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![Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia]()
Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia
Edited by Sushil Vachani, Jawed Usmani
The frequency and scale of damage inflicted by climate-related disasters, including floods, drought, heat waves and hurricanes, has been increasing at an alarming rate. This volume provides a timely and thoughtful discussion of strategie...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Finance in an Age of Austerity
Johnston Birchall
This is a book in search of an alternative to the discredited investor-owned banks that have brought the rich countries into crisis and the world economy into a long period of austerity. It finds customer-owned banks – credit unions, co-...eBook:Find out more£26.36
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Economic Growth in an Open Developing Economy
A. P. Thirlwall
This concise yet insightful sequel to the highly acclaimed The Nature of Economic Growth provides a comprehensive critique of both old and new growth theory, highlighting the importance of economic growth for reducing poverty.eBook:Find out more£22.36
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New Capitalism in Turkey
Ayşe Buğra, Osman Savaşkan
New Capitalism in Turkey explores the changing relationship between politics, religion and business through an analysis of the contemporary Turkish business environment.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Necessity Entrepreneurs
Edited by Jeremi Brewer, Stephen W. Gibson
Necessity entrepreneurs, in developing countries, are individuals who start small enterprises out of necessity. While they range from street sellers to educated hopefuls with little access to formal employment, the one thing that unites ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab Spring]()
The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Edited by Carlo Altomonte, Massimiliano Ferrara
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have always been characterized by economic volatility and social disparities. The recent ‘Arab Spring’ wave of protests has increased political uncertainty and instability i...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity
Edited by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay, Masahiro Kawai, Rajat M. Nag
This book addresses the prospects and challenges concerning both soft and hard infrastructure development in Asia and provides a framework for achieving Asian connectivity through regional infrastructure cooperation towards a seamless As...eBook:Find out more£43.96
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TRIPS and Developing Countries
Edited by Gustavo Ghidini, Rudolph J.R. Peritz, Marco Ricolfi
TRIPS reflects the dominant view that enforcing strong intellectual property rights is necessary to solve problems of trade and development. The global ensemble of authors in this collection ask, how can TRIPS mature further into an inst...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Current Issues in Project Analysis for Development
Edited by John Weiss, David Potts
This major work brings together authors with experience of both academic and operational project work to focus on issues such as the shadow exchange rate, the shadow wage, the discount rate and assessment of poverty impact and risk, as w...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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![The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy]()
The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy
Edited by Vai Io Lo, Mary Hiscock
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Vai Io Lo and Mary Hiscock, together with scholars and researchers from around the world, investigate the rise of the BRICS and assess the extent of their further development and influence from the p...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries
Paula Castro
In this groundbreaking book, Paula Castro presents the first systematic categorization of positive and negative incentives generated by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for climate change mitigation in the Global South.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Good Government
Edited by Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein
In all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Problems like high infant mortality, lack of access to safe water, unhappiness and poverty are not primarily caused ...eBook:Find out more£34.36
