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This work explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is on human well-being. Increase in income is treated as an essential means, but not as the end of development, and certainly not as the sum of human life. Development policies and strategies are...
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Oxford University Press
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1995-08-17
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One of the most important and complex problems facing both developing and industrialized nations is how to sustain economic growth without harming the environment. Faye Duchin and Glenn-Marie Lange address this issue in a practical and realistic way: through a detailed...
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Oxford University Press
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1995-01-26
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With each species lost to the mass extinction crisis, the natural economy of the nation and of the world is greatly diminished. An endangered animal may hold the cure for cancer; a threatened plant could someday become a major food crop; and even bacteria often provide...
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Oxford University Press
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1994-08-25
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With the ascendancy of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China began a program of agricultural reform intended to increase productivity. This detailed study examines what the author sees as the major changes which moved the sector from a centrally planned to a more market-oriented...
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Oxford University Press
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1993-08-05
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An interdisciplinary book by one of the most respected scholars in what is broadly development economics but encompasses the most recent insights from philosophical research and empirical work on resource allocation, nutrition science, and anthropology. It has been...
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Clarendon Press
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1993-07-15
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In this book Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and co-author Raaj Sah address one of development's major issues. During the early phases of economic development, there are often serious conflicts between the interests of town and country. The Corn Law Debate in England,...
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OUP Oxford
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1992-12-03
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This book examines how organizations can, and should, transform their practices to compete in a world economy. Research results from a multi-disciplinary team of MIT researchers, along with the experiences and insights of a select group of industry practitioners, are...
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Oxford University Press
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1992-02-06
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Until now, there has been little coordinated research on the role of women in the economics of developing countries, or on the impact of the international economy on women in those countries. Here, Susan Joekes not only examines women who are engaged in what is defined...
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Oxford University Press
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1990-03-29
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This volume breaks new ground in the economic theory of institutions. The contributors show how some of the tools of advanced economic theory can usefully contribute to an understanding of how institutions operate. They show how sound theoretical analysis can in fact...
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Clarendon Press
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1989-07-27
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This forceful polemic explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. Engels paints an unforgettable picture of daily life in the new industrial towns, and for miners and agricultural workers in a savage indictment of the greed of...
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Penguin
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1987-01-29
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A comprehensive analysis of the economic challenges and opportunities in Atlantic Canada and a blueprint for future growth, from a leading social scientist and economist.
Atlantic Canada has long been seen as a "have-not" region in terms of economic performance. Many...
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Nimbus
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2025-05-13
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The Robert Collier Collection compiles the influential works of Robert Collier, a key figure in the self-help and New Thought movements. This anthology includes his transformative writings on personal development, the power of thought, and practical metaphysics,...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-08-02
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A testimony to Indigenous resilience in business
Despite investments in nation building, self-autonomy, and cultural resurgence, Indigenous economic development has remained an underexplored and underestimated area of research. Engraved on Our Nations overturns the...
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University of Manitoba Press
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2024-03-29
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In the 1970s, Cape Breton was a place of limited prospects. The community had no means to help itself; there was scant support for people with disabilities or the elderly, limited access to affordable housing or skills training, and few grassroots economic...
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Nimbus
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2023-05-10
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The exceptional, winding path of a man who is inseparable from the empire he built..Combining a tobacconist, newstand, food mart, beer shop and general store, the convenience store has undergone many transformations over the last 35 years, ever since a man decided to...
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Juniper Publishing
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2016-10-05
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The book focuses on the International Development Research Centre as a unique institution that has funded research in the developing South—research proposed and undertaken by Southern researchers—and how, as a result, it has had tremendous impact despite a relatively...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2010-10-04
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In the past it was purely about value for money, the uniqueness of products and services, or efficiency in service delivery, today's competitive environment has added factors that require a rethinking of one's own corporate capabilities.
Reliability, resilience, and a...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2025-05-30
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In an era of unprecedented technological change and demographic shifts, traditional leadership models are failing. Hyper Leadership offers a revolutionary framework for navigating this new reality. Written by Dr. Charlotte de Brabandt and Burkard Schemmel, two seasoned...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2025-05-05
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By focusing on the management aspects of the service business for large systems and installations, this book aims at closing the gap in technical literature regarding this subject. It covers all relevant management aspects of this business, like strategy, planning,...
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BoD - Books on Demand
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2024-07-02
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