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Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy's 'Last Frontier' Can Prosper and Matter by Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu
RRP: £10.99£7.77A rare and timely intervention from Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on development in Africa.To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crisis, Africa is seen as offering... -
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath
RRP: £20.99£16.30This title shows the five most important elements of a life well-lived and how they are interdependent. Contrary to what many people believe, well-being isn't just about happiness. Nor is it about only wealth, success, or physical health. In fact,... -
Human Security by Mary Kaldor 9780745638546
£18.09There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where new wars are taking place live in daily fear of violence. Moreover new wars are increasingly intertwined... -
Heineken in Africa: A Multinational Unleashed by Olivier van Beemen 9781787384880
RRP: £11.99£10.85Shortlisted for the African Business Book of the Year Award For Heineken, 'rising Africa' is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in... -
A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity by Alexandros Kentikelenis 9780190637736
RRP: £25.99£21.99The dominant policy response to economic crises over the past four decades has been the introduction of austerity--a mix of budget cuts and reforms to downsize the role of the state. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been the world's lender of... -
A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies by Uma Kothari
RRP: £22.99£21.48A Radical History of Development Studies traces the history of the subject from the late colonial period all the way through to contemporary focus on poverty reduction. In this now classic genealogy of development, the authors look at the contested... -
Renegade Millionaire: 7 Secrets to Extreme Wealth, Autonomy, and Entrepreneurial Success by Dan S Kennedy
RRP: £16.99£12.96SO... ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A RENEGADE MILLIONAIRE? When was the last time you thought of yourself as someone who throws the typical and conventional to the wayside? Someone who not only pushes the envelope but practically shreds it into a... -
The Vulnerable Humanitarian: Ending Burnout Culture in the Aid Sector by Gemma Houldey
RRP: £32.99£30.53The Vulnerable Humanitarian challenges the prevalence of stress and burnout culture within the aid sector, laying bare the issues of power, agency, security and wellbeing that continue to trouble organisations and staff. Engaging and insightful, this... -
Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought by Naila Kabeer
RRP: £23.99£20.49Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women's needs in current development policy.Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of... -
The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality by Branko Milanovic
£19.16Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why- beyond the idle curiosity- do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots , Branko... -
Women's Voices from the Rainforest by Janet Gabriel Townsend
RRP: £53.99£49.09Women's Voices from the Rainforest explores the position of the women whose families are tearing down the rainforest. These women of Central and Latin America have been largely invisible until now, but they are at last turning their voices into action... -
Retail Development by Anita Kramer 9780874209792
RRP: £112.00£105.03This comprehensive book is a practical how-to guide to developing hot retail projects such as lifestyle centers, mixed-use centers, and rehabs of failed malls. Project sizes range from small, ethnic-oriented community centers to major multilevel malls... -
Handbook on Global Value Chains by Stefano Ponte 9781800887008
RRP: £49.95£46.83Providing 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... -
Success Habits For Dummies by Dirk Zeller
RRP: £19.99£14.36Discover the ultimate success habits for a healthy and prosperous life Whether we like it or not, a big part of what we do in life is governed by habits. Even more importantly, habits can lead us to think and feel in certain patterns. Since habits are so... -
Rethinking Development Economics by Ha-Joon Chang 9781843311102
RRP: £24.95£23.65This 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... -
Leading Sustainably: Sustainable Business and How the SDGs Have Changed Everything by Trista Bridges
RRP: £32.99£30.53The business world is at an important crossroads. The age of the stakeholder is rapidly superseding that of the shareholder as climate change and political and societal shifts upend years of seeming prosperity. To move past this agitated age, business... -
The Non-Obvious Guide to Magical Meetings (Reinvent How Your Team Works Together) by Ferguson Douglas
RRP: £12.99£8.63An unusual and irreverent guide to transforming your meetings from time-sucking interruptions to productive moments of collaboration - whether your team is together or virtual. What if meetings could be the high point of collaboration in your day,... -
Slumming It: The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty by Fabian Frenzel
£21.56Have 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... -
Reimagining Innovation Systems in the COVID and Post-COVID World by Lakhwinder Singh 9781032633855
RRP: £36.99£34.06• The book focuses on healthcare innovation systems including using existing technologies towards making the health innovation system more effective and more accessible for all. • The book also looks at how the pandemic has forced organisations to... -
Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution by Krishna G. Palepu 9781422166956
RRP: £25.00£18.72Already cited by the Financial Times, Forbes.com, The Economic Times, WSJ/Mint and several other prominent global business publications, Winning in Emerging Markets is quickly becoming the go-to book for mapping a strategy for entering new markets--and... -
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
