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States, Banks and Crisis
Thomas Marois
Thomas Marois’ groundbreaking interpretation of banking and development in Mexico and Turkey builds on a Marxian-inspired framework premised on understanding states and banks as social relationships alongside crisis and labor as vital to...eBook:Find out more£30.36
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Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
Edited by Tania Bubela, E. Richard Gold
This fascinating study describes efforts to define and protect traditional knowledge and the associated issues of access to genetic resources, from the negotiation of the Convention on Biological Diversity to The Declaration on the Right...eBook:Find out more£31.16
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Weak versus Strong Sustainability
Eric Neumayer
This fourth edition of an enduring and popular book has been fully updated and revised, exploring the two opposing paradigms of sustainability in an insightful and accessible way. Eric Neumayer contends that central to the debate on sust...eBook:Find out more£38.36
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Improving Irrigation in Asia
Elinor Ostrom, Wai Fung Lam, Prachanda Pradhan, Ganesh P. Shivakoti
Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of intervent...eBook:Find out more£23.16
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Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities
Edited by Zachary D. Kaufman
Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities provides crucial insight into social entrepreneurship from visionaries in the field as well as other experienced practitioners and renowned theorists. While this book focuses on social ent...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development
Duncan Matthews
This insightful and important new book explores the role played by non-governmental-organizations (NGOs) in articulating concerns at the TRIPS Council, the WIPO, the WHO, the CBD-COP and the FAO that intellectual property rights can have...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Climate Law and Developing Countries
Edited by Benjamin J. Richardson, Yves Le Bouthillier, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Stepan Wood
This timely book examines the legal and policy challenges in international, regional and national settings, faced by developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change.eBook:Find out more£44.76
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An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
Edited by Rafeal Ziegler
This timely book sets social entrepreneurship in a historical context, from its philanthropic beginnings in the Victorian era to the present day, against the backdrop of contemporary global capitalism.eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Changing Big Business
Anna Hutchens
Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today’s fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Institutions and Development
Mary M. Shirley
A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders’ money, advice, pressures, or even physical for...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Human Development in the Era of Globalization
Edited by James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Robert Pollin
Honoring Keith Griffin’s more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world’s poor majority and his unflinching w...eBook:Find out more£44.76
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Intellectual Property Enforcement
Edited by Xuan Li, Carlos M. Correa
The enforcement of TRIPS-plus standards on Intellectual Property (IP) has become one of the most significant challenges for developing countries in recent years. This book is the first initiative linking IP enforcement and development, w...eBook:Find out more£32.76