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31. Institutions for Economic Reform in Asia

    Edited by Philippa Dee

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    In the same way that no economy starts out with the best set of economic policies, no economy starts out with the best institutions to support the policy-making process. Instead, they inherit institutions that reflect their own unique culture and history. The task of structural reform has to be...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
32. Southeast Asia's Credit Revolution

    From Moneylenders to Microfinance

    Edited by Aditya Goenka, David Henley

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Southeast Asia’s Credit Revolution describes and explains the rise of microfinance – the provision of credit and other financial services for the poor – in Southeast Asia, over the past four decades the most consistently successful region of the developing world. In recent years microfinance has...

    Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge
33. Pakistan - The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951-2009

    By Matthew McCartney

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicability to other developing economies, to define and measure episodes of growth and stagnation, and to...

    Published August 11th 2011 by Routledge
34. Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture

    Challenging Tradition, Choosing Empowerment, Creating Change

    By Jean R. Renshaw

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men, or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating book reveals there have always been managers...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
35. Pro-poor Growth and Liberalization in Developing Economies

    The Case of Nepal

    By Sanjaya Acharya

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    By looking at the link between trade liberalization and pro-poor growth in Nepal, this book explores how a developing and transition economy can attain higher and pro-poor growth along with the ongoing trend of globalization. The author develops a social accounting database for Nepal and applies it...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
36. China and the Global Economy in the 21st Century

    Edited by John Saee

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    As China continues to ride out the global economic crisis while still retaining year on year GDP growth it is increasingly important to understand how this 'new' economic giant, with its communist-capitalist model operates its economic and business environments. This book is designed to...

    Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
37. Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia

    Edited by Prema-chandra Athukorala, Jayatilleke S. Bandara, Saman Kelegama

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has arguably been one of the most debated topics in development policy debate. Existing studies on the subject have primarily used multi-country cross-sectional data, and there is a growing concern about the limitations of this approach in providing...

    Published July 10th 2011 by Routledge
38. Banking Reform in Southeast Asia

    The Region's Decisive Decade

    By Malcolm Cook

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book empirically examines banking reform in the economies of Southeast Asia as they sought to adapt to major developments in the global economic system over the past three decades, including the globalisation of finance, the debt crisis of the 1980s and the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis....

    Published April 19th 2011 by Routledge
39. Private Enterprises and China's Economic Development

    Edited by Shuanglin Lin, Xiaodong Zhu

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Private enterprises have contributed significantly to China's recent economic growth and will play a key role in achieving China's goal of building a comprehensively well-society. But how can private enterprises help China mitigate its macroeconomic problems such as unemployment, income inequality,...

    Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
40. Accelerating Japan's Economic Growth

    Resolving Japan's Growth Controversy

    By F. Gerard Adams, Lawrence R. Klein, Kumasaka Yuzo, Shinozaki Akihiko

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The Japanese economy is beginning to show signs of recovery after years of stagnation/deflation, but many Japanese policymakers warn that this economic growth may be sluggish: slower than in the United States and certainly slower than in other East Asian countries. Japan faces significant economic...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge