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Development economics & emerging economies
Hardback. Private Enterprise-Led Development in Sub-Saharan Africa provides a novel theoretical and conceptual model to guide research into Africa's economic development. It endorses the view that private enterprise-led growth will help reduce poverty since it strengthens individuals' capacity to care for themselves and their families. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; KCM; KJK; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534439
- ISBN
- 9781137534439
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€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Development in Africa
. Ed(S): Wamboye, Evelyn; Tiruneh, Esubalew A...
hardcover. Editor(s): Wamboye, Evelyn; Tiruneh, Esubalew Alehegn. Num Pages: 514 pages, 137 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCLF; KCM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534958
- ISBN
- 9781137534958
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€ 182.96
€ 182.96
Hardcover. Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how they can catch-up with developed world. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCD; KCG; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538062
- ISBN
- 9781137538062
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€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Paperback. Comparing the experience of East Asia and Latin America since the mid-1970s, Elson identifies the key internal factors common to each region which have allowed East Asia to take advantage of the trade, financial, and technological impact of a more globalized economy to support its development, while Latin America has not. Num Pages: 292 pages, 22 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KL; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538543
- ISBN
- 9781137538543
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€ 61.90
€ 61.90
Hardback. Based on extensive field work involving the leading figures of the diverse Syrian National Coalition, an umbrella initiative of opposition groups fighting against the Assad regime, this study critically evaluates the challenges ahead as well as the inherent opportunities for the post-conflict era in Syria. Num Pages: 123 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 309.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538840
- ISBN
- 9781137538840
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€ 61.64
€ 61.64
South-South Cooperation Beyond the Myths: Rising Donors, New Aid Pract...
. Ed(S): Bergamaschi, Isaline; Moore, Phoebe;...
hardcover. Editor(s): Bergamaschi, Isaline; Moore, Phoebe; Tickner, Arlene B. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 334 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539687
- ISBN
- 9781137539687
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€ 151.67
€ 151.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCD; KCM; KCN; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540713
- ISBN
- 9781137540713
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€ 139.65
€ 139.65
Hardcover. This book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty reduction for developing countries in a post-2015 era. Taking specific country-contexts into account, the author argues that national poverty lines should be the benchmark for future anti-poverty policies. Num Pages: 110 pages, 3 charts, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541420
- ISBN
- 9781137541420
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€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Hardback. By using the case of public diplomacy in East Asia, this book provides a richer understanding of the forces at work in the relationships between states in the troubled region. The prism of public diplomacy helps us to see a more varied picture of East Asian state-to-state relations. Editor(s): Melissen, Jan; Sohn, Yul. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPHV; JPR; JPSD; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542748
- ISBN
- 9781137542748
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which has moved toward the vision and the path of development envisaged in Islam. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JPV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543875
- ISBN
- 9781137543875
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€ 61.56
€ 61.56
Hardcover. The author focuses on the research-policy nexus in development studies, highlighting reciprocal orientations and interactions between the domains of social research and of policy and politics. He looks at instances where these domains are complementary and geared towards common objectives, but also with others marked by opposing rationales. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137548511
- ISBN
- 9781137548511
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Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardcover. In the quarter century since its emergence from military rule and integration into the global economy, Bangladesh's economy has achieved high growth, reduced aid dependence and made remarkable improvement in social indicators while at the same time it continues to suffer from increasing inequality. This book analyses these successes and failures. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKB; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 319. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549730
- ISBN
- 9781137549730
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€ 118.99
€ 118.99
Hardback. The author shows how sustainable development may be organized, valued and distributed by introducing situational contracting as an interactive and contextual mode of governance. Situational contracting provides a road map for where we want to go, serving the prevailing ideology in implementing the trade between efficiency and fairness. Num Pages: 91 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCM; KCP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552747
- ISBN
- 9781137552747
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€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 116 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553478
- ISBN
- 9781137553478
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€ 66.93
€ 66.93
The Inexorable Evolution of Financialisation. Financial Crises in Emer...
Michailidou, Domna M.; Kratzmann, Gregory
Hardback. This book explores the consequences of the inexorable evolution of financialisation through examining the origins of financial crises in three very different emerging economies in the 1990s - Mexico, Brazil and Korea. It is demonstrated that countries suffered from crisis as an unavoidable outcome of their finansialisation. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553638
- ISBN
- 9781137553638
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Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65
Hardcover. This book seeks to shed light on why some countries have achieved more than others in bringing prosperity to their people - more specifically, it is about the relative failure of Pakistan (and South Asia more generally) compared to East and South-East Asia. The absence of a pro-poor implicit social contract in Pakistan has been the principal cause. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554468
- ISBN
- 9781137554468
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Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Basu, Kaushik. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554529
- ISBN
- 9781137554529
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Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Hardback. It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Basu, Kaushik. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137554574
- ISBN
- 9781137554574
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€ 120.13
€ 120.13
Development Strategies and Inter-Group Violence: Insights on Conflict-...
Ascher, William, Mirovitskaya, Natalia
Hardcover. Although many scholars and practitioners recognize that development and conflict are intertwined, there is much less understanding of the mechanisms behind these linkages. This book takes a new approach by critically examining how various development strategies provoke or help prevent intrastate violence, based on cases from all developing regions. Series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555113
- ISBN
- 9781137555113
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Condition: New
€ 63.12
€ 63.12
Hardback. Advanced Cultural Districts explores the organisational design issues within the cultural heritage sector, with particular focus on the advanced forms of cultural districts for local socio-economic development. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCU; KJC; KJM; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555342
- ISBN
- 9781137555342
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Condition: New
€ 61.69
€ 61.69
Local Governance, Economic Development and Institutions
. Ed(S): Gomez, Georgina M.; Knorringa, Peter
Hardback. This edited collection examines the interconnections between local governance, economic development and institutions, by focusing on what initiatives work and under what conditions they do so. Using a variety of theories and empirical data, the contributors present evidence from current experiences around the world. Editor(s): Gomez, Georgina M.; Knorringa, Peter. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137557582
- ISBN
- 9781137557582
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Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Developmental Local Governance: A Critical Discourse in 'Alternative D...
Schoburgh, Eris D., Martin, John, Gatchair, S...
Hardcover. The primary purpose of the book is to evaluate critically the relationship between local government and national economic development. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137558350
- ISBN
- 9781137558350
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Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Hardback. Sustainable Industrialization in Africa explores the issues that confront development policy in the context of the MDGs and the post-2015 development agenda from an African perspective. Editor(s): Gehl Sampath, Padmashree; Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM; KJC; KJK; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561114
- ISBN
- 9781137561114
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€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Hardcover. This book is a comparative study of international practices in bankruptcy law, providing perspectives from a variety of specialisms including practitioners, lawyers, bankers, accountants and judges from the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Singapore. Editor(s): Cohen, Adrian. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCM; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561749
- ISBN
- 9781137561749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35