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Plundered nations?
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Anthony Venables,Paul Collier |
"The study of natural resource extraction in resource-rich countries often shows that plunder, rather than prosperity, has become the norm. Management of natural resources differs widely in every sta… |
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Room for development
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César Patricio Bouillon |
"Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and enjoy very high home ownership rates. But one look at the shantytowns clinging precariously to the hillsides aro… |
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Sports governance, development and corporate responsibility
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Barbara Segaert |
"The call for sport organizations and organizers to take up social responsibilities is reflected in a wide variety of sport-related practices. This book critically examines sport-related social inter… |
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Mineral rents and the financing of social policy
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Katja Hujo |
"An exploration of the implications of mineral-led wealth and the opportunities that this creates for economic and social development. The book includes theoretical and policy analyses as well as mic… |
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Happiness and hardship
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Carol Graham,Stefano Pettinato |
"In Happiness and Hardship, Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato argue that the political sustainability of market-oriented growth is determined as much by relative income levels and trends as by absol… |
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The conscience economy
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Steven Overman |
"The Conscience Economy will help international leaders, influencers, investors and decision-makers to manage, innovate and thrive in a new world where "doing good" matters as much as "doing well."-- |
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Geek heresy
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Kentaro Toyama |
"In 2004, Kentaro Toyama, an award-winning computer scientist, moved to India to start a new research group for Microsoft. Its mission: to explore novel technological solutions to the world's persist… |
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Policy, politics and poverty in South Africa
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Jeremy Seekings,Nicoli Nattrass |
"When South Africa finally held its first democratic elections in 1994, the country had a much higher poverty rate than in other countries at a similar level of development. This was the legacy of ap… |
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Emerging powers, emerging markets, emerging societies
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Xing Li,Steen Fryba Christensen |
"The rise of emerging or new powers has recently become one of the most researched areas in International Relations. While most studies focus on relations between traditional and emerging powers, thi… |
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New Pioneers
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J. P. Faber |
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) |
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Economic growth
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Olivier de La Grandville |
How can society improve its living standards? What are the conditions necessary for prosperity? These are the questions that define the essence of growth theory. In this user-friendly book, Olivier d… |
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