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Authored Books

Bramall, Chris (2008) Chinese Economic Development. London: Routledge.

Fine, Ben and Milonakis, Dimitris (2008) From Political Economy to Economics: Method, the Social and the Historical in the Evolution of Economic Theory. London: Routledge.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Hanappi, Hardy and Elsner, Wolfram, eds. (2008) Advances in Evolutionary, Institutional Economics. Evolutionary Mechanisms, Non-Knowledge and Strategy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Nissanke, Machiko and Thorbecke, Erik, eds. (2008) Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Hanappi, Hardy and Elsner, Wolfram, eds. (2008) Varieties of Capitalism and New Institutional Deals. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Book Chapters

Ash, Robert (2008) 'Migration and employment: a rural perspective.' In: Islam, Nazrul, (ed.), Resurgent China: Issues for the Future. New York and London: Palgrave.

Blin, Myriam (2008) 'Globalisation, Women and the Labour Market in Southern Africa.' In: Ruiters, Michele, (ed.), Gender instruments in Africa, Consolidating gains in the Southern African Development Community. Institute for Global Dialogue, pp. 113-129.

Johnston, Deborah and Sender, John (2008) 'Confusing counts, correlates and causes: The PRSP and poverty in Lesotho.' In: Rutten, M., Leliveld, A. and Foeken, D., (eds.), Inside Poverty and Development in Africa: Critical Reflections on Pro-Poor Policies. Leiden: Brill, pp. 57-82.

Khan, Mushtaq (2008) 'Governance and Development: The Perspective of Growth-Enhancing Governance.' In: Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid: East Asian Lessons for African Growth. Tokyo: GRIPS Development Forum/National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, pp. 107-152.

Khan, Mushtaq (2008) 'Investment and Technology Policies.' In: National Development Strategies: Policy Notes. New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, pp. 157-197.

Lo, Dic (2008) 'China as a “model” of utilizing foreign capital for economic development: perceptions, observations and interpretation.' In: Assmann, Heinz-Dieter, Chan, Thomas M.H. and von Filseck, Karin Moser, (eds.), Perceptions and Images of China. Baden-Baden: Nomos. (Neue China-Studien)

Nissanke, Machiko and Aryeetey, Ernest (2008) 'Institutional Analysis of Financial Market Fragmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Risk-Cost Configuration Approach.' In: Mavrotas, George, (ed.), Domestic Resource Mobilization and Financial Development. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112-116. (Studies in development economics and policy)

Nissanke, Machiko and Aryeetey, Ernest (2008) 'Institutional Analysis of Financial Market Fragmentation in sub-saharan Africa: a Risk-Cost Configuration Approach.' In: Mavrotas, George, (ed.), Domestic Resource Mobilization and financial Development. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112-116.

Nissanke, Machiko and Thorbecke, Erik (2008) 'Globalisation and the Poor in Asia: Can Shard Growth be Sustained?' In: Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-23.

Nissanke, Machiko and Thorbecke, Erik (2008) 'Globalization and Poverty in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained?' In: Nissanke, Machiko and Thorbecke, Erik, (eds.), Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth be Sustained? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-23. (Studies in development economics and policy)

Journal Article

Arpac, Ozlem, Bird, Graham and Mandilaras, Alex (2008) 'Stop Interrupting: An Empirical Analysis of the Implementation of IMF Programs.' World Development, 36 (9). pp. 1493-1513.

Batavia, B., Chakravarty, Deepita and Nandakumar, P. (2008) 'Skilled Labour Specificity and the Pure Theory of International Trade: An Application to the Indian Information Technology Sector.' Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 5 (2). pp. 27-37.

Blin, Myriam (2008) 'Export-Oriented Policies, Women’s Work Burden and Human Development in Mauritius.' Journal of Southern African Studies, 24 (2). pp. 239-254.

Booth, Anne (2008) 'The Economic Development of Southeast Asia in the Colonial Era, c1870-1942.' History Compass, 6 (1). pp. 25-53.

Booth, Anne (2008) 'West Africa in the Southeast Asian Mirror: The Historical Origins of the Post-1960 Divergence.' Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions, 32 (3). pp. 61-90.

Bova, Elva (2008) 'Exchange Rate Management for Commodity Booms: Examining Zambia’s Copper Exports.' Development Viewpoint (19).

Bramall, Chris (2008) 'Reversing the Verdict on Maoism?' Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 24 (4). pp. 657-667.

Bramall, Chris (2008) 'Rural Industrialisation and Spatial Inequality in China, 1978-2006.' Economic and Political Weekly, 52. pp. 43-50.

