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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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Agriculture in the New Global Economy
William Coleman, Wyn Grant, Tim Josling
Agriculture in the New Global Economy examines the extent to which the political economy of agriculture and the food chain is being transformed by globalisation.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Electricity Reform in China, India and Russia
Xu Yi-Chong
Examining the reform and restructuring of the electricity industry in China, India and Russia, this book explores the way that local conditions and institutions shape the commitment, direction and speed of public utility reform in the th... -
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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... -
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Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy
Edited by Andrea Baranzini, Philippe Thalmann
Voluntary approaches (VAs) are increasingly implemented in different countries as the main instrument in environmental policies. The authors focus on the economics of (VAs), their advantages and disadvantages and how they compare with ot... -
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Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries
Edited by David Pearce, Corin Pearce, Charles Palmer
In this book, the first of two volumes, the authors provide detailed case studies of valuation techniques that have been used in developing countries. They demonstrate that valuation works and that it can yield significant insights into ...eBook:Find out more$79.16
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Worker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region
Edited by José A. Pagán
Worker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region provides a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic impact of worker displacement in border communities. The contributors – experts from a variety of fields – evaluate the conse...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide
Edited by Mitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji, Emanuele Giovannetti
The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics
Edited by Barbara Hobson, Jane Lewis, Birte Siim
An important contribution to the current literature on gender and social politics, this book challenges mainstream thinking on welfare states, citizenship, family, work, and social policy. Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Global Human Resource Management
Willy McCourt, Derek Eldridge
This book presents Human Resource Management (HRM) as a tool for improving the performance of organizations in developing and transitional countries. It does this through the presentation of an integrated model of human resource manageme...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Environmental Regulation in the New Global Economy
Rhys Jenkins, Jonathan Barton, Anthony Bartzokas, Jan Hesselberg, Hege Merete Knutsen
This book attempts to answer these questions using case studies of three pollution-intensive industries: iron and steel, leather tanning, and fertilizers. Based on in-depth interviews with managers and regulators in Western and Eastern E...eBook:Find out more$71.96