Key Features:Provides a comprehensive coverage of conflicts over energy and non-energy mineralsConnects current events to in-depth historical backgroundIncludes attractive maps, figures, and tables to supplement the broadly accessible text.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Foreword -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: It's the stupid cows! -- Introduction: What it's all about -- Chapter 1: Sector selection for Decent Work -- Summary sheet: sector selection -- 1.1 Defining sectors as socio-economic system...

Aid to developing countries started well before World War II, but was undertaken as an ad hoc activity or was delivered by private organizations. This changed after the War. In his Inaugural Address in 1949, the American President, Harry Truman, announced a ""bold new programme for making the...

If you are developing databases for your own use, the process need not be complicated. But when you build databases for clients, many of whom may not be familiar with Access or comfortable with databases in general, you have a lot more work to do. I hope this book will make that process easier....

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. ICTs and Economic Growth -- 3. Equity -- 4. Governance and Government Services -- 5. Maximizing the Level and Impact of ICT Provision -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- BOXES -- Box 1: Rural...

Eco-industrial development is born from the realisation that the places where we work waste too much and unnecessarily pollute the land, air and water. This book explores the key issues involved in developing eco-parks and identifies the stakeholders and their roles in such projects.

Features -- Rethinking Growth -- Getting the Diagnosis Right -- Getting Out of the Rut -- The Quest Continues -- Breaking Down Barriers to Growth -- Levers for Growth -- Growing Pains -- Examining Global Imbalances -- Going too Fast? -- New Customs -- Departments -- Letters to the Editor --...

Features -- Booms, Busts, and Echoes -- Asia: Ready or Not -- Global Migration -- Can Europe Afford to Grow Old? -- Reform in Europe: What Went Right? -- Pension Challenges in and Aging World -- Investing in the Youth Bulge -- Aging in Financial Markets -- Gauging the Cost of Aging --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2 The Impact of Inward FDI on Host Countries: Why Such Different Answers? -- Chapter 3 Disentangling FDI Spillover Effects: What Do Firm Perceptions Tell Us? -- Chapter 4 Foreign Direct Investment and Externalities:...