RRP: £27.00£18.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262038010Author Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm -
Social Value Investing: A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships by Howard W. Buffett 9780231182904
RRP: £22.00£16.99Social Value Investing presents a new way to approach some of society's most difficult and intractable challenges. Although many of our world's problems may seem too great and too complex to solve - inequality, climate change, affordable housing,... -
Spaces of Aid: How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism by Lisa Smirl
RRP: £23.99£23.80Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they've signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or... -
Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice by Jens Koehrsen
RRP: £39.99£36.71Exploring faith-based organizations (FBOs) in current developmental discourses and practice, this book presents a selection of empirical in-depth case-studies of Christian FBOs and assesses the vital role credited to FBOs in current discourses on... -
Internal Migration, Urbanization and Poverty in Asia: Dynamics and Interrelationships by Kankesu Jayanthakumaran 9789811315367
RRP: £44.99£31.88This book is Open Access under a CC BY license. This volume offers an essential resource for economic policymakers as well as students of development economics focusing on the interrelationships of migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia. The... -
Organization Development Fundamentals: Managing Strategic Change by William J. Rothwell
RRP: £23.99£16.09In a tumultuous global business environment, change is a constant. Organizations are effected by many factors from the local economy to global competition. To be successful they must do more than react to changes, they need to be proactive. Organization... -
Protecting the Health of the Poor: Social Movements in the South by Abraar Karan
£30.64Nowhere is the injustice of the global distribution of income and wealth more palpable than in health. While the world's affluent spend fortunes on the most trifling treatments, poor people's lives are ruined and often cut short prematurely by challenges... -
Inequality and Inclusive Growth in Rich Countries: Shared Challenges and Contrasting Fortunes by Brian Nolan
RRP: £98.00£89.11Rising inequality in income and wealth across the OECD has been widely recognised and identified as a major concern; Inequality and Inclusive Growth in Rich Countries links this phenomenon with stagnation in wages and incomes for ordinary working... -
The Essential MBA by Susan Anderson Miller 9781847870612
RRP: £44.99£36.32Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here For help preparing for, and support during your MBA course, The Essential MBA brings together a comprehensive overview of the main subjects taught on MBA and business and management programmes in... -
Soy, Globalization, and Environmental Politics in South America by Gustavo De L. T. Oliveira 9780367891299
RRP: £39.99£36.71Soy in South America constitutes one of the most spectacular booms of agro-industrial commodity production in the world. It is the pinnacle of modernist agro-industrial practices, serving as a key nexus in food-feed-fuel production that underpins the... -
Culture Coding: Harness technology and artificial intelligence to empower your business culture and performance by Chris Davies 9781781338087
RRP: £13.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781338087Author Chris DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 239gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Techno-Economic Paradigms: Essays in Honour of Carlota Perez by Wolfgang Drechsler 9780857283955
RRP: £25.00£23.30'Techno-Economic Paradigms' presents a series of essays by the leading academics in the field discussing one of the most interesting and talked-about socio-economic theories of our times, 'techno-economic paradigm shifts', and its role in explaining... -
Heineken in Africa: A Multinational Unleashed by Olivier van Beemen
£26.79Shortlisted for the African Business Book of the Year Award For Heineken, 'rising Africa' is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in... -
The Hungry World: America's Cold War Battle against Poverty in Asia by Nick Cullather 9780674725812
RRP: £25.95£20.22Food was a critical front in the Cold War battle for Asia. "Where Communism goes, hunger follows" was the slogan of American nation builders who fanned out into the countryside to divert rivers, remodel villages, and introduce tractors, chemicals, and... -
7 Secrtes of Persuasion: Leading-Edge Neuromarketing Techniques to Influence Anyone by James C. Crimmins 9781632650603
RRP: £12.99£12.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632650603Author James C. CrimminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines by Thomas H. Davenport 9780062438614
RRP: £20.00£18.45An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future. Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because... -
World Development: An Essential Text by Barry Baker 9781906523961
RRP: £15.99£10.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906523961Author Barry BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint New Internationalist Publications LtdPublisher New Internationalist Publications... -
Re-Inventing Africa's Development: Linking Africa to the Korean Development Model by Jong-Dae Park 9783030039455
RRP: £20.00£18.50This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development challenges... -
Institutional Change and Economic Development by Ha-Joon Chang 9781843312819
RRP: £20.00£19.24'Institutional Change and Economic Development' discusses not just theoretical issues but a diverse range of real-life institutions - political, bureaucratic, fiscal, financial, corporate, legal, social and industrial - in the context of dozens of... -
Planet Dialectics: Explorations in Environment and Development by Wolfgang Sachs
£18.48All effects of human action will inevitably be played out within our planet's limits; any hope of infinity is an illusion. And yet, as Wolfgang Sachs warned almost twenty years ago, environmental concerns have been assimilated into the rhetoric, dynamics...