This paper is the second paper in a series of papers on Community Economic Development Strategic Framework for Poverty Alleviation in Local Government with particular attention to the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality (RMLM). The objective of this paper is twofold: (i) to examine the rationale...

This edited volume focuses on the attempts of various Caribbean countries to diversify their economies and societies. It is done in the context of political and economic difficulties that these countries have faced since the 2007-2008 economic crash and how successful they have been in moving...

Regional culture and spiritual engine for the economic and social development of Zhejiang province -- The cultural tradition of "striving for practical results" and the Zhejiang's economic and social development -- The cultural tradition of industry and commerce and the economic and social...

"This book looks at agricultural systems and rural economies in Asia through the prism of alternative innovation systems, alternative public policy and institutional changes. The massive shifts within the agricultural economy in Asia, geared towards increasing production, has had a direct effect...

The critical strand of the current sustainability discourse often refers to Karl Polanyi's work "The Great Transformation" (e.g. "World in Transition − A Social Contract for Sustainability", German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), 2011). However, this reference is usually shortened,...

We examine the mechanism by which human capital affects economic growth and convergence, using provincial level panel data from China. We specify alternative measures of human capital and apply them to an enhanced growth model which we estimate parametrically, nonparametrically, and with a...