Development economics & emerging economies
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Development economics & emerging economies
Paperback. This is a case study of how three developing countries, Brazil, Uganda and India, all developed broadly similar political devices to combat poverty. It argues that poverty reduction is politically feasible, even under the most daunting of circumstances. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; JPQB; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041195
- ISBN
- 9781849041195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.89
€ 33.99
€ 30.89
Hardback. This volume highlights the importance of interactive, practice-based learning as a means to promote more thorough innovation dynamics in regional and national economies. Successful experiences in Scandanavia and southern European countries are examined, with insightful policy lessons extracted from each case. Editor(s): Parrilli, Mario Davide; Asheim, Bjorn Terje. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 figures, 29 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCD; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298767
- ISBN
- 9780230298767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardback. This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region Editor(s): Lofgren, Hans; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina; Sanchez, Marco; Vos, Rob; Ganuza, Enrique. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America. 424 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Lofgren, Hans; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina; Sanchez, Marco; Vos, Rob; Ganuza, Enrique. This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKS; KCM. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 28. Weight: 604.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247765
- ISBN
- 9780230247765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.41€ 20.49
€ 130.41
€ 20.49
Paperback. Drawing on philosophy, economics and strategy, this title ranges from capitalism to technological innovation, finance to foreign investment, and from human capital to world trade to offer a new vision of transformation. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141979458
- ISBN
- 9780141979458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956240156
- ISBN
- 9780956240156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.92
€ 41.99
€ 33.92
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403979742
- ISBN
- 9781403979742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63€ 51.49
€ 80.63
€ 51.49
Paperback. Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. This book examines how and why states decay and what, if anything, can be done to prevent them from collapsing. Editor(s): Rotberg, Robert I. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JPA; JPHC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116723
- ISBN
- 9780691116723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. An education resource by an international groups of authors to provide an accessible overview of development and human rights issues Editor(s): Daly, Tony; Regan, Ciara; Regan, Colm. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFS; JPVH; KCM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 272 x 19. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- New Internationalist Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780263168
- ISBN
- 9781780263168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.73
€ 26.99
€ 25.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 640 figures, 20 tables. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 317 x 255 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1884.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262525428
- ISBN
- 9780262525428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.84
€ 73.84
Hardcover. Income inequality, displaced and imprisoned populations, destruction of land and water: today's dislocations cannot be understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, Saskia Sassen argues. They are more accurately understood as expulsions--from professional livelihood, from living space, from the very biosphere that makes life possible. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674599222
- ISBN
- 9780674599222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.86
€ 41.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFH2; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997685
- ISBN
- 9781403997685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.13
€ 72.13
Hardback. A study that offers a new view of South Korea's transformation since 1960. Focusing on three turning points-the creation of the development state in the 1960s, democratization in 1987, and the 1997 economic crisis, it shows how Korea sustained growth by resolving crises in favor of greater political and economic openness. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726741
- ISBN
- 9780674726741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.31
€ 45.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374523
- ISBN
- 9781137374523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.70€ 105.23
€ 106.70
€ 105.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCBM; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168302
- ISBN
- 9780691168302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. This book examines the extraordinary events that led to China's transformation from a closed agrarian economy to an invincible manufacturing powerhouse of the global economy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; KCM; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351432
- ISBN
- 9781137351432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815724766
- ISBN
- 9780815724766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardback. Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few successful cases of double incorporation in the periphery. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308412
- ISBN
- 9781137308412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardback. This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the year-on-year volatility of aid and evaluation of the country-level impacts of aid. Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221697
- ISBN
- 9780230221697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.41€ 46.48
€ 130.41
€ 46.48
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780389208907
- ISBN
- 9780389208907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.11€ 26.16
€ 173.11
€ 26.16
Paperback. This is part of a three-volume collection which provides information on innovative development projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa that have actually worked. The 50 cases presented illustrate a wide spectrum of economic and environmental policy and practice. Editor(s): Khor, Martin; Lin, Lim Li; Lim Li Lin. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0006506
- ISBN
- 9781842771334
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests - so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice - was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: KCM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New afterword by Jeremy Adelman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160252
- ISBN
- 9780691160252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.81
€ 24.99
€ 18.81
Hardcover. In his timely and exhaustive analysis of the political economies of the GCC states since the 1970s to the present, Dr Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef examines the factors responsible for the failure of the states to achieve lasting change in development and security. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPH; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863561474
- ISBN
- 9780863561474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.63€ 50.38
€ 55.63
€ 50.38
Hardback. In light of the Asian financial crisis of 1997, Lai examines whether East Asian economies converged onto the liberal market model by studying the evolution of the financial sectors of Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. This includes sectoral diversification, the nature of competition, and the regulatory and supervisory frameworks. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white tables, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCLF; KCM; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360631
- ISBN
- 9780230360631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages, figures, tables, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; GTF; KCM; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Practical Action
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853390722
- ISBN
- 9781853390722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.45
€ 61.45