Economic Development category: 2617 books
Global Poverty, Ethics and Human Rights
The Role of Multilateral Organisations
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Severe poverty is one of the greatest moral challenges of our times. But what place, if any, do ethical thinking and questions of global justice have in the policies and practice of international organizations? This books examines this question in depth, based on an analysis of the two major multilateral...
The Growth Spiral
Money, Energy, and Imagination in the Dynamics of the Market Process
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
This book develops a new theory of the modern economy. Conventional economic theory is (still) based on an essentially static notion of equilibrium. In contrast, this book offers an analysis of the economic process based on a truly dynamic approach. It understands modern economic activity as manifesting...
by Yan Gao, Shailaja Fennell
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
This book approaches the issue of rural-urban inequality through fieldwork conducted in a specific township (Zuogang) in Qinggang County, part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. Presenting painstaking fieldwork in a single location, it successfully illuminates fundamental aspects of the...
Turn of the Tortoise
The Challenge and Promise of India's Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
In The Turn of the Tortoise, T N Ninan explores the paradox of a "premature superpower" (as Martin Wolf once described India in the Financial Times). India has grown from the 12th largest economy in 2008 to what IMF reckons is the 7th largest in 2015, even as its people are poorer than those...
Mismanaging Innovation Systems
Thailand and the Middle-income Trap
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Once recognised as a high-performing newly industrialising Asian economy with the potential for economic and developmental success similar to South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, Thailand’s growth rate and competitive edge have declined substantially. With slower adoption and movement towards...
Economic Growth
A Unified Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
In the second edition of this user-friendly book, Olivier de La Grandville provides a clear and original introduction to the theory of economic growth, its mechanisms and its challenges. The book has been fully updated to incorporate several important new results and proofs since the first edition....
The World Economy
Growth or Stagnation?
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
The balance of the world economy is shifting away from the established economies of Europe, Japan, and the USA, towards the emerging economies of Asia, especially India and China. With contributions from some of the world's leading growth theorists, this book analyses the long-term process of structural...
A New Growth Model for the Greek Economy
Requirements for Long-Term Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
On June 3, 2015, the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Democritus University of Thrace, and the University of Peloponnese sponsored an international conference to address medium- and long-term growth in Greece. This collection presents the strongest...
Climate Change and Anthropos
Planet, people and places
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Anthropos, in the sense of species as well as cultures and ethics, locates humans as part of much larger orders of existence – fundamental when thinking about climate change. This book offers a new way of exploring the significance of locality and lives in the epoch of the Anthropocene, a time when...
Vital Signs 2005-2006
The Trends that are Shaping our Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
'VITAL SIGNS does for the environment what stock market indicators do for the City. But it says more about the future of our world than the FTSE ever can ' BBC Wildlife Magazine 'VITAL SIGNS is a sharply focused snapshot of the world� Ideal for dipping into � it makes fascinating reading ' New...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
The case studies featured in this publication provide an overview of gender issues, design features, and implementation arrangements that contributed to achieving gender-related targets in two projects of the Asian Development Bank.
Forests and Development
Local, National and Global Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
This book is a fully up to date study of the major issues facing forest conservation and the forestry industry, which considers developments at local, national and global levels. Environmental and development topics relating to each level are discussed – for instance, the use of forest products...
by Tai Wei Lim, Henry Hing Lee Chan, Katherine Hui-Yi Tseng;Wen Xin Lim
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
This book has two major sections. The interpretive section examines contemporary media narratives related to the OBOR initiative and how contemporary commentators appropriate narratives about historical events related to the maritime Silk Road to interpret current policy agendas and legitimize diplomatic...
Jeffrey Sachs
The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
An investigation of Sachs’s schizophrenic career, and the worldwide havoc he has caused.
Jeffrey Sachs is a man with many faces. A celebrated economist and special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he is also no stranger to the world of celebrity, accompanying Bono, Madonna and...