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![Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies]()
Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Edited by Paresha Sinha, Jenny Gibb, Michèle Akoorie, Jonathan M. Scott
‘Contextualizing entrepreneurship is about acknowledging variety in forms, outcomes and entrepreneurial actions. This Research Handbook illustrates the heterogeneity of entrepreneurship in emerging countries around the world, including a...eBook:Find out more$48.00
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Handbook on Global Value Chains
Edited by Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi, Gale Raj-Reichert
‘Finally, a Handbook of global value chains. This collection establishes the state of the art in knowledge on the industrial form – the GVC – that has transformed capitalism for better and worse and which is at the centre of contemporary...eBook:Find out more$55.96
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Standing up for a Sustainable World
Edited by Claude Henry, Johan Rockström, Nicholas Stern
‘It is easy to say, as is frequently repeated, that the future of humanity on earth is at risk. The difficult challenge is to understand the empirical basis of that terrible fear, and also to assess, with best professional scrutiny, what... -
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![Handbook of Social Policy and Development]()
Handbook of Social Policy and Development
Edited by James Midgley, Rebecca Surender, Laura Alfers
‘If you read one book to understand current scholarship on social policy and development in the global south, this should be it. Lucid and comprehensive, it is encyclopaedic in scope. The role of the state is set out and powerfully defen...eBook:Find out more$58.36
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![A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance]()
A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance
Edited by Marek Hudon, Marc Labie, Ariane Szafarz
How can financial services, such as credit, deposit accounts, financial transfers, and insurance be provided to people in need? This challenging and complex issue has been a topic of interest for the international aid community for decad...eBook:Find out more$33.60
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![Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality]()
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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![Advanced Introduction to National Innovation Systems]()
Advanced Introduction to National Innovation Systems
Cristina Chaminade, Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Shagufta Haneef
‘It is indeed a must-read and a very useful guide for all those researchers and practitioners interested in the complexities of innovation policy. In this book the publisher and the authors completely fulfil the reader's expectations.’ –...eBook:Find out more$22.76
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![Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development]()
Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development
Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Jayati Ghosh, Rainer Kattel
The Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today’s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of...eBook:Find out more$66.40
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![Advanced Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis]()
Advanced Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis
Robert J. Brent
This concise yet comprehensive introduction aims to outline the core principles of Cost–Benefit Analysis (CBA), laying them out in an accessible manner with minimum technical detail. The applied nature of the subject is emphasized by sho...eBook:Find out more$25.16
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![Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid]()
Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid
Edited by B. Mak Arvin, Byron Lew
‘This Handbook provides a tremendously useful overview of the economics of foreign aid. It contains contributions by well-established and known scholars of foreign aid as well as by many fresh new voices, from both the developed and the ...eBook:Find out more$57.60
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Industrial Policy in Developing Countries
Tilman Altenburg, Wilfried Lütkenhorst
‘Countries that need industrial policy the most typically have the worst governance. This terrific book explicitly recognizes this difficulty, and provides a rich discussion of how it can be overcome. It presents a valuable series of cou...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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![Living Wages Around the World]()
Living Wages Around the World
Richard Anker, Martha Anker
This manual describes a new methodology to measure a decent but basic standard of living in different countries and how much workers need to earn to afford this, making it possible for researchers to estimate comparable living wages arou...
