Industrial Transformation in the Developing World (Oxford Geographical And Environmental Studies Series) - Hardcover

Buch 24 von 33: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies

Rock, Michael T.; Angel, David P.

 
9780199270040: Industrial Transformation in the Developing World (Oxford Geographical And Environmental Studies Series)

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Unless steps are taken now to make East Asia's growing size in the world's economy and ecology sustainable, East Asia's, and the world's, environmental future is likely to deteriorate seriously

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Michael T. Rock has lived and taught in Thailand and Vietnam; has served as senior economist of the Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, a development NGO established by the Rockefeller family. Received PhD in economics from the University of Pittsburgh. Recently awarded a grant from the Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan to study energy intensity in the pulp and paper industry in China, the US National Science Foundation to study the environmental behaviour of cement plants in China, Malaysia and Thailand, and a MacArthur Foundation grant to study the integration of industrial policy with environmental policy in China and Taiwan. Has consulted for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asia Foundation, the UN Development Program and the UN Industrial Development Organization.

David P. Angel holds degrees from Cambridge University and UCLA; he is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including an Abe Fellowship awarded by the Center for Global Partnership in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies. His research includes work conducted for the US Department of Commerce, the US Agency for International Development, the Asian Development Bank, and the MacArthur Foundation. He has consulted widely for public and private organizations around the world.

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