A key attribute of China's diplomacy in recent years is its increasing presence in Africa. With its rising investments and aid in…
Conventional wisdom suggests that after a spectacular economic performance during the 1970s and 1980s, Japan has endured two “lost decades…
The economic growth of South Korea has been a remarkable success story. After the Korean War, the country was one of the poorest economies…
China has enjoyed a higher growth rate for a longer period than any other nation to date, but a new consensus is emerging that China is now…
This book is a story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation. The village sits in the Pearl River…
Book abstract: The two-volume Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics fills a gap in scholarship on an increasingly important field within…
Book abstract: The two-volume Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics fills a gap in scholarship on an increasingly important field within…
We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income
distribution in their village to test theories such as…
Book abstract: In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic…
The possibility that the renminbi may soon join the ranks of international currencies has
generated much excitement. This paper looks to…