Books

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Youth and Social Capital Youth and Social Capital HELENA HELVE xzo Social capital arising from social networks based on trust has been traditionally seen as the property of adults from which the younger generation gain benefit. Far less attention has been given to t… OL11677199W
Economic challenges to make South Asia free from poverty and deprivation Economic challenges to make South Asia free from poverty and deprivation South Asia Economics Students Meet (5th 2008 Delhi, India) Papers presented at the 5th South Asia Economics Students Meet , held at Delhi in March 2008. OL15121237W
Global project finance, human rights and sustainable development Global project finance, human rights and sustainable development David M. Ong,Sheldon Leader "Many infrastructure projects around the world are funded through the project finance method, which combines private financing with public sector backing from multilateral finance institutions such a… OL15456917W
Making foreign investment safe Making foreign investment safe Louis T. Wells x, 378 pages : 24 cm OL15894013W
Materializing Europe Materializing Europe Alexander Badenoch "This collection looks at transnational infrastructures, from the first ceremonial train of the European Coal and Steel Community to the new border signs replacing checkpoints along motorways, and ho… OL16304995W
Short of the goal Short of the goal Robert L. Ayres,Nancy Birdsall,Milan Vaishnav "Analyzes U.S. policy toward poorly performing states that are ineligible for new U.S. foreign assistance programs and examines the role of specific policy instruments in building state capacity to p… OL17053719W
U.S. infrastructure U.S. infrastructure Deborah Kent Read about the development of infrastructure in the United States and learn how it has shaped our nation today. OL17887308W
India's economic future India's economic future Manmohan Agarwal Contributed articles; emanating from a reserch project of Centre for International Governance Innovation. OL18544647W
Infrastructure & governance Infrastructure & governance Sameer Kochhar Contributed articles with reference to India; emanating from a seminar organised by Skoch Consultacy Services on 17-18 October, 2007 at New Delhi, India. OL18815984W
Palaces for the people Palaces for the people Eric Klinenberg "An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on share… OL19753504W
Critical Infrastructures State of the Art in Research and Application Critical Infrastructures State of the Art in Research and Application W. A. H. Thissen Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application, comprising a selection of reviewed and edited contributions from all over the world, aims to shed light on the various aspects … OL19838660W
Distributed Infrastructure Support for Electronic Commerce Applications Distributed Infrastructure Support for Electronic Commerce Applications Hans-Arno Jacobsen Distributed Infrastructure Support For E-Commerce And Distributed Applications is organized in three parts. The first part constitutes an overview, a more detailed motivation of the problem context, … OL19843756W
The economics of hate The economics of hate Samuel Cameron Explores the application of economics to the subject of hate via such diverse topics as war, terrorism, road rage, witchcraft mania, marriage and divorce and bullying and harassment. This title looks… OL19844865W
Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures Risk and Interdependencies in Critical Infrastructures Per Hokstad <p>Today’s society is completely dependent on critical networks such as water supply, sewage, electricity, ICT and transportation. Risk and vulnerability analyses are needed to grasp the impact of t… OL19900081W
Infrastructure Infrastructure Brian Hayes Overview: Replete with the author's striking photographs, the revised and expanded edition of Infrastructure is a unique and spectacular guide to all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial … OL19997148W
The road taken The road taken Henry Petroski "Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and … OL20019823W
Games in a World of Infrastructures Games in a World of Infrastructures Igor Mayer [v], 268 p. : 25 cm OL21733705W
Winning strategies for the new Latin markets Winning strategies for the new Latin markets Jerry Haar,Fernando Robles,Francoise Simon,Fernando Robles,Françoise Simon Global corporations are rapidly discovering an emerging market of nearly 600 million Latin consumers in the United States and Latin America. In Winning Strategies for the New Latin Markets, three exp… OL7654571W
Breaking Gridlock Breaking Gridlock Jim Motavalli "In the face of skyrocketing gas prices and mind-numbing traffic, commuters' frustrations are at an all-time high. Addressing our seemingly overwhelming transportation woes, Breaking Gridlock explore… OL8927203W