Development Studies

Environmental Accounting in Action

Glenn-Marie Lange, Rashid Hassan, Kirk Hamilton, Moortaza Jiwanji

Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and ...

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Development Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics

Edited by Amitava Krishna Dutt, Jaime Ros

Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his work on development planning, macroeconomics of development, stabilization policy, and the global economy. He has als...

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Environmental Management and the Competitiveness of Nature-Based Tourism Destinations

Twan Huybers, Jeff Bennett

Environmental management, either voluntary or imposed, can add to the costs of nature-based tourism businesses. Such costs can make tourism destinations less competitive, but the same activities can also enhance competitiveness by increa...

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Economic Integration and Development

Mordechai E. Kreinin, Michael G. Plummer

Mordechai Kreinin and Michael Plummer consider the implications of the emerging global trend of economic regionalism for developing countries. The analysis focuses on the trade and investment effects of integration in developed countries...

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Globalization, Universities and Issues of Sustainable Human Development

Edited by Jean L. Pyle, Robert Forrant

This volume raises an important question: Given the fast-changing global economy and the challenges it presents, what is the role for the university as an institution promoting sustainable human development? The editors begin by outlini...

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Economic Liberalization, Distribution and Poverty

Edited by Rob Vos, Lance Taylor, Ricardo Paes de Barros

Since the late 1980s, almost all Latin American countries have undergone a series of far-reaching economic reforms, particularly in the areas of financial and capital account liberalization and trade. This book provides a comparative and...

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The End of Marriage?

Jane Lewis

The modern day sees fewer marriages than before, and cohabitation is a major driver of family change. Jane Lewis questions whether this is – as many commentators argue and fear – a sign of ever-increasing individualism. Just as the or...

Paperback (2002)

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Failing to Compete

Sanjaya Lall, Carlo Pietrobelli

This unique study draws on extensive fieldwork assessing technology systems in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in the context of their export competitiveness. Its emphasis is on the role of technology systems in building indu...

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Implementing Sustainable Development

Edited by Hussein Abaza, Andrea Baranzini

Decision-makers increasingly seek to design environmental and development policies that will support sustainable development. Thus, practical tools to help formulate sustainable development policies and clear methods to assess their acce...

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Governance and Economic Development

Joachim Ahrens

The main theme of this study is the political economy of policy reform in less developed countries and post-socialist countries. Given the complexity of economic development and transition, Joachim Ahrens views failures in policy reform,...

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Economic Growth, Inequality and Migration

Edited by Amnon Levy, João R. Faria

During the growth process inequality may rise or decline, and the change in the level of inequality may, in turn, affect growth. An increase in inequality in one place and better prospects of growth and earnings elsewhere can trigger mig...

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