Expertly practised by insiders but often hidden from outsiders, informal practices are, as this book shows, deeply rooted all over the world, yet underestimated in policy.

This volume includes chapters on the consequences of changes in both physical and digital connectivity for trade, for the location of economic activity, for forms of doing business, the growth of e-commerce in particular, and for the ...

This is a pressing question for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)--and the developing world more broadly--as countries seek to build human capital to drive sustainable growth.

With contributions from 35 leading economists, this forward-looking book explores the future of development economics against the background of the past half-century of development thought and practice.

This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which the new developments have created.

This guide helps investors navigate through the web of industrial parks, economic and technological development zones, high-tech parks, Free Trade Zones, and export-processing zones in China, and is tailored for would-be investors trying to ...

Using both an international perspective and a case study approach for individual countries, the book examines geographical factors, such as land productivity, the presence of endemic diseases, natural disaster frequency and market access, ...

An examination of recent trends and shifts in trade policies, this study looks at the seemingly contradictory movements toward regionalism and integration.

They are designed to be useful to a wide range of primary health care personnel. The manuals can also be used to help communities understand common causes of deafness and hearing impairment and ways to prevent and/or treat the conditions.

This report, prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat by the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics, looks at the benefits of liberalisatrion and examines the closely interrelated use of the three pillars of domestic ...