Product Description: "Poverty Strategies in Asia" is an examination of a wide range of measures aimed at reducing poverty in the region. It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a 'growth plus' approach to poverty reduction...read more

Product Description: Khan presents a new theory of financial crises in the age of globalization from an evolutionary perspective and suggests policies that may be necessary for averting or managing new financial crises. Starting with the Asian financial crises, he identifies new types of financial crises that result from a combination of liberalization, weak domestic institutions for economic governance and a chaotic global market system without global governance institutions...read more

Product Description: Haider Khan's book goes beyond the study of catch-up technology and raises the question of innovation processes that are the key to the future growth and prosperity of the East Asian economies. This is particularly important in the aftermath of the Asian financial crises that have cost these economies much...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This study focuses on the role of technology in economic development. Citing South Korea as an example, it argues that the choice of technology must be viewed in relation to employment, income distribution, human development and the fulfilment of basic needs. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The development of techniques and applications of solid state nuclear track detection has progressed at such a rate that it has been found necessary to initiate international conferences to discuss the multifarious aspects of this rapidly expanding field...read more