Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

As globalization continues apace, market segmentations are diminishing, distance is shrinking and the boundaries between nation states are becoming increasingly blurred. This book explores the properties of the world economy, the diverse mechanisms of interdependence, shocks and disturbances, economic processes and structures, and more.

This book provides a systematic analysis of data and case studies in its analysis of the phenomenon of technological diversification.

Dilip Das examines the impact of ever-increasing financial globalization on emerging market economies, both in the former communist countries of eastern Europe and the developing world in general.

This book explains the macro-drivers of growth behind the economic development of Bangladesh. It also looks at the strategic interventions on macro-level, specifically the policy interventions.

This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the political economy of regionalism in Latin America. It identifies convergent forces which have existed in the region since its very conception and analyses these dynamics in their different historical, geographic and structural contexts.

Presents an analysis of development policy, strategy and practice in a variety of countries, with equal weight provided to Asia, Latin America and Africa. This book examines the complex network of connections and the implications for international development policy, strategy and practice. It is suitable for academics and practitioners alike.

This reference work sheds light on the industrial development in Africa. It also provides an in-depth look into Chinäs engagement and migrant labour in Africa. The book also addresses the roles of public-private partnership (PPP) and international development cooperation and how they are fundamental to industrialization in Asia and Africa.

TThis comprehensive reference work gives an overview of the industrial development and current state of industrialization and deindustrialization in Asia, specifically Southeast Asia and China. It introduces typologies of industrial policies and discusses the manufacturing sector and its evolving role in the region.

Explores how production was organized in the context of the economic development of modern Japan.

Examines questions of global imbalances - with a focus on Europe and Asia, demonstrating how Asia has transformed itself, and laying out the challenges ahead in the monetary sphere.

Combining theoretical analysis with insights derived from interactions with trade negotiators, this book analyzes the issues surrounding the creation of 'trade rules', addressing trade topics including the trade and development linkage. It questions the effectiveness of the global trade order in promoting development.

This work assesses both the immediate impact of the GATT and the future of the world trading system. It concludes with an assessment of the long-term possibilities for creating a mutually beneficial world economic system.

As we enter the new century, a common goal has emerged: the removal or liberalization of restrictions on unsocial hours and the variation of working hours. This book draws together an international team to examine the process.

When can a country be said to benefit from free trade? Murray Kemp and his co-workers present the recent progess they have made in tackling this important question.

Bennett combines thematic papers with country case studies to discuss how privatization has led to corruption, a greater concentration of economic power in the hands of elites and higher prices to consumers. In the ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN THE MODERN WORLD ECONOMY series.

This collection examines the complexities involved when international co-ordination and harmonization of competition law and policy are considered.

Examining the behaviour of real interest rates in eleven developed countries, this work sets out to show that generalizations can be hazardous and factors specific to individual countries are still of vital importance.

Bringing together an international team of contributors, this book aims to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programs. The contributors include Stephen Coate, Stephen Morris, Ravi Kanbur and Allen Drazen.

In spite of many years of negotiation on trade liberalization, progress seems to have stalled. This book explores why resistance to further market liberalization seems so strong, when the benefits are seen to outweigh the costs, arguing that in order to understand the slow progress of WTO negotiations, we need to take into consideration the way in which international and domestic aspects of politics and policies have been woven together.

Asking the question of whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is 'integrating' the world economy, this volume consists of an overview of FDI research. It is useful for international and development economists.

Investigates immigration and the contribution immigrant enterprise plays in the economic development of cities, such as London, New York, Paris, and Miami, which appear as the living embodiment of globalization. This book demonstrates that the recognition of diversity is a necessary step to understanding winners and losers in immigrant enterprise.

This is the first inter-regional comparison of the multimedia industry. Analysing fourteen American, European and Asian regions, it examines the emergence of mulitmedia clusters, issues ranging from economic factors to industrial policy.

Labour economics have received less attention in macroeconomics despite the fact that involuntary unemployment is a pressing policy issue. Here the imbalance is redressed by focusing on labour-demand and labour-supply relationships.

This book covers topics that span theory, policy, and history and range over Latin America, Asia as well as OECD countries.

This book consists of a series of in depth case studies of investor-investee relations, based on extensive empirical research and organized around the principal-agent method, which provide valuable insights into modern UK venture capital practice.

Including case studies of Japan, India, Brazil, Malaysia and many other countries this unique book gives an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the unpredictable and rapidly changing world market in rice.

Well-functioning labour markets are a precondition for economic development. Here leading researchers present an overview of labour market workings providing new theoretical and empirical insights.