In this study of the Comparative Political Economy of East and South Asia, the author adopts an interdisciplinary perspective on Third World development, thus recognising the importance of the interrelationships between the economy and the society and emphasising the need to direct attention to...

International Insurance Markets: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies—An Introduction -- The United States Insurance Market: Characteristics and Trends -- The Japanese Insurance Market and Companies: Recent Trends -- The UK Insurance Industry—Structure and Performance -- The...

The author examines policies to reduce the size distribution of family income in several countries of East, Southeast and South Asia with special reference to rural development policies, industrial development policies, educational policies, population policies and welfare policies. He also...

Nature of labor supply from South and East Asia; the case of Pakistan and the case of Korea; domestic policies/programs which encourage labor exports from South and East Asian countries to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; incentives/disincentives in the MENA countries which affect...

A broad consensus exists that carbon pricing is key for cost-effective emission reductions and that it must play a major role in driving the transition to a climate-neutral economy. However, despite significant progress in wider climate policy uptake in recent years, the vast majority of...