Development

WINNER: Business Book Awards 2018 - 'Selling The Dream' category (1st edition) In an increasingly competitive professional services sector, it is vital that firms have an effective tendering strategy. The advantages gained from winning and retaining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546485Author Thomas RamgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 18mm

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Equipped with useful charts and thought-provoking illustrations, this book introduces a revolutionary new way to determine humanity's impact on the Earth and presents an exciting and powerful tool for measuring and visualising the resources required to...

What makes countries rich? What makes countries poor? Europe's Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland seeks to answer these questions, and many more, through a study of one of the biggest, and least heard about, economic success...

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...

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...

In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right. While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig out of poverty, success usually requires...

This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact evaluation and its practice in development. While the book is geared principally towards development practitioners and policymakers designing prospective impact evaluations, we trust that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913176327Author Oswald MosleyFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Sanctuary Press LtdPublisher Sanctuary Press LtdWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to...

Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, have argued that this surge contributed to the economic boom of...

A clarion call for marketing to return to its roots and integrate sustainability principles, this book illustrates how the marketing function can drive organizations, delighting customers and impacting positively on society and the environment.Accused of...

Developing countries commonly adopt reforms to improve their governments yet they usually fail to produce more functional and effective governments. Andrews argues that reforms often fail to make governments better because they are introduced as signals...

Providing critical insight into the globalization of product conception, production, marketing and distribution, this Handbook comprehensively explores the functioning of global value chains (GVCs) and how they shape the global economy. It provides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544542928Author Eric JorgensonFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Smart Friends PublishingPublisher Smart Friends PublishingWeight(grams)...

The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain 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)...

In light of growing urgency in tackling the global environmental crisis, there is a need for new visions and strategies to ensure a more sustainable and just world. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Green perspectives on a range of global...

'A sure-footed and self-confident book, ambitious in scope, authoritative in execution and practical in its implications' - Simon Maxwell, Director, Overseas Development Institute, London 'At last, a development studies text that encourages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262526876Author Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739510008Author Warren CassFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint HiveMind PublishingPublisher HiveMind PublishingWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

MAKE YOUR COMPANY A FORCE FOR GOOD You're ambitious. You're not afraid to take risks. You want to bring about positive social change. And while your peers have left a trail of failed start-ups in their wake, you want to initiate change from within an...

A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream. As climate catastrophe looms closer, people are eager to learn what degrowth is about, and whether we can save the planet by changing how we...

In his previous Schumpeter Prize-winning work, Lee analysed the 'middle-income trap', in which a developing country grows strongly only to plateau at a certain point. Yet certain developing countries, most significantly China, have managed to escape this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994432803Author Bernadette JiwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Perceptive PressPublisher Perceptive PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

How foreign lending weakens emerging nationsIn the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250891112Author Jake BrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540638311Author Adam HoulahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Stenica Pty LtdPublisher Stenica Pty LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today.If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forests and rivers? About food? Just Enough is a book of...

The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality-a critically important examination of poverty around the worldIn this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in...

It has long been recognized that an improved standard of living results from advances in technology, not from the accumulation of capital. It has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less-developed countries is not just a gap in...

How did Gross domestic product (GDP) become the world's most influential indicator? Why does it still remain the primary measure of societal progress despite being widely criticised for not considering well-being or sustainability? Why have the many...

The scale of China's innovation ambitions inspires worldwide commentary, much of it poorly informed. Focusing on electricity, telecommunication and semiconductors, this book offers a richly detailed account of China's innovation efforts. Massive...

Singapore is known internationally for its successful economic development. Key to its economic successes is a variety of policies put into place over the past 50 years since its independence. Singapore's Economic Development: Retrospection and...

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...

Have slums become 'cool'? More and more tourists from across the globe seem to think so as they discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits. But while slum tourism often evokes moral outrage, critics rarely ask about what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781333433Author Mok O'KeeffeFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

In this book, sociologist William I. Robinson offers a theory of globalization that follows the rise of a new capitalist class and a transnational state. Growing beyond national boundaries, this new class comprises a global system in which Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909188426Author Jeff WaageFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ubiquity Press LtdPublisher Ubiquity Press LtdWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...