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Frontier Issues in Ecological Economics
Philip Lawn
Ecological economics formally emerged in the late 1980s in response to the failure of mainstream economic paradigms to deal adequately with the interdependence of social, economic and ecological systems. Frontier Issues in Ecological Eco...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Testing Global Interdependence
Edited by Ernest Aryeetey, Natalia Dinello
This, the first book in the Global Development Network series, brings together the views of researchers from the developing and developed world and provides models of successful research conducted in developing and transition countries.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sustainable Development in Water-Stressed Developing Countries
Satoshi Kojima
This innovative book investigates the practical applications of sustainable development in the spirit of the Brundtland Report, paying special attention to water-stressed developing countries. Satoshi Kojima argues that the main objectiv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regulatory Economics and Quantitative Methods
Edited by Omar O. Chisari
Regulatory Economics and Quantitative Methods comprises original contributions by leading researchers working on issues relating to regulation in Latin America. They focus on regulation in infrastructure industries and attempt to show ho...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Beyond Food Production
Edited by Fabrizio Bresciani, Alberto Valdés
The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigati... -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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