Emerging Economies

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview.- Part I: Agriculture and Food Security.- Chapter 2. Recent Development Patterns and Challenges of Brazilian Agriculture.- Chapter 3. The Role of Agriculture in China's Development: Performance, Determinants of Successes and Future Challenges.- Chapter 4. Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihoods in India: Performance, Issues and Challenges.- Chapter 5. Dimensions of Food and Livelihood Security of Agricultural Trade: The Case of Malaysia.- Chapter 6. Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihoods of Mexican Population under Market-Oriented Reforms.- Part II: Energy.- Chapter 7. Brazilian Perspectives on Development of Clean Energy.- Chapter 8. Energy Development and Efficiency in China.- Chapter 9. Indian Perspective on Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency.- Chapter 10. Reluctant Embrace: South Africa and Renewable Energy.- Part III: Technology and Innovation.- Chapter 11. Evolution and Dynamics of the Brazilian National System of Innovation.- Chapter 12. Has Business Innovation Capability Increased after Indigenous Innovation Policy.- Chapter 13. Technological and Institutional Change: India's Development Trajectory in an Innovation Systems Framework.- Chapter 14. The Role of the Diaspora in Supporting Innovation Systems: The Experience of India, Malaysia and Taiwan.- Chapter 15. Unveiling Innovation Dynamics and Development Processes: A Mexican perspective.- Chapter 16. Innovation Systems in Latecomer Development: Sectoral Evidence from South Africa and Malaysia.

Dr. Parthasarathi Shome is Chairman, Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Government of India, from August 2013. He was Adviser to the Indian Finance Minister, 2012-14. Earlier, he was Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, 2011-12. Prior to that, he was Chief Economist, Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC), UK, 2008-11 and Adviser to the Indian Finance Minister, 2004-08. He has been Member, Prime Minister's Trade & Economic Relations Committee, and Permanent Invitee, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for VAT and GST. He was Chairman, Tax Policy and Tax Administration Advisory Group, India's Tenth Five Year Plan (2000-01), as well as Ninth Plan (1996-97). From 1999 to 2001, he was Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor, ICRIER, and Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, 1995-97. Between 1983-2004, he served in various positions at the IMF, including Director, IMF Regional Training Institute, Singapore, 1999-2001. He began his professional career at American University, Washington DC, 1975-83, where he rose to be Professor. He has authored, edited and co-edited books including Taxation Principles and Applications: A Compendium, LexisNexis, Indian Tax Administration: A Dialogue, Orient Blackswan, The G20 Macroeconomic Agenda - India and the Emerging Economies, Cambridge University Press, Tax Shastra: Administrative Reforms in India, United Kingdom and Brazil, Business Standard Book, Tax Policy and Administration in South and South East Asia, Routledge, India's Fiscal Matters, Oxford University Press, Tax Policy Handbook, IMF, among others, and has over 50 refereed articles in journals including Journal of Economic Theory, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of Public Economics, National Tax Journal, Public Finance, Journal of Developing Economies, Labor and Society, and