Chakravarty, Deepita (2008) 'Docile Oriental Women and the Organized Labour: A case of an Indian garment export park.' Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 14 (29). pp. 439-460.

Chakravarty, Deepita and Chakravarty, Ishita (2008) 'Girl Children in the Care Economy: Domestics in West Bengal.' Economic and Political Weekly, 43 (48). pp. 93-100.

Fine, Ben (2008) 'Consumers and Demand.' Mimeo. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) 'Debating Lebowitz: Is Class Conflict the Moral and Historical Element in the Value of Labour Power.' Historical Materialism, 16 (3). pp. 105-114.

Fine, Ben (2008) 'Social Capital in Wonderland: The World Bank behind the Looking Glass.' Progress in Development Studies, 8 (3). pp. 261-269.

Fine, Ben (2008) 'Social capital versus social history.' Social History, 33 (4). pp. 442-467.

Fine, Ben (2008) 'Vicissitudes of Economics Imperialism.' Review of Social Economy, 66 (2). pp. 235-240.

Fine, Ben and Saad Filho, Alfredo (2008) 'Production vs. Realisation in Marx’s Theory of Value: A Reply to Kincaid.' Historical Materialism, 16 (4). pp. 167-180.

Hanappi, Hardy (2008) 'The concept of choice: why and how innovative behaviour is not just stochastic.' Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 18 (2). pp. 275-289.

Harrigan, Jane (2008) 'Food Insecurity, Poverty and the Malawi Starter Pack: False Start or Fresh Start?' Food Policy, 33 (3). pp. 237-249.

Johnston, Deborah (2008) 'Bias, not error: Assessments of the economic impact of HIV/AIDS from microstudies in Sub-Saharan Africa.' Feminist Economics, 14 (4). pp. 87-115.

Johnston, Deborah and Wall, Martin (2008) 'Counting Heads or Counting Televisions: Can Asset-based Measures of Welfare Assist Policy-makers in Russia?' Journal of Human Development, 9 (1). pp. 131-147.

Lapavitsas, Costas and Santos, Paulo dos (2008) 'Globalization and Contemporary Banking: On the Impact of New Technology.' Contributions to Political Economy, 27. pp. 31-56.

Li, Guicai and Lo, Dic (2008) 'Reframing theories of the dynamics of macro unemployment: Neo-Keynesianism versus Neo-claissicism [in Chinese].' Jiaoxue yu Yanjiu (Teaching and Research), 2008 (2). pp. 37-43.

Lo, Dic (2008) 'Why is China Following a Capital-Deepening Development Path?' Development Viewpoint (9).

Lo, Dic and Zhang, Yu (2008) 'Globalisation meets its match: lessons from China’s economic transformation.' Economic and Political Weekly, 43 (52). pp. 97-102.

Negru, Ioana and Bigo, Vinca (2008) 'From Fragmentation to Ontologically Reflexive Pluralism.' Journal of Philosophical Economics, 1 (2). pp. 127-150.

Nissanke, Machiko and Thorbecke, Erik (2008) 'The Impact of Globalization on the Poor in Latin America.' Economia, 9 (1). pp. 153-186.

Nissanke, Machiko and Thorbecke, Erik (2008) 'Introduction: Globalization-Poverty Channels and Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa.' African Development Review, 20 (1). pp. 1-19.

Qin, Duo (2008) 'Uncover Latent PPP by Dynamic Factor Error Correction Model (DF-ECM) Approach: Evidence from five OECD countries.' Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (7).

Qin, Duo, Cagas, M.A., Ducanes, G., Magtibay-Ramos, N. and Quising, P.F. (2008) 'Automatic leading indicators (ALIs) versus macro econometric structural models (MESMs): Comparison of inflation and GDP growth forecasting.' International Journal of Forecasting, 24 (3). pp. 399-413.

Simister, John and Makowiec, Judith (2008) 'Domestic Violence in India: Effects of Education.' Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 15 (3). pp. 507-518.

Smith, Graham (2008) 'Liquidity and the Informational Efficiency of African Stock Markets.' South African Journal of Economics, 76 (2). pp. 161-175.

Toporowski, Jan (2008) 'Minsky's 'induced investment and business cycles'.' Cambridge Journal of Economics, 32 (5). pp. 725-737.

dos Santos, Paulo L. (2008) 'Addressing the Financial Crisis Requires Improvements in Equity.' Development Viewpoint (20).

dos Santos, Paulo L. (2008) 'The Rising Risks of Mortgage and Consumer Credit in Middle-Income Economies.' Development Viewpoint (11).

