Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Development Economics

With contributions from leading experts in the field, this work explores a variety of questions about membership based organizations of the poor. Analyzing their success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and developing countries.

How would Palestine organise itself as a state economically? A respected, international group of academics have come together under the editorship of Cobham and Kanafani to analyze and attempt to answer this difficult question.

This book is the product of research undertaken at the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the lessons that the continent of Africa can draw from the role of the state in Asia's rapid economic development in the last 50 years. The book also provides insight into the learning experiences of Asia, in addressing key national policy challenges.

Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic laws. This book brings together contributors to explore and analyze the issue of gendered access to justice, poverty and disempowerment across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Now available in paperback, this important collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries themselves. The book examines both macroeconomic and microeconomic phenomena and contains wide range of case studies.

Unique in its depth this book assesses the postures of the new consensus topic by topic, whilst posing strong alternatives. It will improve and stimulate understanding of one of the most important issues in international economics.

This book addresses the multifaceted problems arising from high energy demand. It highlights the need for a multi-dimensional analysis of the relationship between energy and other sectors is needed while providing constructive policy recommendations.

This brand new collection of articles looks at both traditional concerns in economic development such as aid, debt and the role of the IMF, but also at gender, brain drain, military expenditure and postcolonial theory.

Examines the impact of international debt relief efforts since 1990. This book assesses whether the various debt relief modalities have enhanced economic growth in eight indebted countries in Latin America and Africa. It includes eight country studies, a literature survey, econometric study and a study of the debt relief policies.

Presents an alternative set of inter-related, interdisciplinary perspectives and debates which contribute to overlapping genres and discourses on development economics and trade relations between the EU and Africa.

What can we do to unlock the unrealised potential of the hundreds of millions of rural poor and landless workers? This title presents a collection of essays that focus on the mixed role of government and the institutionally regulated market in tackling rural poverty and land distribution inequality.

Although there is much interest in poverty reduction, there are few agreed upon strategies to effectively reduce poverty. This book presents various evidences on poverty dynamics, based on panel data in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and Tamil Nadu in India, compared with data from sub-Saharan Africa.

Discusses the role of welfare reforms, international aid and European integration in the countries of the Western Balkans. This book acknowledges that the main problems have been among a group of late reformers including two international protectorates where aid dependence has held back progress with institutional reforms.

Focusing on India, this book examines how the private sector in developing countries is tapped to deliver health care services to poor and under-served sections of society through collaborative arrangements with the government.

It is widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This volume brings together an eminent group of international scholars to analyse the extent and complex nature of this joblessness, and offer a set of evidence-based policy choices that could contribute to solving the problem in the short- and long-run.

Looks at the links between the formal and informal labor market in developing and transition economies, working towards an accurate understanding of labour markets and analyzing alternative policy proposals.

Examines rural poverty in Bangladesh. Based on detailed empirical research and surveys of households in Bangladesh, this book provides a portrait of the everyday situations faced by the rural poor in Bangladesh, covering various aspects of household behaviour including health, nutrition, housing conditions, and household asset and liabilities.

International NGOs are increasingly important players within the aid architecture but their geographic choices remain uncharted territory. This book focuses on patterns of development assistance, mapping, while analysing and assessing the country choices of the largest international NGOs.

What happens to savings, investment, income and growth if governments allow interest rates to be determined by market forces? This is the first book to answer this by examining financial deregulation in a coherent and complete manner.

This impressive collection explores the relationship between a country's balance of payments and their rate of economic growth.

Examining institutions, this book provides a survey of the inter-relationship between trade-induced economic growth and the environment and its impact on the global quest for sustainable development. It covers contemporary developments on both a global and regional level and examines the United Nation's approach to sustainable development.

Looking at the way the nature of famine is changing in the face of globalization and shifting geo-political forces, this book includes analysis of food scarcity in North Korea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Malawi and less well known cases in Madagascar, Iraq and Bosnia. It is useful for those in the fields of development studies and political economics.

The new economy is characterized in the developing world by open capital markets and coordinated international regulation

This brand new collection of articles looks at both traditional concerns in economic development such as aid, debt and the role of the IMF, but also at gender, brain drain, military expenditure and postcolonial theory.

Drawing on a unique set of surveys conducted in twelve countries in Africa and Latin America the author maps the patterns of change in micro and small enterprises in the developing world.

A critical issue in law reform is why so many law reform projects in developing economies are regarded by their sponsors and recipients as unsuccessful. This book looks at law reform projects in post-socialist and post-authoritarian states in Asia, identifies common problems, and, proposes analytical frameworks for understanding these problems.

Microfinance has become an important component of development, poverty reduction and economic regeneration strategy around the world. This book explores topics such as: microfinance and poverty reduction; microfinance, gender and social development; microinsurance; and, regulating and supervising microfinance institutions.

This work brings together in a coherent framework analysis of monetary policy. It examines the relationship between money, credit, the balance of payments, inflation and the exchange rate system reflecting and theorizing on market fluctuations.

Originally published in French and updated here for the first time in English, the book emphasises three main innovations brought about by the fight against poverty by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.