This study highlights the bidirectional relationship between women’s empowerment and economic development including Bangladesh from South Asia and Vietnam from Southeast Asia. With quantitative analysis, the study investigates the U-shaped hypothesis between Bangladesh and Vietnam and runs the...

This paper examines the transformation and diversification of the rural economy in Asia, focusing on the role and importance of the rural non-farm economy and employment in economic transformation and related diversification of employment and income opportunities for rural communities. Looking...

An interesting area of research has emerged that explores the relationship between foreign aid and corruption in developing countries. Several studies have found that corruption is festered by rent seeking activities in the recipient countries when aid-funded resources are transferred without...

This study investigates the potential trade flows between countries of South, East and South East Asian region as a result of tariff liberalization using the GTAP-model. The study reveals that tariff liberalization has positive effects on all country groupings of South, East and South East Asian...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction Gareth Austin -- 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco -- 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa,...