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The book should prove useful to those considering business in developing countries and to scholars studying economic development and international business and finance.

Written without an extensive use of sophisticated models and jargon, the book is accessible to both academic and nonacademic readers.

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As it emerges as a mass consumer market and an extended, low-cost manufacturing centre, India has problems that pose difficulties for offshore investors. This work examines Indian business thinking and its relationship to Indian life - for those who want to be part of India's future.

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Placing the controversial globalization process in historical context, DeWitt brings this increasingly important topic to life through the experiences of the two most populous states of the Western HemisphereBrazil and the United States.

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The past ten years for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries have registered an extreme deterioration in at least one measure of social and economic welfare: earnings inequality, unemployment, and poverty.

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This study considers the forces behind the East Asian growth miracle, the process of growth, the effect of saving, and the effect of foreign direct investment and multinationals. The authors conclude that rapid growth may resume in East Asia once the crisis of 1997 has been resolved.

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According to the Marxist interpretation still dominant in Japanese studies, the last century and a half of the Tokugawa period was a time of economic and demographic stagnation. Professors Hanley and Yamamura argue that a more satisfactory explanation can be provided within the framework of modem economic theory, and they advance and test three imp

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Why do some governments respond promptly to signs of economic trouble, while others muddle indecisively for years In this volume, a number of eminent contributors analyze the politics of adjustment in 13 countries and 19 governments, drawing comparisons across the full set of cases and within clusters selected to clarify specific issues.

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The fourth volume in the Handbook of Comparative Economic Policies, this book provides an overview of the development problems and experiences of developing countries.

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The book seeks to determine why CARICOM nations, despite their incorporation into the international economy for almost four hundred years, have experienced little meaningful economic transformation.

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The book seeks to determine why CARICOM nations, despite their incorporation into the international economy for almost four hundred years, have experienced little meaningful economic transformation.

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This unique book provides comparative economic studies of Taiwan and Korea, and compares them mostly with Japan and the United States. Addtionally, this studyfinds that, in terms of the real GDP per capita in PPP, these East Asian countries are still emerging in the world economy.

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This revised edition examines economic development programmes in the light of economic changes of the past decade. It discusses the role of the state, inter-municipal competition, foreign investment and federal funds and includes a generic PC-based fiscal impact model.

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This revised edition examines economic development programmes in the light of economic changes of the past decade. It discusses the role of the state, inter-municipal competition, foreign investment and federal funds and includes a generic PC-based fiscal impact model.

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How and why democratic governments in Latin America have implemented neoliberal developmental policies such as freeing exchange rates, privatizing state-owned companies, reducing governmental budget deficits through reduction in size of the government, reducing tariffs, and encouraging foreign private investments is discussed in this work.

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Addressing issues of poverty and underdevelopment, this work examines why these problems arise, and how they can be approached and prevented. It aims to bridge the gap between neoclassical models of growth and development and the modern structuralist approaches to the study of economic development.

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This work considers the status of women in the economies of countries at various stages of development.

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Takes the readers into the secretive, chaotic, and brutal worlds inhabited by the economic gangsters. This title uses economics to get inside the heads of these 'gangsters', and proposes solutions that can make a difference to the world's poor. It looks at how economists use the tools to understand, and fight back against, corruption and violence.

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Although not previously well documented, many instances of regional economic integration occur among Third World countries.

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The rapid development of Asian countries has met with mixed reactions among economists. In Eastern Asia, regional interdependence has been important to developing countries. This work discusses the interaction between the regional economies through trade and foreign direct investment, relating interaction to economic growth and development.

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This second volume in the Consortium on Human Rights Development's special studies on adjustment programs in Africa combines theory with empirical evidence and economic with political analysis to provide the most comprehensive multi-disciplinary coverage to date on IMF and World Bank adjustment programs in Africa.

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Reflects on the association between economic liberalization policies and labor markets in a host of developing and transition economies.