This anthology aims at identyifying the missing links sustainable development for South Asia, and proposes fillers for these. Questions addressed in this anthology addresss why benefits of globalization have failed to tricle down to the region's vast population, and call for a process o global economic integration that benefits the marginalized.
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Based on methodological individualism and a public-choice approach to social theory, this book provides an analysis of the interdependence of economic development, social order and interstate conflict.
This book describes the strategy and policies that have made Dubai an economic success story in the Middle East. The authors who have travelled and worked extensively throughout the region provide a compelling account of Dubai s unique model of economic development. A revealing and insightful analysis of what organizations can learn from the way Dubai has transformed itself in such a short time…
This book contains about Batam, like Batam is the strategic location, the key international shipping routes, being away for the processing distribution of many commodities important to ASEAN countries, as well as to the Middle East, Japan, Australia and the United States.
The book critically analyzes contested discourses on such topics as regional hydropower development, floods, and irrigation, along with the broader yet interrelated issues of gender, media, dialogue, and impact assessment. The writers explore the interplay of power relationships between state planners, regional institutions, the private sector, and various water users, in particular, politicall…
China constitutes a fifth of the world's population. Over the last twenty years its economy has doubled to make it the fifth largest economy in the world; if the pace is repeated over the next twenty it is set to become second only to the US. The speed of its development is stunning, a combination of cheap labour and commitment to science and technology that has never been matched by a developi…
Often the real questions that arise regarding the role of taxation in financing the economic development of developing countries are often hidden by seemingly technical discussions or simply demagogic statements.
This book analyzes the U.N. system as it functions today, stressing the economic issues that constitute most of the agenda; the New International Economic Order, and the role of transnational corporations, energy, natural resources and the reasonable U.S. initiatives and responses in these areas.
This book analyses the important political issues that dominate the media and demand the attention of political leaders in the modern world. It provides a full and comprehensible account of the most salient political issues in the world today and explains their significance in a way that is accessible to students and non-specialists alike.