Towards A Common Future
Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region
Editors: Banik, Arindam, Barai, Munim Kumar, Suzuki, Yasushi (Eds.)
Free Preview- Covering a broad region, this title gives a holistic analysis of Asian development as a wholeWith authors based in South Asia and East Asia, and one author from South Asia but based in East Asia, the breadth of expertise brought to the topic is relatively largeBy putting ideas of sustainability in dialogue with economic theory, the authors present an heuristic that is novel among analyses of the region
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- About this book
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This book focuses on the tremendous shift in both economic growth and development progress taking place towards the Asia-Pacific Region. Each of the countries in the region has various concerns and challenges for its sustainable development, a common goal most of them are trying to achieve at the moment. Interestingly, sustainable development in the region may be critical for achieving sustainable development at the global level as well. With a limited mandate, the book covers some specific developmental issues of ‘the hot spots’ of APR that are regarded to be contributing to their sustainable development. The book also looks at the formation and strengthening of some economic and financial initiatives with the potentials to affect growth and influence economic cooperation and integration of the countries in the region.
- About the authors
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Arindam Banik is the Director and Professor of International Finance and Business at the International Management Institute, Kolkata, India.
Munim K. Barai is Professor of Finance at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the Delhi School of Economics, India. He is a Fulbright Scholar.
Yasushi Sazuki is Professor of Finance, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the University of London.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-18
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China’s ‘New Normal’: Explaining China’s Economic Development from Institutional and Marxian Perspectives
Pages 21-41
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Opening Up and Unbalanced Development in the Chinese Regions: Theoretical Thinking and Some Empirical Evidence
Pages 43-58
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The “Belt and Road” Initiative and Economic Integration
Pages 59-86
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Is India Key to Asian Financial Integration?
Pages 89-105
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Towards A Common Future
- Book Subtitle
- Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Editors
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- Arindam Banik
- Munim Kumar Barai
- Yasushi Suzuki
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-10-5592-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-10-5592-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-5591-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-5437-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVIII, 355
- Number of Illustrations
- 10 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
- Topics