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This book is the product of research undertaken at the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the lessons that the continent of Africa can draw from the role of the state in Asia's rapid economic development in the last 50 years. The book also provides insight into the learning experiences of Asia, in addressing key national policy challenges.

Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic laws. This book brings together contributors to explore and analyze the issue of gendered access to justice, poverty and disempowerment across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Unique in its depth this book assesses the postures of the new consensus topic by topic, whilst posing strong alternatives. It will improve and stimulate understanding of one of the most important issues in international economics.

This book addresses the multifaceted problems arising from high energy demand. It highlights the need for a multi-dimensional analysis of the relationship between energy and other sectors is needed while providing constructive policy recommendations.

Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD, this book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation.

This brand new collection of articles looks at both traditional concerns in economic development such as aid, debt and the role of the IMF, but also at gender, brain drain, military expenditure and postcolonial theory.

This original contribution to the debate on developing countries and IT suggests that the benefits of the internet can be passed on via an intermediary.

Examining institutions, this book provides a survey of the inter-relationship between trade-induced economic growth and the environment and its impact on the global quest for sustainable development. It covers contemporary developments on both a global and regional level and examines the United Nation's approach to sustainable development.

Looking at the way the nature of famine is changing in the face of globalization and shifting geo-political forces, this book includes analysis of food scarcity in North Korea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Malawi and less well known cases in Madagascar, Iraq and Bosnia. It is useful for those in the fields of development studies and political economics.

The new economy is characterized in the developing world by open capital markets and coordinated international regulation

This brand new collection of articles looks at both traditional concerns in economic development such as aid, debt and the role of the IMF, but also at gender, brain drain, military expenditure and postcolonial theory.

This book brings together academics in the field to present a review of the prospects for economic integration and development in Southern Africa, and to analyse alternative strategies and policies for the future.

A critical issue in law reform is why so many law reform projects in developing economies are regarded by their sponsors and recipients as unsuccessful. This book looks at law reform projects in post-socialist and post-authoritarian states in Asia, identifies common problems, and, proposes analytical frameworks for understanding these problems.

Explores each important aspect of EBA in a comprehensive analysis. This book examines the EBA's central position in EU discourse and its relevance for the European and international trade agenda.

This work brings together in a coherent framework analysis of monetary policy. It examines the relationship between money, credit, the balance of payments, inflation and the exchange rate system reflecting and theorizing on market fluctuations.

Tackles the subjects of the Millennium Development Goals accepted by the UN in 2000, along with the targets set by the OECD in 1996.

This impressive collection explores the relationship between a country's balance of payments and their rate of economic growth.

This book is concerned with the problem of achieving sustained economic growth in thirteen African countries. Structural adjustments designed to remove imperfections have made it difficult for the market system to work optimally.

This work contains original contributions on the theory of the relationship between financial development and economic growth.

A volume which represents a uniquely thorough investigation of trade and financial policy as it impacts upon Third World development. Case studies backed by thematic discussion chapters give this text an important analytic content.

Microfinance is defined as the financial services offered to the poor for the purpose of promoting small-scale enterprises. This volume provides a much-needed historical, political and economic dimension to the knowledge on microfinance. It offers regional, cultural and other explanations for variable assessments of microfinance and empowerment.

This work compares the introduction of policies of economic liberalization in the developing world during the 1980s. Case studies of various countries show that political democratization does not have to accompany economic liberalization.

This broad-ranging critique explains that without a much broader political economy, the post-Washingtonm Consensus is unlikely to provide a coherent framework for successful development policies.

Globalization in the 1990s provided opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. This book analyzes various methods employed to manage globalization and development. Bringing together an international team of contributors, it is useful to those involved in the fields of development economics and political economy.