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'The book's radical message "save livelihoods not just lives" should be on the desk of every policy-maker concerned with relief and development and demands a rethink of policy and practice across the board.' - Robert Chambers, Institute of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349047093Author Maurice Levy-LeboyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 567g

This book explores the means through which the garment industry contributes to industrialization, poverty reduction, empowerment of undereducated workers, in particular female laborers, and shared growth in contemporary low-income countries.Book...

How should we understand the many reports that poverty is the mother of innovation in India? What has the role of austerity been in the development of India's knowledge economy? In this critical study of Indian innovation, or 'Indovation', Thomas...

Dolly Parton once said, "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." Many people today are coasting on autopilot, with no passionate connection to the routine work they do day in and day out. The good news is that it doesn't have to be this way...

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Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative. Ambitious, aspirational and increasingly affluent, this group is said to embody the values and hopes of the new Africa, with international bodies...

Today, the United States seems to be taking a leading role in anti-globalization. What impact will this have on the future of globalization and the development of the world economy? How should developing countries respond to the changes? This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913738969Author Jyoti GuptaraFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Pippa Rann Books & MediaPublisher Salt Desert Media Group Ltd. (SDMG)

E.V.K. FitzGerald takes a fresh approach to the macroeconomics of developing countries, based on the influence of global markets on domestic savings, private investment, firm behaviours, employment levels and income distribution. He suggests that a...

Science, Technology, Innovation, and Economic Growth in Arab Countries explores fresh approaches to STI policy formulation and implementation in the region, with applications to developing countries elsewhere. Developing useful contexts for studying Arab...

Through comparative studies of aid-supported infrastructure projects in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the book examines how aid could assist development processes by facilitating development of local endogenous institutions.Book InformationISBN...

This unique collection studies and compares emerging social structures in transitional societies and discusses the life of the large majority of workers (farmers and state-sector employees as well as the bottom of socially deprived and marginalized...

In the aftermath of the debt crisis, disappointment with the results of structural adjustment policies is leading to a reappraisal of theories of economic development and industrialization strategies. This book comprises a collection of essays on...

This volume is a timely addition to the emerging literature on the rise of China and India, focusing on how rapid economic growth and geopolitical changes in these countries are reshaping the world economy and global governance. It covers issues such as...

What constraints do history and the global economy place upon Africa's economic development? To answer this question, Alemayehu Geda offers a new study of international finance and trade in Africa using a global macro model focused on the region. A...

Conventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures. This volume examines five types of unorthodox ownership and governance form...

This book analyzes the new trends in capital flows to emerging markets since the Asian crisis, their determinants and policy implications. It explains why such flows have declined so dramatically in recent years, emphasising both structural and cyclical...

The ways we understand processes of agrarian change are pressing issues for policy makers and development practitioners. Interpreting changes in two agrarian societies in India and Indonesia, the author reveals how transformations to self are critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911451259Author Lennox E. Joseph PhDFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint NTL InstitutePublisher Libri Publishing

This collection offers a timely reassessment of viable ways of addressing poverty across the globe today. The profile of global poverty has changed dramatically over the past decade, and around three-quarters of the poor now live in middle income...

This book provides the first truly comprehensive treatment of three topics that have traditionally been treated separately: teamwork, leadership, and communication. Teamwork has become central to the operation of the modern organization. People from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398696341Author Emma WeberFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Kogan PagePublisher Kogan PageWeight(grams) 156g

First published in 1983, Problems in Class Analysis presents a coherent theory of labour’s domination by capital, based upon the notion of the capitalist nature of both the product relations and of the productive forces themselves, including science and...

With recent technological developments, touted also as Industry 4.0, numerous articles published over the years have emphasized the need to investigate the role of technology across all sectors including the halal industry. This book provides a greater...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a driving force of the global economy, contributing up to 50% of gross domestic product in some instances. They also contribute to economic development through various channels such as employment creation,...

Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region.Book...

The book's 30 chapters are divided into three sections - international trade, economic development, macroeconomics and finance - and focus on the frontier issues in each. Section I addresses analytical issues relating to trade-environment linkage,...

This book is the first to analyze Chile's salmon farming industry in discussing industrial development in terms of the management of public goods. The book highlights important aspects of learning and capacity development, environmental sustainability,...

Since the economic decline in the early 1980s, most countries in Central America and the Caribbean have returned to positive growth rates. The recovery often coincided with or followed extensive neoliberal reforms. The contributors to this book address...

During the last two decades, Vietnam has been undergoing a process of deregulating economic activities and integrating into the global economy. The passing of the Enterprise Law in 1999, which facilitated the establishment of private enterprises, and the...

The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It...

The book examines various aspects of Africa's external economy by focusing on regional monetary arrangements and how they are affected by devaluation episodes. It investigates the relationship between current account balances, trade balances and trade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581122985Author Elie ElhadjFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Dissertation.comPublisher Dissertation.comWeight(grams) 386g

This book presents the Balanced Development Index (BDI), measuring socioeconomic development in twenty-two European OECD member countries in a period 1999-2017. Compared to other composite measures of development, BDI looks beyond traditional development...

The major challenges facing South Asia to achieve sustainable development are investigated, using case studies and applying new points of view in economic thought about the connection between development and the environment. After reviewing economic...

The book examines the extent to which Amartya Sen's conception of 'development as freedom' can be a guide for development policy. It argues that the theoretical foundations of the conception need to be expanded, and that it needs to give more attention...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349027576Author Ukandi G. DamachiFormat PaperbackPage Count 251Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789693692839Author Danish Ali BajwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Rk Books PublicationPublisher Rk Books PublicationWeight(grams) 281g

This book provides a systematic examination of the relationship between industrial clusters and poverty, which is analyzed using a multidimensional framework. It examines the often-neglected concept of social protection as a means of mitigating the risks...