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Survival of the Greenest
Economic Transformation in a Climate-conscious World
Häftad, 2024
302 kr
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The pathways to economic development are changing. Environmental sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. Just like in nature, where survival hinges on adaptation, this Element shows how nations adjust to -and take advantage of- the …
The 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic
A Retrospective in the Time of COVID-19
Av Prema-chandra Athukorala, Chaturica Athukorala
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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The pandemic of 1918-20-commonly known as the Spanish flu-infected over a quarter of the world's population and killed over fifty million people. It is by far the greatest humanitarian disaster caused by an infectious disease in modern history. Epidemiologists and health scientists often draw on …
Parental Investments and Children's Human Capital in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries
Häftad, 2022
317 kr
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This Element reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework; then discusses determinants of children's human capital in the form of cognitive skills, …
Revolution by Stealth
How Women's Groups Catalyzed a Cultural Transformation in Bihar
Av Shruti Majumdar, Vijayendra Rao m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
308 kr
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Revolution by Stealth: How Women's Groups Catalyzed a Cultural Transformation in Bihar tells the story of how Jeevika, a large-scale livelihoods project, sparked far-reaching change in one of India's poorest and most patriarchal states. Based on four years of qualitative fieldwork embedded within a …
Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China over Three Decades
Av Cai Meng, Bjorn Gustafsson m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
317 kr
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It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China, from being on a par with Sub Sahara Africa at the start of economic reform to being an economic superpower today. That rise remains under-researched. Moreover, the great structural …
Hierarchy of Needs and the Measurement of Poverty and Standards of Living
Av Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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The focus of this Element is on the idea that choice is hierarchical so that there exists an order of acquisition of durable goods and assets as real incomes increase. Two main approaches to deriving such an order are presented, the so-called Paroush approach and Item Response Theory. An empirical …
Great Gatsby and the Global South
Intergenerational Mobility, Income Inequality, and Development
Av Diding Sakri, Andy Sumner m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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In the Global South economic mobility across generations or intergenerational economic mobility is in and of itself an important topic for research with consequences for policy. It concerns the 'stickiness' or otherwise of inequality because mobility is concerned with the extent to which children's …
Varieties of Structural Transformation
Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences
Av Kunal Sen
Inbunden, 2023
1192 kr
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One of the key features of modern economic growth is the process of structural transformation, which is the movement of workers from agriculture to manufacturing and services. In this study, the author identifies different routes to structural transformation that we see in the developing world. …
Varieties of Structural Transformation
Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences
Av Kunal Sen
Häftad, 2023
418 kr
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One of the key features of modern economic growth is the process of structural transformation, which is the movement of workers from agriculture to manufacturing and services. In this study, the author identifies different routes to structural transformation that we see in the developing world. …
Knowledge and Global Inequality Since 1800
Interrogating the Present as History
Av Dev Nathan
Häftad, 2024
317 kr
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The Element highlights the monopolization and exclusion from high-value knowledge in analysing divergent and, recently, partially convergent income trends across 200-odd years of the global capitalist economy. A Southern lens interrogates this history, in the process showing how developing command …
Knowledge and Global Inequality Since 1800
Interrogating the Present as History
Av Dev Nathan
Inbunden, 2024
938 kr
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The Element highlights the monopolization and exclusion from high-value knowledge in analysing divergent and, recently, partially convergent income trends across 200-odd years of the global capitalist economy. A Southern lens interrogates this history, in the process showing how developing command …
Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China over Three Decades
Av Cai Meng, Bjorn Gustafsson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
938 kr
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It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China, from being on a par with Sub Sahara Africa at the start of economic reform to being an economic superpower today. That rise remains under-researched. Moreover, the great structural …
Developmental Dilemmas
The Role of Power and Agency
Häftad, 2026
284 kr
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Why do well-meaning developmental policies fail? Power intervenes. Consider the recent collapse of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC guerillas. Achieving inclusive development entails resolving collective-action problems of forging cooperation among agents with disparate …
Developmental Dilemmas
The Role of Power and Agency
Inbunden, 2026
938 kr
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Why do well-meaning developmental policies fail? Power intervenes. Consider the recent collapse of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC guerillas. Achieving inclusive development entails resolving collective-action problems of forging cooperation among agents with disparate …
Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism
Structural Transformation, High Inequality and Environmental Fragility
Av Andrés Solimano, Gabriela Zapata-Román
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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This Element examines the process of economic development of the last 50 years or so under the neoliberal model in terms of impacts on growth, inflation, income and wealth distribution and structural change. The analysis includes a historical perspective from the 19th century to the present and …
Chilean Economic Development under Neoliberalism
Structural Transformation, High Inequality and Environmental Fragility
Av Andrés Solimano, Gabriela Zapata-Román
Häftad, 2024
308 kr
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This Element examines the process of economic development of the last 50 years or so under the neoliberal model in terms of impacts on growth, inflation, income and wealth distribution and structural change. The analysis includes a historical perspective from the 19th century to the present and …
Hierarchy of Needs and the Measurement of Poverty and Standards of Living
Av Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber
Inbunden, 2024
892 kr
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The focus of this Element is on the idea that choice is hierarchical so that there exists an order of acquisition of durable goods and assets as real incomes increase. Two main approaches to deriving such an order are presented, the so-called Paroush approach and Item Response Theory. An empirical …
Survival of the Greenest
Economic Transformation in a Climate-conscious World
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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The pathways to economic development are changing. Environmental sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. Just like in nature, where survival hinges on adaptation, this Element shows how nations adjust to -and take advantage of- the …
New Structural Financial Economics
A Framework for Rethinking the Role of Finance in Serving the Real Economy
Av Justin Yifu Lin, Jiajun Xu m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
938 kr
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This Element proposes an alternative framework for rethinking the role of finance in serving the real economy from the perspective of New Structural Financial Economics. It challenges the conventional wisdom that developing countries should take the financial structure of developed countries as the …
New Structural Financial Economics
A Framework for Rethinking the Role of Finance in Serving the Real Economy
Av Justin Yifu Lin, Jiajun Xu m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
317 kr
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This Element proposes an alternative framework for rethinking the role of finance in serving the real economy from the perspective of New Structural Financial Economics. It challenges the conventional wisdom that developing countries should take the financial structure of developed countries as the …
Trade in Tasks
A New Perspective on International Trade, Structural Change and Economic Development
Av Gaaitzen J. de Vries, Marcel P. Timmer
Inbunden, 2026
938 kr
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This Element synthesizes a decade of research on who is doing what and where in global value chains. Moving beyond the traditional product- or industry-based approach, the authors introduce a task-based framework for analyzing trade and structural transformation. This novel perspective captures the …
Trade in Tasks
A New Perspective on International Trade, Structural Change and Economic Development
Av Gaaitzen J. de Vries, Marcel P. Timmer
Häftad, 2026
291 kr
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This Element synthesizes a decade of research on who is doing what and where in global value chains. Moving beyond the traditional product- or industry-based approach, the authors introduce a task-based framework for analyzing trade and structural transformation. This novel perspective captures the …
Poverty in Latin America
Feelings/Perceptions vs Material Conditions
Av Verónica Amarante, Maira Colacce m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
829 kr
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This Element derives subjective poverty lines for seven Latin American countries based on a Minimum Income Question included in household expenditure surveys. It compares poverty incidence under the subjective and objective approach, finding subjective poverty is larger than objective for all …
Poverty in Latin America
Feelings/Perceptions vs Material Conditions
Av Verónica Amarante, Maira Colacce m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
267 kr
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This Element derives subjective poverty lines for seven Latin American countries based on a Minimum Income Question included in household expenditure surveys. It compares poverty incidence under the subjective and objective approach, finding subjective poverty is larger than objective for all …
Understanding the Dynamics of Inequality for Growth and Development
Häftad, 2026
253 kr
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Inequality and its evolution over time are increasingly important subjects within the social sciences, particularly in the field of political economy. This Element identifies for the first time which inequality measures are best suited to capture the dynamics of inequality. The author generates a …
Understanding the Dynamics of Inequality for Growth and Development
Inbunden, 2026
815 kr
Kommande
Inequality and its evolution over time are increasingly important subjects within the social sciences, particularly in the field of political economy. This Element identifies for the first time which inequality measures are best suited to capture the dynamics of inequality. The author generates a …
Varieties of Peripheral Growth Models
Towards a New Comparative Political Economy of Development
Av Michael Schedelik, Christian May m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
938 kr
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This Element seeks to develop an empirical research agenda that explores the applicability of the growth model perspective in comparative political economy to emerging capitalist economies (ECEs). Such an approach emphasizes the variety of possible growth models and their implications for …
Varieties of Peripheral Growth Models
Towards a New Comparative Political Economy of Development
Av Michael Schedelik, Christian May m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
291 kr
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This Element seeks to develop an empirical research agenda that explores the applicability of the growth model perspective in comparative political economy to emerging capitalist economies (ECEs). Such an approach emphasizes the variety of possible growth models and their implications for …
Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk
Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance
Av Nathaniel D. Jensen, Francesco P. Fava m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
911 kr
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This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General …
Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk
Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance
Av Nathaniel D. Jensen, Francesco P. Fava m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
282 kr
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This Element outlines the origins and evolution of an international award-winning development intervention, index-based livestock insurance (IBLI), which scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa. General …
