Economics
Studies in Development Economics and Policy
Series produced in association with UNU-WIDER
'It seems that with each new book it issues, UNU-WIDER further establishes its reputation as the intellectual leader among international organizations.' - John Weeks, Professor of Development Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Featured Titles
Development Finance in the Global Economy
The Road Ahead
Tony Addison and George Mavrotas
A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries, yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre of the international policy debate.
May 2008 Hardback £60.00 9780230202481
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Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development
George Mavrotas
This book provides insights into the evolving debate regarding the mobilization of domestic resources and the crucial role that financial development can and should play in this regard. It explores aspects of the financial development–domestic resource mobilization nexus, including country case studies.
March 2008 Hardback £60.00 9780230201767
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Financial Development, Institutions, Growth and Poverty Reduction
Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and George Mavrotas
This volume explores the various linkages between financial development, institutions, growth and poverty reduction in low-income and transition countries. The book contains both cross-country and panel study results, with country case studies from Africa and Asia. Theoretical models are complemented with applied cases, and evidence draws on both macro and micro household level data. The book also identifies key transmission mechanisms between financial development and (pro-poor) development. This volume combines different (quantitative) research methodologies using household data, and innovative theory, and will be of great interest to all academics and practitioners active in this area.
March 2008
Hardback £60.00 9780230201774
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Globalization and the Poor in Asia
Can Shared Growth be Sustained?
Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke
Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization–poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings. Through nine case studies the book seeks to find ways to rediscover and resume a pattern of shared growth in Asia.
March 2008
Hardback £60.00 9780230201880
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Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China
Methods and Applications
Guangua Wan
The ongoing campaign of ‘western development’ launched in 1999 and the recent Chinese government initiative of ‘building a harmonious society’ highlight the urgency and significance of analyzing inequality and poverty. Prominent contributors from China and around the world explore trends of inequality and poverty in China, identify their causes and assess their consequences.
January 2008
Hardback £60.00 9780230538047
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Coming Soon
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
edited by Mark McGillivray
This book provides analytical insights into if and how the targets adopted by the international community are likely to be achieved. A key feature of the analysis is the recognition that most of the MDG targets are endogenously related. These inter-dependencies are crucial not only in analysing the MDGs but also devising strategies.
October 2008 Hardback £55.00 9780230217232
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Other Titles in the Series
Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure
Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis , Shabd S. Acharya and Benjamin Davis
Advancing Development
Core Themes in Global Economics
George Mavrotas and Anthony Shorrocks
The Impact of Globalization on the World's Poor
Transmission Mechanisms
Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke
Human Well-Being
Concept and Measurement
Mark McGillivray
Inequality, Poverty and Well-Being
Mark McGillivray
Informal Labour Markets and Development
Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis and Ravi Kanbur
Fiscal Policy for Development
Poverty, Reconstruction and Growth
Tony Addison and Alan Roe
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If you would like further information regarding these titles, or to request a copy of our Studies in Development Economics and Policy brochure, please contact Eleanor Russell at e.russell@palgrave.com.
