The Evolution of the International Economic Order

The Evolution of the International Economic Order

Author: William Arthur Lewis

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1400868513

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Do rich industrial nations underestimate the threat to their economic stability posed by demands for a new international economic order? Are the developing countries wrong to assume that their economic advancement depends on a transfer of wealth from the richer nations? Sir W. Arthur Lewis's provocative analysis of the present economic order and its origins suggests that the answer to both questions is yes. Professor Lewis perceptively illuminates aspects of recent economic history that have often been overlooked by observers of international affairs. He asks first how the world came to be divided into countries exporting manufactures and countries exporting primary commodities. High agricultural productivity and a good investment climate allowed countries in Northwest Europe to industrialize rapidly, while the favorable terms of trade they enjoyed assured them and the temperate lands to which Europeans migrated of continuing dominance over the tropical countries. At the core of the author's argument lies the contention that as the structure of international trade changes, the tropical countries move rapidly toward becoming net importers of agricultural commodities and net exporters of manufactures. Even so, they continue to depend on the markets of the richer countries for their growth, and they continue to trade on unfavorable terms. Both of these disadvantages, he concludes, stem from large agricultural sectors with low productivity and will disappear only as the technology of tropical food production is revolutionized. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


Desertification of Arid Lands

Desertification of Arid Lands

Author: Harold E. Dregne

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9783718601684

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First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


The Basel Capital Accords in Developing Countries

The Basel Capital Accords in Developing Countries

Author: R. Gottschalk

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2009-12-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780230222243

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This book is about the new capital adequacy framework – known as Basel II – approved by the Basel Committee in 2004. It aims to discuss Basel II implementation in different categories of developing countries, including emerging market economies, such as Brazil and low-income countries such as Ethiopia and Zambia.


Management of Arid Ecosystem

Management of Arid Ecosystem

Author: A. S. Faroda

Publisher: Arid Zone Research Associati

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13:

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The Arid Ecosystem Has Been Under Constant Pressure Of Biotic And Abiotic Stresses All Through The Millennium. In The Last Few Decades There Has Been Acute Resource Depletion Of The Already Fragile Ecosystem Through Over-Exploitation Of Resources By The E


Stressed Ecosystems and Sustainable Agriculture

Stressed Ecosystems and Sustainable Agriculture

Author: S. M. Virmani

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13:

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Selected papers presented at the International Symposium on Agroclimatology and Sustainable Agriculture in Stressed Environments held at Hyderabad in India during 15-20 February 1993.


India and the China Crisis

India and the China Crisis

Author: Steven A. Hoffmann

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2024-07-26

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0520414608

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The earliest accounts of the Sino-Indian boundary dispute cast India as the victim of Chinese betrayal and expansionism, but a more favorable image of China vis-a-vis India has appeared since the 1970s. Since then, China has been portrayed as the victim of India's self-righteous intransigence, with the 1962 India-China war occurring because China was provoked into practicing a justifiable form of realpolitik. These two seemingly irreconcilable academic schools of thought still exist. In this case study of India's decision-making between the years of 1959 and 1963, the critical first years of its border conflict with China, Steven A. Hoffmann takes an important step in reconciling the conflicting views of the crisis and of the ascribed reasons for the war that ensued in 1962. Drawing on interviews with Indian officials, military officers, and political leaders and on memoirs and other sources gathered during concentrated research in India, England, and North America between 1983 and 1986, the author provides previously unknown material on the perceptions and realities of Indian decision making. A model for international crisis behavior, as proposed by Michael Brecher, is used to help establish a balanced treatment of information and offer insights into such questions as why India and China both failed to understand one another's frontier psychologies and strategies, and why the Nehru government did not succeed in managing the conflict. This richly detailed and carefully researched approach is invaluable in this time when India and China are once again exploring ways to establish a solid relationship. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.


Women on the Indian Scene: An Annoted Bibliography

Women on the Indian Scene: An Annoted Bibliography

Author: Kalpana Dasgupta

Publisher: Abhinav Publications

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9788170170396

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Indian womanhood and its role in the national resurgence has long been a controversial field of research. But the bulk of published literature on women, with different subject-slants, has not yet been systematically surveyed and arranged for the use of scholars in the field. The present volume decidedly fills in a big gap in the bibliographic compilation on the subject. This annotated bibliography is a maiden venture that subject-wise organizes 823 published monographs, books, reports and research papers in English. A statistical analysis of the trend of research on women in India from the ancient times to the present offers an overview of the research already done, and in the process, it also identifies the gaps that await further scholarly research. The bibliography has been arranged under the broad categories of: General survey; Society and women; Economic status; Political status; Legal status; Education Women in Art and Culture; Biographies of eminent women. The subject divisions are then classified period-wise : (A) Ancient to Modern; (B) Ancient of Medieval; © Modern. A further classification is according to the type of material, i. e. books, reports, monographs and research papers. The appendices carry lists of unpublished theses submitted to universities during the last few years and a chronologically arranged list of legislations that have affected the lives of women in this country.