1st Edition

Handbook of Economic Development

Edited By Kuo-Tsai Liou Copyright 1998
    764 Pages
    by Routledge

    Featuring over 1900 references, drawings, and tables and drawing on disciplines as diverse as political economics, public management, and urban affairs, this versatile text offers comprehensive information on major policy and managerial issues important to local and national economic development. Pulling together the work of over 40 researchers, the book examines the role of government in economic advances and reform, provides a complete, up-to-date survey of the literature on local and national economic development, details local and regional economic progress in the US, adopts an innovative interdisciplinary approach to the study of economic expansion, and more.

    POLICY AND MANAGERIAL ISSUES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    Policy and Managerial Issues in National and Local Economic Development, K.T. Liou
    Win-Win Policy System and Economic Development, S.S. Nagel
    Public Budgeting and Economic Development, A. Premchand
    Public Infrastructure and Economic Development, R. Krol
    Research and Development Activity and Economic Development, M. Gittleman and E.N. Wolff
    Strategies for Economic Development Under Decentralization: A Transformation of the Political Economy, R.W. Shin and A. Tat-Kei Ho
    Group-Based Micro-Finance and Economic Development, N. Bhatt and S.-Y. Tang
    Administrative Reform and Economic Development: Experiences in Selected Transforming and Developing Countries, S.K. Ma

    REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
    Globalization and the Revitalization of U.S. Economic Competitiveness: Implications for Economic Development Policy, C. Clark and R. Montjoy
    Economic Development Strategies in the American States, M. Jo Waits
    The Logic and Pathologies of Local and Regional Economic Development Strategies, C.J. Robinson-Barnes and W.L. Waugh, Jr.
    Government Regulation and Economic Development, R.C. Feiock
    Linking Economic Development to Strategic Planning: Issues for Community Problem-Solving, W.J. Pammer, Jr.
    Citizen Participation and Economic Development, D.R. Elkins and E.B. Sharp
    Community Building and Economic Development, E. Berman and J.D. Jurie
    Partnering with the Poor: Why Local Governments Should Work with Community-Based Development Organizations to Promote Economic Development, H.J. Rubin
    Governmental Involvement in Local Economic Development: The Case of Professional Sports, J.D. Jurie
    Private Entrepreneurship and Grassroots Development Strategies, K.D. Grenell

    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPED AND NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
    Economic Development and Environmental Protection in Australia, M.A. Newman and A.M. Michesen
    Local Economic Development in Canada, L.A. Reese
    Local Economic Development Policy in Finland: Key Actors View to Implementation, P. Vartiainen
    Economic Development in France: From State-Directed to Market-Oriented Economy?, V.A. Schmidt
    Economic Development Experience in Israel, I. Sharkansky
    Economic Development in Singapore: The Next Leap, S.B.Chew and R. Chew

    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING AND ECONOMIC-TRANSFORMING COUNTRIES
    The Political Economy of Development in India, A. Sapat
    Economic Development in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis, Y. Feng and A.C. Hsiang
    Policy Issues and Experience in Mexico: Trade, Economic Development, and the Environment, J.M. Rios
    Economic Development Experience in Nigeria, A. Sekwat
    Economic Development in South Africa, T.F. Buss and S. Dwivedi
    Accidental Freedom: Economic Development Experience in Post-Mao China, K. Chen
    The Imperitives of Economic Liberalization and Political Control in the Cuban Transition, M.A. Rivera
    Economic Development in Eastern Europe, T.F. Buss
    The Economic Development Experience of Mongolia, F. Nixson
    Economic Development in a Transforming Economy: The Vietnam Experience, K.V. Thai, R.G. Rhodd, P.T. Brannon, and L.J. Noe

    Biography

    Kuo-Tsai Liou