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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780819403321

Titolo

Advances in development economics [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Dipak Basu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44106-X

9786612441066

981-283-488-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BasuDipak R

Disciplina

330.9172/4

Soggetti

Development economics - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Part 4. Policy Modeling; Introduction; Tom Oskar Martin Kronsjo: A Profile; Biography of Contributors; About the Editor; Part 1. Growth and Development; 1. The Sustained Growth and Its Relation to the Initial Conditions Makoto Takashima; 2. Population and Poverty: A General Equilibrium Approach Mats Lundahl; 3. Immigration, Output, andWelfare in a Growth Model Partha Sen; Part 2. Labor Market and Economic Policy; 4. Inter-Governmental Monetary Cooperation and International Migration of Labor Akira Shimada

5. Getting Tough withWorkers: More on the Strategic Role of Debt Gerald Garvey and Noel GastonPart 3. Resource Allocation, Conflicts, and Resolutions; 6. Equitable and Decentralized Solutions for the Allocation of Indivisible Objects Somdeb Lahiri; 7. Planning, Competition, and Cooperation: The Scope for Negotiated Settlements Stephen Littlechild; 8. The Role of Relationship Banking on the Performance of Firms in Bangladesh Shigeru Uchida and Sarwar Uddin Ahmed; 9. Structural Adjustment Program and Public Fiscal Policy in India, 1990-1995 Dipak R. Basu; Part 5. Policy Analysis

10. Openness to Trade and the Poverty of Female-Headed Households in Turkey Oner Guncavdi and Raziye Selim11. China's Economic Performance and Transition in Relation to Globalization: From Isolation to Center-Stage Clem Tisdell; Part 6. Globalization and International



Business; 12. Globalization and Creation of Organizational Citizenship in the Developing Countries: A Case Study of Toyota in India Victoria Miroshnik; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The importance of this book lies in its unique treatment of the economics of the developing countries. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical foundation of new theories and empirical models of development. A number of new topics are added in regard to the migration of labor force due to globalization, the relationship between private and public sectors, problems of regulations of the private sectors, problems of labor management in the era of globalization and transfer of organizational systems by the multinational companies from one country to another across cultural boundaries. Along with the