Part I Sustainability in Infrastructure Development -- Chapter 1. Resilient Off-Grid Solar PV Power Supply for Rural Communities -- Chapter 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Kenya -- Chapter 3. Engineering Skills Development Through Mega Construction Projects (MCPs) -- Chapter 4. A Conceptual...

Part I Transforming Infrastructure Development -- 1. Corporate Governance in South Africa: A Comparative Aspect -- 2. Hi-Tech Development of Modern Africa: Opportunities and Barriers -- 3. Information Society, Telecommunication Infrastructure, and Digital Entrepreneurship in Modern Africa -- 4....

The pursuit of sustainable development and smart growth is a main challenge today in countries around the world. Social capital is an asset of their territorial communities. It is also a precondition for national and local policies that aim to better the economic base and quality of life for...

Chapter 1: Domestication and Localization of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa -- Chapter 2:Effect of Shea Fruit Sugar Content on Shea Butter Quality -- Chapter 3: Some Theoretical and Policy Issues and Green Economy -- Chapter 4: Climate Change and Rapidly Evolving Pests and Diseases in...

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...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

Inter-State Inequalities - Scope and Limits of Public Policy -- Macroeconomic Foundation of Functioning of the IMF: An Evolutionary Journey -- Indian Official Statistical System -- A Note on Unemployment and its Measurement in India -- Addressing Visible Inequalities: The Minimum Policy Agenda...

The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political...

Chapter 1. Changing Contexts, Shifting Roles, and the Recasting of the Role of the Indian State: An Introduction (Anthony P. D’Costa) -- Part 1: Theorizing the State’s Changing Role in a Changing Context -- Chapter 2. From Passive Beneficiary to ‘Rights Claimant’: What Difference Does It...

1: Macro-economic and Financial Policies for Sustainability and Resilience -- 2: Can Economic Growth Last Forever? -- 3: Forms of Ownership for Sustainability and Resilience: the Need for Biodiversity and Corporate Diversity -- 4: Equality, Resilience and Sustainability: Rebalancing Commercial...