Asian Economics
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Finance in Asia
Institutions, Regulation and Policy
Series: Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance
Asia’s demand for second-generation financial institutions and markets needs to be met in order for the region’s further development to be sustained. This book provides a compelling, fact-based assessment of current practices and regulations in Asia’s financial institutions and markets and...
Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
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Towards a New Development Paradigm in Twenty-First Century China
Economy, Society and Politics
Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
This book argues that the current state of China requires an important paradigm shift in the way the party-state manages the country’s development, and goes on to assess the fitness of the party-state for implementing such a paradigm shift and the likelihood of the party-state bringing this about....
Published August 22nd 2012 by Routledge
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China and Global Trade Governance
China’s Ten-Year Experience in the World Trade Organization
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
China's historic accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2001 not only represents an important milestone in China’s integration into the global economy, but is also among the most important events in the history of the WTO and the multilateral trading system. As 2011 marked the...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Railway Reform in China
A Train of Property Rights Re-arrangements
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
Western literature always prescribes that the best model for railway reform is privatization. China’s leadership has also enunciated the state’s determination to re-arrange property rights and rejuvenate corporate governance. But is China’s railway reform really a story of convergence? Will the...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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China's Development and Harmonization
Towards a Balance with Nature, Society and the International Community
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
The concept of ‘harmonization’ has become very popular in China, with the Chinese government increasingly applying the term ‘harmonious society’ to internal affairs and the term ‘harmonious world’ to international relationships. Harmonization as both an end and a means of China’s development is...
Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
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China and the Global Financial Crisis
A Comparison with Europe
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
This book examines China’s response to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and the resulting new status acquired by China within the international economy. It considers the things China did to weather the crisis, discussing the stimulus package put in place by China and how China’s banks coped,...
Published July 4th 2012 by Routledge
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Foreign Direct Investment in China
Theories and Practices
Foreign direct investment has contributed significantly in transforming the Chinese economy over the past three decades. China has become one of the most popular destinations for foreign direct investment. For corporations and business executives who desire to participate in the expanding China...
Published April 23rd 2013 by Routledge
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The Geographical Transformation of China
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
This book presents an account and interpretation of the transformation of the geography of China in the years since the start of China’s policy of reform and opening up as seen through the eyes of Chinese geographers. Each chapter illustrates the ways in which the particular...
Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Demystifying the Chinese Miracle
The Rise and Future of Relational Capitalism
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
The last three decades has witnessed miraculous economic growth of China. What has accounted for its miracle? What is the nature and future of the Chinese model? Is it unique? This book presents an analytical framework to demystify China's economic growth miracle. The book suggests that...
To Be Published August 1st 2013 by Routledge
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Energy, Environment and Economic Transformation in China
China has achieved rapid economic growth since the market-oriented reform in 1978 and became the second largest economy in the world in 2010. However, the growth model in China is still extensive in nature and may be characterized with high energy consumption and heavy...
Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
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An Economic History of Early Modern India
The death of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1707 until the annexation of Maratha territories by the British East India Company in 1818 was a period of transition for the economy of India. This book focuses on these transitions, and shows how a study of this period of Indian history contributes to...
To Be Published June 27th 2013 by Routledge
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India’s Economy
An Introduction
Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this comprehensive textbook provides an analytical overview of the main trends, policies, performance, advances, and debates around India’s post independence economy. Each chapter provides a thorough examination of a key issue that has impacted the...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Capitalist Development in India's Informal Economy
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
This book explores the economy and society of Provincial India in the post-Green Revolution period. It argues that the low 'quality' of capital development in India's villages and small towns is the joint outcome of the informal economic organisation, that is strongly biased in favour of...
Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
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The Economics of Urban Migration in India
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Presenting new research on rural-urban migration in developing countries, this book combines novel economic theories with empirics, and focuses on the social dimensions of such movement. Centering on the movement from villages to cities in South Asia, and in India in particular, the book argues the...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Islamic Banking in Pakistan
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Pakistan was one of the pioneers of Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF) as it converted to an interest-free banking system in 1985. This book critically analyzes the experience of Pakistan with IBF. Drawing on first-hand experience of the Pakistani banking environment and practices, the...
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Politics of Development in Pakistan
Living Village
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Pakistan, sixth most populous country in the world, has not gone through systematic and effective land or agrarian reforms in sixty-three years of its existence. Almost 67 per cent of its 167 million inhabitants still live in rural areas and directly or indirectly rely on agriculture for their...
To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Gender and Labour in Contemporary India
Eroding Citizenship
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Providing a comprehensive analysis of the electronics industry in India, this book highlights the gendered nature of labour regimes and domestic regimes and also the linkages between households, labour markets, factories and the state, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the...
To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
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Reform and Productivity Growth in India
Issues and Trends in the Labour Markets
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
During the last two decades, India has experienced a high growth rate, but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performance in the employment generation in the formal sector, and this book examines this phenomenon and...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Small and Medium Enterprises in India
Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If...
Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
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Malaysia and the Developing World
The Asian Tiger on the Cinnamon Road
Series: Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
As Malaysia’s economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book traces the ways in which age-old organizational, political, religious and trade networks between Nusantara, the Malay World, and Central Asia, East...
Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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Japan's Foreign Aid to Africa
Angola and Mozambique within the TICAD Process
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was established in 1993 with the intention of creating opportunities for trade and investment on both sides and the promotion of sustainable development. In 2003, the conference translated Japanese aid policy to Africa into three key...
To Be Published August 12th 2013 by Routledge
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The Political Economy of Central Asia
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian republics are still coming to terms with their post-communist economies, their role in the region and the wider world, and their needs for identity, governance and growth. The Political Economy of Central Asia is an original study addressing...
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
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The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs
South Asia has developed from a group of newly independent post-Colonial states of at most secondary importance to the wider world to its current position as a region of central strategic importance to both global economic development and world peace and stability. This Atlas highlights the global...
To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
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The Global Financial Crisis and the Korean Economy
The world economy fell into a global financial crisis in 2008/9 and is still jittered by its aftershocks. Like other financial crises happened in the world economy, it came as a surprise. In historical perspective, financial crises should be understood as a natural fact of life in the world economy...
To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Widening Income Distribution in Post-Handover Hong Kong
Before the handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong’s economic growth was very strong and the unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.2 per cent. In recent years, the widening income dispersion in Hong Kong has caught public attention. This book investigates the economic development and changes...
Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
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The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia
Series: Politics in Asia
The dynamics of Northeast Asia have traditionally been considered primarily in military and hard security terms or alternatively along their economic dimensions. This book argues that relations among the states of Northeast Asia are far more comprehensible when the mutually shaping interactions...
Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf
Political Economy, War and Revolution
The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of geography, geopolitics, resources, global political economy, and regional influence, the Gulf is perhaps home to the world’s most significant group of countries. Focusing on the...
Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
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Political Economy of the Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
A Case Study of Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies
Using four Gulf sovereign wealth funds as case studies – Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE - this book examines and analyses the history, governance and structure, and investment strategies of the above mentioned funds, in the context of on-going debates about their transparency. The book...
Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
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Successful Business Dealings and Management with China Oil, Gas and Chemical Giants
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
This book focuses on doing businesses successfully with China oil, gas and chemicals companies with real business cases on business management and contract negotiations all under one theme. Drawing on the author’s extensive experiences and knowledge of the China oil, gas and chemicals...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge