Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia)

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Bandara, Saman Kelegama July 23, The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has arguably been one of the most debated topics in development policy debate. Existing studies on the subject have primarily used multi-country cross-sectional data, and there is a growing concern about the limitations of this approach in providing By looking at the link between trade liberalization and pro-poor growth in Nepal, this book explores how a developing and transition economy can attain higher and pro-poor growth along with the ongoing trend of globalization.

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The author develops a social accounting database for Nepal and applies it This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia can China and the ASEAN region have risen rapidly to a position of immense economic significance in the global economy. Academics, policy makers and businesses are all keen to understand more about taxation in China and ASEAN, and this work seeks to address this key issue by providing a comprehensive For many years up until , Korea was widely seen in economic and financial circles as something of a miracle.

The financial crisis that Korea experienced then did much to set its economy back, but by it was still the 13th largest economy in terms of GDP in the world. Faizal bin Yahya, Arunajeet Kaur September 12, In an increasingly globalised world manifested in greater economic integration, human capital is an important factor. One of the key sources of human capital to the global economy is India, and the main destinations for Indian professionals has been Western developed economies, the Middle East and Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia.

It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth theory. The book looks at the major themes of Vincent Edwards, Anh Phan August 15, This book presents a comprehensive overview of managers and management in Vietnam, based on extensive original research, including interviews with a large number of managers in Vietnam. It shows how management in Vietnam is best understood from the perspective of Vietnamese managers themselves, Chatterjee, Malcolm Warner July 04, This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the similarities and differences of contemporary human resource management systems, processes and practices in the two increasingly important economic great powers in Asia.