lower credit risk than conventional banks. In terms of insolvency risk, small Islamic banks also appear more stable …

, and prolongation of the activity of viable firms. This contribution examines the French insolvency law and its …

the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) in this indeterminacy. Mobilising the analytical tools of …

This paper analyses the expansion of China's clothing industry in world textile value chains. Using data from … interviews and observations throughout factory visits in China and other countries we show how private Guangdong entrepreneurs … started China's clothing manufacturing. Lacking experience in consumer markets and designing, original equipment manufacturing …

has accelerated China's urbanisation. Other factors of this massive urbanisation include the improvement of transport … infrastructures and the transformation of China's industries. The reform of the tax system between central and local authorities in … introduces the possible strategies China may adopt for the development of its cities. The objective of these policies will be …

in a village of southwest China. By exploring a panel structure survey data collected in the village, we identify the …

. Finally, our estimates suggest that the external effect of China's renminbi, which has been the focus of the profession thus … far, might be "the tip of the iceberg": the latter two results carry over when China's trade data are excluded from the …

Internal labour migration has become an important part of the process of China's industrialization and urbanisation in … motives of and the constraints to labour mobility in China. Drawing on various empirical investigations at the household level …