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Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Production in Developing Countries
Edited by Franco Malerba, Sunil Mani
This book examines in detail the features and dynamics of sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing countries. Processes of rapid growth are usually associated with specific sectors such as automobiles, electronics or ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Climate Change and Agriculture
Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar
Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, includ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Inequality and Economic Development: The Modern Perspective
Edited by Oded Galor
In this innovative collection, Oded Galor brings together some of the most influential contributions to the modern literature on income distribution and economic growth. Initially the essential volume analyses the importance of inequalit... -
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Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters
Edited by Matthias Ruth, María E. Ibarrarán
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back develo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The WTO and Accession Countries
Edited by Carlos A. Primo Braga, Oliver Cattaneo
In this essential two-volume collection, the editors include key papers on the domestic and global challenges of WTO accession. The first volume explores the intertwined economic, legal, and political dimensions of the process. The secon... -
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Family and the Welfare State in Europe
Agnes Blome, Wolfgang Keck, Jens Alber
This insightful book explores the role of both the family and the state in shaping the living conditions of the young and old in Europe. It provides a comparative theoretical and empirical analysis of age-related policies and welfare arr...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Pioneers of European Integration
Edited by Ettore Recchi, Adrian Favell
The free movement of EU citizens is the most visible sociological consequence of the remarkable process of European integration that has transformed the continent since the Second World War. Pioneers of European Integration offers the fi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Handbook of Terrorism and Insurgency in Southeast Asia
Edited by Andrew T.H. Tan
This timely and significant book seeks to explain the deep-seated complexities of terrorism and insurgency in Southeast Asia. In the aftermath of 9/11, this region has been designated by the United States to be the ‘second front’ in the ...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Agriculture and the WTO
Fiona Smith
International agricultural trade regulation remains problematic despite the creation of the WTO and a specific Agreement on Agriculture in 1995. Fiona Smith challenges this orthodoxy and presents a new conceptual method by which the prob...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Integration and Globalization
Edited by Helena Marques, Elias Soukiazis, Pedro Cerqueira
The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emergin... -
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Rule of Law Reform and Development
Michael J. Trebilcock, Ronald J. Daniels
This important book addresses a number of key issues regarding the relationship between the rule of law and development. It presents a deep and insightful inquiry into the current orthodoxy that the rule of law is the panacea for the wor...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Corporate Governance and Development
Edited by Thankom Gopinath Arun, John Turner
This book analyses the complex relationship between corporate governance and economic development by focusing on the reform of corporate governance, the role of the legal system, and the interconnections with the financial system.eBook:Find out more$40.00