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.
Exploring Civic Innovation for Social and Economic Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Kees Biekart, Wendy Harcourt, Peter Knorringa
December 12, 2019
This edited collection examines the globally rising phenomenon of civic innovation. Combining nuanced theory with rich empirical examples, this book defines the dynamic and complex process of civic innovation as the multiple economic, political and social processes where peoples, organizations, ...
Industrial Innovation, Networks, and Economic Development: Informal Information Sharing in Low-Technology Clusters in India
1st Edition
By Anant Kamath
December 12, 2019
This book offers an innovative examination of how ‘low–technology’ industries operate. Based on extensive fieldwork in India, the book fuses economic and sociological perspectives on information sharing by means of informal interaction in a low-technology cluster in a developing country. In doing ...
Inequality in Economics and Sociology: New Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Gilberto Antonelli, Boike Rehbein
December 12, 2019
Inequality remains one of the most intensely discussed topics on a global level. As well as figuring prominently in economics, it is possibly the most central topic of sociology. Despite this, there has been no book until now that unites approaches from economics and sociology.Organized ...
Institutional Innovation and Change in Value Chain Development: Negotiating tradition, power and fragility in Afghanistan
1st Edition
By Holly A. Ritchie
December 12, 2019
George Bernard Shaw once said that reasonable people adapt themselves to the world but unreasonable people adapt the world to themselves. In a sense, this book explores how these so-called ‘unreasonable people’ may interact to re-fashion the world around them in fragile economic development. ...
International Taxation and the Extractive Industries
1st Edition
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By Philip Daniel, Michael Keen, Artur Świstak, Victor Thuronyi
December 12, 2019
The taxation of extractive industries exploiting oil, gas, or minerals is usually treated as a sovereign, national policy and administration issue. This book offers a uniquely comprehensive overview of the theory and practice involved in designing policies on the international aspects of fiscal ...
Primary Commodities and Economic Development
1st Edition
By Stephan Pfaffenzeller
December 12, 2019
Our post-industrialised global economy has achieved spectacular success and pushed back poverty to an extent previously thought impossible. This success is ultimately based on the continued supply of both renewable and non-renewable resources. Will this supply of primary commodities remain ...
Public Finance and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ethiopia's Reforms
1st Edition
By Stephen Peterson
December 12, 2019
Public finance is crucial to a country’s economic growth, yet successful reform of public finances has been rare. Ethiopia is an example of a country that undertook comprehensive reform of its core financial systems, independent of the IMF and the World Bank, and successfully transformed itself ...
Structural Transformation and Agrarian Change in India
1st Edition
By Goran Djurfeldt, Srilata Sircar
December 12, 2019
The landlord and his emaciated labourer are symbolic of Indian agriculture. However, this relationship has now changed as large landowners have fallen from their superior position. This volume explores how this emblematic pair is becoming a thing of the past. Structural Transformation and Agrarian ...
Sustainable Growth in the African Economy: How Durable is Africa�s Recent Performance?
1st Edition
By Jeffrey James
December 12, 2019
The current growth path in sub-Saharan Africa is not following the Lewis model where labour moves from low-productivity agriculture to higher productivity manufacturing. Instead, it is moving directly to inappropriate (import and labour-saving) methods. This book seeks to show how this distorted ...
The Economics of Natural Resources in Latin America: Taxation and Regulation of the Extractive Industries
1st Edition
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By Osmel E. Manzano M., Fernando Navajas, Andrew Powell
December 12, 2019
Revenues from commodities are extremely important for Latin America and the Caribbean, yet there is very little literature on the structure of these industries and on the various ways in which the state obtains commodity revenues. This book aims to understand the trade-off between the degree of ...
The Theory and Practice of Microcredit
1st Edition
By Wahiduddin Mahmud, S. R. Osmani
December 12, 2019
The remarkable speed at which microcredit has expanded around the world in the last three decades has piqued the curiosity of practitioners and theorists alike. By developing innovative ways of making credit available to the poor, the idea of microcredit has challenged many traditional assumptions ...
Youth and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Working but Poor
1st Edition
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By Hiroyuki Hino, Gustav Ranis
December 12, 2019
It is widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This volume brings together an eminent group of international scholars to analyse the extent and complex nature of this joblessness, and offer a set of evidence-based ...