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Book Synopsis''The smaller we come to feel ourselves compared with the mountain, the nearer we come to participating in its greatness.''Philosopher, mountaineer, activist and visionary, Arne Naess''s belief that all living things have value made him one of the most inspirational figures in the environmental movement. Drawing on his years spent in an isolated hut high in the Norwegian mountains, and on influences as diverse as Gandhi''s nonviolent action and Spinoza''s all-encompassing worldview, this selection of the best of his writings is filled with wit, charisma and intense connection with nature. Emphasizing joy, cooperation and ''beautiful actions'', they create a philosophy of life from a man who never lost his sense of wonder at the world. ''Arne Naess''s ideas ... inspired environmentalists and Green political activists around the world'' The New York TimesTrade ReviewArne Naess's ideas about promoting an intimate and all-embracing relationship between the earth and the human species inspired environmentalists and Green political activists around the world * New York Times *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The Prosperity Paradox has the power to transform our thinking about philanthropy and social good. As we continue to grapple with how to lift people out of poverty, Clay Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon provide a new and innovative solution for millions of people around the world. It’s a must-read for anyone with an interest in global affairs who wants to create a truly thriving society.” — Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global “The Prosperity Paradox will fundamentally change the conversation about the role of philanthropy in development. As Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon capture perfectly, to tackle truly important problems, we need to reset our current thinking. Market-creating innovation needs to play a critical role in enabling a path out of poverty through market-driven solutions. Most foundations do not exercise the power they have to provide catalytic capital to engage in high risk ventures that may unlock sustainable replicable and scalable game changing solutions.” — Irene Pritzker, President & Chief Executive Officer, IDP Foundation, Inc. “Clayton Christensen’s latest book The Prosperity Paradox is a must-read. Powerful, persuasive, and wonderfully written, Christensen and his coauthors make a compelling case for the game-changing role of innovation in some of the world’s most desperate economies.” — Eric Schmidt, Former Executive Chairman of Google and Alphabet “The Prosperity Paradox is a manifesto and a call to action for those who recognize that our survival depends on creating opportunity. This book will help innovators be more compassionate. And the compassionate be more innovative.” — Tom Fletcher, CMG, former UK Ambassador and author of The Naked Diplomat “The Prosperity Paradox by Clayton Christensen, Efosa Ojomo, and Karen Dillon is a timely must-read on the mindset change that turns poverty into opportunity and enables the creation of sustainable prosperity. As World Bank Treasurer, I saw first-hand how the innovative approaches described in this compelling easy to read primer empowers development practitioners and businesses to seek out these profitable opportunities.” — Arunma Oteh, former World Bank Treasurer “The rise of any economy, local or global, must be fueled by innovative entrepreneurs willing to build new markets. With The Prosperity Paradox, Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon offer powerful insight and guidance on how we can channel our efforts to create jobs, generate growth, and impact individual lives all over the world.” — Steve Case, Chairman & CEO of Revolution and co-founder of AOL “Prosperity Paradox is the most important business book since Peter Drucker. It will dramatically change all initiatives on development and well beyond – starting with venture capital and entrepreneurship. It is a must-read for anyone who cares about sustainable economic development.” — Eduardo Braun, Leader of the Advisory Board, Buenos Aires Innovation Park and author of People First Leadership “The Prosperity Paradox perfectly illustrates the need for investment and support for local innovators. Christensen, Ojomo and Dillon show how real entrepreneurs have created booming businesses in low- and middle-income countries, while generating economic growth. This book is necessary for any entrepreneur who wants to create positive and lasting change, and for any government official or investor who wants a better way to spur global development.” — Matias Recchia, Co-Founder and CEO of IguanaFix “I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Christensen, Ojomo, and Dillon deeply understand both the challenges and opportunities of innovating in unexpected places – and the satisfaction of creating a market that enables prosperity to thrive.” — Richard Leftley, Chief Executive Officer of MicroEnsure

