"The purpose of this book is to explore, in a broad perspective, how corruption affects economic growth and environmental protection. Other aspects of development, such as education and inequality in entitlements to natural resources, will also be considered within the context of the main...

The estimation of the costs of conflict is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature. This paper aims to give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict costs and second by looking at the existing body of...

Introduction -- Alternatives to LCRS -- Survey and case studies -- Healthcare sector in Brazil -- Wind turbines in Canada -- The automobile industry in China -- Solar cells and modules in India -- Oil and gas in Nigeria -- Not buying it: buy American/buy America -- Conclusions and recommendations

Economic diversification : new thinking -- Industrial diversification and the evolving position of natural resources in the Canadian economy -- Diversification of the saudi economy : challenges and prospects -- Diversification in latin american oil exporters : was no intervention a better policy...

"This book provides some explanation regarding the importance for business executives and managers to consider such issues in strategic planning and operations. The value of this publication is to provide business and government executives with reference material that could be used in strategic...