Development

Greenwashing is an emerging trend that seeks to overemphasize the sustainability practices by companies to their customers. In a comprehensive analysis of this widespread marketing and corporate communication practice, Agostino Vollero examines the...

This book provides students and practicing engineers with a comprehensive guide to off-grid electrification: from microgrids and energy kiosks to solar home systems and solar lanterns. As the off-grid electrification industry grows, universities are...

How can developing countries grow their economies? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin--the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the...

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age-when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen-and explores what it could mean for our collective future. Societies all over the world are getting older, the...

The Handbook of Economic Growth provides a broad review of the research topics, empirical findings, and methods that comprise modern growth economics. The chapters, written by research leaders, summarize and evaluate recent advances while explaining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262532815Author Beth CrandallFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bradford BooksPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm *...

This book, arising from over twenty years experience of working with the world's major faiths, draws extensively upon joint World Bank and ARC (Alliance of Religion & Conservation) /WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) projects world wide. It shows,...

Dr. David Moffet is an international expert in dental practice management. With over 32 years of dental experience, he has developed a simple, practical, and incredibly effective way of increasing the number of patients you see... the amount of money you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143458357Author Gautam ChikermaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 20mm

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions Contrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what...

While there is no denying that the world has made huge progress against absolute poverty over the last 200 years, until recent times the bulk of that progress had been made in wealthy countries only. The good news is that we have seen greater progress...

Kevin O'Rourke and Jeffrey Williamson present a coherent picture of trade, migration, and international capital flows in the Atlantic economy in the century prior to 1914-the first great globalization boom, which anticipated the experience of the last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578906485Author Chris ClearmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Christopher ClearmanPublisher Christopher ClearmanWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

This book addresses key issues in development economics, from macroeconomics, finance and governance to trade, industry, agriculture and poverty. Bringing together some of the foremost names in the field, this comprehensive and timely collection...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by China in 2013, carries and projects powerful regional dimensions and transformations, with short- and long-term global, national and local consequences. The BRI's regional significance lies in its...

Indigenous peoples have occupied their territories for thousands of years, territories that are increasingly being mined by an industry applying the most modern extractive, marketing, and transport technologies on a scale that can be difficult to...

For centuries following the spread of Islam, the Middle East was far ahead of Europe. Yet, the modern economy was born in Europe. Why was it not born in the Middle East? In this book Jared Rubin examines the role that Islam played in this reversal of...

Each year, Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. In this book, veteran science reporter Donald S. Greenberg takes us behind closed doors to show us who gets the money, and why. What he reveals is startling: an overlooked...

Sense of Place and Sense of Planet analyzes the relationship between the imagination of the global and the ethical commitment to the local in environmentalist thought and writing from the 1960s to the present. Part One critically examines the emphasis on...

This is the second edition of the immensely successful international text Poverty and Development in the 1990s. Each chapter introduces the student to a key topic, and is written by a specialist in the field. learning aids include: chapter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881321111Author Edward GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint The Peterson Institute for International EconomicsPublisher The Peterson Institute for...

There is growing awareness among leading responsible management scholars and practitioners that understanding global wicked problems is insufficient in effecting lasting engagement and changed behaviors. Research indicates that to impact behavior, the...

Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), created by Joan Skinner, is a somatic movement, dance and creative practice with a core underlying principle of releasing blocked energy, held tension and habitual patterns in body mind. It enables us to move with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781337783Author Jasper SteinhausenFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 206gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909623828Author Russell KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 10mm

Meet the industry leaders who are foraging a new path and changing the world in their wake, from tiny-home builders, permaculture growers and muesli bar curators to ceramic jewellers, coffee bean roasters, hat makers and menstrual cup innovators. Wild...

Why is ecofeminism still needed to address the environmental emergencies and challenges of our times? Ecofeminism has a chequered history in terms of its popularity and its perceived value in conceptualizing the relationship between gender and nature as...

"Lopes brings his rigour, insight, and experience to this timely new book, presenting a compelling rethink of traditional development models in Africa and the need to seize on transformational change to build a sustainable future for the continent."-Kofi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760783051Author Lauren CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint PlumPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 677gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 176mm *...

A holistic view of ESG goes beyond environmental issues, which are closely linked to social issues. Both come from the governance of an organization: the integrity with which decisions are made and implemented, ultimately defining corporate culture. ...

An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today's global economyNot so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and technology. Now it is...

The original critical guide to key concepts in development studies from some of the world's most eminent critical development scholars and practitioners. Each essay in this now classic collection examines one key development concept, from the...

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018: From World Development IndicatorsAbout the AuthorThe World Bank came into formal existence in 1945 following the international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements. It is a vital source of financial...

We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change...

In 1944, the Bretton Woods Conference ushered in a new international economic order. The World Bank emerged as one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world, and a new colonial authority in all but name. But how does it operate, who funds...

Innovation studies is an evolving interdisciplinary field that has moved away from the weaknesses of neoclassical thinking and embraced evolutionary theory. In this timely book, the authors offer a precise introduction to the nature of national...

As Ghana approaches its 60th birthday, optimism and worries for the future continue to be present in equal measure. Economic growth in the last decade has been high by historical standards. Indeed, recent rebasing of GDP figures has put Ghana over the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737384Author Landry SigneFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Environmental Justice: Key Issues is the first textbook to offer a comprehensive and accessible overview of environmental justice, one of the most dynamic fields in environmental politics scholarship.The rapidly growing body of research in this area has...

This publication provides updates on recent developments in the bond market in Hong Kong, China and highlights developments connected to the bond market of the People's Republic of China.The report updates the earlier ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide 2016: Hong...