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION: STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS Why Study Strategy? Why Economics? So What’s the Problem? A Framework for Strategy The Book Endnotes ECONOMICS PRIMER: BASIC PRINCIPLES Costs Economic Costs and Profitability Demand and Revenues Total Revenue and Marginal Revenue Functions Theory of the Firm: Pricing and Output Decisions Perfect Competition Game Theory Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes PART ONE FIRM BOUNDARIES 1 THE POWER OF PRINCIPLES: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Doing Business in 1840 Doing Business in 1910 Doing Business Today Three Different Worlds: Consistent Principles, Changing Conditions, and Adaptive Strategies Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 2 THE HORIZONTAL BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM Definitions Scale Economies, Indivisibilities, and the Spreading of Fixed Costs Special Sources of Economies of Scale and Scope Complementarities and Strategic Fit Sources of Diseconomies of Scale The Learning Curve Diversification Why Do Firms Diversify? Managerial Reasons for Diversification The Market for Corporate Control and Recent Changes in Corporate Governance Performance of Diversified Firms Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 3 THE VERTICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRM Make versus Buy Reasons to “Buy” Reasons to “Make” Summarizing Make-or-Buy Decisions: The Make-or-Buy Decision Tree Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 4 INTEGRATION AND ITS ALTERNATIVES What Does It Mean to Be “Integrated”? Governance Making the Integration Decision Real-World Evidence Alternatives to Vertical Integration Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes PART TWO MARKET AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 5 COMPETITORS AND COMPETITION Competitor Identification and Market Definition Measuring Market Structure Market Structure and Competition Oligopoly Evidence on Market Structure and Performance Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 6 ENTRY AND EXIT Some Facts about Entry and Exit Entry and Exit Decisions: Basic Concepts Entry-Deterring Strategies Evidence on Entry-Deterring Behavior Contestable Markets An Entry Deterrence Checklist Entering a New Market Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 7 DYNAMICS: COMPETING ACROSS TIME Microdynamics Impediments to Coordination Asymmetries among Firms and the Sustainability of Cooperative Prices Facilitating Practices Where Does Market Structure Come From? Sutton’s Endogenous Sunk Costs Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 8 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Performing a Five-Forces Analysis Coopetition and the Value Net Applying the Five Forces: Some Industry Analyses Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes PART THREE STRATEGIC POSITION AND DYNAMICS 9 STRATEGIC POSITIONING FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Competitive Advantage and Value Creation: Conceptual Foundations Strategic Positioning: Cost Advantage and Benefit Advantage Diagnosing Cost and Benefit Drivers Strategic Positioning: Broad Coverage versus Focus Strategies Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 10 INFORMATION AND VALUE CREATION The “Shopping Problem” Report Cards The Certifier Market Matchmaking Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 11 SUSTAINING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Market Structure and Threats to Sustainability The Resource-Based Theory of the Firm Impediments to Imitation Early-Mover Advantages Imperfect Imitability and Industry Equilibrium Creating Advantage and Creative Destruction Innovation and the Market for Ideas Evolutionary Economics and Dynamic Capabilities The Environment Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes PART FOUR INTERNAL ORGANIZATION 12 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND INCENTIVES The Principal–Agent Relationship Performance-Based Incentives Problems with Performance-Based Incentives Performance Measures That Fail to Reflect All Desired Actions Selecting Performance Measures: Managing Trade-offs between Costs Do Pay-for-Performance Incentives Work? Implicit Incentive Contracts Efficiency Wages and the Threat of Termination Incentives in Teams Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 13 STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE An Introduction to Structure Types of Organizational Structures Strategy-Environment Coherence Structure Follows Strategy Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes 14 ENVIRONMENT, POWER, AND CULTURE 456 The Social Context of Firm Behavior Internal Context Power Culture External Context, Institutions, and Strategies Chapter Summary Questions Endnotes GLOSSARY NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX

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Book Synopsis​This book examines and classifies different reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic from economists across the world. With the impacts of the pandemic experienced differently in each country, specific case studies are provided to highlight how the economics profession has responded to the challenges that have emerged from COVID-19. Key debates, such as the trade-off between health protective measures and the economic impacts of closing important sectors, are discussed, with a focus on the responses in China, the USA, Italy, France, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, India, and Palestine. This book explores the ability of economists to respond to economic and social crises, and provides insight into the ties between economic theory and economic policy in the modern world. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in how economists have responded to the COVID-19 and what changes it might trigger.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- 1. China: Interpreting the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Context of National Goals.- 2. COVID-19 and the Indian Economy: The Debate about a Wage-led Recovery.- 3. Palestine: The Pandemic Between Occupation and Neoliberalism.- 4. Economic Policy Debates in France since COVID-19: A Lasting Shift in Macron’s Doctrine? .- 5. COVID-19 and Russia.- 6. The Economy at the Time of COVID-19: Theoretical and Political Debates in the United States.- 7. Economists and COVID-19: The case of Argentina.- 8. Economic Policy and Economic Research in Brazil During the Pandemic.

