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Policy Signals and Market Responses : A 50-Year History of Zambia’s Relationship with Foreign Capital

Barton, Stuart John - 2016

The study presents archival evidence to show how President Kaunda raised political and economic exclusivity in Zambia in the early years of Zambia's independence, and how this retarded capital investment. Despite formal reforms and a new government, this institutional mechanism still dominates...

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Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : Market Structure, Farm Constraints and Grass-root Institutions

Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas - 2017

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops...

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The places where community is practiced : how store owners and their businesses build neighborhood social life

Steigemann, Anna - 2019

In this open access publication, the social cohesion of urban neighborhoods and their residents is examined, which is often viewed as vulnerable since increased mobility, individualization, wider socio-economic and demographic changes have fundamentally altered the basis for everyday social...

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Emergent Phenomena in Housing Markets : Gentrification, Housing Search, Polarization

Diappi, Lidia - 2013

The housing market, like every market, is the product of thousands of interacting buyers and sellers driven by different interests. But unlike other markets, the housing market is able to profoundly transform the socioeconomic structure and the image of a city. Very often, changes in urban space...

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Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census : Who is Missed?

O'Hare, William P. - 2019

This book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount differentials, and discusses why such undercounts occur. In addition to focusing on...

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Demography of Russia : From the Past to the Present

Karabchuk, Tatiana - 2017

This book examines the demographic development of Russia from the late Russian Empire to the contemporary Russian Federation, and includes discussions of marriage patterns, fertility, mortality, and inter-regional migration. In this pioneering study, the authors present the first...

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The Plight of Older Workers : Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector

Baumann, Isabel - 2016

This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes...

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Zukunft der Arbeit in Industrie 4.0

Botthof, Alfons (ed.); Hartmann, Ernst Andreas (ed.) - 2015

Das Zukunftsprojekt "Industrie 4.0", das ein zentrales Element der Hightech-Strategie der Bundesregierung darstellt … ein neues Zeitalter geführt werden. Das Technologieprogramm "Autonomik für Industrie 4.0" des Bundesministeriums für … Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) ist Teil des Zukunftsprojekts "Industrie 4.0". Im Kontext dieses Programms ist der vorliegende Band …

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Economic Growth in Developing Countries : Structural Transformation, Manufacturing and Transport Infrastructure

Lakhera, Mohan L. - 2016

Economic growth across countries during the last 30 years or so has displayed 'dual' divergence between developed and developing countries, and among developing countries. The structural transformation has been either slow or of an anomalous nature. The study addresses these and suggests how...

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Supply Chain Social Sustainability for Manufacturing : Measurement and Performance Outcomes from India

Mani, V.; Delgado, Catarina - 2019

This book highlights a number of social sustainability issues at different stages of the supply chain, and demonstrates how these issues can be addressed by adopting social sustainability practices in the manufacturing supply chain. In the wake of emerging social issues in developing countries,...

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