Economic Development category: 2617 books
Product Characteristics in International Economics
Role and Impact on Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
National economies are linked through flows of capital and goods. This book addresses those linkages, analyzes their benefits for economic development, and evaluates a country’s opportunities to reap the best possible rewards by influencing the linkages. The book focuses on the role of product characteristics...
Development and Sustainability
India in a Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Following the reforms undertaken in the last two decades, India’s economic landscape has been radically transformed. This book examines the new economic map, which is shown to be shaped by two intertwined currents: globalization and sustainability. Weaving extensively through these currents and...
The Challenge of Development
Theory and Practice in Human Resource Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
A wide-ranging survey of the theoretical and practical problems of economic development, The Challenge of Development demonstrates how effective development theory, planning and programming derive from and are tested in firsthand field experience. Covering all aspects of development, Richard J. Ward...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
The new EU Cohesion Policy is one of the largest integrated development policies in the Western world, and one of the largest of such programmes anywhere in the world. The reforms to the EU Cohesion Policy contain many different elements each of which interlink in order to provide a cohesive overall...
by Khee Giap Tan, Mulya Amri, Nursyahida Ahmad;Diamanta Vania Lavi
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Indonesia's diverse economic landscape and growing importance in the global and regional stages warrant deeper understanding of the economy at sub-national levels. This book by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) is an update of ACI's annual study of the competitiveness landscape of 34 Indonesian...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This edited collection examines the globally rising phenomenon of civic innovation. Combining nuanced theory with rich empirical examples, this book defines the dynamic and complex process of civic innovation as the multiple economic, political and social processes where peoples, organizations, movements...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
As the developed world continues to become more digitized, lesser developed areas are starting to see more technological advancements being integrated into their society. These advancements are creating opportunities to improve both the economy and the lives of people within these areas. Information...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This Handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of the state of research on religions and global development. Part one highlights critical debates that have emerged within research on religions and development, particularly with respect to theoretical, conceptual and methodological considerations, from...
by Domingo Cavallo, Sonia Cavallo Runde
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Why has Argentina suffered so much political and economic instability? How could Argentina, once one of the wealthiest countries in the world, failed to meet its potential over decades? What lessons can we take from Argentina's successes and failures?
Argentina’s economy is - irresistibly...
Universities and Regional Economic Development
Engaging with the Periphery
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018
In a knowledge-based economy, universities are vital institutions. This volume explores the roles that universities can play in peripheral regions, contributing to processes of regional economic development and innovative growth.
Including a series of case studies drawn from Portugal, Norway,...
Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015
Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The Global Monitoring Report 2014/2015: Ending Poverty and Sharing Prosperity was written jointly by the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund, with substantive inputs from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. This year's report details, for the first time,...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
An Illustrative Fiscal Strategy Consistent with the Seventh National Socio-Economic Development Plan
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
This report discusses some of the technical issues involved in formulating a multiannual fiscal strategy for the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The strategy aims to achieve national growth and to reduce poverty, while maintaining sound government finances. It is important to address the overlapping...
The Safe Food Imperative
Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Food safety hazards are increasingly being recognized as a major public health problem worldwide, yet among developing countries, there is limited understanding of the wider-ranging socio-economic costs of unsafe food and the benefits of remedial or preventative measures. This limited evidence base...
India’s Economic Resurgence
A Modified Paradigm for a Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Economics is a social science concerned mainly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Beyond the various theories and models, however, economics has close relationship with day to day life. This book reviews the economic journey of India...