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Book SynopsisInternational observers have lauded Rwanda as an example of an African country taking control of its own development trajectory, and as a market-friendly destination for investment. A key component of this narrative has been an ambitious programme of agricultural reform, involving private firms, NGOs, and international charities. The Rwandan government claims these reforms have been a resounding success, tripling crop yields and helping to combat hunger. Chris Huggins argues, however, that Rwanda’s liberal, modernising image sits poorly with the regime’s continuing authoritarian tendencies. Featuring in-depth case studies of the effects of agricultural reform in three different regions, and drawing on hundreds of interviews, Huggins shows that the much-vaunted ‘liberalization’ of agriculture has in fact depended on the coercion of Rwandan farmers, and in many cases has had a detrimental impact on their livelihoods. With the Kagame regime now coming under increasing international scrutiny, this work provides a timely look at the impact of ‘market friendly authoritarianism’ in contemporary Africa, making essential reading for students and scholars of development in the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics.Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the literature on postgenocide Rwanda. It is also, more broadly, a must-read for anyone interested in the global processes of agrarian transformation. * African Affairs *An in-depth analysis of Rwanda’s problematic rural reengineering project. It is an essential contribution to the contemporary literature on post-conflict reconstruction and development. * An Ansoms, co-author of Losing your Land: Dispossession in the Great Lakes *In a nuanced and compelling account, Chris Huggins explores why Rwanda’s ambitious agricultural modernization program has undermined the livelihoods of many of the country’s smallholder farmers. It should be required reading for scholars and practitioners engaged with state-sponsored rural development in Africa. * Catharine Newbury, Smith College (Emeritus) *A well researched book on Rwanda, using an interesting blend of theoretical insights. It highlights the drama in Africa associated with capturing peasants for national development while at the same time avoiding elite capture of the public good. * Goran Hyden, University of Florida (Emeritus) *Based on detailed fieldwork, this book substantially advances our understanding of the Rwandan story. Anyone interested in the political economy of African agriculture should read this book. * Ian Scoones, co-editor of Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change *An extraordinary study of the state-directed commercialization of Rwandan agriculture. In this nuanced account, Huggins reworks the contemporary agrarian question. * Philip McMichael, author of Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions *Theoretically sophisticated and rich in empirical detail. The book deserves a wide readership and can profitably be read by scholars and policy makers alike. * Rita Abrahamsen, University of Ottawa *Drawing on his deep knowledge of Rwanda and extensive fieldwork, Huggins convincingly demonstrates that Rwanda’s agricultural development programs represent an extension of the state’s authoritarian control, and lead to popular resentment and resistance. * Timothy Longman, Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University *A very informed, nuanced analysis of agriculture in Rwanda, spanning zones of governance, compliance and resistance in a “developmental” state. As always, only some citizens and communities benefit. This book shows us why. * Timothy M. Shaw, University of Massachusetts Boston *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Contemporary Agricultural Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa 2. Theorizing Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda 3. An Overview of the Political Economy of Agricultural Reform in Rwanda 4. Rwanda's Engagement with International Aid and Foreign Direct Investment 5. Systems of Governmentality and Discipline in Rwanda 6. Agricultural Cooperatives in Musanze District 7. Pyrethrum production in Northern Province 8. Maize Production and 'Fugitive Farmers' in Kirehe District Conclusion

