Development Studies

Towards Sustainable Development in Industry?

Edited by Ralph A. Luken, Paul Hesp

Many developing and transition economies have not yet undertaken the policy integration measures needed to enhance the impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, Chin...

Hardback (2004)

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Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security

Edited by Keith Wiebe

The contributors to this book – including soil scientists, geographers, and economists – analyse data on soils, climate, land cover, agricultural inputs and outputs, and a variety of socio-economic factors to provide new insights into th...

Hardback (December 2003)

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Irregular Migration

Bill Jordan, Franck Düvell

Irregular Migration is an extremely timely and topical book, analysing the fundamental tensions at the core of present attempts to manage the movement of population in today’s world. Recent events around the globe have prompted a reappra...

Paperback (2003)

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Hardback (2002)

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Restructuring Local Government Finance in Developing Countries

Edited by Roy Bahl, Paul Smoke

Examining cutting-edge issues of international relevance in the ongoing redesign of the South African local government fiscal system, the contributors to this volume analyze the major changes that have taken place since the demise of apa...

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Return Migration in the Asia Pacific

Edited by Robyn Iredale, Fei Guo, Santi Rozario

Globalisation and social transformation theorists have paid significantly less attention to the movement of people than they have to the movement of capital. This book redresses the balance and provides timely insights into recent deve...

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Consequences of Creating a Market Economy

Kathryn Anderson, Richard Pomfret

This book uses household survey data from five Central Asian countries to analyse the important consequences of, and elements that constitute, the creation of a market economy. The countries studied – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Taj...

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Capital Liberalization in Transition Countries

Edited by Age F.P. Bakker, Bryan Chapple

This significant new book provides a succinct overview of the essential policy issues surrounding capital liberalization. The book compares the experiences of transition economies in Europe with those of advanced nations, allowing the re...

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Bridging the Global Digital Divide

Jeffrey James

Employing a rigorous analytical framework, the author bases his analysis on the concept of international technological dualism. He argues that one possible solution to the problem is the availability of affordable technologies, such as l...

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Utility Privatization and Regulation

Edited by Cecilia Ugaz, Catherine Waddams Price

The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original m...

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Handbook on Development Policy and Management

Edited by Colin Kirkpatrick, Ron Clarke, Charles Polidano

This important Handbook on international development policy and management covers a broad spectrum of contemporary topics across all the major areas of interest. With over 40 chapters, the book comprehensively explores the many themes an...

Paperback (2003)

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Hardback (2002)

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Migration in the Asia Pacific

Edited by Robyn Iredale, Charles Hawksley, Stephen Castles

This book examines the overall trends and labour patterns of migrants, their relationship with the state, and the impacts they have on the societies in which they work and sometimes settle. The book adopts a multidisciplinary perspective...

Hardback (May 2003)

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