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Systemic Vulnerability and Sustainable Economic Growth
Bryan K. Ritchie
For many developing countries, economic growth is an elusive quest. Both economists and policymakers have long known that issues such as education, investment and infrastructure are necessary ingredients for development and yet only a ve...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context
Edited by Norman Long, Jingzhong Ye, Yihuan Wang
This unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China. The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debate...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Macroeconomic Institutions and Development
Bilin Neyapti
The book incorporates the essential elements of institutional theory and highlights the issues pertaining to the measurement of institutional characteristics and the empirical analyses involving such measurement. It provides the theoreti...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Great Migration
Edited by Xin Meng, Chris Manning, Li Shi, Tadjuddin Nur Effendi
This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respe... -
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Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care
John Connell
The international migration of health workers has been described by Nelson Mandela as the ‘poaching’ of desperately needed skills from under-privileged regions. This book examines the controversial recent history of skilled migration, an...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics
Edited by Jonathan M. Harris, Neva R. Goodwin
The authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including ... -
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Vulnerable Places, Vulnerable People
Edited by Jonathan A. Cook, Owen Cylke, Donald F. Larson, John D. Nash, Pamela Stedman-Edwards
While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability. The detailed case studies in this boo...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Global Threats, Global Futures
Thayer Scudder
Global threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population i...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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Handbook of Microcredit in Europe
Edited by Bárbara Jayo Carboni, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón, Silvia Rico Garrido, Karl Dayson, Jill Kickul
This timely Handbook offers a unique opportunity to consider the performance and national context of microcredit initiatives within the European Union.eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Work–Family Balance, Gender and Policy
Jane Lewis
This important book looks at the three main components of work–family policy packages – childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care – across EU15 Member States, with comparative ref...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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Institutions and Development
Mary M. Shirley
A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders’ money, advice, pressures, or even physical for...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries
P. B. Anand
P.B. Anand argues that if water supply and sanitation were mainly problems of technology or financial resources, they would have been resolved long ago. While appreciating that technology and finances are important, he ascertains that th...eBook:Find out more£29.56
