In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both...

Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help redress the disparities between the 'haves'...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Rethinking and Theorizing the Indian State In the context of New Economic Map -- Chapter 3: Global Financial Crisis: What Did We Know, What Have We Learnt? -- Chapter 4: Volatility, Long Memory and Chaos: A Discussion on some “Stylized Facts” in...

Chapter 1 Theory of Solidarity Economy and Social Business (Ikemoto, Y) -- Chapter 2 Microcredit, Inclusive Finance and Solidarity (Matsui, N. & Tsuboi, H) -- Chapter 3 Grameen Model Microcredit in Spain (Tsuboi, H. & Nuzrul Chowdhury) -- Chapter 4 Renewable Energy for Off-Grid Villages: Grameen...

Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing regions. This book explores how and by what Brazil achieved inclusive and sustainable growth in the Cerrado.

This case book provides examples of multi-stakeholder partnerships that aim to create sustainable enterprises for both the for-profit sectors and for individuals who live in conditions of poverty. Ideal for teaching, after a brief introduction to the case method, the cases are presented as...

This book argues that development is a comprehensive societal process with two key elements: economic restructuring and sociocultural transformation. While either of these elements alone can initiate change, a strong development plan needs to address both in order to succeed

Sustainable Industrialization in Africa explores the issues that confront development policy in the context of the MDGs and the post-2015 development agenda from an African perspective. The book argues that development is an ultimate outcome of sustainable, equitable industrialization, and that...

This edited volume provides a critical evaluation of financing options for sustainable development in Africa. While sustainability has long been the watchword for development programs, and while many African countries have taken initiatives to develop integrated frameworks that tackle...

Chapter 1: Editors’ Introduction -- Part I: Expert Overviews -- Chapter 2: Developing Meaningful Composite Environmental Indices with DEA -- Chapter 3: Modelling the Generation of Pollutants in Environmental Economics -- Chapter 4: Environmental Productivity Growth in Consumer Durables -- Part...