Bøger i Studies in Development Economics and Policy serien
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- Concept and Measurement
1.441,95 kr. This book provides insights into how human well-being could be better defined and empirically assessed. It takes stock of and reviews various concepts and measures and provides recommendations for future practice and research.
- Bog
- 1.441,95 kr.
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- Recent Innovative Developments
1.096,95 kr. Conventional wisdom recommends the superiority of private ownership of enterprises. The reality confronts it with a rich diversity in ownership and governance structures. This volume examines five types of unorthodox ownership and governance form emerging in the industrial sector across major economies.
- Bog
- 1.096,95 kr.
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1.103,95 kr. Although the new small and medium enterprises (SME) sector is emerging as one of the driving forces in transition economies, little is known about the conditions behind its successful development or about policies which could facilitate its expansion.
- Bog
- 1.103,95 kr.
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1.106,95 kr. After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. How do we make sure that debt relief benefits poor people?
- Bog
- 1.106,95 kr.
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1.096,95 kr. This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and should be) in global development.
- Bog
- 1.096,95 kr.
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1.101,95 kr. After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. How do we make sure that debt relief benefits poor people?
- Bog
- 1.101,95 kr.
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1.097,95 kr. This book examines inequality, poverty and well-being concepts and corresponding empirical measures. Attempting to push future research in new and important directions, the book has a strong analytical orientation, consisting of a mix of conceptual and empirical analyses that constitute new and innovative contributions to the research literature.
- Bog
- 1.097,95 kr.
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- Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City
727,95 kr. By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world.
- Bog
- 727,95 kr.
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1.104,95 - 1.210,95 kr. Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state.
- Bog
- 1.104,95 kr.
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565,95 kr. This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical policies which can be implemented.
- Bog
- 565,95 kr.
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- The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction
1.103,95 kr. This book provides an insight into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not. It will be of interest to all working on economic and social reconstruction in post-conflict countries, as well as those working on peace and development.
- Bog
- 1.103,95 kr.
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1.099,95 kr. This book provides analytical insights into if and how the targets adopted by the international community are likely to be achieved. A key feature of the analysis is the recognition that most of the MDG targets are endogenously related. These inter-dependencies are crucial not only in analysing the MDGs but also devising strategies.
- Bog
- 1.099,95 kr.
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- The Road Ahead
1.099,95 kr. A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre of the international policy debate.
- Bog
- 1.099,95 kr.
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- Can Shared Growth be Sustained?
1.101,95 kr. Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the book seeks to find ways to rediscover and resume a pattern of shared growth in Asia.
- Bog
- 1.101,95 kr.
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1.101,95 - 1.108,95 kr. This book explores country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field. This is an important companion for professionals and policymakers, and also a vital reference source for students.
- Bog
- 1.101,95 kr.
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1.098,95 kr. This book provides insights into the evolving debate regarding the mobilization of domestic resources and the crucial role that financial development can and should play in this regard, exploring aspects of the financial development-domestic resource mobilization nexus, including country case studies.
- Bog
- 1.098,95 kr.
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1.099,95 - 1.277,95 kr. The Asian road to the market has generally been seen as a model of success and the object of widespread admiration. It does so by identifying the link between alternative transition models, public policies and household responses on the one hand, and key welfare changes on the other.
- Bog
- 1.099,95 kr.
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- Transmission Mechanisms
1.108,95 kr. This book examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration through which the process of globalization affects different dimensions of poverty in the developing world.
- Bog
- 1.108,95 kr.
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- The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction
1.210,95 kr. This book provides an insight into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not. It will be of interest to all working on economic and social reconstruction in post-conflict countries, as well as those working on peace and development.
- Bog
- 1.210,95 kr.
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- Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City
781,95 kr. By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented expansion in the world's most urbanized region, Latin America, exploring the new urban reality, and the consequences for both Latin America and the rest of the developing world.
- Bog
- 781,95 kr.
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880,95 kr. This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health deprivations on poverty traps and suggests practical policies which can be implemented.
- Bog
- 880,95 kr.
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1.104,95 kr. This book examines inequality, poverty and well-being concepts and corresponding empirical measures. Attempting to push future research in new and important directions, the book has a strong analytical orientation, consisting of a mix of conceptual and empirical analyses that constitute new and innovative contributions to the research literature.
- Bog
- 1.104,95 kr.
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- Can Shared Growth be Sustained?
1.109,95 kr. Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the book seeks to find ways to rediscover and resume a pattern of shared growth in Asia.
- Bog
- 1.109,95 kr.
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- Methods and Applications
1.099,95 - 1.106,95 kr. This book explores trends of inequality and poverty in China, identifies their causes and assesses their consequences, analyzing in detail the regional/personal variation in incomes, measures of human wellbeing, the gap between the coastal regions and the interior regions, and urban-rural disparity.
- Bog
- 1.099,95 kr.
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1.210,95 kr. This book provides analytical insights into if and how the targets adopted by the international community are likely to be achieved. A key feature of the analysis is the recognition that most of the MDG targets are endogenously related. These inter-dependencies are crucial not only in analysing the MDGs but also devising strategies.
- Bog
- 1.210,95 kr.
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- The Road Ahead
1.210,95 kr. A positive chapter has begun in finance for poor countries. Yet progress remains tentative. This book looks at how to make international finance better serve the needs of poor countries and poor people. It contains contributions by economists and political scientists who have been at the centre of the international policy debate.
- Bog
- 1.210,95 kr.
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1.104,95 kr. This book provides insights into the evolving debate regarding the mobilization of domestic resources and the crucial role that financial development can and should play in this regard, exploring aspects of the financial development-domestic resource mobilization nexus, including country case studies.
- Bog
- 1.104,95 kr.
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- Transmission Mechanisms
1.111,95 kr. This book examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration through which the process of globalization affects different dimensions of poverty in the developing world.
- Bog
- 1.111,95 kr.
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- Concept and Measurement
1.300,95 kr. This book provides insights into how human well-being could be better defined and empirically assessed. It takes stock of and reviews various concepts and measures and provides recommendations for future practice and research.
- Bog
- 1.300,95 kr.
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- The Long-Run View
1.110,95 kr. The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall saw many reflect on the political, economic and social changes of recent years. The legacy of communism and the economic prospects of post-communist countries are rigorously analysed in this stimulating study of the long term consequences of transition.
- Bog
- 1.110,95 kr.