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Human Rights in Eastern Civilisations
Surya P. Subedi
Based on the author''s first-hand experience as a UN Special Rapporteur, this thought-provoking and original book examines the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the UN Human Rights agenda. Rejec...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Pandemic Economics
Peter A.G. van Bergeijk
Discussing the Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDs, SARS and Ebola against the background of Covid-19, Pandemic Economics demonstrates how scientists consistently warned the world about pandemics, and how, despite this, the possibility of global lockd...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Diffusion of Public and Private Sustainability Regulations
Edited by Etsuyo Michida, John Humphrey, David Vogel
This book focuses on the spread of public and private environmental and food safety regulations from Europe and North America to Asia and Africa. It explores the growth of policy diffusion and standard alignment on sustainability observe...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Catch-up and Radical Innovation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Xielin Liu, Xiao Wang, Yimei Hu
This original book is a unique and original study on how, in the past decade, Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have achieved technological innovation in the large infrastructure sector. It reveals a ‘new world’ of Chinese innovatio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South]()
Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South
Edited by Jonathan Crush, Bruce Frayne, Gareth Haysom
The ways in which the rapid urbanization of the Global South is transforming food systems and food supply chains, and the food security of urban populations is an often neglected topic. This international group of authors addresses this ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Standing up for a Sustainable World
Edited by Claude Henry, Johan Rockström, Nicholas Stern
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. The world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life ... -
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Handbook of Social Policy and Development
Edited by James Midgley, Rebecca Surender, Laura Alfers
The Handbook of Social Policy and Development makes a groundbreaking, coherent case for enhancing collaboration between social policy and development. With wide ranging chapters, it discusses a myriad of ways in which this can be done, e...eBook:Find out more$63.96
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Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy
Edited by Jacques Charmes
This Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy captures the magnitude of the informal economy for the global labour force. It unravels numerous concepts, definitions and methods of data collection to offer valuable insigh...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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China’s Maritime Silk Road
Gerald Chan
This innovative book examines the maritime component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), focusing on three key trade routes and addressing the question of how China protects its overseas assets. Gerald Chan explores China’s rising...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development
Edited by Richard Sharpley, David Harrison
Tourism is integral to local, regional and national development policies; as a major global economic sector, it has the potential to underpin economic growth and wider development. Yet, transformations in both the nature of tourism and t...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Communities, Land and Social Innovation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Asiya Sadiq, Ide Hiergens, Monica Quintana Molina, Han Verschure, Frank Moulaert
This timely and thought-provoking book examines the contemporary struggle of communities over land ownership and use rights in rapidly urbanising areas, analysing 12 key case studies from across four continents. Contributions from an int...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance]()
A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance
Edited by Marek Hudon, Marc Labie, Ariane Szafarz
How can financial services, such as credit, deposit accounts, financial transfers, and insurance be provided to people in need? This challenging and complex issue has been a topic of interest for the international aid community for decad...eBook:Find out more$37.56
