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Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict : A Critical “Development” Reader
Spoor, Max (contributor) - 2005
Is 'development' passe? Is it merely a by-product or a 'trickle down' effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical 'development' reader deals with these and other related questions. "Globalisation,...
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Welt im Wandel: Armutsbekämpfung durch Umweltpolitik
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale … - 2005
Zusammenfassung für Entscheidungsträger -- Integrative Umwelt- und Entwicklungspolitik — Die Vision von Rio -- Armut, Vulnerabilität und Umweltveränderungen — Ausgangslage und Trends -- Wechselwirkungen zwischen internationaler Umwelt- und Entwicklungspolitik -- Armut bekämpfen und...
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Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Development in Africa : The Impact of BRICS versus OECD
Tiruneh, Esubalew Alehegn (ed.); Wamboye, Evelyn (ed.) - 2017
This collection examines the extent to which foreign capital from conventional (OECD countries) and non-conventional (BRICS) sources has impacted economic development in Africa over the last two decades. It provides in-depth analyses of the nature, motives, and implications of this capital, and...
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Western Financial Assistance to the Developing World : Perceptions of the Power Imbalance and its Impact on Fiscal Terms
Spencer, Chuku-Dinka R. - 2016
This unconventional book addresses the imbalance of power between countries that give and receive funds for international financial development, with particular attention to the outcomes and impacts of this imbalance on recipient countries. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perceptions...
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The Value Chain of Foreign Aid : Development, Poverty Reduction, and Regional Conditions
Schabbel, Christian (contributor) - 2007
This book assesses the prospects of official development assistance (ODA) for poverty reduction. It analyzes the entire value chain of ODA, including provision, allocation and utilization. Within each of these components, coverage examines scope and limits of aid. The horizontal interactions...
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In Defence of Labour Market Institutions : Cultivating Justice in the Developing World
Berg, Janine (ed.); Kucera, David (ed.) - 2008
Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this book reaffirms the importance of labour...
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The Political Economy of Refugee Migration and Foreign Aid
Czaika, Mathias - 2009
This book explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows.
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Energy and Human Resource Development in Developing Countries : Towards Effective Localization
Hickey, William - 2017
‘non-devaluing’ Currency: A Store of Wealth in Today’s World -- 4. The Climate Change Conundrum -- 5. Human Resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396462
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Social Welfare Functions and Development : Measurement and Policy Applications
Kakwani, Nanak - 2016
Nanak Kakwani and Hyu Hwa Son make use of social welfare functions to derive indicators of development relevant to specific social objectives, such as poverty- and inequality-reduction. Arguing that the measurement of development cannot be value-free, the authors assert that if indicators of...
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Financial Deepening and Post-Crisis Development in Emerging Markets : Current Perils and Future Dawns
Canuto, Otaviano (ed.); Gevorkyan, Aleksandr V. (ed.) - 2016
nuanced interpretations of data and economic categories as interplay of developing world characteristics in the context of … developing world, the role of commodity cycles in the global economy, sovereign debt, speculative financial flows and currency …1 Emerging Markets and the Post-2008 World -- 2 Post-Crisis Lessons for EME Capital Markets -- 3 Interest Rates, Terms …
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