Development category: 15312 books
Research for Development
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Research for Development offers a comprehensive guide to commissioning, managing and undertaking research in development work. It serves both as a practical reference manual and an indispensable learning tool.
Divided into three parts, the book provides a complete overview of the research process...
by Joseph Michael Pogodzinski, Richard M. Kos
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Economic Development and GIS shows why geographic information system (GIS) software is an essential tool for economic development planning and analysis. This book describes economic development policy problems then follows with methods and techniques to solve them with GIS. Featuring Esri Business Analyst...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017, the 48th edition of this series, includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. It presents the latest key statistics on development issues concerning...
Gender Mainstreaming Case Study
Sri Lanka—North East Coastal Community Development Project and Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Two projects in Sri Lanka employed participatory approaches, bringing key stakeholders together and facilitating women's involvement---the North East Coastal Community Development Project which was aimed to improve sustainable livelihood and natural resource management in poor coastal communities,...
Asian Water Development Outlook 2016
Description of Methodology and Data
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This document was prepared as a supplement to the Asian Water Development Outlook 2016. It provides background information and explanatory notes on the approach taken, assumptions made, and data used. The methodology itself has been developed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in cooperation with...
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction
Annual Report 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) while fostering long-term social and economic development. The grants target...
Economic Growth and Development in Africa
Understanding trends and prospects
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
In recent years, Africa has undergone the longest period of sustained economic growth in the continent’s history, drawing the attention of the international media and academics alike. This book analyses the Africa Rising narrative from multidisciplinary perspectives, offering a critical assessment...
Agility and Discipline Made Easy
Practices from OpenUP and RUP
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2006
"The Japanese samurai Musashi wrote: 'One can win with the long sword, and one can win with the short sword. Whatever the weapon, there is a time and situation in which it is appropriate.' "Similarly, we have the long RUP and the short RUP, and all sizes in between. RUP is not a rigid, static...
by Gérard Roland
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Gerard Roland's new text, Development Economics, is the first undergraduate text to recognize the role of institutions in understanding development and growth. Through a series of chapters devoted to specific sets of institutions, Roland examines the effects of institutions on growth, property rights,...
Outside-in Software Development
A Practical Approach to Building Successful Stakeholder-based Products
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2007
"Outside-in thinking complements any approach your teams may be taking to the actual implementation of software, but it changes how you measure success. A successful outside-in team does a lot of learning and not much speculation."
—Tom Poppendieck
Build Software That Delivers...
Governing Sustainable Development
Partnerships, Protests and Power at the World Summit
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
Multilateral UN summits from Stockholm to Copenhagen have set the pace and direction for the global governance of sustainable development. The 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) was a key moment in the evolution of sustainable development as a discourse and summitry as...
Economic Growth and Development
A Dynamic Dual Economy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Growth theory provides a rich and versatile analytical framework through which fundamental questions about economic development can be examined. This book is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development. Structural...
Strategies for Urban Development in Leipzig, Germany
Harmonizing Planning and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The demographic pressure caused by migration offers a considerable challenge for urban centers today. It results in an uneven development of the community and focus of urban planners becomes how to provide decent, low-cost housing and transportation in order to facilitate the integration of poorer...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Understand Your Child's Development! Is the fact that you would like to understand the way your child is developing but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable? Ideally all parents should have an idea of what to expect at...