Product Description: Issues relating to employment and labour have once again come to the fore of global policy debates in the wake of the widespread unemployment that has accompanied the current financial crisis. In the developing world, there is a growing realization that productive employment promotion and social protection have to be at the core of inclusive growth and development...read more

Product Description: `The main lesson from the Iraq experience so far has been the enormous costs of military intervention. The effects of a doctrine of interventionism on both the target country and the international political environment in general are profound and far-reaching...read more

Product Description: Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific illustrates contested perspectives on globalization represented by the diverse experiences of selected economies within the Asia-Pacific region, namely Australia, China, India and Sri Lanka as case studies...read more

Product Description: As Southeast and Northeast Asia recover from the Asian crisis and return to a state of growth, the authors of this book assess the lessons to be learned from the crisis to achieve sustainable development in the future. While the importance of each factor contributing to the crisis varies from country to country, their collective experience has created unprecedented turmoil in current thinking on development policy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Within the broad context of development studies, this enlightening book critically evaluates the current orthodoxy, in light of the Asian crisis, and traces the debates among East Asian political economists. It is a valuable resource for all students and scholars of East Asian economics and politics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This directory provides information on research interests of the most eminent economists and consultants engaged in international business education and research. The main listing in the book is alphabetical by name and the information is indexed for ease of reference...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This path-breaking book presents new work by leading international scholars on the achievements and challenges facing international business in the 21st century.It considers key up-to-date developments in both the theory and practice of international business...read more

Product Description: Islam and Chowdbury provide an overview of the major economic issues in the Asia Pacific region, as well as individual country case studies. The book is divided into 2 parts: Part I offers new insights into the core issues, the topics discussed include:* macroeconomic management* financial systems and domestic resources* growth, poverty and income distribution* third wave democratizationPart II provides case histories of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The phenomenal success of the East Asian Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs) of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore is now well-known and documented. Their success has been discussed to such an extent that it has become entrenched as part of the folklore of development economics...read more