Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The emergence of the Washington Consensus in Latin America: Theoretical foundations and challenges -- From the import substitution...

Structural transformation and employment -- Conceptualizing the goal of full employment and the SDG framework -- Labour market outcomes and inclusive development -- Economic fluctuations and vulnerability of labour markets -- Has employment intensive growth become history? -- Globalization of...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- About the author -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Rent management as development -- 1.1 Economic development in transitional economies -- 1.2...

"A long road to substantive levels of industrialization still lies ahead of most African countries. The challenges facing policy-makers, industrialists, industrial development activist and all other actors in these countries are enormous. This raises the question as to, what role the...

Including in-depth contributions by eminent economists and social scientists, Asian Transformations examines the phenomenal changes transforming economies in this continent and shifting the balance of economic power in the world, while reflecting on the future prospects in Asia over the next...