Economic Development category: 2617 books

Cover of UN Millennium Development Library: Combating AIDS in the Developing World
by UN Millennium Project
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012

The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education,...
Cover of OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: France 2018
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018

The OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts periodic reviews of the individual development co-operation efforts of DAC members. The policies and programmes of each DAC member are critically examined approximately once every five years. DAC peer reviews assess the performance of a given...
Cover of Fiscal Space

Fiscal Space

Policy Options for Financing Human Development

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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012

With the deadline for achieving the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) less than a decade away, the uneven progress is raising important questions about the ability of the international community to 'scale up' its efforts to finance the goals. Securing adequate financing for development has...
Cover of Africapitalism

Africapitalism

Sustainable Business and Development in Africa

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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019

Using theory, empirical research, and case studies, this book explores the changing nature of business in Africa and how businesses can actively contribute to the development of Africa. It uses (and critically analyses) the concept of Africapitalism – a management philosophy and movement which seeks...
Cover of Communication for Development and Social Change
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2007

This volume is first and foremost about people and the processes needed to facilitate sharing of knowledge in order to effect positive developmental change. It is contextual and based on dialogue necessary to promote stakeholder’s participation, which is essential for the understanding of their...
Cover of UN Millennium Development Library: Environment and Human Well-being
by UN Millennium Project
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012

The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education,...
Cover of Post-Keynesian Empirical Research and the Debate on Financial Market Development
by Taha Chaiechi
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014

Current research often highlights the importance of financial markets as well as financial system development. However, the current literature in this field still fails to adequately explain the relationship between financial market and macroeconomic development. Post-Keynesian Empirical Research...
Cover of The 2nd International Symposium on Rail Transit Comprehensive Development (ISRTCD) Proceedings
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014

With the increasing sophistication of urban rail networks, the combined effects of rail transit on urban development are more and more complex and in-depth, and large-scale rail transit construction and operation have placed new demands on planning, construction, investment and financing. This main...
Cover of Outsourcing Procurement in the Public Sector
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013

This publication explores the option of outsourcing the procurement function to specialized agencies. Through selected case studies, it discusses the various benefits and issues surrounding two major approaches, namely a market-based system and a centralized procurement agency model. In analyzing these...
Cover of Capacity Development in Practice
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Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010

The international development community invests billions of dollars to improve organisational capacity. But real-life practice is poorly understood and undervalued as a distinct professional domain. Written by practitioners, this innovative publication is designed to make capacity development more...
Cover of Resettlement Policy in Large Development Projects
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015

Hydropower generation by construction of large dams attracts considerable attention as a feasible renewable energy source to meet the power demand in Asian cities. However, large development projects cause involuntary resettlement. Of the world’s forty to eighty million resettlers, many resettlers...
Cover of Employment and Inclusive Development
by Rizwanul Islam, Iyanatul Islam
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015

Issues relating to employment and labour have once again come to the fore of global policy debates in the wake of the widespread unemployment that has accompanied the current financial crisis. In the developing world, there is a growing realization that productive employment promotion and social protection...
Cover of UN Millennium Development Library: Investing in Strategies to Reverse the Global Incidence of TB
by UN Millennium Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education,...
Cover of UN Millennium Development Library: Taking Action

UN Millennium Development Library: Taking Action

Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women

by UN Millennium Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education,...
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