Conference or Workshop Items

Fine, Ben (2008) Development as Zombieconomics in the Age of Neo-Liberalism. In: 35th anniversary conference for the Center for International Development Issues, September 2008, CIDIN, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) Engaging the MEC: Or a Lot of My Views on a Lot of Things. In: MEC Workshop, June, 2008, University of KwaZulu-Natal. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) From Financialisation to Neo-liberalism. In: New forces in the World Economy, 27th October, 2008, Coimbra, Portugal. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) The Minerals-Energy Complex is Dead: Long Live the MEC? In: Amandla Colloquium. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) Neo-liberalism as Financialisation. In: Neo-Liberalism and the Middle East. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) Social Capital and Health: The World Bank through the Looking Glass after Deaton. In: Seminar for School of Oriental and African Studies / London International Development Centre, 12th March 2008, London. (Unpublished)

Fine, Ben (2008) Zombieconomics: The Living Death of the Dismal Science in the Age of Neo-Liberalism. In: ESRC Neoliberalism Seminar, 1st April 2008, Centre for Public Policy for Regions (CPPR), University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Hakimian, Hassan (2008) Iran's Free Trade Zones: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Conference on ‘The Iranian Economy’, 11-13 December, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hanappi, Hardy and Hanappi-Egger, E. (2008) From Fun to Skill to Knowledge – and Back. The Spectrum of Edutainment Methods Revisited. In: The 2nd ‘Amazing e-Learning’ Conference, 7-11 March, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University in Bangkok (Thailand).

Hanappi, Hardy and Rengs, B. (2008) On the Eve of Global Financial Collapse. Explanations, necessity, and policy conclusions. In: The International Conference of EAEPE, 6-8 November, Rome (Italy). (Unpublished)

Mikosch, H. and Hanappi, Hardy (2008) Knowledge Production Firms versus Universities. On a progressive design of higher education. In: The XV Conferencia International de Estudios Europeos, 26-28 November, Habana (Cuba). (Unpublished)

Monographs and Working Papers

Hakimian, Hassan (2008) Institutional Change, Policy Challenges and Macroeconomic Performance: Case Study of Iran (1979-2004). Washington: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank on behalf of the Commission on Growth and Development. Working Paper No.26.

Karshenas, Massoud (2008) Poverty Trends in Least Developed Countries. Geneva: UNCTAD. Background Paper No. 4.

Khan, Mushtaq (2008) Building Growth-Promoting Governance Capabilities. The Least Developed Countries Report 2009: The state and development governance. Background Paper.

Khan, Mushtaq (2008) Technological Upgrading in Bangladeshi Manufacturing: Governance Constraints and Policy Responses in the Ready-made Garments Industry. UNDP Bangladesh. (Unpublished)

Khan, Mushtaq (2008) Vulnerabilities in Market-led Growth Strategies and Challenges for Governance. Department for International Development (DFID). (Unpublished)

Nissanke, Machiko (2008) Aid Effectiveness to Infrastructure Building in Asia and Africa. Tokyo:

Simister, John (2008) Women in Egypt, Nigeria, and India can protect themselves from ‘Gender-Based Violence’ caused by avoiding high temperatures. Development Ideas and Practices. Working Paper DIP-08-01.

Book Reviews

Blin, Myriam (2008) 'Book Review: Women's Role in Economic Development, Ester Boserup.' Gender and Development, 16 (1).

McCartney, Matthew (2008) 'A Review of D. Tripathi and J. Jumani, "The Concise Oxford History of Indian Business".' Journal of Asian Affairs .

McCartney, Matthew (2008) 'A Review of Rahul Mukherji (ed.), "India’s Economic Transition: The Politics of Reforms".' Journal of Development Studies, 44 (8). pp. 1236-1237.

Volz, Ulrich (2008) 'Identity and Violence. The Illusion of Destiny. By Amartya Sen.' Journal of Intercultural Studies, 29 (4). pp. 429-432.

Theses

Tasciotti, Luca (2008) Three essays on nutrition and economic growth. The case of Italy: 1880-1960. PhD thesis. Tor Vergata University.

Films

Khan, Mushtaq (2008) Governance Reform and Economic Growth. SOAS and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Available from http://governanceinafrica.wordpress.com/.

Datasets

Simister, John (2008) Work, Attitudes and Spending in India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt, 1992 - 2007. [Datasets]

Other

Nissanke, Machiko and Jerve, Alf Morten (2008) 'Aid Effectiveness to Infrastructure: A Comparative Study of East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Framework Paper.' JBICI Research Paper No. 36-1. Japan Bank for International Cooperation Institute.

Volz, Ulrich (2008) 'Delinking from the Dollar.' Far Eastern Economic Review .

Volz, Ulrich (2008) 'Europe Needs a United Approach to the Credit Crunch.' The Wall Street Journal . p. 27.