Economic Development category: 2617 books
Gender, Development and Globalization
Economics as if All People Mattered
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in this second edition by Gunseli Berik and Maria Floro to update the text to reflect the major theoretical, empirical,...
Together We Deliver
Results Achieved, Lives Improved
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
This publication reflects on the enduring partnership of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with its developing member countries. These 10 stories illustrate how ADB, working with government and development partners, helps citizens respond to the varied needs of each country such as climate change mitigation,...
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction
Annual Report 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction's (JFPR) Annual Report 2013 is the 13th such report and covers the period 1 January-31 December 2013. It presents the JFPR's background and rationale, implementation progress, and achievements. The JFPR was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance...
Global Financial Development Report 2014
Financial Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Financial inclusion has become a major subject of interest among policymakers, researchers, and other financial sector stakeholders. Many countries, for example, have recently adopted explicit financial inclusion strategies with targets for financial inclusion. The interest reflects an increased recognition...
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction
Annual Report 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction's (JFPR) 2012 Annual Report is the 12th such report and covers the period 1 January-31 December 2012. It presents the JFPR's background and rationale, implementation progress, and achievements. The JFPR was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance...
Exploring Sustainable Development
Geographical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is...
by Benjamin Selwyn
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty. Liberal theory explains the relationship between capitalism and poverty as one based around the dichotomy of inclusion (into capitalism) vs exclusion (from capitalism)....
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
The Little Data Book on Africa 2012/2013 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2012/2013. It contains some 115 key indicators on economics, human development, governance, and partnership and is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa Development Indicators 2010 book and African...
by Lewis F Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013
Theories of Industrial Modernization and Development: A Review
This is a detailed and wide-ranging study of theory, research, and methods of analyzing industrial-economic modernization and development.
The book covers social, cultural, and behavioural models, enterprise growth, and developments...
Law and Development
An Institutional Critique
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
This book draws on the analytical framework of New Institutional Economics (NIE) to critically examine the role which law and the legal system play in economic development. Analytical concepts from NIE are used to assess policies which have been supported by multilateral development organisations...
The Reality of Aid 1996
An independent review of international aid
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
'Should be on the shelf of any academic, student, NGO activist or politician with an interest in aid issues. It should also be required reading for donor agency officials' Development and Change 'As accessible as it is comprehensive has established itself as a reliable 'watchdog' for anyone interested...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
This edition of OECD's annual Development Co-operation Report provides key statistics and analysis on the latest trends in international aid. Eckhard Deutscher, who recently took over as Chairman of the Development Assistance Committee, reports back on the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness...
Foreign Aid and Emerging Powers
Asian Perspectives on Official Development Assistance
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Current debates on emerging powers as foreign aid donors often fail to examine the myriad geopolitical, geoeconomic and geocultural tensions that influence policies of Official Development Assistance (ODA).
This book advocates a regional geopolitical approach to explaining donor-donor relationships...
Jobs For Development
Challenges and Solutions in Different Country Settings
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
This book is a sequel to the World Bank's World Development Report 2013: Jobs. The central message of that report was that job creation is at the heart of development. Jobs raise living standards and lift people out of poverty, they contribute to gains in aggregate productivity, and they may even...