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Development as Freedom Development as Freedom Amartya Sen **Development as Freedom** is a 1999 book about international development by Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. The American edition of the book was published by Alfred A. Knopf. (So… OL116534W
The children of Eve The children of Eve Louis P. Cain "This book explores contemporary population issues in a historical context. It is a world economic history of demographic change with emphasis on the well-being of the population. Exploring the years… OL16117429W
Pakistan--the political economy of growth, stagnation and the state, 1951-2009 Pakistan--the political economy of growth, stagnation and the state, 1951-2009 Matthew McCartney "This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicabilit… OL16149038W
Why Nations Fail Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu,James A. Robinson Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As *… OL16568759W
Forecast Forecast Mark Buchanan "In this thoroughly researched and piercingly intelligent book, physicist Mark Buchanan shows how a simple feedback loop can lead to major consequences, the kind predictable by mathematical models bu… OL16705310W
Succeeding in business in Central and Eastern Europe Succeeding in business in Central and Eastern Europe Woodrow H. Sears "This book identities a variety of factors, including an anti-business attitude and a resistance to Western style change, that hinder some attempts at development within Central and Eastern Europe. I… OL16935612W
Superforecasting Superforecasting Philip Tetlock,Philip E. Tetlock,Dan Gardner,Dan Gardner,Tetlock, Philip E.; Gardner, Dan Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terr… OL18233878W
End of an era End of an era Carl Minzner "China's reform era is ending. Core factors that characterized it-political stability, ideological openness, and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Since the 1990s, Beijing's leaders have firmly r… OL19739498W
China's silent army China's silent army Juan Pablo Cardenal Examines the unprecedented growth of China's economic investment in the developing world, its impact at the global level, and the role of the Chinese people in their nation's foreign economic policy. OL19967612W
The global rise of China The global rise of China Alvin Y. So "This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the… OL20017106W
Global inequality Global inequality Branko Milanović The recent surge of inequality in the West has been driven by the revolution in technology, just as the Industrial Revolution drove inequality 150 years ago. Drawing on vast data sets and cutting-edg… OL20030562W
The ESAF at ten years The ESAF at ten years Susan Schadler Macroeconomic stabilization, economic growth, spending, disinflation. OL20453087W
IT and the East IT and the East James M. Popkin,Partha Iyengar In this book the authors discuss the emerging alliances between Chinese and Indian technology companies in specific markets such as IT services, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and automotive components. … OL20500878W
The consolations of economics The consolations of economics Gerard Lyons In the next twenty years the world economy will enjoy one of its strongest periods of growth. Greater innovation and technical change will increase opportunities. Life expectancy, income and educatio… OL23416578W
The development of capitalism in Russia The development of capitalism in Russia Clarke, Simon This book provides a broad and comprehensive survey of the development of capitalism in Russia from the collapse of the Soviet economic system to the present, and includes the results of substantial … OL3747210W
Education and the future of Japan Education and the future of Japan Michael Dawson Stephens This book covers Japanese education reform and movements over the previous century. To a large part it focus' upon Japan's third 'GOLDEN AGE' and the conclusions that can be drawn for use in cross c… OL3779922W
Revolutionary Mexico Revolutionary Mexico Hart, John M. This acclaimed reinterpretation of the Mexican Revolution, based on new evidence obtained in Mexican and American archives and on the historical literature of recent years, is a major and original co… OL4391952W
European Integration, 1950-2003 European Integration, 1950-2003 John Gillingham Integration is the most significant European historical development in the past fifty years, eclipsing in importance even the collapse of the USSR. Yet, until now, no satisfactory explanation is to b… OL4470126W
Nation-building Nation-building Cynthia Ann Watson Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth examination of the nation-building process with special focus on the late 20th century to the present. U.S. national security expert Cynthia W… OL4787901W
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid C. K. Prahalad The world's most exciting, fastest-growing new market?It's where you least expect it: at the bottom of the pyramid. Collectively, the world's billions of poor people have immense entrepreneurial capa… OL4966651W
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