Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Growth. by Greenhalgh, C, Rogers, M

Bank, stock market and economic growth

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Cities and citadels: an archaeology of inequality and economic growth by Green, AS, Wilkinson, TC, Wilkinson, D, Highcock, N, Leppard, TP

Economic Growth and Development A Comparative Introduction by McCartney, M

Zakat administration, distribution and economic growth : a study in the Federal Territory of Malaysia by Densumite, Sorfina, Yusoff, Mohammed

“…In addition, the book also empirically analyses the effects of zakat distribution on economic growth in the Federal Territory of Malaysia. …”
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China's Role in Global Economic Recovery.

“…It discusses the role China has played in responding to the economic crisis; assesses the continuing strong prospects for further economic growth in China; and examines China’s deepening integration into the world economy. …”

Critical success factors, issues and concerns in tourism sustainability by Yong Enn Lun

“…According to the endogenous growth theory, innovation is the essential element for economic growth. There are arguments about how one economy can best absorb the benefits from innovation from various sectors. …”
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Farm to factory: A reinterpretation of the Soviet industrial revolution. by Allen, R

“…Reassesses Soviet economic performance--reconstructing quantitative dimensions of growth, presenting international comparisons, and simulating counterfactual development through computer modeling--to learn which parts of the Soviet economic experiment worked, which failed, and why. Examines economic growth before 1917; the development problem in the 1920s; the feasibility of the plan for agriculture to contribute to economic development through output expansion, labor release, and increased sales; planning, collectivization, and rapid growth; the population history of the Soviet Union; the standard of living during Soviet industrialization; the causes of rapid industrialization; the ways in which collectivization increased the rate of economic growth; and why the economy, which grew so rapidly from the 1920s into the 1960s, performed so badly in the 1970s and the 1980s. …”

The Cambridge economic history of modern Europe.

“…The first volume is centred on the transition to modern economic growth, which first occurred in Britain before spreading to other parts of western Europe by 1870, whilst the second tracks Europe's economic history through three major phases since 1870. …”

Readings in macroeconomics.

“…Fifteen of the most important and widely cited articles in the first fourteen volumes of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, some revised and updated, address the macroeconomic topics of fiscal and monetary policy, exchange rates, consumption and investment, unemployment and inflation, and economic growth. Papers discuss the role of fiscal policy in the 1990s; macroeconomic policy after European Monetary Union (EMU); floating exchange rates in theory and practice; questions that remain concerning EMU; asymmetries in housing and financial market institutions and EMU; consumer expenditure; whether the balance of payments matters; investment performance and policy; explanations of unemployment; unemployment and inequality; the limits of wage flexibility to curing unemployment; inflation policy; new approaches to economic growth; an international perspective on the macroeconomics of growth; and the policy implications of post-neoclassical endogenous growth theory. …”

Class and conflict: Revisiting Pranab Bardhan's political economy of India

“…It contributes to current debates on economic growth, crony capitalism, agrarian crisis, the politics of class and caste, and the role of the state in a liberalizing economy.…”

Problems of small scale enterprises and entrepreneurs in SIDCO industrial estates: Case research by Kalyani, Brinda, Kumar M., Dileep

“…SMEs has been the main pillar of economic growth of an economy in bringing industrial development and it is the as a driving force of decentralization, economic restructuring and movement in the direction of a market economy.It is clearly acknowledged that the potential of SMEs, in general in majority developing countries, that to contribute significantly to economic growth and substantially employment generation (labor-intensive).SMEs contribute to economic development in various ways by creating employment for rural and urban growing labor force, providing desirable sustainability and innovation in the economy as a whole.While this sector faces many hardships from varied facet of the profession.In this monograph, these challenges are grouped into four broad groupings: access to Finance, access to Human Capital, access to the Technology, access to market etc.Which are commonly observed in all developing countries.This monograph represents a comprehended and revised version of a collection of literature and modules on problems of small scale enterprises and entrepreneurs in sidco industrial estates: case research.…”

Nigeria and Indonesia by Bevan, D, Collier, P, Gunning, J

“…Compares policies and outcomes for income distribution and economic growth in the two countries, and examines why policies themselves differed between the two countries. …”

The Political Economy of Competitiveness: Corporate Performance and Public Policy. by Kitson, M, Michie, J

“…The authors use an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of economic growth, placing it in its historical and political context. …”

Trade, Growth and Technical Change.

“…This book represents a contribution to such debates, focusing as it does on the interconnections between technology, on the one hand, and economic growth and international trade on the other. …”

Readings in macroeconomics

“…Papers discuss the role of fiscal policy in the 1990s; options for U.K. fiscal policy; monetary and exchange-rate policy in Britain and Europe; floating exchange rates in theory and practice; the case for stabilizing exchange rates; balance of payments and international economic integration; consumer expenditure; inflation policy; inflation and the U.K. labor market; wage determination and the changing role of institutions in advanced industrialized countries; explanations of unemployment; new approaches to economic growth; an international perspective on the macroeconomics of growth; productivity and competitiveness; and whether relative economic decline reversed itself under the Thatcher regime. …”

Complexity of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs): a key issue in Malaysian trade policy

“…Modern Malaysia's open economy and liberal trading policies ensure that international trade will continue to be a significant platform for economic growth. Global trade is conducted betwwn nations within rules and provisions in various forms of trading arrangements, including free trade agreements, or 'FTAs'.…”
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Exports, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development in China. by Fu, X

“…Have exports and FDI promoted only economic growth but not development in China? What are the channels through which exports and FDI impact on economic development? …”

Labour and poverty in Kenya, 1900-1980 by Collier, P, Lal, D

“…Analyzes the nature of the labor market and its relationship with economic growth and income distribution in Kenya. Part 1 covers the historical evolution of the labor market from precolonial forms to a form of coercive monopsonistic organization under colonial rule over 1800-1948; the moderation of these coercive features under pressures of nationalism and humanitarian impulses over 1948-68; and the correction during 1968-80 of certain policy induced distortions. …”

Growth, Structural Change and Regional Inequality in Malaysia by Golam Hassan, Asan Ali

“…Economic development in the long run is seen as a process of structural change that is affected by economic growth. Malaysia is one of the middle-income economies that are going through rapid structural change. …”