Overview

As the emerging center of the global economy, the remarkable growth and developments in Asia have evoked much interest and the region has become attractive investment destination. With the current shift towards the use of field experiments as a mainstream approach to empirical studies and the introduction of theoretical hypotheses unlike the traditional focuses on individualistic rationality, the Routledge Handbook of Asian Development Economics is a solid, comprehensive guide to understanding development economics with the focus on Asia. The book provides new perspectives, revisits old issues in light of emerging theories through three parts: • International • Microeconomics • Macroeconomics And covers a wide range of topics from: poverty, demographic change, migration, rural finance to foreign direct investments, international aid, innovation and monetary policies, exchange rates and regional integration. This handbook gives full coverage of development economics and will be useful to anyone interested in learning more about the region.

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Author:   Nobuhiko Fuwa (University of Tokyo, Japan) ,  Akira Kohsaka (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan) ,  Shujiro Urata (Waseda University, Japan)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781138646025

ISBN 10:   1138646024
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 July 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not available  

Table of Contents

Part 1: Microeconomics & International Development 1. Poverty and Vulnerability 2. Demographic Change, Fertility 3. Health and Nutrition 4. Education and Human Capital 5. Role of Agriculture, Rural Development and Future of Small Farms 6. Rural Finance 7. Labor markets 8. International Migration 9. Disasters, other Risks and Household Behavior 10. Environment 11. Gender and Development 12. Role of States and Governance 13. Infrastructure 14. Innovation 15. Foreign Trade, Emergence of Production Networks 16. Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Transfer and Multinational Corporations 17. Regional Economic Integration 18. International Aid Part 2: Macroeconomics & International Development 1. Economic Development and Productivity Growth 2. Savings: Household and corporate 3. Monetary Policy Regimes 4. Financial Development 5. International Capital Flows 6. Fiscal Management 7. Exchange Rates 8. Regional Financial Cooperation 9. External Balances 10. Household Consumption

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