Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9009172/4
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Developing countries; Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic conditions Case studies
• Altri autori: RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra) MedhekarA
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Chapter 1 GLOBALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBALISATION AND TRADE IN GOODS -- How Did this Situation Come About? -- Instruments Deployed -- 1. Most Favoured Nations (MFN) Agreement -- 2. FDI Inflow to China -- 3. Domestic Production and Trade Policy Reforms in China -- WTO MEMBERSHIP, EXCHANGE RATE AND DOMESTIC SAVINGS -- Exchange Rate -- Domestic Saving and Consumption Repression -- Rural-Urban Divide and Income Distribution: Meeting Their Basic Needs -- OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- OTHER CONSEQUENCES -- STRUCTURAL REFORM, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- BREAK DOWN OF THE NATION STATE -- APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- MAIN ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED -- Trade, Industrialisation and Development -- Food Supply -- Development and Environment -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS FOR CORRECTING INFRASTRUCTURE BOTTLENECK IN INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- ROAD-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- COORDINATION OF ROAD AND RAIL -- INFRASTRUCTURE BOTTLENECKS -- FIVE YEAR PLANS AND ROAD-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE -- PPP POLICY FOR ROAD-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 GLOBALISATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF INDIA'S KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY -- INTRODUCTION -- KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- KNOWLEDGE, GLOBALISATION AND GROWTH -- ICT GROWTH UNDER GLOBALISATION -- THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY OF INDIA -- ROLE, GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF ICT SECTORS IN INDIA -- (a) The Share of IT Industry in India's GDP -- (b) Share of IT in Domestic and Export Markets. ; (c) Decomposition of Earnings of the Indian IT Sector: -- (i) From Export Markets -- (ii) From Domestic Markets -- (d) Employment Generation and its Distribution in India's IT Sector -- PROBLEMS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 GLOBALISATION AND THE GENESIS OF THE ICT/BPO SECTOR IN MAURITIUS -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW: GLOBALISATION AND ICT -- ICT /BPO IN MAURITIUS: SOME KEY FACTS -- IT/BPO SECTOR: OTHER BASES OF DEVELOPMENT -- THE OUTCOME TO DATE -- ENSURING SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT OF ICT/BPO SECTOR IN MAUTITIUS -- CHALLENGES OF THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 TERTIARY EDUCATION AS HUMAN CAPITAL IN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURE AND OVERSIGHT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION -- CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT THEMES -- FACULTY (DIS)ORIENTATION TO THE RESEARCH FUNCTION -- CASE STUDY OF CARLOS HILADO COLLEGE -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 6 MODERNISATION OF INSTITUTIONS FOR RURAL WATER PROVISION IN CAMBODIA'S DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT GAP -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- IMPROVING RURAL HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO SAFE WATER -- CLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES -- WATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND ACCESS -- CONCEPTS, INDICATORS AND INDEXES OF ACCESS TO WATER -- SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND WATER ACCESS -- WATER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION -- GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NGO RURAL WATER PROJECTS -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: RESOURCE CURSE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM -- POPULATION AND LABOUR MARKET -- THE 'RENTIR STATE' AS AN ALTERNATIVE -- STIMULATING PRIVATE SECTOR/NON-OIL BASED INDUSTRIES -- WHY IS DIVERSIFICATION SO DIFFICULT? -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. ; Chapter 8 TRADE LIBERALISATION IN BANGLADESH UNDER GLOBALISATION -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- ECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS IN BANGLADESH -- TRADE POLICY TRENDS IN BANGLADESH -- EXCHANGE RATE POLICY -- A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF THE TRADE REGIME -- 1. Tariff Protection -- 2. Non-Tariff Protection -- 3. Contingent Protection Measures -- 4. Export Incentives -- 5. Export Restrictions -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 TRADE RELATED EVENTS AND EMPLOYMENT TRADE RELATIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Benefits from Trade -- Exports, Imports and Employment -- Employment Arguments of Free Trade -- Research Gap -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- AUSTRLIA'S TRADE PATTERN AND PRIOR STUDIES -- Government's Trade Policy -- Australia's Major Trading Partners -- Prior Studies on Australian Trade -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- Data for the Analysis -- Methodology -- THE EFFECT OF TRADE ON EMPLOYMENT -- Investigation of the Stationary Behavior of the Model Variables -- VECM Model Specification -- Determination of the Order of the VECM -- Determination of the Number of Long Run Relationships -- Model Selection -- Discussion of the Model Estimates -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- General Perspective of the Study -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- Chapter 10 TRADE, DEVELOPMENT AND UGANDA'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITIONS OF GLOBALISATION, TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WORLD TRADE OGANISATION (WTO) -- The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) -- The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and the European Union (EU) -- Everything, but Arms -- WHY UGANDA IS COMMITTED TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIBERALISATION -- AN OVEVIEW OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN UGANDAS LOCATION DISTRIBUTION. ; Location Distribution of Firms in the Textiles Industry in Uganda -- THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIAL SECTOR/ECONOMY OF UGANDA -- THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION ON ENVIRONMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA: THE SHAMBA SYSTEM -- INTRODUCTION -- FOOD SECURITY -- FOOD INSECURITY -- FOOD INSECURITY IN KENYA -- AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA -- ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA -- FOOD SECUTITY AND THE SHAMBA SYSTEM -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 PARTICIPATION IN STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR GENDER EMPOWERMENT: MAURITIAN WOMEN -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Political -- Socio Economic -- Socio Cultural -- GENDER AND DEMOCRACY IN MAURITIUS -- METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS -- Woman's Interest in Politics -- Barriers of Entry to Mauritian Woman in Politics -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 MINIMISING THE IMPACT OF GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- INTRODUCTION -- Effects of Global Emission and Adaptation Measures -- GREEN BUILDINGS OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- METHANE EMISSIONS AND ITS REDUCTION MEASURES -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING WORLD UNDER KYOTO PROTOCOL -- MARKET EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- CAPITAL INFLOW -- CLEAN PRODUCTION -- International Trade and Institution Building -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 PRECARIOUS CONSOCIATIONALISM: LEBANON'S PREDICAMENT IN PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- GEO-ECONOMICS -- GEOPOLITICS -- FAILD POWER-SHARING -- EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POWER SHARING FAILURE -- Assessing Lebanon's Power Sharing Failure Empirically: Variables -- ASSESSING LEBANON'S POWER SHARING FAILURE EMPIRICALLY: METHODOLOGY -- ASSESSING LEBANON'S POWER SHARING FAILURE EMPIRICALLY: RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. ; Chapter 15 ADOPTION OF PERFORMANCE LINKED REWARD SYSTEM IN INDIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: EFFICIENCY, SCOPE AND PROBLEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Size of Sample -- Suggested Performance Linked Reward System -- PROPOSED PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS -- BENEFITS AND REWARDS BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT -- TRAINING BASED ON PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT -- SUCCESS OF PERFORMANCE LINKED REWARD SYSTEM IN INDIAN RAILWAYS -- Communication of Adverse Comments to the Employees -- Communication of Favourable Comments to the Employees -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 ADDRESSING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES: EXPERIENCES GAINED AND LESSONS LEARNT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIENCES GAINED -- COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization and development
• ISBN: 1-61324-958-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816731103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: "Readings in world development" series.