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Cover Greening China’s New Silk Roads
Greening China’s New Silk Roads
The Sustainable Governance of Belt and Road
This timely book offers a critical account of key governance challenges of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Illustrating China’s efforts to expand its idea of a sustainable eco-civilization, thereby ‘greening’ the BRI, it explores the disputes that have emerged from this process and subsequent complications resulting from geopolitical competition.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977470
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Global Production Networks and Rural Development
Global Production Networks and Rural Development
Southeast Asia as a Fruit Supplier to China
Editor:
Bill Pritchard
Bill Pritchard provides an important update on how current trade methodologies are implemented as China becomes one of the world’s largest fresh fruit importers from countries such as Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
11 Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883888
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration
Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration
Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Economic Community
One of the primary objectives of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), established in 2015, was to boost skilled labor mobility within the region. This insightful book takes stock of the existing trends and patterns of skilled labor migration in the ASEAN. It endeavors to identify the likely winners and losers from the free movement of natural persons within the region through counterfactual policy simulations. Finally, it discusses existing issues and obstacles through case studies, as well as other sectoral examples.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Aug 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116176
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Economics 2019
Cover Human Capital and Development
Human Capital and Development
Lessons and Insights from Korea's Transformation
During recent decades, Korea has been one of only a handful of countries that have made the successful transformation to become a developed nation by simultaneously achieving persistent economic growth combined with a democratic political system. Experts and political leaders worldwide have attributed this achievement to investments in people or, in other words, the power of education. Whilst numerous books have highlighted the role of industrial policies, technological growth, and international trade in Korea’s development process, this is one of the first to focus on the role of human capital. It shows how the accumulation of human capital aided transformation and helps explain the policies, strategies and challenges that Korea faces now and in the future.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
25 May 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786436979
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Economics 2018
Cover Economic Stagnation in Japan
Economic Stagnation in Japan
Exploring the Causes and Remedies of Japanization
Japan’s dramatic transformation from economic success to economic stagnation offers important policy lessons to advanced countries everywhere that are struggling with stagnation. The term ‘Japanization’ is often used by economists to describe long-term stagnation and deflation. Symptoms include high unemployment, weak economic activity, interest rates near zero, quantitative easing, and population aging. In the global context, what can governments do to mitigate the downward trends experienced by Japan? This judiciously timed book investigates in depth the causes of Japan’s ‘lost decades’ versus the real recovery achieved by the United States, and the lessons that can be learned.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Jan 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788110440
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Economics 2018
Cover Central and Local Government Relations in Asia
Central and Local Government Relations in Asia
Achieving Fiscal Sustainability
Sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging Asian economies requires high levels of public investment in areas such as infrastructure, education, health, and social services. The increasing complexity and regional diversity of these investment needs, together with the trend of democratization, has led to fiscal decentralization being implemented in many Asian economies. This book takes stock of some major issues regarding fiscal decentralization, including expenditure and revenue assignments, transfer programs, and sustainability of local government finances, and develops important findings and policy recommendations.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Sep 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786436870
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Economics 2017
Cover A General Theory of Economic Development
A General Theory of Economic Development
Towards a Capitalist Manifesto
This book makes the bold attempt at proposing a new general theory of economic development. The main premise is that economic institutions and policies must embody ‘economic discrimination’ if there is to be any chance of real economic development. By economic discrimination, the author means ‘treating differences differently’ by selecting and supporting economic entities and behaviour that contribute positively to the economy. The book identifies markets, government and corporations as the ‘holy trinity of economic development’, that is, the three most important institutions that must work together via economic discrimination to steer the economy towards real transformative progress. The book also warns against the current trend of economic egalitarianism or ‘not treating differences differently’ because it destroys economic incentives and results in an array of economic problems including growth stagnation.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Jun 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367991
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Economics 2017
Cover The Asian ‘Poverty Miracle’
The Asian ‘Poverty Miracle’
Impressive Accomplishments or Incomplete Achievements?
Following rapid economic growth in recent decades, Asia and the Pacific experienced an impressive reduction in extreme poverty, but this drop was not uniform and achievements are still incomplete. Vulnerability to natural disasters, the increasing impact of climate change and economic crises should all be taken into account. There is also a need to consider the multidimensional nature of poverty and the non-uniformity of the decrease across different ethnic groups. This book explores the Asian ‘poverty miracle’ and argues for the development and use of an Asia-specific poverty line.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Sep 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785369155
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Economics 2016
Cover Economic Catch-up and Technological Leapfrogging
Economic Catch-up and Technological Leapfrogging
The Path to Development and Macroeconomic Stability in Korea
This book elaborates upon the dynamic changes to Korean firms and the economy from the perspective of catch-up theory. The central premise of the book is that a latecomer’s sustained catch-up is not possible by simply following the path of the forerunners but by creating a new path or ‘leapfrogging’. In this sense, the idea of catch-up distinguishes itself from traditional views that focus on the role of the market or the state in development.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Aug 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367939
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Economics 2016