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Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
This book throws new light on the study of India's development through an exploration of the triangular relationship between federalism, nationalism and the development process. It focuses on one of the seemingly paradoxical cases of impressive development and sharp federal conflicts that have been...
Published April 20th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
After three decades of spectacular economic growth in China, the problem is no longer how to achieve growth, but how to manage its consequences and how to sustain it. The most important consequence, at least as far as Chinese policy makers are concerned, is the rapidly growing inequality, between...
Published April 8th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
China’s spectacular growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality which threatens the social compact and thus the political basis for economic growth. Chinese policy makers have realized the importance of the problem and have launched a series of investigations and policy...
Published March 26th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research EADI Studies in Development
Events of the past twenty years, including the Cold War and the War on Terror, have meant that the environments of international development co-operation have changed extensively, with dramatic consequences for development policies and North-South relations in general. Perspectives on European...
Published March 12th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society
Over the last twenty years the proportion of development cooperation resources earmarked for agricultural development has dwindled to between six and seven per cent of total bi- and multilateral Official Development Assistance. This is despite the fact that eighty per cent of the world's poor...
Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
This volume contains a stimulating collection of analytical studies focusing on taxation in Mozambique. It tells a compelling story about tax systems in a low income economy increasingly integrated into the world trading system, but very much dependent on foreign trade taxes and international...
Published March 4th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights
By trying to alleviate poverty abroad, foreign development assistance tries to meet, among other things, basic human needs, which some schools of thought classify as basic human rights. However, because development abroad has often been treated as a tool for the pursuit of donor interests, rather...
Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Pakistan’s military, which has directly controlled the country’s affairs for more than half of its post-independence history and which often retained real political power even during periods of democratic rule, has played a significant role in trade liberalisation. Regional disparities have...
Published December 3rd 2008 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
Good governance is necessary for effective public administration and delivery of public goods and services. This is an important issue for all countries, but in particular for rapidly developing countries such as China where reform of governance and public administration is a key element of the...
Published December 2nd 2008 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
In recent years China has achieved impressive economic growth, and also made remarkable progress in human development. However, contemporary China is still faced with the great challenge of widespread poverty. This not only constitutes a barrier against China’s pursuit of sustainable economic...
Published November 27th 2008 by Routledge
