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Advancing Development : Core Themes in Global Economics
Mavrotas, George (ed.); Shorrocks, Anthony (ed.) - 2007
This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054271
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Cost-Benefit Studies of Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia
James, David - 2015
This book applies cost-benefit analysis techniques in the management of environment and natural resources in developing countries of the Southeast Asian region and presents a compendium of studies conducted by researchers supported by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402048
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Towards Equitable Progress : Essays from a South Asian Perspective
Gunaratna, K. Locana - 2018
This book gathers a collection of essays presented from the perspective of a spatial planner whose working life has been immersed in South Asia. It concerns some of the serious challenges that need to be confronted in the South Asian context, including the externalities and ethical concerns that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396752
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Economic Growth : The New Perspectives for Theory and Policy
Gim, Tae yu - 2014
Preface -- Introduction to and Summary of Economic Growth: Perspectives on New Theory and Policy -- Decelerating … effectively contribute to actual economic growth. Therefore, this book presents a more effective theory on economic growth for … countries and leaders looking to promote economic growth. It is essentially centered around the theory of economic growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017202
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Revisiting the Informal Sector : A General Equilibrium Approach
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit - 2010
Theoretical Foundations: A General Equilibrium Approach -- The Harris-Todaro Migration Model and Introduction of the Informal Sector -- Informal Sector and Open Unemployment -- Foreign Capital Inflow, Informal Sector and Welfare -- How and How Far to Liberalise a Developing Economy -- Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522734
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Financing Sustainable Development in Africa
Efobi, Uchenna R. (ed.); Asongu, Simplice (ed.) - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397629
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Multinationale Unternehmen und die "Base of the Pyramid" : Neue Perspektiven von Corporate Citizenship und Nachhaltiger Entwicklung
Hahn, Rüdiger (contributor) - 2009
Grundlegung -- Terminologische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen -- Vertiefung des Modells nachhaltiger Austauschrelationen -- Multinationale Unternehmen an der BoP: Reflexionen im Lichte von Corporate Citizenship -- Empirische Relevanz der behandelten Konzepte an der BoP -- Konklusion und Ausblick.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014873
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AIDS and Aid : A Public Good Approach
Sonntag, Diana - 2010
The Challenge: A Transnational Response to HIV/AIDS -- Profiling the Provision Status of Health-Promoting Public Goods Against AIDS -- International Transfers -- Regional Constraints and HIV/AIDS -- Summary and Concluding Remarks
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521335
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012652525
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Intergenerational Pathways to a Sustainable Society
Kaplan, Matthew - 2017
This volume explores intergenerational practices and their impact on social sustainability, with an emphasis on developing programmatic efforts to address profound social challenges such as underperforming educational and work-related systems, failing support systems for dependent or vulnerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396313