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The Elgar companion to the World Bank
Vetterlein, Antje (ed.); Schmidtke, Tobias (ed.) - 2024
"The Elgar Companion to The World Bank provides a comprehensive review of the past 80 years for this powerful … as well as insights from development practitioners, it presents an interdisciplinary exploration of research on the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015072971
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852013
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The economic North-South divide : six decades of unequal development
Raffer, Kunibert - 2004 - Pbk. ed
South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to neoliberalism, the authors finally propose ideas for a world where … Consensus' -- 5. Aid to development and the bipolar world -- 6. ODA after the Cold War : less money at tougher conditions -- 7 … -- 13. Textiles and apparel : double standards of adjustment and transition -- 14. Towards a more equal world order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852069
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Green national accounting and sustainability
Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - 2011
World Bank, 10-18 … Michael Clemens (1999), 'Genuine Savings Rates in Developing Countries', World Bank Economic Review, 13 (2), 333-56 -- Rashid … Unsustainability: Challenging the World Bank's Conclusions', Environmental and Resource Economics, 15 (3), March, 257-78 -- Jeffrey R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852308
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Economy and ecosystems in change : analytical and historical approaches
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den (ed.);  … - International Society for Ecological Economics <San … - 1997
Economy and Ecosystems in Change addresses ecological problems from an economic perspective, and provides policy suggestions for resource management and environmental sustainability based on integrated, multidisciplinary information, methods and applications. The book begins by introducing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473967
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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America
Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006
rights legislation and the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851078
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Institutions, globalisation 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851282
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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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Migration and remittances
Connell, John - 2015
Sends? Who Benefits?' -- Nazli Choucri (1986), 'The Hidden Economy: A New View of Remittances in the Arab World' -- Mohammed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852199