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  • The Domestic Savings Shortfall in Sub-Saharan Africa

    What Can Be Done About It?

    Edited by Rose Ngugi, Kunal Sen ...
    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Domestic Savings Shortfall in Sub-Saharan Africa aims to increase knowledge about the key drivers of domestic saving rates in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as well as whether alternative ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • COVID-19 and the Informal Economy

    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. A key challenge for the post-COVID global economy is whether the disproportionate impact of the crisis on informal workers, who form the majority of the world's workforce, will be ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Pathways to Development

    From Politics to Power

    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-BC-ND 4.0 International License. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The puzzle of why some countries are wealthier and more developed than others continues to confound students and practitioners of development alike. Whereas earlier grand ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Varieties of Structural Transformation

    Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences

    by Kunal Sen ...
    Series series Elements in Development Economics
    One of the key features of modern economic growth is the process of structural transformation, which is the movement of workers from agriculture to manufacturing and services. In this study, the author identifies different routes to structural transformation that we see in the developing world. They address the theoretical, empirical and policy implications of the 'varieties of structural ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Tasks, Skills, and Institutions

    The Changing Nature of Work and Inequality

    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The book investigates the trends in earnings inequalities in developing countries to determine the main drivers. Particular attention is paid to extending the most conventional ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • The Job Ladder

    Transforming Informal Work and Livelihoods in Developing Countries

    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Based on studies of a range of countries in the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Developer's Dilemma

    Structural Transformation, Inequality Dynamics, and Inclusive Growth

    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Developing countries seek economic development which is broad-based or inclusive in the sense that it raises the income of all, especially the poor. Yet this is at odds with Simon ... Read more

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  • Social Mobility in Developing Countries

    Concepts, Methods, and Determinants

    Series series WIDER Studies in Development Economics
    Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about rising inequality have engendered a renewed interest in social mobility--especially in the developing ... Read more

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  • Through War, Rebellion and Riot

    Kunal Sen was an Indian Postal Service officer from Bengal who witnessed the Great War at close quarters when stationed in Egypt, the Dardanelles, the Balkans, Mesopotamia, and in Iraq. Through War, Rebellion and Riot details his experience of World War I, the Arab rebellion, and the Bombay riots of 192122. Sen's invaluable first-hand account records little-known aspects of Indian participation in ... Read more

    $9.00 USD

  • International Competitiveness, Investment and Finance

    A Case Study of India

    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Using India as a case study, this well-written, concise book covers everything one needs to know to understand how a country becomes internationally competitive. Showing that reforms that pertain to the real sector alone, such as industrial deregulation and trade reforms, are not enough to enhance a country's competitiveness, this book makes a compelling case for complimentary financial sector ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of India's Growth Episodes

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    ‘This book is different from most other attempts to understand the politics of Indian economic development. Breaking down the last 65+ years of Indian development into several episodes of growth, it provides a rich set of insights into the political economy of the Indian development process and is a valuable addition to the literature.’ –Pranab Bardham, University of California, Berkeley, USA ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Productivity in Indian Manufacturing

    Measurements, Methods and Analysis

    This volume comprehensively captures trends in productivity and its determinants in the post-reform period for Indian manufacturing. It provides an up-to-date survey of different methods employed in measuring productivity and their applications across organized and unorganized sectors, including food, beverages, furniture, gems, chemicals, petroleum and rubber, metals and minerals, paper products, ... Read more

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