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Migration and remittances
Connell, John - 2015
Sierra' -- L. Le De, J.C. Gaillard and W. Friesen (2013), 'Remittances and Disaster: A Review' -- A.S. Oberai and H …At a time when remittances are widely recognised as of growing importance for development in many countries, John … Connell and Richard Brown present this comprehensive overview of the role of remittances in economic and social development …
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Global exchange and poverty : trade, investment and migration
Squire, Lyn (contributor); Lucas, Robert E. B. (contributor) - 2010
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Economic and natural disasters since 1900 : a comparative history
Singleton, John - 2016
1. The disaster cycle -- 2. Hurricane Katrina : a classic natural disaster -- 3. The first World War -- 4. The Great …A crisis is a period of uncertainty that may or may not lead to disaster, depending in part on the capacity of actors … Eurozone upheavals this timely book argues that the disaster cycle - a framework normally used in the context of natural …
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Effective federalism and local finance
Ahmad, Ehtisham - 2011
Economic Review, 42, 583-92 -- Timothy J. Goodspeed and Andrew Haughwout (2007), 'On the Optimal Design of Disaster Insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852299
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The economics of environmental risk : information, perception and valuation
Smith, Vincent Kerry - 2022
"Featuring real world examples of how risk information affects public choices, The Economics of Environmental Risk expertly demonstrates that policy makers need to consider how people learn about those risks. Offering insights into examples such as hazardous waste, radon, smoking, hurricanes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537823
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Handbook on the economics of disasters
Skidmore, Mark (ed.) - 2022
-edge Handbook presents a timely analysis of the conditions that reduce or exacerbate disaster impacts. Addressing developments in … research on disaster economics, internationally recognized scholars explore the role of both the private and public sectors in … deeper into disaster economics, the Handbook then presents empirical methods and applications used in modelling disaster …
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Green national accounting and sustainability
Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - 2011
Concerns about natural resource scarcity, together with the increased awareness of environmental problems, has led to widespread interest in green accounting, which attempts to extend the standard national accounts to include the yields from natural and environmental resources. For this volume,...
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Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific : studies using the genuine progress indicator
Lawn, Philip A. (ed.); Clarke, Matthew (ed.) - 2008
Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474049
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The global south after the crisis : growth, inequality and development in the aftermath of the great recession
Cömert, Hasan (contributor); McKenzie, Rex A. (contributor) - 2016
Introduction -- 1. The impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis on developing countries: the case of the 15 most affected countries / Hasan Cömert and Esra Nur Uğurlu -- 2. A tale of two worlds? income distribution and the global crisis: observations from the north/south nexus / Serdal...
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Competition policies and consumer welfare : corporate strategies and consumer prices in developing countries
Achy, Lahcen (contributor); Joekes, Susan P. (contributor) - 2016
1. Introduction -- Section I the distribution of foodstuffs -- 2. Costa rica -- 3. Armenia -- 4. Mali -- 5. Zambia -- Section II the distribution of pharmaceuticals -- 6. Jamaica -- 7. Vietnam -- Section III the distribution of services: international money transfers and tv programmes -- 8....
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