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Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
Av Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown
Inbunden, 1994
1129 kr
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This book traces the growth of capitalism in South East Asia between 1870 and 1941, a crucial element in understanding contemporary economic and political developments in the region. It focuses on three questions. Why was indigenous capitalism so weak in colonial South East Asia? What were the …
Growth and Structural Change in the Malaysian Economy
Häftad, 1990
433 kr
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This book attempts to understand economic developments in Malaysia in the early and mid-Eighties, focusing on growth, balance of payments, fiscal and debt trends. They are all seen against global trends, earlier developments in the Malaysian economy and other changes in Malaysian society.
Trade, Industrial Restructuring and Development in Hong Kong
Av Ho Yin-Ping
Inbunden, 1992
1129 kr
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Focusing on trade in manufactures, industrial restructuring and economic development and enforced by a rich source of data, this book offers an in-depth examination of the evolution and characteristics of Hong Kong's postwar economy. The book presents an historical and comparative perspective and …
Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming
Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia
Inbunden, 1993
1641 kr
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Until the early 1900s governments of Southeast Asia farmed out the right to run opium, gambling and other monopolies. Yet by about 1920 all of the major farms had been abolished and the collection of revenue brought under direct bureaucratic control. This book explains the rise and sudden fall of …
Foreign Capital and Industrialization in Malaysia
Av R. Rasiah
Inbunden, 1995
1690 kr
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This book examines foreign capital's role in stimulating industrialization. Using both conventional and unconventional approaches, the author finds foreign capital to have played a positive role in Malaysia's industrialization. The branch- and industry-level analyses show generally strong pecuniary …
Thailand’s Industrialization and its Consequences
Inbunden, 1995
1129 kr
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'Professor Krongkaew is one of Thailands best known academic economists, and he has brought together an impressive number of authorities on the modern Thai economy. The resulting book should be of great value to anyone wanting an authoritative and comprehensive overview of recent developments in …
Shaping of Malaysia
Inbunden, 1998
1096 kr
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This book brings together for the first time studies on all aspects of the Malaysian economy. These range from the geological origins and mineral resources, flora, fauna, peoples and cultures, political development, economy and society, environment and ecotourism in Malaysia and encapsulates the …
Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations
Av R. Brown
Inbunden, 2000
1129 kr
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Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations examines the crucial contribution of Chinese business groups to the rapid growth of South-East Asia. This study examines major Chinese firms and their increasingly important networks in this era of regional interdependence and …
Southeast Asia's Industrialization
Industrial Policy, Capabilities and Sustainability
Av K. Jomo
Inbunden, 2001
1129 kr
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Drawing on a wide range of expertise, this volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding industrialization in Southeast Asia, which are particularly pressing now that the region's miracle has been transformed into a debacle, and the world seeks to draw lessons from the experience. The …
Women Workers in Industrialising Asia
Costed, Not Valued
Av A. Kaur
Inbunden, 2003
1096 kr
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This collection contributes to key theoretical debates about women workers in Asia and breaks new ground by focussing on issues that have been little documented in other studies in the area. It provides new information and insights into labour systems associated with labour intensive export …
Trade, Industrial Restructuring and Development in Hong Kong
Av Ho Yin-Ping
Häftad, 1992
1127 kr
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Focusing on trade in manufactures, industrial restructuring and economic development and enforced by a rich source of data, this book offers an in-depth examination of the evolution and characteristics of Hong Kong's postwar economy. The book presents an historical and comparative perspective and …
Money and Finance in the Economic Development of Taiwan
Av Sheng-Yi Lee
Häftad, 1990
567 kr
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The books in this series aim to reflect the enormous economic and political changes that small and medium-sized nations in East and South-East Asia have been undergoing in the 1970s and 1980s and to show the impact of these changes on the world economy.
Malayan Rubber: The Interwar Years
Häftad, 1991
567 kr
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Using primary sources, this study documents the changing economic circumstances of rubber producers in Malaysia, the world's principal source of this commodity. It also explains government intervention in the shape of schemes restricting rubber exports.
Creation of the Modern Ministry of Finance in Siam, 1885–1910
Av Ian Brown
Häftad, 1992
533 kr
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Using Thai-language archival material, this book examines a crucial element in the dismantling of the traditional government structure and the installation of a Western-style administration - the creation of a modern Ministry of Finance.
Growth, Distribution and Political Change
Asia and the Wider World
Av Malcolm Falkus, Kwan S. Kim m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
551 kr
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Continuing the inequality and development debate originally ushered in by Kuznets, this book extends to the possible sociopolitical disruptions of growing inequality and its ramifications for growth and development. Comparing a range of countries in Asia and beyond, the book examines the …
Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming
Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia
Häftad, 1993
1638 kr
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Until the early 1900s governments of Southeast Asia farmed out the right to run opium, gambling and other monopolies. Yet by about 1920 all of the major farms had been abolished and the collection of revenue brought under direct bureaucratic control. This book explains the rise and sudden fall of …
Capital and Entrepreneurship in South-East Asia
Av Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown
Häftad, 1994
1127 kr
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This book traces the growth of capitalism in South East Asia between 1870 and 1941, a crucial element in understanding contemporary economic and political developments in the region. It focuses on three questions. Why was indigenous capitalism so weak in colonial South East Asia? What were the …
Oil, Economic Development and Diversification in Brunei Darussalam
Av Mark Cleary, Shuang Yann Wong
Häftad, 1994
567 kr
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The book examines the nature of development and diversification in the oil and gas exports, development planners have sought to implement a range of strategies for diversifying the economy in order to secure sustainable levels of growth and development. As well as providing with an informed, …
Thailand’s Industrialization and its Consequences
Häftad, 1995
1127 kr
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'Professor Krongkaew is one of Thailands best known academic economists, and he has brought together an impressive number of authorities on the modern Thai economy. The resulting book should be of great value to anyone wanting an authoritative and comprehensive overview of recent developments in …
Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia
Häftad, 1998
567 kr
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The Japanese Occupation of Southeast Asia between 1941 and 1945 brought with it severe food shortages, largely arising from organizational failures and inadequate transportation. the nine essays in this volume examine the situation in food exporting countries such as Burma, Thailand and Vietnam, in …
Shaping of Malaysia
Häftad, 1999
1094 kr
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This book brings together for the first time studies on all aspects of the Malaysian economy. These range from the geological origins and mineral resources, flora, fauna, peoples and cultures, political development, economy and society, environment and ecotourism in Malaysia and encapsulates the …
