1. Introduction: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Governance for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development in Latin America -- PART 1. INNOVATION POLICY -- 2. Toward a typology of public innovation. Eccentric, discrete, flat and transformative innovation -- 3. Mission-Oriented...

This edited volume comprises ideas, visions, strategies, and dreams of entrepreneurs, managers, scientists and political experts who share their best practice experience relating to the joint goal of a more sustainable, humanistic, and responsible fashion industry. Readers will find a variety of...

“This book provides much needed insights and knowledge about the growing world of multilateral development banks. By including twenty-five global, regional, and sub-regional banks, it systematically presents main features, challenges, and potentials of these important development institutions....

Chapter 1: Conceptual Issues and Historical Development of the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions -- Chapter 2: Assessing How Well the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions Fulfill Their Mandate -- Chapter 3: Assessing How Well the Regional Development Banks Fulfill Their Mandate -- Chapter 4:...

1. A Brief Economic History of Repeated Defaults -- 2. The Institutional Evolution and the Failed Modernizing Attempts -- 3. The Geostrategic Settings, National Resources, and the Systemic Risks -- 4. The Formation of Idiosyncratic Structure of Institutions and Culture -- 5. Sustainable...

Introduction: Civil Society in the era of Globalization: emerging concerns as a social welfare provider -- Part I: Changing South Asian Society and Developmental Challenges -- Chapter 1: Role of Civil Society Organization in the Welfare of People with Deaf and blindness in South Asia: A Case...

Part I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives of Decentralization and Local Governance -- Chapter 1. From Deconcentration to Devolution: Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana -- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development...