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![Corruption, Grabbing and Development]()
Corruption, Grabbing and Development
Edited by Tina Søreide, Aled Williams
All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of ‘grabbing’. This unique volume addresses how grabbing ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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![International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development]()
International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development
Edited by Robert E.B. Lucas
This Handbook summarizes the state of thinking and presents new evidence on various links between international migration and economic development, with particular reference to lower-income countries. The connections between trade, aid a...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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![Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link?]()
Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link?
Edited by Richard M. Bird, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Taxation and Development highlights the importance of better understanding the ways in which taxes and expenditure are linked. Focusing on developing countries, the book argues for a broader approach to the topic, with a secondary focus ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Political Economy of Iraq]()
The Political Economy of Iraq
Frank R. Gunter
This groundbreaking volume offers a comprehensive look at the current state of Iraq’s political economy in the aftermath of the US-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Frank R. Gunter describes the unique difficulties facing the mode...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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![Money, Banking and the Foreign Exchange Market in Emerging Economies]()
Money, Banking and the Foreign Exchange Market in Emerging Economies
Tarron Khemraj
Despite the financial liberalization agenda of the mid-1980s, a system of bank oligopolies has developed in both large and small, open developing economies. Mainstream monetary theory tends to assume a capital markets structure and is th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![World Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2014]()
World Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2014
UNIDO
World Statistics on Mining and Utilities provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy. This extensive resource from UNIDO provides detailed time series data on the level, structure...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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![Intellectual Property for Economic Development]()
Intellectual Property for Economic Development
Edited by Sanghoon Ahn, Bronwyn H. Hall, Keun Lee
Protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) serves a dual role in economic development. While it promotes innovation by providing legal protection of inventions, it may retard catch-up and learning by restricting the diffusion of i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Internationalization of Firms from Economies in Transition]()
Internationalization of Firms from Economies in Transition
Edited by Mai Thi Thanh Thai, Ekaterina Turkina
This book provides a detailed analysis of how and why firms from economies in transition internationalize and examines the effects of domestic politico-economic factors on this process.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Economic Growth in an Open Developing Economy]()
Economic Growth in an Open Developing Economy
A. P. Thirlwall
This concise yet insightful sequel to the highly acclaimed The Nature of Economic Growth provides a comprehensive critique of both old and new growth theory, highlighting the importance of economic growth for reducing poverty.eBook:Find out more$34.36
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![The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab Spring]()
The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Edited by Carlo Altomonte, Massimiliano Ferrara
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have always been characterized by economic volatility and social disparities. The recent ‘Arab Spring’ wave of protests has increased political uncertainty and instability i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity]()
Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity
Edited by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay, Masahiro Kawai, Rajat M. Nag
This book addresses the prospects and challenges concerning both soft and hard infrastructure development in Asia and provides a framework for achieving Asian connectivity through regional infrastructure cooperation towards a seamless As...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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![Current Issues in Project Analysis for Development]()
Current Issues in Project Analysis for Development
Edited by John Weiss, David Potts
This major work brings together authors with experience of both academic and operational project work to focus on issues such as the shadow exchange rate, the shadow wage, the discount rate and assessment of poverty impact and risk, as w...eBook:Find out more$48.76
