Introduction: corporate social responsibility in context -- Overview of corporate social responsibility -- Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development -- Drivers for corporate social responsibility -- Exploring corporate social responsibility -- Corporate social responsibility...

When are developing countries able to initiate periods of rapid growth and why have so few been able to sustain growth over decades? This book provides a novel conceptual framework built from a political economy of business-government relations and applies it to nine countries across Africa and...

"Over the last 20 years, more than 100 countries have implemented social safety nets, targeted at the poorest and most vulnerable. Impact evaluations have shown the effectiveness of these programmes, and policymakers have explored different methods of delivery, including cash transfers. Cash...

Der Begriff der Zivilgesellschaft hat in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten eine bemerkenswerte Karriere gemacht. Die Entwicklung von Bürgersinn, der Aufbau und die Vitalisierung zivilgesellschaftlicher Institutionen und damit die Schaffung von Sozialkapital ist für viele Demokratietheoretiker...

This book makes an analytical study of implications of the new set of non-tariff barriers that are forthcoming on the exports of the developing countries in the disguise of quality regulations and environmental standards. It argues that in the present era of globalization, with technological...