1. International competition in cotton goods in the late nineteenth century : Britain versus India and East Asia / Heita Kawakatsu -- 2. The international trade in rice and wheat since 1868 : a study in market integration / A.J.H. Latham -- 3. China : a microcosm of the world market for cotton...

This important reader brings together published articles from Palgrave's journal The European Journal of Development Research on the development between China and Africa as well as emerging national economies in the BRICs group. Topics include trade relations, investment in sub-Saharan Africa,...

1. Development banking in the history of economic development -- 2. Development finance and financial development in economic theory and policy: the importance of institutions -- 3. The static perspective: transactions and governance -- 4. The dynamic perspective: habits and cognition -- 5. An...