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Ranking Nations
Stephen Morse
This engaging book assesses the statistical need for using particular ranking systems to compare the status of nations. With an overarching focus on human development, environmental performance and corruption, it carefully maps out some ... -
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Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa
Edited by Ethné Swartz, Caren Scheepers, Adam Lindgreen, Shumaila Yousafzai, Marianne Matthee
Offering invaluable insights into technologically-driven change in Africa, this incisive book envisions myriad positive economic changes brought about by new technologies and innovations. Rooted in original research from contributors wh... -
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Monetary Policy Challenges in Latin America
Edited by Fernando Toledo, Louis-Philippe Rochon
This ground-breaking book analyses the severe monetary policy challenges facing Latin American countries. Contributors reflect on how these issues should be addressed by policy-makers, identifying the need for a synergic response from re... -
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Elgar Encyclopedia of Development
Edited by Matthew Clarke, Xinyu (Andy) Zhao
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Development is a ground-breaking resource that provides a starting point for those wishing to grasp how and why development occurs, while also providing further expansion appropriate for more experienced academi... -
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Handbook on Frugal Innovation
Edited by André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa, Cees van Beers
This pioneering Handbook details the origins of the concept of frugal innovation, its emergence as an academic field of interest, and the main driving forces behind it. The book presents new empirical evidence and critical perspectives o... -
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Advanced Introduction to Critical Global Development
Uma Kothari, Elise Klein
This stimulating and accessible Advanced Introduction critically engages with dominant, modernist and ahistorical narratives of development, foregrounding the overlooked dissonant discourses that are largely written out of mainstream dev... -
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The Future of Social Care
Peter Beresford, Colin Slasberg
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Foreword by David Brindle In the face of major global demographic change, social care polic... -
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Food Security
William A. Kerr
As the world population increases, food security is a major global issue. This book provides an in-depth examination of the three necessary conditions for the achievement of food security: (1) availability of food; (2) adequate incomes a... -
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Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Developing Markets
Edited by Joshua Y. Abor
Covering pertinent areas of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) this forward-looking book examines SRI in developing markets including its evolution, principles and concepts. It explores the drivers and challenges in developing ... -
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COVID-19 and the Response of Central Banks
Edited by Salewa Olawoye
COVID-19 and the Response of Central Banks analyses the reactions of central banks to the COVID-19 crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on how the pandemic has affected the economic performance of Sub-Saharan African countries, many ... -
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Advanced Introduction to Financial Inclusion
Robert Lensink, Calumn Hamilton, Charles Adjasi
Taking a detailed tour through the emerging economic field of financial inclusion, this timely book charts the subtle conceptual shifts that gave rise to the focus on inclusivity in development finance, and provides an overview of key co...eBook:Find out more$23.56
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Economic Growth and Poverty
Edited by Nanak Kakwani, Hyun H. Son
This single-volume compilation offers an insight to some of the most important questions economists and policymakers have been grappling over. A substantial amount of research has been carried out using cross-country regression models, r...
