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This book looks at the growing economic impact of the Asian Driver
economies and particularly China on global prices and through this
on other low income economies. Farooki and Kaplinsky consider both
the possibility of a sustained rise in commodity prices as well as
the growing financialization of global commodity markets and
exploring the interconnections between these issues discuss the
theory and policy related challenges ahead. In the midst of a
sustained global economic crisis, the authors argue that countries
like China follow a commodities-intensive growth-path and that the
strategic significance of commodities prices lies not so much in
their nominal prices, but in their prices relative to other sectors
(manufactures and services); thus, economic crisis will affect not
only the commodities sector.
This book describes the origins and character of the global
Appropriate Technology movement, identifying its three major
components - the environmental, the social and the economic. The
author discusses appropriate technologies in the bread, brick,
cement and sugar industries in Africa and Asia. The reasons for the
increasing attractiveness of small-scale production in the
industrially advanced countries are described, and the author aims
to show how this approach can open the way to more human-centred
patterns of development throughout the globe. The final chapters
discuss the limited role played by markets in the development and
diffusion of these appropriate technologies, and consider both the
nature of suitable governmental policies and assess the likelihood
of their emergence.
Japanese industry has shown its superiority in a range of traded
goods sectors. It was thought that this competitive advantage arose
from the use of electronics-based flexible automation technologies,
but it is now clear that the major source of this industrial
strength is in the development and diffusion of new management
techniques such as just-in-time production and total quality
management.
A number of Western firms have begun to introduce these management
techniques and have begun to reap significant benefits, not just in
lowering costs but also in improving product variety and quality,
and in being able to satisfy customer needs more effectively. This
is a practical and relevant book for those involved in the areas of
policy and production, as well as being of relevance to those in
the teaching and research communities.
This book describes the origins and character of the global
Appropriate Technology movement, identifying its three major
components - the environmental, the social and the economic. The
author discusses appropriate technologies in the bread, brick,
cement and sugar industries in Africa and Asia. The reasons for the
increasing attractiveness of small-scale production in the
industrially advanced countries are described, and the author aims
to show how this approach can open the way to more human-centred
patterns of development throughout the globe. The final chapters
discuss the limited role played by markets in the development and
diffusion of these appropriate technologies, and consider both the
nature of suitable governmental policies and assess the likelihood
of their emergence.
This book looks at the experience of 13 leading-edge European
companies, drawn from the manufacturing, services and health
sectors. It shows how organisation has been the key to their
productivity growth. It also shows that whilst Europe has much to
learn from Japan and the USA, there is a distinctive European
approach to organisational expertise. This has important
implications for strategic policy, in these institutions
themselves, but also in government at both the national and local
levels. Here, too, as the case studies show, Europe has
considerable expertise on which the production sector can grow.
Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, The Impact of China
on Global Commodity Prices comprehensively and systematically
evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of
commodities, analyses the drivers of China's demand for commodities
the factors constraining global supply and in the role which the
financialisation of commodities is playing in constraining
commodity production. It also documents and the growing role of
China as a foreign investor in the commodities sectors. All of
these trends are woven together to explore the fabric of strategic
choices confronting public and private sector decision-makers.
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