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  • Handbook of Asian Aging

    by Hyunsook Yoon, Jon Hendricks ...
    In western countries, the rising tide of population aging took 100 years to alter the face of societies, but Asia is experiencing comparable changes in not much more than a quarter of a century. Contributors to "The Handbook of Aging" describe the magnitude of these changes and their effects on the aged and on societies attempting to adapt to the dramatic improvements in life expectancy brought on ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

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    by Ming Leong Kuan, Chi Hoong Leong, Jamie Poh, Yik Wei Yong, Chun Seng Yip, Boon Loy Chua ...
    Singapore is recognised to be one of the most successful economies in the world given its rapid economic and social transformation. Its success is the result of a judicious blend of markets and government, high-quality governance, and public policies that are coherent, consistent and coordinated.This book showcases the contribution of Economics to Singapore's public policymaking. To illustrate the ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Development Economics

    Edited by M.R. Rosenzweig, Dani Rodrick ...
    Series Book 5 - Handbooks in Economics
    What guidance does academic research really provide to economic policy development? The critical and analytical surveys in this volume investigate links between policies and outcomes by surveying work from broad macroeconomic policies to interventions in microfinance. Asserting that there are no universal correspondences between policies and outcomes, contributors demonstrate instead that only an ... Read more

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  • Equality For Women: Where Do We Stand?

    by Buvinic Mayra; Morrison Andrew R.; Sjoblom Mirja; Ofosu-Amaah A. Waafas ...
    Upon signing the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the international community committed itself to eight development goals with timebound targets and measurable indicators. The third of these eight goals was to "promote gender equality and empower women". The third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) in the Millennium Declaration has spurred national and international efforts to improve women's ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • A Thousand Cuts

    Social Protection in the Age of Austerity

    by Alexandros Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs ...
    The dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity--a mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role of the state. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been the world's lender of last resort and leading advocate of austerity, and has been consistently chastised by policymakers and civil society for the consequences of its ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Economics of Public Health Care Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies

    by David Coady, Benedict Mr. Clements, Sanjeev Mr. Gupta ...
    Health care reform will be a key fiscal policy challenge in both advanced and emerging economies in coming years. In the advanced economies, the health sector has been one of the main drivers of government expenditure, accounting for about half of the rise in total spending over the past forty years. These spending pressures are expected to intensify over the next two decades, reflecting the aging ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Equity And Growth In A Globalizing World

    by Kanbur Ravi; Spence Michael ...
    This book is a compilation of a series of "state of the art" papers on topics related to equity and growth. As inputs to its final report (The Growth Report), the Commission on Growth and Development took stock of the current state of knowledge and understanding of various sectors/issues that have an impact on economic growth, including equity, education, health, leadership and others. The ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Poverty in a Rising Africa

    by Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, Isis Gaddis ...
    Perceptions of Africa have changed dramatically. Viewed as a continent of wars, famines and entrenched poverty in the late 1990s, there is now a focus on "Africa rising" and an "African 21st century." Two decades of unprecedented economic growth in Africa should have brought substantial improvements in well-being. Whether or not they did, remains unclear given the poor quality of the data, the ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Demographic Developments in China

    by China Development Research Foundation ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    This book assesses current developments in China’s demography, and discusses the changes which should be implemented to bring policy into line with the current demographic situation. It argues that population planning, which was introduced in the early years of the People’s Republic alongside economic planning, including "the one child policy", is no longer appropriate. It considers the results of ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Grassroots Social Security in Asia

    Mutual Aid, Microinsurance and Social Welfare

    Edited by James Midgley, Mitsuhiko Hosaka ...
    Series series Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia
    Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in particular the region's developing countries. Historically, these associations have consisted of small groups of people with common interests who save regularly to support, maintain and supplement their incomes. Members make regular contributions to a ... Read more

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  • China’s Economic Growth Prospects

    From Demographic Dividend To Reform Dividend

    by Cai Fang ...
    China has grown rapidly since the reform initiation of the 1970s. China's Economic Growth Prospects narrates the contribution of demographic transition to recent economic growth in China, and provides suggestions for ways in which it can sustain growth over the next few decades.The expert author provides reasons for the economic slowdown since the second decade of the twenty-first century; ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016

    Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change

    by World Bank;International Monetary Fund ...
    Series series Global Monitoring Report
    The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016, produced by the World Bank Group in partnership with the International Monetary Fund, comes at an inflection point in both the setting of global development goals and the demographic trends affecting those goals. This year marks the end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the launching of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while the World ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD