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Working Mothers in Europe
Edited by Ute Gerhard, Trudie Knijn, Anja Weckwert
Working Mothers in Europe combines comparative perspectives on social policies with analyses of mothers’ practices as evidenced in macro data and as explored in country based case studies. Social policy research has emphasised the impact...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regions, Land Consumption and Sustainable Growth
Edited by Oedzge Atzema, Piet Rietveld, Daniel Shefer
This book provides an in-depth investigation of the role of the private and public sectors in land markets and regional economics, and explores the reasons behind government intervention in the interests of sustainable growth.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Software Industry in Emerging Markets
Edited by Simon Commander
This book aims to promote an understanding of the origins and dynamics of the software industry in a number of key emerging markets – Brazil, China, India and Israel, and to establish what experiences, if any, are potentially replicable ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries
Peter Meier, Mohan Munasinghe
The main energy-related areas discussed include electric power, new and renewable energy sources, transport and oil-based fuels, and greenhouse gas emissions. The methodological tools of energy and environmental economics provide a ratio... -
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Globalization and Equity
Edited by Natalia Dinello, Lyn Squire
This book analyzes the links between globalization and equity from the perspectives of seven regions: the Commonwealth of Independent States, East Asia and South Asia, Eastern and Central Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The WTO and Agriculture
Edited by Kym Anderson, Tim Josling
The WTO and Agriculture discusses the following questions: Why have agricultural markets been noted for relatively high degrees of government intervention and in particular for rising levels of protection? How was agricultural trade trea... -
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Foreign Direct Investment
Edited by Yingqi A. Wei, V. N. Balasubramanyam
This book consists of detailed case studies of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa, providing a critical review of the determinants and impact of FDI on growth and development...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustaining Agriculture and the Rural Environment
Edited by Floor Brouwer
Apart from food and raw materials, agriculture can also provide ancillary benefits such as landscapes, biodiversity, cultural heritage and thriving rural communities. This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of strategies for sustain...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Work, Family and Childcare
Joris Ghysels
Work, Family and Childcare studies the joint decisions made by parents regarding the time they allocate to paid employment and childcare. Extensive cross-national data is analysed from three countries that represent the diversity of Euro...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reducing Poverty in Asia
Edited by Christopher M. Edmonds
In this book, a group of distinguished authors addresses three broad questions: what broad strategies and macroeconomic policies best support poverty reduction efforts in Asia; what role should targeted antipoverty interventions play, an...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Foreign Aid in the New Global Economy
Edited by Peter Burnell, Oliver Morrissey
Aid is one of the major issues in development and international relations. Over the last 50 years there have been remarkable changes in our understanding of aid’s limits and potentialities as an instrument of economic, social and politic... -
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Trade, the Balance of Payments and Exchange Rate Policy in Developing Countries
A. P. Thirlwall
This book is a synthesis of the author’s ideas and research concerning the monetary consequences of trade flows, and the relevance of conventional balance of payments adjustment theory. These ideas are considered mainly in the context of...
