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The Political Economy of Land Acquisition in India : How a Village Stops Being One
Sathe, Dhanmanjiri - 2017
This book examines key issues concerning land acquisition, and puts forward policy suggestions. Land acquisition is one of the most important issues besetting India’s political economy today. There have been many conflicts surrounding acquisitions; but there have been ample peaceful...
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Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation : A Study of Migration and Poverty Reduction in Ningxia
Li, Peilin (ed.); Wang, Xiaoyi (ed.) - 2016
After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many provinces in the western region of China have implemented ecological migration projects of different scales, which have attracted considerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397672
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The Economy of Ghana : 50 Years of Economic Development
Huq, Mozammel; Tribe, Michael - 2018
The book follows a first edition published in 1989, which focused on the severe economic crisis Ghana faced during the … analyzing the wider macroeconomy of Ghana; its individual sectors; money, banking and trade; infrastructure and environmental … policies; and Ghana’s poverty, welfare and income distribution, the authors are able to draw vital lessons from the country …
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The Economics of the Frontier : Conquest and Settlement
Findlay, Ronald - 2017
This book deals with the economics of establishing a frontier by conquest or by peaceful settlement, the costs involved …
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The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence
Jha, Raghbendra (ed.) - 2008
Provides a detailed analysis of the achievements and disappointments of the modern Indian economy, and an exploration of the issues which are shaping India's economic future. Offers a comprehensive overview of the state of India's economy in the twenty-first century and is essential for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106171
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Che Guevara : The Economics of Revolution
Yaffe, Helen - 2009
Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106177
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Corruption, Development and Institutional Design
Kornai, János (ed.); Mátyás, László (ed.);  … - 2009
With the aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of institutions, and of the global economy more generally, this volume explores systems of institutions and the effect of corruption, developments in behavioural economics, the impact of immigration, and the links between democratic progress and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106193
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Poverty, hunger and democracy in Africa : potential and limitations of democracy in cementing multiethnic societies
Bigman, David - 2011
The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106207
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Unpaid Work and the Economy : Gender, Time Use and Poverty in Developing Countries
Antonopoulos, Rania (ed.); Hirway, Indira (ed.) - 2010
This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106210
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Commodities, Governance and Economic Development under Globalization
Nissanke, Machiko (ed.); Mavrotas, George (ed.) - 2010
Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This book elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributons, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems.
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