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Motivation and Job Satisfaction in Oyo State Civil Service
Motivation in Nigerian State Civil Service
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, Obafemi Awolowo University, language: English, abstract: The book examined motivation and Job satisfaction in Oyo State Service.It also appraised the existing motivating packages for workers in the state and...
by Jaydeep Banerjee
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Johnny has paradoxical views on life, has a mysterious persona, and often wears eccentric masks. How do these views influence an ordinary boy towards an extraordinary business—A restaurant serving human meat? And yet this book is not about business. But about a boy's journey from adolescence to maturity....
A Primer for Spatial Econometrics
With Applications in R
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This book aims at meeting the growing demand in the field by introducing the basic spatial econometrics methodologies to a wide variety of researchers. It provides a practical guide that illustrates the potential of spatial econometric modelling, discusses problems and solutions and interprets empirical results.
The New Chinese Economy
Dynamic Transitions into the Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
The most recent account of what is going on in the fast changing world and Chinese economics. Topics in the book include economic development, banking and finance, education reform, consumption patterns, the impact of social networking, population dynamics, policy making, and the challenges ahead for the rising economic global superpower.
Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia
Identity, Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to merchants’...
Economic Transformation of a Developing Economy
The Experience of Punjab, India
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Foreword by Prof. Kaushik Basu
This book traces the development experience of one of India’s most dynamic and prosperous states, Punjab, which has provided the country with a much-needed degree of food security. The relative regression of Punjab’s economy in the post-economic reforms period...
by Andrei Besedin
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Starting a farm and rural business is an exciting and challenging undertaking. But a good business plan is often one of the keys to a successful business start-up. The real value of creating a business plan is not in having the finished product in hand; instead, the value lies in the process of researching...
Poverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa
Potential and Limitations of Democracy in Cementing Multiethnic Societies
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political problems that divided the continent.
Rethinking Place Branding
Comprehensive Brand Development for Cities and Regions
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
As Place Branding has become a widely established but contested practice, there is a dire need to rethink its theoretical foundations and its contribution to development and to re-assert its future. This important new book advances understanding of place branding through its holistic, critical and...
Creating a Eurasian Union
Economic Integration of the Former Soviet Republics
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Creating a Eurasian Union offers a detailed analysis of the economies of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan and the proposed Eurasian Union. The authors employ econometric analysis of business cycles and cointegration analysis to prove the fragility of the union's potential economic...
Population, Migration, and Socioeconomic Outcomes among Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans
La Crisis Boricua
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
At the landmark centennial anniversary of the 1917 Jones-Shafroth Act, which granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship, the island confronts an unfolding humanitarian crisis initially triggered by an acute economic crisis surging since 2006. Analyzing large datasets such as the American Community Survey...
The Legacy of Ireland's Economic Expansion
Geographies of the Celtic Tiger
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Ireland underwent a dramatic economic and social transformation from the 1990s onwards, earning it the title the "Celtic Tiger". Rapid economic growth was accompanied by substantial in-migration. However in the later 2000s Ireland is also experiencing a severe economic recession.
This...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
First published in 1989. The Pacific Islands are amongst the poorest countries of the developing world. The special problems of their small size, immense distance from major centres and, for many, very poor agricultural possibilities make development extremely difficult. However, recent new advances...
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...