Development economics & emerging economies
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Development economics & emerging economies
Hardback. Presents a selection of research advances on long term economic growth. This book shows implicitly or explicitly that technological change is at least partly dependent on growth itself. It is suitable for academic scholars and graduate students in economics, history and related social sciences as well as for policy makers. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1710.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379607
- ISBN
- 9780792379607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.06
€ 240.06
Hardback. The fifth of nine volumes prepared by the United Nations examining different aspects of the development of manganese nodule resources. The location of a processing plant for manganese nodules depends more on the availability and cost of complementary inputs (e.g. energy and chemicals) than on the tr Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 770.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860103950
- ISBN
- 9780860103950
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Condition: New
€ 121.08
€ 121.08
Hardcover. How can human capabilities be articulated and promoted in practice? How can the challenges encountered in its application be addressed? This volume answers these research questions through nine country case studies from the Global North and the Global South. Editor(s): Ibrahim, Solava; Tiwari, Meera. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHBC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137001443
- ISBN
- 9781137001443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardback. Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates. However, many of the region's inhabitants are still poorly housed. This book examines three key contributing issues: high housing prices relative to family income, lack of access to mortgage credit, and high land prices. Editor(s): Bouillon, Cesar Patricio. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 1. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005649
- ISBN
- 9781137005649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.82
€ 120.82
Hardcover. The authors present an overview of private development aid in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the EU as a whole. They illustrate how private aid organisations receive support as well as the relations they have with their respective governments. Editor(s): Schulpen, Lau. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPWH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009784
- ISBN
- 9781137009784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. With Asia as its backdrop, this book investigates the role played by the World Bank Group (WBG) in conceptualising and promoting new mining regimes tailored for resource-rich country clients. It details a particular politics of mining in the Global South characterised by the transplanting, hijacking and contesting of the WBG's mining agenda. Series: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCM; KCP; KFFK; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031310
- ISBN
- 9781137031310
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Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardback. This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies. Editor(s): Aoki, Masahiko; Kuran, Timur; Roland, Gerard. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 709.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034007
- ISBN
- 9781137034007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.19
€ 121.19
Hardcover. 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: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274748
- ISBN
- 9781137274748
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Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This book aims to contribute to our understanding of recent changes in Chinese and Western cooperatives. It will provide a variety of audiences with relevant and useful information for further co-operative development, mutual understanding and cooperation. Editor(s): Gijselinckx, Caroline; Zhao, Li; Novkovic, Sonja. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QFH; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277275
- ISBN
- 9781137277275
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Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Hardcover. The author examines new development strategies in the context of globalisation and the crisis of the Washington Consensus. Critiquing both protectionism and the free market he points to the influence and evolution of Keynesian ideas for the management and stabilisation of development in an era marked by the unravelling of neoliberal prosperity. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277367
- ISBN
- 9781137277367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Hardcover. This volume explores South Korea's successful transition from an underdeveloped, authoritarian country to a modern industrialized democracy. South Korea's experience of foreign aid gives a unique perspective on how to use foreign aid for economic development as well as how to build a strong partnership between developed and developing countries. Editor(s): Kim, Eun Mee; Kim, Pil Ho. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JPB; JPHV; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278166
- ISBN
- 9781137278166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.96
€ 129.96
New Approaches to the Governance of Natural Resources
. Ed(S): Grant, Mr J. Andrew; Compaore, W. R....
Hardback. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the governance of Africa's natural resource sectors (oil, biofuels, forestry, fisheries, minerals) and new insights for readers as they navigate the burgeoning research on global governance initiatives and regional/national strategies that seek to improve the governance of the continent's natural resources. Editor(s): Grant, Mr J. Andrew; Compaore, W. R. Nadege; Mitchell, Matthew I. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM; KCP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280404
- ISBN
- 9781137280404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.18
€ 63.18
Multilateral Development Cooperation in a Changing Global Order
. Ed(S): Besada, Hany; Kindornay, Shannon
Hardback. This volume addresses the changing nature of the international aid system and the challenges it poses for the multilateral system, donors and aid recipients, centring on new regional and national relationships developing in the multilateral system, economic and social forces, and national and global policy making. Editor(s): Besada, Hany; Kindornay, Shannon. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137297754
- ISBN
- 9781137297754
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Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardback. Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to increasing hunger and food poverty in twelve rich 'food-secure' societies. Editor(s): Riches, Graham; Silvasti, Tiina. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPVH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 469.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298713
- ISBN
- 9781137298713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Hardcover. Bartholomew Paudyn investigates how governments across the globe struggle to constitute the authoritative knowledge underpinning the political economy of creditworthiness and what the (neoliberal) 'fiscal normality' means for democratic governance. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302762
- ISBN
- 9781137302762
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Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Political Economy and the Aid Industry in Asia (Critical Studies of th...
Hutchison, Jane, Hout, Wil, Hughes, Caroline,...
Hardcover. Adopting a distinctive structural political economy approach, this book uniquely explains the blind spots of alternative political economy approaches to international aid, and presents an original framework for evaluating likely reformers' strength of commitment and potential alliances with donors. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JKSR; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303608
- ISBN
- 9781137303608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Drawing from long term ethnographic work and practice in Guatemala, this incisive and interdisciplinary text brings in perspectives from critical disability studies, postcolonial theory and critical development to explore the various interactions and dynamics between disability and extreme poverty in rural areas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; JFFA; JFFG; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307972
- ISBN
- 9781137307972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.61
€ 119.61
Hardback. This definitive work mixes case law, public policy, economic strategy, and examines the wide range of issues facing efforts to improve the American economy, to illustrate how economic growth is driven through strong public-private partnerships, and how successful growth strategies from the state and local level operate to grow jobs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320667
- ISBN
- 9781137320667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Economic Development from the State and Local Perspective: Case Studie...
Robinson, David, Robinson, David J.
Paperback. This definitive work mixes case law, public policy, economic strategy, and examines the wide range of issues facing efforts to improve the American economy, to illustrate how economic growth is driven through strong public-private partnerships, and how successful growth strategies from the state and local level operate to grow jobs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320674
- ISBN
- 9781137320674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardcover. This book studies the impact of China's outward foreign direct investment on the world economy. It uses both case studies and modeling approaches to study how China's investments have affected the rest of the world. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCLF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 212 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321091
- ISBN
- 9781137321091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
The Industrial Policy Revolution. The Role of Government Beyond Ideolo...
Lin Yifu, Justin. Ed(S): Esteban, Joan; Stigl...
Hardback. This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa. Editor(s): Esteban, Joan; Stiglitz, Joseph E. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 407 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 769.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 407
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335166
- ISBN
- 9781137335166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.87
€ 121.87
The Industrial Policy Revolution II. Africa in the Twenty-First Centur...
. Ed(S): Esteban, Joan; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; ...
Hardback. This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa. Editor(s): Esteban, Joan; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Lin Yifu, Justin; Patel, Ebrahim. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 633 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 633
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335227
- ISBN
- 9781137335227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.97
€ 185.97
Hardback. Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the impact of the recent financial crisis. Num Pages: 211 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFFN; KCLF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137338389
- ISBN
- 9781137338389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.53
€ 119.53
Hardcover. A political economy analysis of the history of food security in the Arab world, including the role played by the global food price crisis in the Arab Spring and the Arab response aiming at greater food sovereignty via domestic food production and land acquisition overseas - the so-called land grab. Num Pages: 284 pages, 38 black & white tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: JPRB; KCC; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339379
- ISBN
- 9781137339379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26