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The Economy of China
Linda Yueh
The emergence of China since 1979 has been a hallmark in the global economy, not only in the past but also in this century. This comprehensive book provides an analytical view of the remarkable economic development of the most exciting e...eBook:Find out more£27.96
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Choice Experiments in Developing Countries
Edited by Jeff Bennett, Ekin Birol
Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues tha... -
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Handbook of Research on Cost–Benefit Analysis
Robert J. Brent
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost–benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributio... -
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Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries
Edited by Bengt-Åke Lundvall, K. J. Joseph, Cristina Chaminade, Jan Vang
This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promisi...eBook:Find out more£40.76
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Understanding Economic Development
Colin White
This fascinating book considers one of the most important problems in economics: the inception of modern economic development. There is at present no satisfactory explanation of the inception of modern economic development; an excessive ...eBook:Find out more£40.76
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Debt Management for Development
Kunibert Raffer
This book exposes intolerable global double standards in the treatment of debtors and argues that fairness, economic efficiency and principles common to all civilized legal systems, must and can be applied to so-called ‘developing countr...eBook:Find out more£27.96
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Setting Priorities for HIV/AIDS Interventions
Robert J. Brent
HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost–benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the mo...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Beyond Inflation Targeting
Edited by Gerald A. Epstein, A. Erinc Yeldan
This book, written by an international team of economists, develops concrete, country specific alternatives to inflation targeting, the dominant policy framework of central bank policy that focuses on keeping inflation in the low single ...eBook:Find out more£35.16
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Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics
Edited by Jonathan M. Harris, Neva R. Goodwin
The authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including ... -
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Global Threats, Global Futures
Thayer Scudder
Global threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population i...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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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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Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries
P. B. Anand
P.B. Anand argues that if water supply and sanitation were mainly problems of technology or financial resources, they would have been resolved long ago. While appreciating that technology and finances are important, he ascertains that th...eBook:Find out more£29.56