Insights into Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing in India
by Arup Mitra
What changes are occurring at the macro and the sectoral levels, how the labour market changes are taking place and what impact is felt on the low income households are some of the questions that the present volume focuses on. It begins by examining the sectoral composition of growth, revisiting the issues related to industry-services balance, and also brings out the spatial dimension of growth. On the one hand the industry does not seem to have played a major role in the context of employment g...
European Union and Research
China and the United States as Aid Donors (Policy Studies, #77)
by Patrick Kilby
Economic Reform in Third-World Marxist Nations (Essays in Public Policy, #22)
by Professor of Economics Frederic L Pryor
Energy statistics of OECD countries
Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Peer Reviews
Homelessness is now a much greater problem than twenty years ago. In Britain today around half-a-million homeless people form a regrettable permanent 'underclass'. This book spells out their similarities with the spurned vagrant of bygone days. It traces how for centuries emergent laws have combated alleged threats from unruly vagrants while largely ignoring causal factors like economic fluctuation, bad harvests, disease and war. It is argued that only educational and social reform will alleviat...
Gibt es einen Trade-Off zwischen Umweltschutz und Wirtschaftswachstum?
by Julian Beier
Forty Years of Economic Development
Development Challenges in the 1990s: Leading Policymakers Speak from Experience
Culture and Economic Growth (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)
This two-volume set provides fundamental analyses of the relations between cultural variables and economic performance. It encompasses indispensable contributions by economists and other influential social scientists in this growing interdisciplinary area. The classic and more recent articles in the first volume cover the effects of values and religion on economic performance, the importance of social capital and trust for economic and political outcomes, and the connections between culture, ins...
Corruption, Politics and Development: The Role of the World Bank
by Heather Marquette, Dr
External Economies and Cooperation on Industrial Districts
by Roberta Rabelotti and Roberta Rabellotti
Vietnam is the last significant opportunity for investors in Southeast Asia. But, as with any frontier market, that doesn't mean it's simple. Investing in this fast-growing and exciting country can be rather like the infamous experience of attempting to cross its busy streets. To get to the other side in one piece takes nerves and experience. Crossing the Street by Andy Ho is the answer. This is a candid, actionable guide to investing in Vietnam, written by an investor with almost two decades o...
The U.S. is home to some of the largest corporations on the planet. American entrepreneurs spawned massive companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Oracle. Founders of these companies became very wealthy. Government entities and consumers benefited from the unmarketable products entrepreneurial visionaries developed. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: The People and their Environment provides in-depth case studies of contemporary entrepreneurs that are building the future....
Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Lessons and Experience
by David Coady, Margaret Grosh, and John Hodinott
Food and food markets still enjoy a pivotal role in the world economy and the international food industry is moving towards greater consolidation and globalization, with increased vertical integration and changes to market structure. Companies grow bigger in order to obtain economies of scale and issues and such as food security, quality, obesity and health are ever important factors. This book describes the link between food markets and food companies from a theoretical and a business economics...
African Urban Harvest: Agriculture in the Cities of Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda