Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Building a System for Public Investment Management; Public Investment Management: Why It Matters; Evolution of Ideas; Challenges of Today; Figure 1.1 Average Construction Project Cost and Time Overruns in...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview Making GVCs Work for Development -- Introduction -- Part I: Why GVCs Require Fresh Thinking -- Part II: Quantifying a Country's Position in GVCs --...

Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background; Key Issues; Objectives; Table 1.1 Taxonomy of Financial Incentive Mechanisms for Renewable Energy; Tables; Why Is Renewable Energy Important for Poor Countries?; Taxonomy of Financial...

A daunting challenge to the international community is how to go about lifting the world's huge poor population out of poverty. "Asset-based" approaches to development are aimed specifically at designing and implementing public policies that will increase the capital assets of the poor—i.e.,...

This volume reports the results of the large international 'MNEmerge' research project, financed by the European Commission, and provides an understanding of the impact of multinational enterprises on United Nations Millennium Development Goals and successive Sustainable Development Goals in...

Filled with a comprehensive collection of information from experts in the commodity investment industry, this detailed guide shows readers how to successfully incorporate commodities into their portfolios. Created with both the professional and individual investor in mind, The Handbook of...

Understanding hunger is the key to understanding ourselves. While they seem the most obvious things about us, our hungers are also deeply mysterious, arising out of, and casting light on, the unique character of human consciousness. In humans, physiological need is transformed into a multitude...

One Billion Hungry -- Contents -- Foreword by Rajiv Shah -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial Note -- Part I -- 1. Acute and Chronic Crises -- 2. What Is Hunger? -- 3. The Green Revolution -- 4. The Political Economy of Food Security -- Part II -- 5. A Doubly Green Revolution -- 6. Sustainable...

It will be a step-by-step tutorial that will discuss best practices. The book is structured in such a way that it can be read both from start to end or can be dipped into. If you are a developer who is looking to learn a fast and easy way to learn to develop your business intelligence apps with...

This book proposes a new analytical framework to interpret and model the constraints faced by logistics chains in landlocked countries. The case of LLDCs has naturally received special attention for decades, including a specific set of development priorities based on the idea of dependence over...