The performance of Asian and African economies over recent decades has clearly shown that engagement with the global economy can play a key role in advancing development. Researchers and policymakers have paid particular attention to the marked divergence in growth in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. One of the most obvious differences in their performance and economic structure has been …
This contents of this book: 1. Emerging powers: Between BRIC and non-BRIC 2. Pivot state and analytic eclectism 3. Background for the case studies 4. Indonesia as a pivot? An analysis of three case studies
This Book Series is part of a nine-country collaborative research program entitled "Religion, Public Policy and Social Transformation in Southeast Asia”. The three-part Book Series deals with religion and its interface with the state and society in Southeast Asia. It examines the multidimensional facets of politics, public policies and social change in relation to contemporary forms of religi…
This book series deals with religion and its interface with the state and society in Southeast Asia. It examines the multidimensional facets of politics, public policies and social change in relation to contemporary forms of religions, religious communities, thinking, praxis and ethos. All articles in this book series were a direct result of a policy-relevant research collaboration conducted by…
This book tells the story of China's emergence as a major economic power and the huge impact this will have on world business. Over the last five years Peter Nolan has conducted a major investigation into Chinese industry, its economic structure, and the opportunities for growth in the future. As one of just four world experts invited by the Chinese Government to consult on their application to…
A respected international economic advisor and the director of The Earth Institute shares a wide-spectrum theory about how to enable economic success throughout the world, identifying the different categories into which various nations fall in today's economy while posing solutions to top political, environmental, and social problems that contribute to poverty.
This report provides a general introduction to the problems of development as seen by the developing country. It has been produced by the South Commission, which was established in 1987, with Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania as its Chairman and Manmohan Sing as Secretary General. This report is a follow-up to the 1983 Brandt Commission Common North-South Co-operation for World Recovery. …
This study on the impact of import support on food security was conducted in eight developing countries – including Indonesia – that were facing food insecurity and were recipients of subsidized exports and food aid. In Indonesia, the analysis of import flows in comparison with overall production and consumption data led to the selection of the three import substitute commodities, soybean, …
Contents: 1. New rule sets 2. The rise of the "lesser includeds" 3. Disconnectedness defines danger 4. The core and the gap 5. The new ordering principle etc.
This comprehensive history, published jointly by the IMF and Oxford University Press, was written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of international monetary cooperation. From the establishment of the postwar international monetary system in 1944 to how the framework functions in a vastly expanded world economy, historian Harol James describes the tensions, negotiations, challenges, and progress…