Economic Growth And Development In The Tropics

Author : Sook Rei Tan,Haejin Jang,Jacob Wood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781003848981

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Economic Growth and Development in the Tropics by Sook Rei Tan,Haejin Jang,Jacob Wood Pdf

The living standards and scale of development around the world are vastly unequal. One notable observation is that much of the poverty-stricken area is located between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. By contrast, affluent nations are situated in more temperate zones. Such a phenomenon gives weight to the geography hypothesis that seeks to explain the occurrence of global economic inequality, by placing an emphasis on the importance of natural elements such as location and climate in determining the economic conditions of a nation. This book concentrates exclusively and in depth on the key economic phenomena and factors which shape tropical economies today. It examines contemporary economic problems confronting the tropical countries and provides policy recommendations that align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals set in the 2030 Agenda. It contains research works and case studies of tropical economies that are related to the area of development and environment economics. The book’s themes range from economic growth, poverty reduction, income inequality, economic globalization, international trade, capital flow, financial development, and institutional development to environmental sustainability within the Tropics. Recognizing the dynamism and diversity of the tropics, the book encompasses empirical and policy analyses that address the key economic issues and challenges in the region so as to provide an important platform from which new policymaking initiatives can flourish. This book will draw readership primarily from the fields of economics and public policy, particularly under the subject areas of development and environment economics, as well as discussions in the sustainability policy space.

Author : Sook Rei Tan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 100334920X

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Economic Growth and Development in the Tropics by Sook Rei Tan Pdf

The living standards and scale of development around the world are vastly unequal. One notable observation is that much of the poverty-stricken area is located between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. By contrast, affluent nations are situated in more temperate zones. Such a phenomenon gives weight to the geography hypothesis that seeks to explain the occurrence of global economic inequality, by placing an emphasis on the importance of natural elements such as location and climate in determining the economic conditions of a nation. This book concentrates exclusively and in depth on the key economic phenomena and factors which shape tropical economies today. It examines contemporary economic problems confronting the tropical countries and provides policy recommendations that align with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals set in the 2030 Agenda. It contains research works and case studies of tropical economies that are related to the area of development and environment economics. The book's themes range from economic growth, poverty reduction, income inequality, economic globalization, international trade, capital flow, financial development, and institutional development to environmental sustainability within the Tropics. Recognizing the dynamism and diversity of the tropics, the book encompasses empirical and policy analyses that address the key economic issues and challenges in the region so as to provide an important platform from which new policymaking initiatives can flourish. This book will draw readership primarily from the fields of economics and public policy, particularly under the subject areas of development and environment economics, as well as discussions in the sustainability policy space.

Author : Andrew M. Kamarck
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112054899544

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The Tropics and Economic Development by Andrew M. Kamarck Pdf

The tropics. Soils. Agricultural enemies. Agriculture research. Minerals. Health hazards. Health research.

Author : Jacob Wood,Taha Chaiechi,K Thirumaran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000555059

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Business, Industry, and Trade in the Tropics by Jacob Wood,Taha Chaiechi,K Thirumaran Pdf

The tropics is an area of enormous opportunity and potential. The countries situated between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are largely developing in nature. There is huge interest in the types of business investments made in Southeast Asia, Central Africa, and the Amazonian tropical belts. These tropical regions continue to face opportunities and challenges in attracting foreign direct investments as well as the need to complement and/or compete with larger economies external to the tropics. This book provides an empirical assessment of the key sociocultural, economic, environmental, and political factors that influence the business dynamics of organizations operating within the tropics. It will address but is not limited to topics such as attracting businesses to the tropics, facilitating smooth, stable conditions for business operations and sustainability, national institutions, and regulations that shape the way business is done, and the increasing deployment of new technologies and entrepreneurial innovations which are defining the global tropics as a distinct business region. It will offer readers a key focus for developing a deeper understanding of the factors and frameworks that influence and shape business activity in the area. While the primary audience for the book consists of academics and students from the fields of economics (environmental economics, developmental economics), business, international trade, tourism, and area studies, it will also provide a practical resource for government policy analysts wanting to fully appreciate some of the key economic and business issues facing the region.

Author : B. W. Hodder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Tropics
ISBN : 0415584140

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Economic Development in the Tropics by B. W. Hodder Pdf

Author : Douglas Harry Kedgwin Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1955*
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OCLC:479177413

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Climate and Economic Development in the Tropics by Douglas Harry Kedgwin Lee Pdf

Author : Charles A.S. Hall,Patrick Van Laake,Carlos Leon Perez,Gregoire Leclerc
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080492216

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Quantifying Sustainable Development by Charles A.S. Hall,Patrick Van Laake,Carlos Leon Perez,Gregoire Leclerc Pdf

Until recently, the phenomenal economic development of the Asian tigers, Chile, and Malaysia, as well as the sustained economic growth of the United States, painted a very desirable and optimistic picture of free markets, fiscal responsibility, and, more generally, the entire dogma of neoclassical economics. As of the fall of 1998, however, the economies of many tropical countries have contracted severely, and the enthusiasm of the developing tropics for the free market and all of its ancillary policies is decidedly cooler. Have our traditional approaches to economics been failing the developing world? This interdisciplinary book covers the conditions of the developing tropics, the resistance of some of their problems to earlier attempts at solutions, and the use of new tools to develop a much more comprehensive and empirical framework for analysis and decision making. It also presents the development of cutting edge technology that links GIS and modeling approaches with extensive databases on meteorology, soils, agricultural production, and land use. The book discusses whether development is sustainable through a synthesis of demographic, economic, and resource-specific considerations. Costa Rica is uniquely suited to this study because of its size, stage of development, democratic institutions, and national databases. A CD-ROM containing all data and programs, color images, animated models, large data tables, and references accompanies the book. Links economic and biophysical analyses of sustainability Presents new tools and approaches for analysis and decision-making Includes a CD-ROM containing data and programs, color images, animated models, and references

Author : Roger D. Stone
Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000127527

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The Nature of Development by Roger D. Stone Pdf

A few years ago, Roger Stone undertook a formidable challenge: to travel to representative villages in the tropical corners of the developing world to see how and whether economic development plans had improved the quality of the people's lives while also preserving each region's rich plant and animal life. In The Nature of Development, Stone reports on his findings and offers a lively prescription for sustainable economic growth that is environmentally sane and economically sound. By commercial and missionary airplane, bus, off-road vehicle, and dugout canoe--and of course by means of wearying foot journeys--Roger Stone reached his far-flung destinations all over Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Once there, he lived, walked, and talked at length with many diverse peoples: the Awa of Ecuador and Colombia; the Oku, who live near Kilum Mountain in Cameroon; the Hatam of the Arfak Mountains in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province; the resourceful, if underequipped, wardens of Zambia's national park service; the fishermen and farmers of a St. Lucia that Caribbean tourists seldom discover. While in the Amazon basin, he found sad tales of people without a future and of relentless environmental losses. More often, though, he returned with stories of hope and encouragement. For, as The Nature of Development shows, conservation and economic-development agencies can work together, and the governments of poor and rich countries alike can cooperate to improve human lives and stop disastrous ecological losses in the world's richest habitats. As new imperatives replace the global preoccupation with warfare and reckless modes of development, Stone's book carries a resonant and important message about howwe have mistreated our habitats in the past and how we can achieve a new environmental world order.

Author : Douglas Harry Kedgwin Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OCLC:7381561

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Climate and Economic Development in the Tropics by Douglas Harry Kedgwin Lee Pdf

Author : Andrew Martin Kamarck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783742746

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The tropics and economic development by Andrew Martin Kamarck Pdf

Author : Andrew Martin Kamarck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:935300286

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The Tropics and Economic Development by Andrew Martin Kamarck Pdf

Author : William Arthur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136607714

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Tropical Development by William Arthur Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : William Arthur Lewis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415381924

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Tropical Development, 1880-1913 by William Arthur Lewis Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : William R. Easterly
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262260657

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The Elusive Quest for Growth by William R. Easterly Pdf

Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed. Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of reforms. None of these solutions has delivered as promised. The problem is not the failure of economics, William Easterly argues, but the failure to apply economic principles to practical policy work. In this book Easterly shows how these solutions all violate the basic principle of economics, that people—private individuals and businesses, government officials, even aid donors—respond to incentives. Easterly first discusses the importance of growth. He then analyzes the development solutions that have failed. Finally, he suggests alternative approaches to the problem. Written in an accessible, at times irreverent, style, Easterly's book combines modern growth theory with anecdotes from his fieldwork for the World Bank.

Author : Theodore Morgan
Publisher : New York : Harper & Row
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015002241092

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Economic Development by Theodore Morgan Pdf

The low-income economy and society; Characteristics and portraits; Statitics for LDCs: errors and appropriateness; Income grumbles: measuring economic development; Modeling economic growth; Nutrition, disease and climate; Population and development; Agriculture and development.