ABERU Publications

Publisher: World Scientific

ISBN: 9789812790491

Pub Date: October 2008

Type: Hardback Book

Price: AUD $

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China has an estimated 120-150 million internal migrants from the countryside living in its cities. These people are the engine that has been driving China’s high rate of economic growth. However, until recently, little or no attention has been given to the establishment of a social protection regime for migrant workers. This volume examines the key issues involved in establishing social protection for them, including a critical examination of deficiencies in existing arrangements and an in-depth study of proposals that have been offered for extending social security coverage. Featuring contributions from leading academics outside China who have written on the topic as well as experts from leading Chinese academic institutions such as Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Development Research Center in the State Council, this volume provides a comprehensive account from both inside and outside China.

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Publisher: Monash University press

ISBN: 9781876924478

Pub Date: June 2007

Type: Hardback Book

Price: AUD $29.95

Publishers' Blurb

Over the last two decades Chin's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China 's cities from the surrounding countryside in search of a better life. Globalisation and labour mobility in china examines the manner in which these people live, work and interact with their urban cousins. A particular feature of the book is its comparative focus, with interesting parallels drawn between China 's experience with mass internal migration and labour market restructuring and the experiences of India , Mexico and France . Some of the worlds foremost China Scholars have collaborated to produce this volume, Including Cal Fang from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Dorothy Solinger from UC-Irvine and Ken Roberts from Southwestern University.

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Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

ISBN: 0415345170

Pub Date: Nov 2004

Type: Hardback Book

Price: £60.00

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China 's recent economic reforms have led to impressive growth, and an unprecedented enthusiasm for establishing foreign enterprises in China . Since 1993, China has been the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world and is now considered to be the world's third biggest economy. Its greater economic integration with the rest of the world, especially since its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has further accelerated its market-oriented economic reforms. China is now opening its protected markets and beginning to submit to the rule of international law. This ongoing transition and increasing participation in the world economy has resulted in significant changes in human resource management and social welfare practices in China 's enterprises. The book examines the key areas, all of which are linked, where China is grappling with institutional reforms as it opens up to the outside world: state-owned enterprise reform, capital markets and financial reform, human resources and labour market reform, social welfare reform, and China's accession to the WTO and the growth of the private sector.

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Publisher: Nova Science, New York

ISBN: 1-59454-030-6

Pub Date: 2004

Type: Hardback Book

Price: US$69.00

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The South Asian economies constitute the largest and most densely populated region of the world. With an estimated 1.4 billion plus people, this is a larger market area than China . This volume addresses South Asia 's opening up and attempts to integrate into the global economy. The volume is unique among existing offerings on South Asia in that it covers the dynamics of structural adjustments due to globalization, focusing on the development and welfare aspects of the region. The contributions, by a broad range of international experts from the disciplines of banking and finance, economics, management and political science, are informed by three central themes. The three themes are industry reforms and market adjustment; economic performance and the effects on globalization on specific industries; and economic development, poverty and welfare issues. The volume adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach to these issues and will appeal to readers from across the business disciplines.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 1843762552

Pub Date: Nov 2004

Type: Hardback Book

Price: £60.00

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This volume explores Malaysian business in the era beginning with the Asian financial crisis of 1997–99. The contributions, by a broad range of nternational experts, are informed by a wish to identify what Malaysia needs to do to sustain economic growth, remain internationally competitive and further social stability in the post-crisis period. Malaysia 's unconventional response to the crisis suggests that its business community has developed a new level of confidence in its ability to adopt and sustain innovative policies even when these strategies challenge the international financial community. This response is perceived as evidence that Malaysian business has indeed entered a new era characterised by a high level of confidence in the nation's capacity to weather the external periodic shocks that are a feature of the current wave of globalisation. Malaysian Business in the New Era argues that there are grounds for optimism in this regard, while recognising that the true test will occur when Malaysia is compelled to confront a major decline in its international export markets brought on by a major crisis such as an OECD-wide recession.