Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Questions for the Present Aid Effectiveness Narrative -- Evidence -- Universal Applicability -- A New Narrative on Aid Effectiveness -- References -- Chapter 2: A History of Aid...

This volume presents selected papers from the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference held in Istanbul. Its primary emphasis is on showcasing the latest empirical research on social change, sustainable development and the management of public and private organizations in...

Ekins breaks new ground in defining the conditions of compatibility between economic growth and environmental sustainabilty, and provides measures and criteria by which the environmental sustainabilty of economic growth can be judged

Look to Brazil for safe, stable investmentsAs the future of the American economy seems to get bleaker by the day, it is tempting to look abroad for business opportunities. Europe and Asia don't provide much hope, but what about somewhere that's both closer to home and sunny year-round? In Brazil...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 An intentional task-motivated by hardship and respect -- Positionality disclosure -- Project overview -- Foresight-clarifying "intentional creative...

How can policymakers effectively reduce poverty? Most mainstream economists advocate promoting economic growth, on the grounds that it generally reduces poverty while bringing other economic benefits. However, this dominant hypothesis offers few alternatives for economies that are unable to...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Another Take on How It All Began -- 1. The Capitalist Spirit and the British Economic Miracle -- 2. "The Great Seventeenth-Century Exception" -- II. The Spread of the New Economic Consciousness on the European Continent -- 3. The First...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Modern Economic Growth -- 1. Modern Economic Growth -- 2. Economic Determinism and the Twentieth-Century Experience -- 3. The General and the Particular in Modern Economic Growth -- Part 2 Agrarian Societies...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Introduction 1 -- Introduction 2 -- Welcome to the New Economy -- Defining and Measuring the New Economy -- Drivers of the New Economy -- Communications and Software -- Applications and Policy Issues -- Roundtable Discussion -- Appendix...

Technology and Employment -- Copyright -- Sponsors -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TECHNOLOGY AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC WELFARE -- CENTRAL FINDINGS -- Employment and Wage Impacts of Technological Change in an Open Economy -- Technology and the Characteristics of Tomorrow's Jobs --...