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"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 …
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1. The World Bank and Wolfensohn era reforms -- 2. The ABCs of the World Bank -- 3. A framework for modeling Bank …This fascinating book examines the World Bank's capacity for change, illustrating the influence of overlapping … change and continuity at the World Bank during the presidencies of James Wolfensohn (1995-2005), Paul Wolfowitz (2005 …
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The seemingly endless problems encountered by the IMF, WTO and World Bank provide major reasons for seeking reform …. However, an additional impetus is the changing balance of economic power in the world. The volume begins with an overview of … institutions from American and European points of view. The authors emphasise the need for making the IMF and World Bank more …
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's approach to an increasingly multipolar world, the role of the ADB in supporting developing member countries, agricultural …
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functions: research, operations, outreach, teaching and stakeholder interactions. Authors explain how higher education …
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Contents: Preface -- Introduction: The decentralization -- Part 1 a common ambition -- 1. Blockchain: From ideology to implementation -- 2. Blockchain's toolbox -- 3. Blockchain and darwin -- 4. Decentralization? -- 5. Comes antitrust: The paradox -- Part 2 best frenemies? -- 6. The theory of...
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"This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can...
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Contents: Part I: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction to a research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing / E. Kevin Kelloway and Cary L. Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and wellbeing: Pathways for future research advances / James Campbell Quick -- 3. The cost of stress to uk employers and...
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Contents: Introduction: Shared foundations and diverse inquiries for advancing creativity and innovation research / Jing Zhou and Elizabeth D. Rouse -- Part I: Foundations of creativity and innovation research -- 1. Conducting rigorous research on individual creativity / Christina E. Shalley and...
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