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The Doi Moi reforms initiated in Vietnam in 1986 to lead the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy have entailed deep institutional transformations. At the national level, achievements have been impressive, the high economic growth in all...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-08-27
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Institutional reforms and their contribution to development and growth have been a source of renewed interest as well as of many challenges over the last two decades. Identifying the forces that push towards reform and the conditions that determine the success or...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-08-14
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This book investigates the roles of industrial clustering and of tertiary educational institutions in the development of industrial clusters and competitiveness. It examines the concept of regional development through industrial clustering to understand the...
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Springer
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2014-08-01
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?Die Fähigkeit, hoch innovative Produkte und Dienstleistungen schnell und mit überschaubaren Risiken zu entwickeln, bietet Unternehmen einen entscheidenden Wettbewerbsvorteil. Solche Innovationen basieren zu einem großen Teil auf bereits existierendem Wissen, welches...
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Springer Gabler
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2014-07-08
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What do economists know about land-and how they know? The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics describes the latest developments in the fields of economics that examine land, including natural resource economics, environmental economics, regional science, and urban...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-06-20
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A guide for protecting your wealth in an age of turbulent business cycles In Prosperity in the Age of Decline, Brian and Alan Beaulieu—the CEO and President of the Institute for Trend Research® (ITR)—offer an informed, meticulously-researched look at the future and the...
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Wiley
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2014-06-11
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The rapid growth over the past three decades has been instrumental in lifting over 600 million people in China out of poverty, and people want to know why and how it happened. International evidence has made it clear that a global economy based on current patterns of...
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Springer
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2014-05-14
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In recent years, Intellectual Property Rights - both in the form of patents and copyrights - have expanded in their coverage, the breadth and depth of protection, and the tightness of their enforcement. Moreover, for the first time in history, the IPR regime has become...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-05-08
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A great nation has a great dream; a great country has a great dream. China’s dream is to build a society of common prosperity and a world in which all people live together in peace and harmony.This book provides predictions up to 2030 regarding the future major...
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Springer
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2014-05-05
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For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies. During the 1970s it received more assistance per capita than any other nation in the world. And yet, the economy performed dismally: growth was negative, exports collapsed, and poverty increased...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-04-24
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For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies. During the 1970s it received more assistance per capita than any other nation in the world. And yet, the economy performed dismally: growth was negative, exports collapsed, and poverty increased...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-04-24
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Human Development is widely recognised as the overriding goal of development, yet its realization is challenged by growing inequality, macro-economic fluctuations, and recurrent financial crises. This edited collection reflects on the work of Richard Jolly and includes...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-04-17
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How do we measure African economic performance? This volume studies how growth is measured in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia and challenges commonly held beliefs of African economic performance.
The volume offers a reconsideration of economic growth in Africa in...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-03-27
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Viele Länder Subsahara-Afrikas verfügen über große Tourismuspotenziale. Doch können sie zur Entwicklung und Armutsminderung beitragen? Ein neuer Entwicklungsansatz verfolgt dieses Ziel. Dabei soll die ländliche Bevölkerung aktiv zum Naturschutz beitragen. Im Austausch...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-03-26
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With the increasing sophistication of urban rail networks, the combined effects of rail transit on urban development are more and more complex and in-depth, and large-scale rail transit construction and operation have placed new demands on planning, construction,...
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Springer
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2014-03-19
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In this "bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away for generations.In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist...
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Basic Books
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2014-03-04
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Thinking on development informs and inspires the actions of people, organizations, and states in their continuous effort to invent a better world. This volume examines the ideas behind development: their origins, how they have changed and spread over time, and how they...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-02-27
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The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty. Liberal theory explains the relationship between capitalism and poverty as one based around the dichotomy of inclusion (into capitalism) vs...
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Polity
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2014-02-07
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Despite the topic’s urgency and centrality, this is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive assessment of the varying approaches to early engagement with new technologies, including nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biotechnology and ICT. Covering five main...
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Springer
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2014-02-06
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This volume features contributions from a conference held in Lusaka, Zambia, to explore the role and prospects of broadband in Africa as a video platform—with emphasis on the strategies and building blocks for deployment and advancement.While it may seem that such...
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Springer
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2014-02-05
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