Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This report examines the development and barriers to harmonization and integration among the capital markets of members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and enumerate steps to achieving harmonization and integration. The globalization of capital markets has encouraged moves toward...
The Scale-up Manual
Handbook for Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Teams and Firms
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
It is widely accepted that innovation holds the key to sustainable commercial growth globally, but in practice there is limited understanding of how to successfully exploit its full commercial and social value. The Scale-up Manual provides a unified approach to manage the creation and commercialisation...
Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement
New perspectives on persisting problems
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Every year millions of people are displaced from their homes, livelihoods and communities due to land-based development projects. There is no limit to what can be called a ‘development project’. They can range from small-scale infrastructure or mining projects to mega hydropower plants; can be...
The Community Forests of Mexico
Managing for Sustainable Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Mexico leads the world in community management of forests for the commercial production of timber. Yet this success story is not widely known, even in Mexico, despite the fact that communities around the globe are increasingly involved in managing their own forest resources. To assess the achievements...
Motoring Africa
Sustainable Automotive Industrialization. Building Entrepreneurs, Creating Jobs, and Driving the World’s Next Economic Miracle.
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Motoring Africa is a forward-looking, action-oriented book that makes the case and offers a roadmap for building sustainable manufacturing businesses on the African continent. It is written from the perspective of an experienced industry professional. Skills developed for the auto sector can be applied to other consumer and industrial products.
The Water-Sustainable City
Science, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water from increasingly distant outlying rural areas, thus disrupting their...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Partnering for Development: Donor Report 2010 is targeted at current and prospective official financiers of grant and loan operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It explains the wide range of financing options available to partners seeking to expand their commitment to developing the Asia and...
Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Justice and the Global Food Supply Chain
Towards an Ethical Food Policy for Sustainable Supermarkets
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
Food is a source of nourishment, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a means of influence, and signifies good health and well-being. Together with other life enhancing goods such as clean water, unpolluted air, adequate shelter and suitable clothing, food is a basic good which is...
Corporate Sustainability
The Next Steps Towards a Sustainable World
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
This book focuses on corporate sustainability and how it evolves through innovation and new business models. Despite what has been accomplished to date, there is an urgent need for further steps to be taken and this book presents a nuanced but compelling plea for collaboration between businesses,...
Discovering Agreement
Contracts That Turn Conflict Into Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Imagine a contract that stimulates and supports rapid return to alignment and productivity in the face of unexpected change
inspires side-by-side problem-solving rather than adversarial confrontation when parties disagree
learns with the business as it navigates the ever-changing, digital-speed,...
New Trends in Development Theory
Essays in Development and Social Theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general.
The book...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. The turnaround in RMI's fisheries sector,...
by Dan Brockington
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Celebrity advocacy is a curious phenomenon. It occupies a significant proportion of the public domain, but does so without engaging particularly well with much of the public. Yet this may not matter very much. Many people at the core of advocacy, and in political and business elites, simply do not...
Atlas of Global Development
A Visual Guide to the Worlds Greatest Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED INCLUDING SPECIAL eBOOK-ONLY CONTENT Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the Atlas of Global Development is a comprehensive guide to the most critical issues facing our changing world today. A visual guide to...