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Book SynopsisGives graduate student's tools to analyze growth and related macroeconomic problems, and also perspective needed to apply those tools to the big-picture questions of growth and divergence. In this title, the author introduces economic and mathematical foundations of modern growth theory and macroeconomics in a rigorous and easy to follow manner.Trade Review"It's hard not to be impressed by Acemoglu's mastery of the subject and for a handful of top graduate programs this is clearly the book for the next generation."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Beyond coursework, this is a book that should be compulsory reading for any PhD student in macroeconomics, even for those whose thesis does not specifically focus on growth. [S]elected materials from this book, and Part I in particular, could also be included in the reading list of an undergraduate course in advanced macroeconomics... This book will be an inseparable and precious companion ... for many years to come."--Fabrizio Carmignani, Economic RecordTable of ContentsPreface xv Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Economic Growth and Economic Development: The Questions 3 1.1 Cross-Country Income Differences 3 1.2 Income and Welfare 7 1.3 Economic Growth and Income Differences 9 1.4 Origins of Today's Income Differences and World Economic Growth 11 1.5 Conditional Convergence 15 1.6 Correlates of Economic Growth 18 1.7 From Correlates to Fundamental Causes 19 1.8 The Agenda 21 1.9 References and Literature 23 Chapter 2: The Solow Growth Model 26 2.1 The Economic Environment of the Basic Solow Model 27 2.2 The Solow Model in Discrete Time 34 2.3 Transitional Dynamics in the Discrete-Time Solow Model 43 2.4 The Solow Model in Continuous Time 47 2.5 Transitional Dynamics in the Continuous-Time Solow Model 51 2.6 A First Look at Sustained Growth 55 2.7 Solow Model with Technological Progress 56 2.8 Comparative Dynamics 67 2.9 Taking Stock 68 2.10 References and Literature 69 2.11 Exercises 71 Chapter 3: The SolowModel and the Data 77 3.1 Growth Accounting 77 3.2 The Solow Model and Regression Analyses 80 3.3 The Solow Model with Human Capital 85 3.4 Solow Model and Cross-Country Income Differences: Regression Analyses 90 3.5 Calibrating Productivity Differences 96 3.6 Estimating Productivity Differences 100 3.7 Taking Stock 105 3.8 References and Literature 106 3.9 Exercises 107 Chapter 4: Fundamental Determinants of Differences in Economic Performance 109 4.1 Proximate versus Fundamental Causes 109 4.2 Economies of Scale, Population, Technology, and World Growth 112 4.3 The Four Fundamental Causes 114 4.4 The Effect of Institutions on Economic Growth 123 4.5 What Types of Institutions? 136 4.6 Disease and Development 137 4.7 Political Economy of Institutions: First Thoughts 140 4.8 Taking Stock 140 4.9 References and Literature 141 4.10 Exercises 143 Part II: Toward Neoclassical Growth Chapter 5: Foundations of Neoclassical Growth 147 5.1 Preliminaries 147 5.2 The Representative Household 149 5.3 Infinite Planning Horizon 156 5.4 The Representative Firm 158 5.5 Problem Formulation 160 5.6 Welfare Theorems 161 5.7 Proof of the Second Welfare Theorem (Theorem 5.7) * 168 5.8 Sequential Trading 171 5.9 Optimal Growth 174 5.10 Taking Stock 176 5.11 References and Literature 176 5.12 Exercises 178 Chapter 6: Infinite-Horizon Optimization and Dynamic Programming 182 6.1 Discrete-Time Infinite-Horizon Optimization 182 6.2 Stationary Dynamic Programming 185 6.3 Stationary Dynamic Programming Theorems 187 6.4 The Contraction Mapping Theorem and Applications * 190 6.5 Proofs of the Main Dynamic Programming