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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$55.16
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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$47.96
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![Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics]()
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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![Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries]()
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$47.96
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![Globalisation, Development and Transition]()
Globalisation, Development and Transition
Brian Snowdon
This unique book provides a comprehensive survey of the major economic issues that have helped shape the modern world. It includes discussions of the latest research findings in the international economic development literature and scrut... -
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![Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations]()
Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations
A. P. Thirlwall, Penélope Pacheco-López
This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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![A Handbook of Terrorism and Insurgency in Southeast Asia]()
A Handbook of Terrorism and Insurgency in Southeast Asia
Edited by Andrew T.H. Tan
This timely and significant book seeks to explain the deep-seated complexities of terrorism and insurgency in Southeast Asia. In the aftermath of 9/11, this region has been designated by the United States to be the ‘second front’ in the ...eBook:Find out more$69.56
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Rule of Law Reform and Development
Michael J. Trebilcock, Ronald J. Daniels
This important book addresses a number of key issues regarding the relationship between the rule of law and development. It presents a deep and insightful inquiry into the current orthodoxy that the rule of law is the panacea for the wor...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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![The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America]()
The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Reform in Latin America
Eduardo Wiesner
Eduardo Wiesner’s book makes an important contribution to the understanding of development by blending together the interdependent issues of (i) macroeconomic performance and volatility, (ii) equity and distributive justice, (iii) fiscal...eBook:Find out more$69.56
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![International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism]()
International Handbook on the Economics of Tourism
Edited by Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth
This highly accessible and comprehensive Handbook presents a cutting edge discussion of the state of tourism economics and its likely directions in future research. Leading researchers in the field explore a wide range of topics includin...eBook:Find out more$87.96
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MicroFranchising
Edited by Jason Fairbourne, Stephen W. Gibson, W. Gibb Dyer
This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to do so (e.g. microcredit). It then introduces the concept of the microfranchise and discusses how this business model ca...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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International Migration and Economic Development
Robert E.B. Lucas
This accessible and topical book offers invaluable insights to policy makers in both industrialized and developing countries as well as to scholars and researchers of economics, development, international relations and to specialists in ...eBook:Find out more$59.96
