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This book aims to outline the nature and scale of the capacity building challenges facing countries in the Asia Pacific region. It analyses case studies from selected countries with an emphasis on rural development and programs that enhance opportunity and participation in the economy.

This book examines policies for the development of sustainable, low-carbon economies; the current status and remaining related issues of Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and other East Asian countries. The book also considers how the policies in the countries of this increasingly environmentally and economically interdependent region compare with those of the rest of the world. The book also evaluates the effect that each policy has on the legislating country and on other countries. In addition to quantitative effects, it also considers in detail the qualitative effects of such policies to discern trends in areas such as sustainable energy utilization, elimination or reduction of greenhouse gases, and the promotion of green growth.

This book examines the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its opportunities and challenges. It looks at the impacts of economic integration, trade structure and economic interlinkage among these countries. The book also utilizes theories to further examine areas such as trade, cross border infrastructure, border management, and the regional development in terms of trade liberalization and foreign labor.This book provides insight and analysis to developing policies for "ASEAN Connectivity". Given the challenges faced and huge potential impacts of the AEC¿s cross-border project, this book will be of interest to policy makers, business leaders and researchers in the ASEAN region and globally.

This book provides empirical observations on Asian countries and Africa. Each chapter provides theoretical and empirical analysis on regional case studies with an emphasis on policy implications. The book will be of use to many who wish to assess and improve policies in developing countries and mitigate poverty and inequality, and stimulate growth, by drawing on relevant empirical research and economic theories. Clearly, there have been numerous policy failures and the book aims to provide a basis for improving policies and outcomes based on relevant empirical observations.

This book presents cutting edge contributions in the fields of international economics, micro theory, welfare economics and econometrics, inspired by the work of economist John S. Chipman.

The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) maintains that all relevant information is fully and immediately reflected in a stock price and that an investor will obtain an equilibrium rate of return. This has far reaching implications in terms of capital allocation, stock price predictability, as well as the possibility of any profitable trading strategies that can be used to `beat the market¿. Equity market anomalies reflect that the market is inefficient and hence, contradicts the EMH. This book gathers both theoretical and practical perspectives related to stock market efficiency to help address the future challenges facing the global stock markets and economies.

This new book brings together an international group of contributors to present a timely and comprehensive analysis of FDI to and from Russia. The book assesses the impact of the changed international political situation on foreign firms operating in Russia, and explores how the new world context has affected Russian investments abroad. The book also considers the future relationship between Russian corporations and the EU and the USA in light of recent events.

In 11 chapters, 27 leading scientists, mostly Chinese, provide a truly collaborative work on China‿s current status. Written mostly from a socioeconomic perspective, this volume provides an insider's look at China not readily available in English. Most chapters include case studies, giving readers an opportunity to look at detailed analyses in an otherwise general treatise on the transformation of the country. Linking economic growth, population expansion, transportation, and urban alterations results in an important read for those interested in China. A plethora of tables and maps complemented by a rich, largely obscure bibliography enriches the book significantly. --L. Yacher, Southern Connecticut State University

In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden.

This volume presents an entirely new analysis of the economics of futures markets that will be of great interest to both specialists in the area and the generalist economist seeking a new perspective.

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.

Liberalism and Chinese Economic Development brings international contributors together in order to consider economic, political, social and legislative aspects of Chinäs modernization. This volume explores how liberalism is received and perceived, and whether it is adapted or adopted upon the basis of centuries of Chinese civilization and decades of capitalism. This book examines both historical and contemporary dimensions surrounding the question of Chinese liberalism, exploring Chinäs economic development in a comparative context.

This book provides empirical observations on Asian countries and Africa. Each chapter provides theoretical and empirical analysis on regional case studies with an emphasis on policy implications. The book will be of use to many who wish to assess and improve policies in developing countries and mitigate poverty and inequality, and stimulate growth, by drawing on relevant empirical research and economic theories. Clearly, there have been numerous policy failures and the book aims to provide a basis for improving policies and outcomes based on relevant empirical observations.

In the past two decades, several millions of IT-enabled services jobs have been relocated or `offshored¿ from the US and Europe to, in particular, low cost economies around the world. Most of these jobs so far have landed in South and South-East Asia, with India and the Philippines receiving the bulk of them. This has caused profound changes in the international division of labour, and has had correspondingly wide social and economic effects.

The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or decentralization. This book proposes an innovative approach for the strengthening of decentralized public investment and infrastructure management.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the changes and development of the civil international aircraft/aviation industry. It offers a fully up-to-date account of the international developments and structure in the aircraft and aviation industries from a number of perspectives, which include economic, geographical, political and technological points of view.

Respected international experts such as Michael Bordo, Larry Sjaastad and Ken Clements are brought together in a wonderfully well researched new book on this most important of topics.

Corruption is increasingly placed on top of the agenda of national governments and supra national institutions, such as the OECD, UN or the World Bank to name a few. A necessary condition for promoting sustainable economic growth is the pre-existence of a stable political system, able to control corruption. Corruption, however, is a very complex issue, associated with institutional and cultural specificities, personality traits related to individualistic values, and criminal personalities.

This book aims to look beyond the media rhetoric and provide a systematic analysis of women¿s everyday experiences of, and responses to gender discrimination in the Indian banking sector. The book shows that in the final analysis, gender inequality is the outcome of several cross-cutting factors, including local discourses on femininity, organisational structures, gendered organisational practices and institutional factors such as government laws.

This book compares between Japan and Finland to offer a fruitful platform for the study of the similarities and differences in economic and societal development.

The ideas contained in Karl Popper¿s The Open Society and Its Enemies¿one of the most important tracts in political philosophy in the twentieth century¿are relevant to anyone seeking to understand the recent history of the East Asian economies. Even though Popper wrote his tract to provide an explanation for both the rise and objectionable nature of totalitarian regimes in Europe in the twentieth century, many of the arguments that he advanced in this European context also explain the social, political and economic relationships that are seen in modern South Eastern Asian economies.

This impressive new book provides the first serious analysis of temporary work and its effect on the economy as well as its ramifications for workers.