Routledge Studies in Development Economics

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11. Microfinance

    Perils and Prospects

    Edited by Jude L. Fernando

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Microfinance is defined as the financial services offered to the poor for the purpose of promoting small-scale enterprises, and as such it is one of the most important topics in development studies and a burgeoning area in economics. This volume provides a much-needed historical, political and...

    Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge
12. The Asymmetries of Globalization

    Edited by Pan Yotopoulos, Donato Romano

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The discourse on globalization has become polarized. Proponents consider globalization as the silver bullet for targeting growth in the world economy and for poor countries specifically, while opponents see it as the poisoned arrow of exploitation and impoverishment of the Third World. Splendidly...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
13. Development Dilemmas

    By Melvin Ayogu, Don Ross

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    It is widely believed that economic development in much of the world is not happening quickly enough. Indeed, the standard of living in some parts of the world has actually been declining. Many experts now doubt that the solution can be purely technical and economic; it must also be political and...

    Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
14. The Economics of Palestine

    Economic Policy and Institutional Reform for a Viable Palestine State

    Edited by David Cobham, Nu'man Kanafani

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    This book aims to set the intense political debates on one side in order to do some serious economic analysis. It assumes that a sovereign independent Palestinian state comes into existence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and proceeds to examine the economic policies and institutional reforms...

    Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
15. Managing Development

    Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy

    Edited by Junji Nakagawa

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Globalization in the 1990s provided both opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. Though for some, it offered the chance to achieve economic growth through active involvement in the integrated and liberalized world economy, it also increased their vulnerability to...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
16. Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa

    Edited by Howard Stein, Amal Fadlalla

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The concept of security has often narrowly focused on issues surrounding the protection of national borders from outside threats. However, a richer idea of human security has become increasingly important in the past decade or so. The aim is to incorporate various dimensions of the downside risks...

    Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
17. Financial Cooperatives and Local Development

    Edited by Silvio Goglio, Yiorgos Alexopoulos

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    This book examines the opportunities opened up for financial cooperatives by the recent financial crisis, and explores the role of these institutions in promoting and sustaining local development. The global financial crisis has not only shown the limits of the mainstream theory of markets and...

    Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
18. The Microfinance Impact

    By Ranjula Bali Swain

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Financial inclusion through microfinance has become a powerful force in improving the living conditions of poor farmers, rural non-farm enterprises and other vulnerable groups. In its unique ability to link the existing extensive network of India’s rural bank branches with the Self Help Groups (SHG...

    Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
19. The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World

    Implications and Prospects for Recovery and Growth

    Edited by Ashwini Deshpande, Keith Nurse

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments,...

    Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
20. The Chronically Poor in Rural Bangladesh

    Livelihood Constraints and Capabilities

    By Pk. Md. Motiur Rahman, Noriatsu Matsui, Yukio Ikemoto

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    This book examines rural poverty in Bangladesh. Based on detailed empirical research and surveys of households in Bangladesh, it provides an accurate portrait of the everyday situations faced by the rural poor in Bangladesh today, covering all aspects of household behaviour. All of the key issues...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge