Development Studies

Private Utilities and Poverty Alleviation

Edited by Patricia Márquez, Carlos Rufín

Drawing on cases from electricity distribution and other infrastructure industries, and from experiences spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book examines new business models to bring basic utility services to the four billion ...

Hardback (2011)

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Decentralization in Developing Countries

Edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, François Vaillancourt

This insightful study examines the decentralization experiences from 15 countries in different regions of the world. All of these countries have actively attempted to decentralize, or continue to do so, and have faced obstacles serious e...

Hardback (2011)

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Setting Priorities for HIV/AIDS Interventions

Robert J. Brent

HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost–benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the mo...

Paperback (2010)

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Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century

Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette

Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading inter...

Paperback (2010)

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Hardback (March 2010)

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Immigration and Nation Building

Edited by Andrew Markus, Moshe Semyonov

This insightful study explores the growth of the two largest post-industrial immigrant nations since the Second World War – Australia and Israel. Almost one in four Australians were born outside the country, more than one in three Israelis.

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Payments for Environmental Services, Forest Conservation and Climate Change

Edited by Luca Tacconi, Sango Mahanty, Helen Suich

This resourceful book draws on several case studies to derive implications for the design of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that are very relevant to current climate change negotiations and the implementation of Reduced...

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The Asian Tsunami

Sisira Jayasuriya, Peter McCawley

The 2004 Asian tsunami was the greatest natural disaster in recent times. Almost 230 000 people died. In response, governments in Asia and the broader international community announced large aid programs. The resulting assistance effort ...

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Managing Capital Flows

Edited by Masahiro Kawai, Mario B. Lamberte

Managing Capital Flows provides analyses designed to help policymakers develop a framework for managing capital flows that is consistent with prudent macroeconomic and financial sector stability.

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Asian Regionalism in the World Economy

Edited by Masahiro Kawai, Jong-Wha Lee, Peter A. Petri, Giovanni Capanelli

The structure and policy architecture of the world economy, as it emerges from the historic challenges now underway, will be affected by the dramatic rise of Asian economies and deepening connections among them. This important book exami...

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Private Sector and Enterprise Development

Lois Stevenson

This important and well-researched book examines the challenges to private sector growth in twelve Middle East and North African (MENA) countries, assessing comparative performance against a number of indicators and focussing on the spec...

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Rethinking Trade and Commercial Policy Theories

P. Sai-wing Ho

This controversial book offers a unique approach to rethinking the trade and development literature and will therefore strongly appeal to researchers, academics, and students of trade and development as well as those involved in the hist...

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