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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth
Valaguzza, Sara (ed.); Hughes, Mark Alan (ed.) - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Ideological Trick of Climate Change and Sustainability -- 3. Words Count: the Role of Language in Overcoming Climate Inertia -- 4. Measuring Complex Socio-Economic Phenomena. Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- 5. Glaciers: Vanishing Elements of our Mountains and...
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30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall : Turns and Twists in Economies, Politics, and Societies in the Post-Communist Countries
Akimov, Alexandr (ed.); Kazakevitch, Gennadi (ed.) - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Trends and the Current State of Communism and Post-Communism in Europe … Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe have tied their post-communist transition to deep integration into the West …, including EU accession. Most of the states in Central and Eastern Europe have been able to relatively successfully transform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399173
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From Itinerant Trade to Moneylending in the Era of Financial Inclusion : Households, Debts and Masculinity among Calon Gypsies of Northeast Brazil
Fotta, Martin - 2018
This book analyses how Calon Gypsies in Brazil have responded to global financial transformations and shifted their economic practices from itinerant trade to moneylending. It also explores their role as ethnic credit providers, offering rare insight into the financial lives of poor and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396905
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Adventures in the Chinese Economy: 16 Years from the Inside
Agten, Sven - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
1.“Made in China” No Longer Means Cheap -- 2.Pragmatic China -- 3.Multifaceted China -- 4.The Unwritten Contract -- 5.Why Chinese Students Go Abroad -- 6.One Billion Customers -- 7.The Chinese Online Tsunami -- 8.Made in China 2.0 and Beyond -- 9.Better Unhappy Rich than Poor -- 10.Qian´an:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519846
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The Primacy of Regime Survival : State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
Simpson, Mark; Hawkins, Tony - 2018
1. Introduction -- 2. The Economics of State Fragility -- 3. Zimbabwe’s First Decade: Building the One-Party State and Controlling the Economy -- 4. Regime Interests and the Failure of Economic Reform in the 1990s -- 5. Regime Survival and the Fast Track Land Reform Programme -- 6. Regime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256193
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Rural Transformation in the Post Liberalization Period in Gujarat : Economic and Social Consequences
Mehta, Niti - 2018
Chapter 1 Overview -- Chapter 2 Occupational Diversification and Rural Transformation in India -- Chapter 3 Changes in the Employment Scenario in Gujarat -- Chapter 4 Structural Changes and Implications for Urbanization -- Chapter 5 Changing Socio-Economic Profile of Urbanized Villages (Census...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013199020
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Economic and Societal Transformation in Pandemic-Trapped India : Emerging Challenges and Resilient Policy Prescriptions
Saha, Subrata (ed.); Mishra, Mukunda (ed.);  … - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
Chapter 1. India Gets through the Waves of the Pandemic: Public Policies and Self-Care Interventions on Health at the Crossroads -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Green Resilience and Globalization or De-Globalization in a Post-COVID World -- Chapter 3. Income Insecurity, GDP and the Future of Human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814833
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Wealth and Homeownership : Women, Men and Families
Rossi, Mariacristina; Sierminska, Eva M. - 2018
‘Recently, economists studying wellbeing have widened their lenses beyond income to include wealth. Here, economists Rossi and Sierminska tap new high-quality datasets to assess how wealth and homeownership vary across countries, over time, and among household types. Economists and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396862
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Reflecting on India’s Development : Employment, Skill and Health
NILERD (ed.) - 2018
The book assesses the development experience by reflecting on a number of aspects, su­­ch as growth in relation to employment, regional imbalances and rural-urban distribution. Further, it examines educational attainment and human capital formation issues in the context of the skill shortages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396872
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Wellbeing Economics : The Capabilities Approach to Prosperity
Dalziel, Paul; Saunders, Caroline; Saunders, Joe - 2018
Economists have long sought to maximise economic growth, believing this to be their best contribution to improving human welfare. That approach is not sustainable in the face of ongoing issues such as global climate change, environmental damage, rising inequality and enduring poverty....
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