Key Features:Helps readers understand India's long history, with reference to a thousand years of decline and five decades of socialismExplains the underlying long-term dynamics of the country to make definite predictions about India's future and the likely impact on the worldFocuses on economic...

The relationship between migration, development and remittances in Lesotho has been exhaustively studied for the period up to 1990. This was an era when the vast majority of migrants from Lesotho were young men working on the South African gold mines and over 50 percent of households had a...

The rapid changes in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union are often bewildering, with many frequent, highly significant changes in the different sectors of the economy and the political system. There have been frequent changes of personnel in government and economic management and many...

To tens of thousands of volunteers in its first decade, the Peace Corps was "the toughest job you'll ever love." In the United States' popular imagination to this day, it is a symbol of selfless altruism and the most successful program of John F. Kennedy's presidency. But in her provocative new...

KEY ISSUESEconomic context. Growth has been strong, inflation low, and fiscal buffers and international reserves adequate. However, poverty and unemployment remain high, despite large government spending financed from oil revenue. The business climate is among the most challenging and the...

This is an easy-to follow manual that will guide you through the entire process of application development with Shopify, beginning with the installation and configuration of your local development environment for your app to the deployment of the app to Heroku. If you are a web developer or a...

After World War II, an unprecedented age of global development began. The formation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund allowed war torn and poverty stricken nations to become willing debtors in their desire to entice Western investment and trade. New capital, it was foretold,...

Intro -- POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF AFRICA. VOLUME 9 -- POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF AFRICA. VOLUME 9 -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Uganda: Current Conditions and the Crisis in North Uganda* -- Summary -- Recent Developments -- Uganda:...

Intro -- LIBERIA: DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES -- LIBERIA: DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 LIBERIA'S POST-WAR DEVELOPMENT: KEY ISSUES AND U.S. ASSISTANCE -- SUMMARY -- RECENT AND ON-GOING DEVELOPMENTS -- U.S. TIES -- BACKGROUND -- U.N. Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) --...

Intro -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Chapter 1 GLOBALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION --...