Development Studies

Decision-Making on Mega-Projects

Edited by Hugo Priemus, Bent Flyvbjerg, Bert van Wee

This book enlarges the understanding of decision-making on mega-projects and suggest recommendations for a more effective, efficient and democratic approach. Authors from different scientific disciplines address various aspects of the de...

Hardback (April 2008)

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Globalization and Poverty

Edited by Paul Collier, Jan W. Gunning

Globalization provokes both excitement and fear. This comprehensive collection, which brings together some of the most important published work on the subject, addresses a core issue of contention: the implications of globalization for p...

Hardback (2008)

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Managing Cities in Developing Countries

Meine Pieter van Dijk

Urban management is a relatively new topic, which has gained increasing importance due to a rise in urbanization and a wave of decentralization programs in recent decades. This innovative book is the first systematic treatment of the cri...

Paperback (April 2008)

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Hardback (October 2006)

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Regulation, Markets and Poverty

Edited by Paul Cook, Sarah Mosedale

Regulation, Markets and Poverty incorporates the main policy implications arising from theoretical and empirical research into competition, regulation and regulatory governance in developing countries. This analysis often challenges conv...

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Hardback (2007)

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Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers

Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Heather Hofmeister

Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century.

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Hardback (August 2006)

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Globalization, Uncertainty and Men’s Careers

Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Melinda Mills, Fabrizio Bernardi

Globalization, argue the contributors to this book, has remarkably accelerated social and economic change in modern societies. One such change is manifested in the world of work and careers. This book explores whether the forces of globa...

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Hardback (2006)

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Regional Trade Agreements in Asia

Edited by Tran Van Hoa, Charles Harvie

Tran Van Hoa and Charles Harvie present this original study of the likely effects of new regional development. The first East Asia Summit in 2005 prompted discussions of enlargement of ASEAN free trade agreements to include all major tra...

Hardback (March 2008)

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Entrepreneurship as Social Change

Edited by Chris Steyaert, Daniel Hjorth

This book – the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series – examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects so...

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Hardback (February 2007)

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Regulatory Governance in Developing Countries

Edited by Martin Minogue, Ledivina Cariño

The past decade has seen a quickening of the pace and extent of privatisation reforms in developing countries. An associated set of post-privatisation policies has seen the introduction of new and changed regulatory institutions. This bo...

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Sustainable Growth and Economic Development

Reunka Mahadevan

This book provides an insight into some of the efforts and actions taken by the rapidly developing economy of Malaysia towards its ‘Vision 2020’ of becoming a developed country. Renuka Mahadevan explores whether the vision can become rea...

Hardback (January 2008)

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Technical Progress and Economic Growth

Ranald J. Taylor

Most of the studies conducted to examine the growth performance of many developing economies are based on the traditional neoclassical growth frameworks. This book takes an alternative path. It employs a blend of historical, neoclassical...

Hardback (January 2008)

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