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Microfinance, EU Structural Funds and Capacity Building for Managing A...
Porretta, Pasqualina, Pes, Giovanni
Hardcover. This book presents a study of capacity building and structural funds in public managing authorities for the microcredit sector. Series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCC; KCP; KFFD; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137515124
- ISBN
- 9781137515124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.30
€ 39.30
Hardback. This book illustrates the decline of the state-encouraged revival and legitimization of private enterprises in 1980s China. Chen argues that the rapid growth of private enterprises strengthened the fiscal power of the state, leading the Chinese government to take an increasingly interventionist stance. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCD; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516398
- ISBN
- 9781137516398
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Condition: New
€ 121.92
€ 121.92
Paperback. Betrayed explains how leaders in the developing world can build more inclusive societies and more equitable governments, thereby creating dynamic national economies and giving the poor the opportunity to accumulate the means and skills to control their own destinies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 black & white line drawings, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518422
- ISBN
- 9781137518422
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Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Hardcover. This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil society organisations the authors provide a fresh and fruitful perspective. Series: The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518637
- ISBN
- 9781137518637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.45
€ 122.45
The Restructuring of Banks and Financial Systems in the Euro Area and ...
. Ed(S): Calciano, Filippo Luca; Fiordelisi, ...
Hardback. The 2007-2009 financial crisis has had a worldwide impact on banks and financial systems. It has also brought about major changes in Europe's financial regulatory framework which could lead to financing problems for SMEs. The book explores the restructuring process of banking and financial systems to its impact on the financing of SMEs. Editor(s): Calciano, Filippo Luca; Fiordelisi, Franco; Scarano, Giovanni. Series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCG; KFFH; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518729
- ISBN
- 9781137518729
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Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover. Lessambo analyzes the claimed purposes of international financial institutions, their failures, and the causes of those failures, and then proposes solutions for the future. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: KCLF; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522696
- ISBN
- 9781137522696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Hardcover. This book links together the literatures on economic sanctions, soft power, international business, and foreign direct investment (FDI). Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPV; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523754
- ISBN
- 9781137523754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardback. Development economists and practitioners agree that close collaboration between business and government improves industrial policy, yet little research exists on how best to organize that. This book examines three necessary functions--information exchange, authoritative allocation, and reducing rent seeking--across experiences in Latin America. Series: Latin American Political Economy. Num Pages: 111 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPB; JPP; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524836
- ISBN
- 9781137524836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.16
€ 63.16
The Times They are A Changin'. The Effect of Institutional Change on C...
Savage, David; Torgler, Benno
Hardback. This narrative and empirical analysis investigates Hilary's claim that in his day they would not have left a man behind to die. The authors examine over 60 years of Himalayan climbing data and stories in order to test the changes in cooperation in this extreme life and death environment. Num Pages: 87 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCK; KCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525147
- ISBN
- 9781137525147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.80
€ 62.80
Hardcover. This book provides an introductory treatment of time series econometrics, a subject that is of key importance to both students and practitioners of economics. It contains material that any serious student of economics and finance should be acquainted with if they are seeking to gain an understanding of a real functioning economy. Series: Palgrave Texts in Econometrics. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8 black & white tables, 34 figures. BIC Classification: KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525321
- ISBN
- 9781137525321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardcover. This book offers a much-needed study of the Victorian novel's role in representing and shaping the service sector's emergence. Arguing that prior accounts of the novel's relation to the rise of finance have missed the emergence of a wider service sector, it traces the effects of service work's many forms and class positions in the Victorian novel. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; KCZ; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525505
- ISBN
- 9781137525505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Jones, Andrew; Strom, Patrik; Hermelin, Brita; Rusten, Grete. Num Pages: 342 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: KCN; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 275 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527080
- ISBN
- 9781137527080
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Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Hardcover. Decision makers' attitude towards women and gender has a significant influence on development, especially after conflict. This book analyses the effects of gender-inclusive policies deployed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in the areas of politics, the economy and education on the region and its people. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JFSJ1; JPVH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528810
- ISBN
- 9781137528810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardback. We must quickly learn how to live well in the world as it is today, including the realm of work. We need to learn a new vocabulary of economics and markets that is more suitable to understand the present world and that is likely to offer us the tools to act, and perhaps improve it as well. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528872
- ISBN
- 9781137528872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.14
€ 63.14
Hardcover. This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading schemes. Lo makes a case for understanding the policy change in terms of discourse and in relation to narratives of national power and development. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 black & white tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; KCP; RND; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528995
- ISBN
- 9781137528995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.45
€ 121.45
Hardback. During the post-World War-II period, several Asian economies turned in stellar performances. This book addresses the all-important query regarding the ebullient growth performance of a group of dynamic Asian economies. Its principal focus is the so-called Asian growth model, which enabled them to achieve what became known as the 'miraculous' growth Num Pages: 119 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529268
- ISBN
- 9781137529268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. This book develops a human capital model to explain transformational growth within different stages of economic development, which will induce technological changes and consequently will require a change in human capital. China is a case study in transition and can provide useful lessons to other emerging economies. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529350
- ISBN
- 9781137529350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Hardback. Stiglitz and Guzman bring together this edited collection that presents a series of studies on contemporary macroeconomic issues and contains a set of key lessons for macroeconomic theory and policies from the recent global financial crisis. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Guzman, Martin. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529572
- ISBN
- 9781137529572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Hardback. This book analyses how key 'systems integration' technical pressures, and the increasing use of collaborative alliances for market and product development are impacting on the socio-technical policy directives of Chinese State leaders and the strategic behaviour of key Chinese high-technology firms operating in the global wireless sector. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQ; KCP; KNT; TJKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529640
- ISBN
- 9781137529640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Hardback. With international contributors, this second volume in Contemporary Issues, by Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Guzman, includes theoretical, empirical, and policy oriented chapters based on careful utilization of theory and data analysis. Editor(s): Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Guzman, Martin. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529701
- ISBN
- 9781137529701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47