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![An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa]()
An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa
Robert Pollin, Gerald A. Epstein, James Heintz, Léonce Ndikumana
The people of South Africa, and the African National Congress-led government, have made extraordinary social and economic advances since ending apartheid and beginning the transition to democracy in 1994. But the country still faces sev...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Multinational Enterprises in Asian Development
Prema-chandra Athukorala
This book takes a fresh look at unresolved issues associated with the role of multinational enterprises and foreign direct investment in economic development in light of the experiences of developing countries in Asia.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Tourism in Developing Countries
Edited by Twan Huybers
The effect of tourism activity in developing countries has been a hotly debated topic for a number of decades. Opinions have fluctuated between the extremes of tourism as the catalyst for socio-economic development and tourism as the bas... -
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![Regionalism, Trade and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific Region]()
Regionalism, Trade and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
Edited by M. A.B. Siddique
This book is based on the premise that Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in the Asia-Pacific significantly impact on the material progress of the peoples of this region. These impacts – in terms of the benefits and costs associated with R...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![China and the Global Energy Crisis]()
China and the Global Energy Crisis
Tatsu Kambara, Christopher Howe
This book examines China’s record of oil and gas development, its refining capacity, and energy prospects. The authors conclude that there are no fundamental reasons for anxiety about China’s demands on the world energy economy, but they...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Middle East Oil Exporters
Hossein Askari
Middle East Oil Exporters presents a detailed picture of the economic structure and a critical survey of the recent economic performance of the Middle East. The focus is especially on the large oil-exporting nations, although the smaller...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Growth and Economic Development
Edited by Philip Arestis, John S.L. McCombie, Roger Vickerman
This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall’s substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but r...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Economics of Water Management in Southern Africa]()
The Economics of Water Management in Southern Africa
Glenn-Marie Lange, Rashid Hassan
This book presents a valuable new tool for water management – water resource accounting – which significantly advances the economic analysis of water. Water resource accounts integrate detailed information about water supply and use with...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Managing Tourism Destinations
Edited by Andreas Papatheodorou
This title offers a wide-ranging selection of the most significant previously published papers on the management of tourism destinations. The volume covers four major themes: managing tourism destinations and the determinants of travel c... -
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Decentralization in Asia and Latin America
Edited by Paul Smoke, Eduardo J. Gómez, George E. Peterson
In addition to taking an atypically comparative perspective, the volume highlights the importance of an historical analysis of decentralization and links this to institutional and public policy outcomes. Placing decentralization in this ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Diffusion of E-commerce in Developing Economies]()
The Diffusion of E-commerce in Developing Economies
Zeinab Karake, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
The authors of this unique volume provide a timely and valuable perspective on how technology and the Internet revolution are changing business and spurring development across the world, especially in emerging countries. Utilizing a fram...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Poverty Strategies in Asia
Edited by John Weiss, Haider A. Khan
It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a ‘growth plus’ approach to poverty reduction. This volume brin...eBook:Find out more$40.00