Theorems * 194 6.6 Applications of Stationary Dynamic Programming 201 6.7 Nonstationary Infinite-Horizon Optimization 211 6.8 Optimal Growth in Discrete Time 215 6.9 Competitive Equilibrium Growth 219 6.10 Computation 221 6.11 Taking Stock 221 6.12 References and Literature 222 6.13 Exercises 223 Chapter 7: An Introduction to the Theory of Optimal Control 227 7.1 Variational Arguments 228 7.2 The Maximum Principle: A First Look 235 7.3 Infinite-Horizon Optimal Control 240 7.4 More on Transversality Conditions 250 7.5 Discounted Infinite-Horizon Optimal Control 253 7.6 Existence of Solutions, Concavity, and Differentiability * 259 7.7 A First Look at Optimal Growth in Continuous Time 268 7.8 The q-Theory of Investment and Saddle-Path Stability 269 7.9 Taking Stock 274 7.10 References and Literature 275 7.11 Exercises 278 Part III: Neoclassical Growth Chapter 8: The Neoclassical Growth Model 287 8.1 Preferences, Technology, and Demographics 287 8.2 Characterization of Equilibrium 293 8.3 Optimal Growth 298 8.4 Steady-State Equilibrium 300 8.5 Transitional Dynamics and Uniqueness of Equilibrium 302 8.6 Neoclassical Growth in Discrete Time 305 8.7 Technological Change and the Canonical Neoclassical Model 306 8.8 The Role of Policy 312 8.9 Comparative Dynamics 313 8.10 A Quantitative Evaluation 315 8.11 Extensions 317 8.12 Taking Stock 317 8.13 References and Literature 318 8.14 Exercises 319 Chapter 9: Growth with Overlapping Generations 327 9.1 Problems of Infinity 328 9.2 The Baseline Overlapping Generations Model 329 9.3 The Canonical Overlapping Generations Model 335 9.4 Overaccumulation and Pareto Optimality of Competitive Equilibrium in the Overlapping Generations Model 336 9.5 Role of Social Security in Capital Accumulation 339 9.6 Overlapping Generations with Impure Altruism 342 9.7 Overlapping Generations with Perpetual Youth 345 9.8 Overlapping Generations in Continuous Time 348 9.9 Taking Stock 353 9.10 References and Literature 354 9.11 Exercises 355 Chapter 10: Human Capital and Economic Growth 359 10.1 A Simple Separation Theorem 359 10.2 Schooling Investments and Returns to Education 361 10.3 The Ben-Porath Model 363 10.4 Neoclassical Growth with Physical and Human Capital 367 10.5 Capital-Skill Complementarity in an Overlapping Generations Model 371 10.6 Physical and Human Capital with Imperfect Labor Markets 374 10.7 Human Capital Externalities 379 10.8 The Nelson-Phelps Model of Human Capital 380 10.9 Taking Stock 382 10.10 References and Literature 384 10.11 Exercises 384 Chapter 11: First-Generation Models of Endogenous Growth 387 11.1 The AK Model Revisited 388 11.2 The AK Model with Physical and Human Capital 393 11.3 The Two-Sector AK Model 395 11.4 Growth with Externalities 398 11.5 Taking Stock 402 11.6 References and Literature 404 11.7 Exercises 404 Part IV: Endogenous Technological Change Chapter 12: Modeling Technological Change 411 12.1 Different Conceptions of Technology 411 12.2 Science and Profits 414 12.3 The Value of Innovation in Partial Equilibrium 416 12.4 The Dixit-Stiglitz Model and Aggregate Demand Externalities 422 12.5 Individual R&D Uncertainty and the Stock Market 428 12.6 Taking Stock 429 12.7 References and Literature 430 12.8 Exercises 431 Chapter 13: Expanding VarietyModels 433 13.1 The Lab-Equipment Model of Growth with Input Varieties 433 13.2 Growth with Knowledge Spillovers 444 13.3 Growth without Scale Effects 446 13.4 Growth with Expanding Product Varieties 448 13.5 Taking Stock 452 13.6 References and Literature 453 13.7 Exercises 453 Chapter 14: Models of Schumpeterian Growth 458 14.1 A Baseline Model of Schumpeterian Growth 459 14.2 A One-Sector Schumpeterian Growth Model 468 14.3 Innovation by Incumbents and Entrants 472 14.4 Step-by-Step Innovations * 479 14.5 Taking Stock 489 14.6 References and Literature 490 14.7 Exercises 491 Chapter 15: Directed Technological Change 497 15.1 Importance of Biased Technological Change 498 15.2 Basics and Definitions 500 15.3 Baseline Model of Directed Technological Change 503 15.4 