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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “austin strange”
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  • Chinese Global Infrastructure

    by Austin Strange ...
    Series series Elements in Global China
    Infrastructure is at the heart of China's presence in global development and is also central to larger debates about Chinese influence. This Element provides a comprehensive account of major Chinese government-financed infrastructure projects in the Global South since 1949. Using new datasets, it demonstrates that Chinese global infrastructure is distinct in terms of its historical tenacity and ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Banking on Beijing

    The Aims and Impacts of China's Overseas Development Program

    by Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney ...
    China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world, but Beijing has fueled speculation among policymakers, scholars, and journalists by shrouding its grant-giving and lending activities in secrecy. Introducing a systematic and transparent method of tracking Chinese development projects around the world, this book explains Beijing's motives and analyzes the intended and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Conditioning China’s Influence

    Intentionality, Intermediaries, and Institutions

    Edited by Courtney J. Fung, Enze Han, Kai Quek, Austin Strange ...
    Series series Politics and International Relations in Asia
    This edited volume contributes to debates about China’s influence, and explores three specific themes in the context of global China: the effects of (un)intentional influence and influence externalities; the role of intermediaries, the sub-state and non-state actors that are conduits for influence; and the conditioning effects of host country institutions.The work advances conversation of public ... Read more

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  • Poor Numbers

    How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Managing Development

    Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy

    Edited by Junji Nakagawa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Globalization in the 1990s provided both opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. Though for some, it offered the chance to achieve economic growth through active involvement in the integrated and liberalized world economy, it also increased their vulnerability to external shocks and volatility.As a consequence, stakeholders at every level of the development and ... Read more

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  • The System Worked

    How the World Stopped Another Great Depression

    by Daniel W. Drezner ...
    International institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark. In the wake of the 2008 financial crash, Daniel W. Drezner, like so many others, looked at the smoking ruins of the global economy and wondered why ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Equality For Women: Where Do We Stand?

    by Buvinic Mayra; Morrison Andrew R.; Sjoblom Mirja; Ofosu-Amaah A. Waafas ...
    Upon signing the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the international community committed itself to eight development goals with timebound targets and measurable indicators. The third of these eight goals was to "promote gender equality and empower women". The third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) in the Millennium Declaration has spurred national and international efforts to improve women's ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • International Migration, Economic Development & Policy

    by Schiff Maurice; Ozden Caglar ...
    International migration has become a central element of international relations and global integration due to its rapidly increasing economic, social, and cultural impact in both source and destination countries. This book provides new evidence on the impact of migration and remittances on several development indicators, including innovative thinking about the nexus between migration and birth ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • International Migration, Remittances, And The Brain Drain

    by Schiff Maurice; Özden Çaglar ...
    International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Corruption

    Costs and Mitigating Strategies

    by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept., International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. ...
    In an environment in which growth and employment prospects in many countries remain subdued and a number of high-profile corruption cases have fueled moral outrage, and amid a growing consensus that corruption can seriously undermine a country’s ability to deliver inclusive economic growth in a number of different areas, addressing corruption globally—in both developed and developing countries—has ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Poverty in a Rising Africa

    by Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis ...
    Perceptions of Africa have changed dramatically. Viewed as a continent of wars, famines and entrenched poverty in the late 1990s, there is now a focus on "Africa rising" and an "African 21st century." Two decades of unprecedented economic growth in Africa should have brought substantial improvements in well-being. Whether or not they did, remains unclear given the poor quality of the data, the ... Read more

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  • Advances in Geoeconomics

    Edited by J Mark Munoz ...
    Series series Europa Economic Perspectives
    While geopolitics has captured global attention, geoeconomics is the often hidden force that governs countries’ relationships. It is the economic psyche that shapes the new world order. Geoeconomics refers to the intersection of economic factors, relationships and conditions on global events. A country’s political and business alignments have an impact on individuals, companies and on future ... Read more

    $57.99 USD