Development economics & emerging economies
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Development economics & emerging economies
Impact of Science on African Agriculture and Food Security
. Ed(S): Anandajayasekeram, P; Rukani, M.; Ba...
hardcover. The need for agricultural research resources in the developing world cannot be underestimated, but the availability of such resources is often poor. This book explores the importance of impact assessment studies in Africa, and assembles evidence to pave the way for investment in agricultural research all over the developing world. Editor(s): Anandajayasekeram, P; Rukani, M.; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Liebenberg, F.; Keswani, C. L. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; KCM; KCN; PDR; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845932671
- ISBN
- 9781845932671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.84
€ 249.84
Hardcover. This book presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China's rise on the Mekong Region with particular focus on the consequences stemming from investment, trade, foreign aid, and migration. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476210
- ISBN
- 9781137476210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardcover. This book explores the greater potential for global investment in Southeast Asia, and the ways in which socially responsible investment styles can be used in their developing economies. Series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 47 figures, 20 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; KCM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137507266
- ISBN
- 9781137507266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Paperback. Critics are challenging the traditional role of the IMF to facilitate development and alleviate poverty, viewing policies as doctrinaire and in need of change to meet objectives. This examines the arguments and the future role of the IMF. Series: Development Policy Studies Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPSN; KCLF; KCM; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0006525
- ISBN
- 9780415130400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Ghai, Dharam P. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; KCBM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- SKU
- KRA0004906
- ISBN
- 9780862329518
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An examination of the evolution of poverty and inequality in the era of globalization. It critically examines conventional wisdom, finding that productivity, wages and incomes in poor countries are catching up with those obtained by comparable individuals in the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323481
- ISBN
- 9780881323481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.10
€ 29.99
€ 22.10
Hardback. ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of contextual information and disciplinary perspectives. Editor(s): Dey, Bidit; Sorour, Karim; Filieri, Raffaele. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469496
- ISBN
- 9781137469496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.66
€ 139.66
Paperback. The World Bank has attracted equal amounts of criticism and praise. Critics are especially quick to decry the World Bank's hypocrisy - the pervasive gaps between the organization's talk, decisions, and actions. This book explores how the characteristics of change in a complex international organization make hypocrisy difficult to resolve. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138190
- ISBN
- 9780691138190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.27
€ 42.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. This wide-ranging book considers the origins and rise of science and technology before moving on to discuss the state of our world and its possible futures, addressing the main challenges for social and economic development in the context of global change. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; PBW; PDZ; PSAF; RNT; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642053597
- ISBN
- 9783642053597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Humanitarian Response Index 2007: Measuring Commitment to Best Practic...
Development Assistance Research Associates (D...
Paperback. Useful for Aid Agencies, Foreign Aid Agencies, Overseas Development Programmes, Governments, NGOs working on Humanitarian and Development Issues, Ministries of Development, Foreign Ministries, Planning Ministries, Economists and Consultants. Academics, Researchers and Libraries and students, particularly in the areas of Development Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573475
- ISBN
- 9780230573475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Paperback. Over 350 million people are affected each year by disaster and conflict. The international community is often unable to respond effectively to these crises. This report provides an independent examination of donor performance with the aim of improving the effectiveness of aid, and promoting greater accountability of donors. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573499
- ISBN
- 9780230573499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Hardback. Introduces and explains the economics behind the multi-billion dollar humanitarian marketplace and how it came about Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045520
- ISBN
- 9781849045520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 42.08
€ 45.99
€ 42.08
Hardback. This book provides insights into how human well-being could be better defined and empirically assessed. It takes stock of and reviews various concepts and measures and provides recommendations for future practice and research. Editor(s): McGillivray, Mark. Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230004986
- ISBN
- 9780230004986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31€ 125.78
€ 128.31
€ 125.78
Paperback. This volume provides insights into how human well-being might be better conceptualized and measured. Editor(s): McGillivray, Mark. Series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281831
- ISBN
- 9781349281831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 168.12
€ 168.12
Human Development Report 2011: Sustainability and Equity: Towards a Be...
United Nations Development Programme (Ed.)
Paperback. The 2011 report reviews global patterns of progress and the impact of environmental degradation and social inequality on the world's poor, proposing a bold new approach to address the urgent, global problems of sustainability and equity. Editor(s): United Nations Development Programme. Num Pages: 188 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GBCY; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363311
- ISBN
- 9780230363311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.49
€ 81.49
Paperback. The 20th Anniversary edition is a time to take stock, reflect and move forward. It rigorously reviews the past two decades of human development trends and challenges, and provides newly available data and supplementary indices weighing the effect of income inequalities, gender disparities and household-level poverty. Editor(s): United Nations Development Programme. Series: Human Development Report. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCY; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284456
- ISBN
- 9780230284456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.86
€ 99.86
Human Development Report 2006: Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and Glo...
United Nations Development Programme (Ed.)
Paperback. Water is central to the realization of human potential. Clean water and sanitation have profound bearing on health and human dignity. With competition for water intensifying, there is a danger that poor and vulnerable communities will become increasingly marginalized. This report focuses on water and human development. Series: Human Development Report. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500587
- ISBN
- 9780230500587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.40
€ 69.40
Paperback. Illustrated large format. Former library copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- SKU
- KEX0238474
- ISBN
- 9780195305111
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Human Development and the International Development Strategy for the 1...
. Ed(S): Griffin, Keith; Knight, J.
Paperback. Editor(s): Griffin, Keith; Knight, J. BIC Classification: KCM. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333535134
- ISBN
- 9780333535134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Human Development and International Development Strategy for the 1990'...
. Ed(S): Griffin, Keith; Knight, John
Hardback. Containing studies commissioned by the United Nations, this book focuses on the dynamic interaction between the economic and social variables in development. It assesses the role of health, work opportunities, education and social participation in economic and social progress. Editor(s): Griffin, Keith; Knight, John. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333535127
- ISBN
- 9780333535127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Paperback. Is South Africa heading for the rocks? No, argue Mills and Herbst. Their book explains how great strides are being made, especially economically, undermining the rhetoric of disappointment which dominates public debate in the rainbow nation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046565
- ISBN
- 9781849046565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil s. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico s and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the 19th-century lag in Latin American economic development. Editor(s): Haber, Stephen H. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727389
- ISBN
- 9780804727389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. This work takes its defining theme from Deng Xiaopeng's famous metaphor for gradual reform: "feeling the stones to cross the river". How far has China progressed in fording the river? This volume tackles many aspects of that question. Editor(s): Hope, Nicholas C.; Yang, Dennis Tao; Li, Mui. Series: Stanford Studies in International Economics & Development. Num Pages: 536 pages, 91 tables, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747660
- ISBN
- 9780804747660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.62
€ 119.62
Hardcover. This book shows how to think about economic growth and sovereign debt in live country situations. The country stories are practical applications of real-time analysis involving significant economic events of the past two decades (e.g. Poland's early transition, India's unexpected growth takeoff in 2003, and the Russian crisis of 1998). Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 Figures, 14 Tables, 27 Boxes. BIC Classification: KCB; KCG; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198714675
- ISBN
- 9780198714675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.64
€ 79.64