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  • Taxation and Economic Development

    by John Toye ...
    First published in 1978. The tax system is one of the instruments said to be available to translate development policy objectives into practice. The wide-ranging papers collected together in this volume, first published in 1978, explore different aspects of the link between national development objectives and the tax system. Attention is particularly focused on traditional aims such as growth, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Aid and Power - Vol 1

    The World Bank and Policy Based Lending

    by Jane Harrigan, Paul Mosley, John Toye ...
    When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the most significant and influential contributions to that debate. This edition has been revised to take account of changes within the World Bank itself and the extension of policy based lending to the formerly socialist ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change

    by John Toye ...
    Series series
    Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change explores how economic socio-cultural and political aspects of human progress have been studied since the time of Adam Smith. Surveying narratives of how development occurs, from early evolutionary models to recent types of development theory, it outlines the main long ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Understanding Poverty and Well-Being

    Bridging the Disciplines

    Edited by David Hulme, John Toye ...
    Written by a multi-disciplinary team of contributors, this collection explores the different dimensions of well being, poverty and inequality.A person’s sense of well being is compounded of many elements including economic, political and social psychology. Poverty and inequality are aspects of a lack of well being in multiple dimensions and, this texts argues, development should be considered a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Trade and Poor Economies

    by John Toye ...
    First Published in 1979. Development economists, when they discuss the role played by international trade in a country’s economic development, tend to tell one of three types of story. The first shows how the welfare of both (and by easy extension, all) countries which engage in trade is increased, even when one country is absolutely very rich and the other is absolutely very poor. The second, is ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Does Aid Work in India?

    A Country Study of the Impact of Official Development Assistance

    by Michael Lipton, John Toye ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    Much about India's economy and aid flows has changed in the last two decades. India's growth rate has quickened since economic liberalisation, the poverty head count has fallen and the volume and composition of its aid have changed as new issues of climate change and the environment have emerged..Yet Does Aid Work in India?, first published in 1990, remains of great interest as a study of aid ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    Liberalism, Boom and Bust

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    In 2008 Ireland experienced one of the most dramatic economic crises of any economy in the world. It remains at the heart of the international crisis, sitting uneasily between the US and European economies. Not long ago, however, Ireland was celebrated as an example of successful market-led globalisation and economic growth. How can we explain the Irish crisis? What does it tell us about the ... Read more

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  • The Global Financial Crisis and Austerity

    A Basic Introduction

    by David Clark ...
    Given the huge impact of the 2008 financial crash and post-crash austerity on so many people’s lives, there is a need for a concise, accessible guide to its causes and its longer-term significance. Written by an expert in political science and straddling finance, economics and political science, this entry-level summary demystifies global finance and puts the financial crisis in its historical ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The housing debate

    by Stuart Lowe ...
    Series series Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
    The emergence of Britain as a fully fledged home-owning society at the end of the 20th century has major implications for how houses are used not just as a home but as an asset. The key debate in this important and timely book is whether social policy and people's homes should be so closely connected, especially when housing markets are so volatile. It will be essential reading for all students ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Money in a Free Society

    Keynes, Friedman, and the New Crisis in Capitalism

    by Tim Congdon ...
    In the 15 years to mid-2007 the world economy enjoyed unparalleled stability (the so-called Great Moderation”), with steady growth and low inflation. But the period since mid-2007 (the Great Recession”) has seen the worst macroeconomic turmoil since the 1930s. A dramatic plunge in trade, output and employment in late 2008 and 2009 has been followed by an unconvincing recovery. How is the lurch ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Taxation and Economic Development (Routledge Revivals)

    Twelve Critical Studies

    by John F. J. Toye ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The tax system is one of the instruments said to be available to translate development policy objectives into practice. The wide-ranging papers collected together in this volume, first published in 1978, explore different aspects of the link between national development objectives and the tax system. Attention is particularly focused on traditional aims such as growth, fair distribution and ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • World Bank Financing of Education

    Lending, Learning and Development

    by Phillip W. Jones ...
    Based on detailed analysis of thousands of confidential World Bank documents, this book demonstrates that the World Bank lies at the centre of the major changes in global education of our time. It outlines the evolution of World Bank lending policies in education, and assesses the policy impact of the Bank's educational projects, looking at how it has:shaped the economic and social policies of ... Read more

    $76.99 USD