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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America

Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006

Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation--good or bad--can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade...

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The economics of tourism and sustainable development

Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005

1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...

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China's economy in the post-WTO environment : stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability

Xu, Lilai (contributor) - 2011

context of a two-way flow of foreign direct investment. All the extensive chapters highlight the issue of sustainability …

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Green national accounting and sustainability

Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - 2011

rapidly growing area, with particular reference to sustainability. They have also written an authoritative new introduction …Geir B. Asheim (1994), 'Net National Product as an Indicator of Sustainability', Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 96 …-Zhong Li and Karl-Gustaf Löfgren (2000), 'Renewable Resources and Economic Sustainability: A Dynamic Analysis with …

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Environmental economics for sustainable growth : a handbook for practitioners

Markandya, Anil; Harou, Patrice; Bellù, Lorenzo; … - 2002

Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth is a specially designed handbook for trainers, practitioners and government advisors involved in environmental policy making. It will enable professionals to initiate and implement environmental economic studies and identify policies and investments...

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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...

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Transformations in global governance : implications for multinationals and other stakeholders

Vachani, Sushil (contributor) - 2006

The world of multinational enterprises is changing dramatically. Their complex and dynamic international context presents them with special challenges--threatening their survival on one hand, and presenting them with unprecedented opportunities on the other. In this volume, international experts...

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Poverty strategies in Asia : a growth plus approach

Khan, Haider (contributor); Weiss, John (contributor) - 2006

It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a "growth plus" approach to poverty reduction. This volume brings together a series of case studies on the poverty impact...

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Microfinance : emerging trends and challenges

Sundaresan, Suresh M. (contributor) - 2008

This book takes a solid step toward a systematic analysis of the implications of microfinance for the role and regulation of capital markets. The authors address integration of capital markets with microfinance, technological innovations such as the use of mobile phone technology, the...

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Institutions and development

Shirley, Mary M. - 2008

A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders' money, advice, pressures, or even physical force; which explains why foreign aid has not, and can not,...

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