Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the...

While South Asia's economic reform initiatives of the last two decades were often born in crisis, this alone does not account for their occurrence. This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The emergence of the Washington Consensus in Latin America: Theoretical foundations and challenges -- From the import substitution...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Macroeconomic Transformations and Future Business Opportunities...

In this in-depth overview of Australia's economy, Michael Enright and Richard Petty - leading scholars on international competition-look at the data behind the news reports to offer a complete view of Australia's stable and wealthy economy. The book compares Australia with other similarly sized...

The world economic landscape has experienced seismic changes in the fifteen years after restoration of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China. Fortunately the Hong Kong economy has remained steadfast and is still making progress, but public confidence in the governance of the SAR...

Cover -- The Modern Caribbean Economy, Volume II: Economic Development and Public Policy Challenges -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Public Policy and Economic Growth: Some Insights into the Caribbean Experience: Ramesh Ramsaran -- CHAPTER 2: Towards an Alternative...

Cover -- The Modern Caribbean Economy, Volume I: Alternative Perspectives and Policy Implications -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: The Contribution of Canadian Economic Thought to Caribbean Political Economy: A Preliminary Investigation: Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi --...

The Evolution of the Trade Regime offers a comprehensive political-economic history of the development of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO). While other books confine themselves to...