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Human development in the era of globalization : essays in honor of Keith B. Griffin

Boyce, James K. (contributor); Griffin, Keith (contributor) - 2006

development -- pt. 4. Globalization and inequality -- pt. 5. Strategies for reducing poverty and inequality …pt. 1. Perspectives on Chinese development -- pt. 2. Agriculture and rural poverty -- pt. 3. Dimensions of human …

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Global exchange and poverty : trade, investment and migration

Squire, Lyn (contributor); Lucas, Robert E. B. (contributor) - 2010

(OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies …

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MicroFranchising : creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid

Fairbourne, Jason S. (contributor); … - 2007

and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for … pyramid / Molly Hoyt and Eliot Jamison -- Microfranchise business models / Kirk Magleby -- Honey Care Africa / Farouk Jiwa … Services : rural telephone access for South Africa / Lisa Jones Christensen, Jennifer (Reck) Van Kirk and Brad Wood -- Scojo …

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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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Handbook of innovation systems and developing countries : building domestic capabilities in a global setting

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke (contributor) - 2009

-- pt. III. Building blocks in innovation systems in developing countries : challenges under globalization -- pt. IV. IS …

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Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2006

Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from...

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Globalization and poverty

Gunning, Jan Willem (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2008

important published work on the subject, addresses a core issue of contention: the implications of globalization for poverty and … Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Beyond', Journal of African Economies, 13 (1), AERC …Globalization provokes both excitement and fear. This comprehensive collection, which brings together some of the most …

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Technology, globalization and poverty

James, Jeffrey - 2002

globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and …pt. 1. Conceptualizing the influence of information technology on globalization -- pt. 2. Pro-poor modes of technical … integration into the global economy -- pt. 3. Technology policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. …

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Understanding economic development : a global transition from poverty to prosperity?

White, Colin - 2009

This fascinating book considers one of the most important problems in economics: the inception of modern economic development. There is at present no satisfactory explanation of the inception of modern economic development; an excessive focus on either pure theory or on unique histories limits...

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Institutions, globalization, and empowerment

Sideras, Jörn (contributor); Roy, Kartik C. (contributor) - 2006

This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...

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