Routledge Studies in Development Economics

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41. Monetary and Financial Integration in West Africa

    Edited by Temitope Oshikoya

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Monetary and Financial Integration in West Africa details the progress, challenges faced, and potential of the project intended to create a West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) between Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Given the trend towards regionalization of economic ties across the...

    Published July 22nd 2010 by Routledge
42. Microfinance

    A Reader

    Edited by David Hulme, Thankom Arun

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Microfinance has become an important component of development, poverty reduction and economic regeneration strategy around the world. By the early twenty first century tens of millions of people in more than 100 countries were accessing services from formal and semi-formal microfinance institutions...

    Published July 14th 2010 by Routledge
43. Development Economics in Action Second Edition

    A Study of Economic Policies in Ghana

    By Tony Killick

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    First published in 1978, Development Economics in Action is a renowned study of policies in Ghana, one of Africa’s most closely watched economies. In this new edition three additional chapters provide a detailed account of 1978-2008....

    Published May 9th 2010 by Routledge
44. Work, Female Empowerment and Economic Development

    Edited by Sara Horrell, Hazel Johnson, Paul Mosley

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Accumulation of assets to enable the diversification of activities has been established as crucial in helping the rural poor escape poverty. The empowerment of women has been identified as a way to overcome inefficiencies in the allocation of resources within the family and so improve agrarian...

    Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
45. Latecomer Development

    Innovation and knowledge for economic growth

    By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Padmashree Gehl Sampath

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The most important issue for development centres on the debate about the centrality of knowledge, technology and innovation to the process of economic development. While this much is broadly agreed, what is at issue is the precise mechanics of overcoming economic development challenges in different...

    Published November 26th 2009 by Routledge
46. Economic Transitions to Neoliberalism in Middle-Income Countries

    Policy Dilemmas, Economic Crises, Forms of Resistance

    Edited by Alfredo Saad-Filho, Galip L. Yalman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Neoliberalism is based on the systematic use of state power to impose, under the veil of ‘non-intervention’, a hegemonic project of recomposition of capitalist rule in most areas of social life. The tensions and displacements embedded within global neoliberalism are nowhere more evident than in the...

    Published November 17th 2009 by Routledge
47. Trade Relations Between the EU and Africa

    Development, challenges and options beyond the Cotonou Agreement

    Edited by Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu, Francis A.S.T. Matambalya

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Trade liberalisation and openness, as linchpins for development have been flagships of conventional economic policy advices to most African countries over the last few decades. Much of the orientation of the focus however has been on the impact of international trade on development rather than the...

    Published October 6th 2009 by Routledge
48. Development Ethics at Work

    Explorations – 1960-2002

    By Denis Goulet

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    In recent years, global institutions such as the World Bank have become increasingly conscious of the role that ethical reflection may play in leading towards more successful knowledge and policy for development. This key book, written by Denis Goulet (founder of the field of development ethics),...

    Published October 1st 2009 by Routledge
49. Trade, Growth and Inequality in the Era of Globalization

    Edited by Kishor Sharma, Oliver Morrissey

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    In recent years, globalization has been the subject of considerable research and comment. A major phenomenon, it is open to a variety of interpretations. In particular, the debate over trade liberalization, growth and inequality has come under close scrutiny as demonstrations against globalization...

    Published October 1st 2009 by Routledge
50. The New Famines

    Why Famines Persist in an Era of Globalization

    By Stephen Devereux

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The recent occurrences of famine in Ethiopia and Southern Africa have propelled this key issue back into the public arena for the first time since 1984, as once again it becomes a priority - not only for lesser developed countries but also for the international community. Exploring the...

    Published September 30th 2009 by Routledge