Development category: 15312 books
Economic Development for Everyone
Creating Jobs, Growing Businesses, and Building Resilience in Low-Income Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
How do we create employment, grow businesses, and build greater economic resilience in our low-income communities? How do we create economic development for everyone, everywhere – including rural towns, inner-city neighborhoods, aging suburbs, and regions such as Appalachia, American Indian reservations,...
Myanmar
Urban Development and Water Sector Assessment, Strategy and Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This publication documents the current assessment and strategic investment priorities for the urban development and water sector in Myanmar. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, plans and strategies, past support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and experience,...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The term "Green City" has many different meanings to different people. There is no universal solution that can be applied to every city. Adaptable, responsive, and innovative solutions that differ from one place to another enable Green Cities to emerge in various forms and enable us to recognize...
by Rafik Naccache, W. David Jarvis, Allen Rohner
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Master the art of agile single page web application development with ClojureScript
About This Book
Set up interactive development workflows for the browser or Node.js thanks to the ClojureScript ecosystem
Learn the basics of interactive single page web app development taking advantage of the...
Test-Driven Java Development, Second Edition
Invoke TDD principles for end-to-end application development, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
This book will teach the concepts of test driven development in Java so you can build clean, maintainable and robust code
Key Features
Explore the most popular TDD tools and frameworks and become more proficient in building applications
Create applications with better code design, fewer bugs,...
Web Development with Go
Building Scalable Web Apps and RESTful Services
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Take a deep dive into web development using the Go programming language to build web apps and RESTful services to create reliable and efficient software. Web Development with Go provides Go language fundamentals and then moves on to advanced web development concepts and successful deployment of Go...
Development Effectiveness Report 2012
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The private sector contributes to economic development by generating jobs and incomes, as well as through investments, new technologies, knowledge transfer, and enhanced productivity. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where much of the recent success in reducing poverty has been due...
Agile Software Development
The Cooperative Game
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
“Agile Software Development is a highly stimulating and rich book. The author has a deep background and gives us a tour de force of the emerging agile methods.” —Tom Gilb The agile model of software development has taken the world by storm. Now, in Agile Software Development, Second Edition,...
Development Effectiveness Report 2013
Private Sector Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The private sector contributes to economic development by generating jobs and incomes, as well as through investments, new technologies, knowledge transfer, and enhanced productivity. This is particularly true in Asia and the Pacific, where much of the recent success in reducing poverty has been due...
Abu Dhabi's Vision 2030
An Ongoing Journey of Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
This book aims to tell the Abu Dhabi story in economic development, from its past dominance in oil to its economic vision for the future. More than being an exemplar of industrial restructuring and diversification from a resource-based to a 21st century knowledge-based economy and society, Abu Dhabi...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 800 indicators for more than 150 economies and 14 country groups in...
Aid, Technology and Development
The Lessons from Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Over the last 50 years, Nepal has been considered an experiential model in determining the effectiveness and success of global human development strategies, both in theory and in practice. As such, it provides a rich array of in-depth case studies in both development success and failure. This edited...
International Development
Ideas, Experience, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Thinking on development informs and inspires the actions of people, organizations, and states in their continuous effort to invent a better world. This volume examines the ideas behind development: their origins, how they have changed and spread over time, and how they may evolve over the coming decades....
Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011
Development Challenges in a Post-crisis World
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2011: Development Challenges in a Post-crisis World (ABCDE) presents papers from a global gathering of the worlds leading development scholars and practitioners held May 31 - June 2, 2010. Paper themes include: Environmental Commons and the...