Asian Development
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From Eco-Cities to Sustainable City-Regions
Ernest J. Yanarella, Richard S. Levine
‘This remarkable book brings a bold new vision to achieve highly-integrative systemic performance at the scale of the City-as-a-Hill and its surrounding rural partner land. No less, it provides the means for the ambitious sustainability ...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality
Edited by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Rolph van der Hoeven
‘The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations have set the most ambitious development agenda in history. For the first time, income inequality was included as a specific goal, and one that is essential to stem one of the worst...eBook:Find out more$33.60
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The Logic of Chinese Politics
Sabrina C.Y. Luk, Peter W. Preston
‘In this excellent study, the authors take a novel approach to Chinese politics and provide an impressively sophisticated analysis of a timely and policy-relevant issue. The book shows that Chinese politics is not a “black-box” as common...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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Governance in Developing Asia
Edited by Anil B. Deolalikar, Shikha Jha, Pilipinas F. Quising
‘Governance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipina...eBook:Find out more$39.96
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Improving Irrigation in Asia
Elinor Ostrom, Wai Fung Lam, Prachanda Pradhan, Ganesh P. Shivakoti
‘Governance of irrigation systems is complex, needing social, technical and financial actions that support farming. Few people have as much knowledge of self-governing irrigation systems as these authors, and few countries have as many o...eBook:Find out more$32.80
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The Economy of China
Linda Yueh
‘By examining the institutional reforms used to make the transition, Yueh provides a comprehensive and exceptionally insightful analysis of economic change in what has become the world’s second biggest economy. . . Highly recommended.’ –...eBook:Find out more$40.76
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Poverty Targeting in Asia
Edited by John Weiss
‘This book is a “must read” for researchers and students interested in poverty, poverty reduction, social welfare and development. It provides systematic and comparative studies on the design features, achievements and problems of target...eBook:Find out more$49.60
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Social Evolution, Economic Development and Culture
Ronald Dore, D. Hugh Whittaker
‘By focusing on writings that represent Dore’s theoretical assumptions and arguments within the tradition of comparative sociology, the editors have created a very neat "one-stop-shopping" opportunity for us to review the underlying inte...eBook:Find out more$56.80