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Microfinance Impact
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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Financial inclusion through microfinance has become a powerful force in improving the living conditions of poor farmers, rural non-farm enterprises and other vulnerable groups. In its unique ability to link the existing extensive network of India’s rural bank branches with the Self Help Groups …
Growth and Institutions in African Development
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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Recent years have seen a sustained research effort exploring the African development experience. The extant literature has offered a large set of explanations as to why the African development record has lagged behind that of other regions of the developing world. This new volume brings …
Political Economy of Natural Resources and Development
From neoliberalism to resource nationalism
Av Paul A. Haslam, Pablo Heidrich
Häftad, 2018
754 kr
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The Political Economy of Resources and Development offers a unique and multidisciplinary perspective on how the commodity boom of the mid-2000s reshaped the model of development throughout Latin America and elsewhere in the developing world. Governments increased taxes and royalties on the resource …
Financialisation of Power
How financiers rule Africa
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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The financial crash of 2008 led people all over the world to ask how far financiers are in control of our lives. To what extent does what they do with our money affect our everyday lives? This book asks whether the crisis, and subsequent use of public subsidies to help the international economy …
Fiscal Policy and the Natural Resources Curse
How to Escape from the Poverty Trap
Av Paul Mosley
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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It is widely accepted that natural resource wealth, especially in the form of oil and minerals, can be a key factor in inhibiting economic development. Many of the countries that are richest in natural resources – including oil, metals and diamonds – are amongst the world’s poorest. Why? Fiscal …
Peripheral Visions of Economic Development
New frontiers in development economics and the history of economic thought
Av Mario Garcia-Molina, Hans-Michael Trautwein
Häftad, 2018
754 kr
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This book explores peripheral visions on economic development, both in the sense that it deals with specific issues of economic development and underdevelopment in countries at the periphery of the world economy, and in terms of its exploration of the economic thinking developed in those regions, …
Microfinance, Debt and Over-Indebtedness
Juggling with Money
Av Isabelle Guérin, Solène Morvant-Roux m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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Although microcredit programmes have long been considered efficient development tools, many forms of debt-induced distress have emerged in their wake. This has brought to light the problem of over-indebtedness, a topic which has been previously underexplored in the literature.This new book, from a …
Urban Policy in Latin America
Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
Av Michael Cohen, Maria Carrizosa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2525 kr
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This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues that evaluating the fulfillment of past commitments is essential for framing and meeting the new commitments that were taken in Habitat III …
Information and Communication Technologies for Development Evaluation
Av Oscar A. García, Prashanth Kotturi
Inbunden, 2019
2600 kr
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Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), this book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation.Growing technologies such as big data analytics, …
Developmental Macroeconomics
New Developmentalism as a Growth Strategy
Av Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, José Luís Oreiro m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
821 kr
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Developmental Macroeconomics: Access to Demand, the Exchange Rate and Growth offers a new approach to development economics and macroeconomics. It is a Keynesian-structuralist approach to economics applied to middle income countries that emphasizes the strategic role of demand in creating …
Financial Stability and Growth
Perspectives on financial regulation and new developmentalism
Av Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Jan Kregel m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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The 2008 global financial crisis took the world by surprise, not least because politicians, businessmen and economists believed that they had learned crucial lessons from the Great Depression of the 1930s. As a direct result of deregulated financial markets, financial crises occurred in both …
Informal Economy in Developing Countries
Av Jean-Pierre Cling, Stéphane Lagrée m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It remains …
Household Demand for Consumer Goods in Developing Countries
A Comparative Perspective with Developed Countries
Av Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2208 kr
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This book analyses the household demand for consumer goods using a diverse database, consisting of 45 developed and developing countries.Household consumption patterns have undergone dramatic changes due to rapid economic growth, increasing household income and changing demographics. Using the most …
Economic Transformation for Poverty Reduction in Africa
A Multidimensional Approach
Inbunden, 2019
2525 kr
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This book is an edited volume which contains empirical studies on determinants of poverty and its reduction in Africa. It looks at multidimensional measures of poverty, production and productivity-related factors, policies influencing poverty and random, hazardous but preventive factors influencing …
Economic Transformation for Poverty Reduction in Africa
A Multidimensional Approach
Häftad, 2019
724 kr
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This book is an edited volume which contains empirical studies on determinants of poverty and its reduction in Africa. It looks at multidimensional measures of poverty, production and productivity-related factors, policies influencing poverty and random, hazardous but preventive factors influencing …
Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa
Av Maty Konte, Linguère Mously Mbaye
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa. It makes evidence-based policy recommendations on migration to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.The key themes examined are migration and …
China's War against the Many Faces of Poverty
Towards a new long march
Av Jing Yang, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya
Häftad, 2019
695 kr
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China’s War against the Many Faces of Poverty measures multidimensional poverty in China and deprivation related to income, education, health issues, living standards and social security. The book adopts a well-developed methodology using three different empirical datasets to analyse aspects of …
Fair Trade and Organic Initiatives in Asian Agriculture
The Hidden Realities
Häftad, 2019
716 kr
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In addition to constituting an evolving area of inquiry within the social sciences, agricultural certification, and particularly its Fair Trade and organic components, has emerged as a significant tool for promoting rural development in the global South. This book is unique for two reasons. First, …
Undernutrition, Agriculture and Public Provisioning
The Impact on Women and Children in India
Av Swarna Sadasivam Vepa, Brinda Viswanathan
Inbunden, 2020
2842 kr
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Using quantitative techniques, this volume provides empirical evidence on the crucial role of public provisioning of food, water, sanitation and health care in reducing undernutrition among women and children in India. The linkages are cogently explored and connected to the sustainable development …
Economics of Child Labour in the Era of Globalization
Policy issues
Av Sarbajit Chaudhuri, Jayanta Kumar Dwibedi
Häftad, 2019
724 kr
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Children in poor countries are subjected to exploitation characterized by low wages and long hours of work, as well as by unclean, unhygienic and unsafe working and living conditions, and, more importantly, by deprivation from education, all of which hampers their physical and mental development. …
Quantitative Analysis of Regional Well-Being
Identity and Gender in India, South Africa, the USA and the UK
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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Using data from the World Values Survey, this book sheds light on the link between happiness and the social group to which one belongs. The work is based on a rigorous statistical analysis of differences in the probability of happiness and life satisfaction between the predominant social group and …
Economic Liberalisation in Latin America
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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This book explores the process of economic liberalisation in Latin America and revises the transition from the import substitution industrialisation model to market-oriented reforms. It explains the theoretical foundations of the neoliberal paradigm and the implications of the policies that were …
Energy Sustainability and Development in ASEAN and East Asia
Av Phoumin Han, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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The rapid and sustained economic growth of the past two decades has led to marked increases in energy demand in the region and developing Asia will continue to lead the energy demand growth. The increase in energy demand threatens energy security and efforts to curb carbon dioxide emissions, …
Gender, Poverty and Access to Justice
Policy Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Av David Lawson, Adam Dubin m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic law. It is also an essential component of development policies which seek to adequately respond to the multidimensional deprivations faced by the poor in order to improve socio-economic …
Macroeconomic Policy for Emerging Markets
Lessons from Thailand
Häftad, 2020
716 kr
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Macroeconomic policies matter for sustainable long-term growth. With global fluctuations, deviation from a stable growth path can be minimized by countercyclical macro policies, if properly implemented. This book examines Thailand’s 55 years of experience in macroeconomic management and provides …
Energy Sustainability and Development in ASEAN and East Asia
Av Phoumin Han, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
651 kr
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The rapid and sustained economic growth of the past two decades has led to marked increases in energy demand in the region and developing Asia will continue to lead the energy demand growth. The increase in energy demand threatens energy security and efforts to curb carbon dioxide emissions, …
Law and Development
Theory and Practice
Inbunden, 2022
2323 kr
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The book examines the theory and practice of law and development. It introduces the General Theory of Law and Development, an innovative approach which explains the mechanisms by which law impacts development. This book analyzes the process of economic development in South Korea, South Africa, and …
Law and Development
Theory and Practice
Häftad, 2023
639 kr
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The book examines the theory and practice of law and development. It introduces the General Theory of Law and Development, an innovative approach which explains the mechanisms by which law impacts development. This book analyzes the process of economic development in South Korea, South Africa, and …
Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa
Av Maty Konte, Linguère Mously Mbaye
Häftad, 2022
695 kr
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This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa. It makes evidence-based policy recommendations on migration to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.The key themes examined are migration and …
Quantitative Analysis of Regional Well-Being
Identity and Gender in India, South Africa, the USA and the UK
Häftad, 2022
695 kr
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Using data from the World Values Survey, this book sheds light on the link between happiness and the social group to which one belongs. The work is based on a rigorous statistical analysis of differences in the probability of happiness and life satisfaction between the predominant social group and …
