania, and Vietnam this book deals with one of the core issues in ...
Labour Relations in Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Alex Fernández Jilberto, Marieke Riethof
October 18, 2002
This timely and well-written collection explores the impact of economic reforms in developing and transitional economies across the world. In a first of its kind, this book examines such issues as:* in-depth, cross-regional analysis of the pressures for global integration* labour costs and their ...
Globalization, Marginalization and Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Mansoob Murshed
October 11, 2002
This excellent new book contains contributions from a number of leading experts and is the result of the UNU/WIDER project on globalization and low-income countries. The discussion focuses in on how to harness globalization for the benefit of present day marginalized countries and enhance their ...