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Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction

Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb (ed.); Mavrotas, George (ed.) - 2008

development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is an important companion for …

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Social Security, the Economy and Development

Midgley, James (ed.); Tang, Kwong-Leung (ed.) - 2008

This book explores the complex relationship between social security and economic development, arguing that social … security contributes positively to economic development by promoting social investments that not only foster economic growth … comprehensive analysis of country experiences, demonstrates that the relationship between social security and economic development …

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Globalization and the Poor in Asia : Can Shared Growth Be Sustained?

Nissanke, Machiko (ed.); Thorbecke, Erik (ed.) - 2008

Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the book seeks to find ways to rediscover and...

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Multinationals and Foreign Investment in Economic Development

Graham, Edward M. (ed.) - 2005

During the past twenty or so years, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased at rates approaching the astounding, especially so during the 1990s. While much of the increase was due to unprecedented cross-border mergers and acquisitions among high-income countries, the amount of FDI...

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In Defence of Labour Market Institutions : Cultivating Justice in the Developing World

Berg, Janine (ed.); Kucera, David (ed.) - 2008

Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this book reaffirms the importance of labour...

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Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure

Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb (ed.); Acharya, Shabd S. (ed.); … - 2007

This volume discusses the significance of human rights approaches to food and the way it relates to gender considerations, addressing links between hunger and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, agricultural productivity and the environment

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Macroeconomic Volatility, Institutions and Financial Architectures : The Developing World Experience

Fanelli, José María (ed.) - 2008

implications for building development-friendly domestic and international financial architectures …

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Development Finance in the Global Economy : The Road Ahead

Addison, Tony (ed.); Mavrotas, George (ed.) - 2008

A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre...

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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

McGillivray, Mark (ed.) - 2008

This book provides analytical insights into if and how the targets adopted by the international community are likely to be achieved. A key feature of the analysis is the recognition that most of the MDG targets are endogenously related. These inter-dependencies are crucial not only in analysing...

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Advancing Development : Core Themes in Global Economics

Mavrotas, George (ed.); Shorrocks, Anthony (ed.) - 2007

This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As … well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks … forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals …

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