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  • Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals

    Edited by Robert Gillanders, Chandan Kumar Jha ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    With a chapter devoted to each of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this edited book explores the evidence that corruption is a strong impediment to achieving the SDGs and that strong anti-corruption policy is essential if any are to be achieved. For some of the goals, there is much existing theory and evidence which will be summarized and made accessible to an ... Read more

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  • The London Consensus

    Economic Principles for the 21st Century

    Edited by Tim Besley, Irene Bucelli, Andrés Velasco ...
    A generation ago, the so-called Washington Consensus laid out a series of dos and don'ts for policymakers around the world. Today, that vision is recognised as having fallen short in a number of ways - particularly in its neglect of the social and institutional factors that are indispensable for achieving sustained growth and for building fairer and more cohesive societies.The immense challenges ... Read more

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  • Beating the Odds

    Jump-Starting Developing Countries

    by Célestin Monga, Justin Yifu Lin ...
    How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds, two of the world's ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Efficiency, Finance, and Varieties of Industrial Policy

    Guiding Resources, Learning, and Technology for Sustained Growth

    Edited by Akbar Noman, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    Industrial policy, once relegated to resource allocation, technological improvements, and the modernization of industries, should be treated as a serious component of sustainability and developmental economics. A rich set of complimentary institutions, shared behavioral norms, and public policies have sustained economic growth from Britain's industrial revolution onwards. This volume revisits the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Gender and Climate Change Financing

    Coming out of the margin

    by Mariama Williams ...
    Series series Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
    This book discusses the state of global climate change policy and the financing of climate resilient public infrastructure. It explains the sources of tensions and conflict between developing and developed countries with regard to global climate protection policies, and highlights the biases and asymmetries that may work against gender equality, women’s empowerment and poverty eradication.Gender ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

    Edited by Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas ...
    Viewed from a global scale, steady progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty-defined by the $1.25-a-day poverty line-over the past three decades. This success has sparked renewed enthusiasm about the possibility of eradicating extreme poverty within a generation. However, progress is expected to become more difficult, and slower, over time. This book will examine three central changes ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation

    Edited by Célestin Monga, Justin Yifu Lin ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation addresses the economics of structural transformation around the world. It deals with major themes, which include history and context, critical issues and concepts, methodological foundations, main theoretical approaches, policy issues, some illuminating country experiences of structural transformation, and important debates on the respective roles ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Hidden Politics in the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    by Adam Sneyd ...
    Series Book 11 - Critical Development Studies
    This book analyzes the politics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conventional wisdom is that efforts to achieve the SDGs, or Global Goals, will contribute to building a more inclusive, sustainable and peaceful world. Adam Sneyd’s analysis counters this orthodox and unduly utopian point of view, uncovering the hidden politics of the SDG project and showing why the SDGs are not an ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The American Political Economy

    Politics, Markets, and Power

    Edited by Jacob S. Hacker, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Paul Pierson, Kathleen Thelen ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest group landscape ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • New Perspectives on Structural Change

    Causes and Consequences of Structural Change in the Global Economy

    Edited by Ludovico Alcorta, Neil Foster-McGregor, Bart Verspagen, Adam Szirmai ...
    New Perspectives on Structural Change is a comprehensive edited volume that outlines both the historical roots and state-of-the-art debates on the role of structural change in the process of economic development, including both orthodox and heterodox perspectives and contributions from prominent scholars in this field. The volume consists of four main sections. The first section covers the ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

  • Introduction to Quality Growth

    Concept, Theoretical Background, Policy and Measurement

    Edited by Koki Hirota ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book presents a new approach to growth amid international efforts toward sustainable development Quality growth considers inclusiveness, resilience to external shocks (natural disasters, infectious diseases, financial crises etc.) and sustainability in terms of climate and environmental change as integral parts of growth, thereby maximizing people’s wellbeing. This approach aims ... Read more

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  • Indonesia

    Enhancing Productivity through Quality Jobs

    Edited by Edimon Ginting, Christopher Manning, Kiyoshi Taniguchi ...
    The book focuses on Indonesia's most pressing labor market challenges and associated policy options to achieve higher and more inclusive economic growth. The challenges consist of creating jobs for and the skills in a youthful and increasingly better educated workforce, and raising the productivity of less-educated workers to meet the demands of the digital age. The book deals with a range of ... Read more

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