Directed Technological Change with Knowledge Spillovers 514 15.5 Directed Technological Change without Scale Effects 518 15.6 Endogenous Labor-Augmenting Technological Change 519 15.7 Generalizations and Other Applications 522 15.8 An Alternative Approach to Labor-Augmenting Technological Change* 523 15.9 Taking Stock 526 15.10 References and Literature 527 15.11 Exercises 529 Part V: Stochastic Growth Chapter 16: Stochastic Dynamic Programming 537 16.1 Dynamic Programming with Expectations 537 16.2 Proofs of the Stochastic Dynamic Programming Theorems * 544 16.3 Stochastic Euler Equations 549 16.4 Generalization to Markov Processes * 552 16.5 Applications of Stochastic Dynamic Programming 554 16.6 Taking Stock 561 16.7 References and Literature 561 16.8 Exercises 562 Chapter 17: Stochastic Growth Models 566 17.1 The Brock-Mirman Model 567 17.2 Equilibrium Growth under Uncertainty 571 17.3 Application: Real Business Cycle Models 579 17.4 Growth with Incomplete Markets: The Bewley Model 583 17.5 The Overlapping Generations Model with Uncertainty 586 17.6 Risk, Diversification, and Growth 588 17.7 Taking Stock 603 17.8 References and Literature 604 17.9 Exercises 605 Part VI: Technology Diffusion, Trade, and Interdependences Chapter 18: Diffusion of Technology 611 18.1 Productivity Differences and Technology 611 18.2 A Benchmark Model of Technology Diffusion 613 18.3 Technology Diffusion and Endogenous Growth 619 18.4 Appropriate and Inappropriate Technologies and Productivity Differences 623 18.5 Contracting Institutions and Technology Adoption 630 18.6 Taking Stock 642 18.7 References and Literature 643 18.8 Exercises 644 Chapter 19: Trade and Growth 648 19.1 Growth and Financial Capital Flows 648 19.2 Why Does Capital Not Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? 653 19.3 Economic Growth in a Heckscher-Ohlin World 655 19.4 Trade, Specialization, and the World Income Distribution 663 19.5 Trade, Technology Diffusion, and the Product Cycle 674 19.6 Trade and Endogenous Technological Change 678 19.7 Learning-by-Doing, Trade, and Growth 680 19.8 Taking Stock 684 19.9 References and Literature 685 19.10 Exercises 687 Part VII: Economic Development and Economic Growth Chapter 20: Structural Change and Economic Growth 697 20.1 Nonbalanced Growth: The Demand Side 697 20.2 Nonbalanced Growth: The Supply Side 703 20.3 Agricultural Productivity and Industrialization 715 20.4 Taking Stock 719 20.5 References and Literature 720 20.6 Exercises 721 Chapter 21: Structural Transformations and Market Failures in Development 725 21.1 Financial Development 726 21.2 Fertility, Mortality, and the Demographic Transition 729 21.3 Migration, Urbanization, and the Dual Economy 736 21.4 Distance to the Frontier and Changes in the Organization of Production 744 21.5 Multiple Equilibria from Aggregate Demand Externalities and the Big Push 752 21.6 Inequality, Credit Market Imperfections, and Human Capital 758 21.7 Toward a Unified Theory of Development and Growth? 764 21.8 Taking Stock 768 21.9 References and Literature 769 21.10 Exercises 771 Part VIII: The Political Economy of Growth Chapter 22: Institutions, Political Economy, and Growth 781 22.1 The Impact of Institutions on Long-Run Development 781 22.2 Distributional Conflict and Economic Growth in a Simple Society 784 22.3 The Canonical Cobb-Douglas Model of Distributional Conflict 792 22.4 Distributional Conflict and Competition 793 22.5 Subgame Perfect versus Markov Perfect Equilibria 799 22.6 Inefficient Economic Institutions: A First Pass 802 22.7 Heterogeneous Preferences, Social Choice, and the Median Voter * 805 22.8 Distributional Conflict and Economic Growth: Heterogeneity and the Median Voter 814 22.9 The Provision of Public Goods: Weak versus Strong States 817 22.10 Taking Stock 822 22.11 References and Literature 823 22.12 Exercises 825 Chapter 23: Political Institutions and Economic Growth 831 23.1 Political Regimes and Economic Growth 832 23.2 Political Institutions and Growth-Enhancing Policies 834 23.3 Dynamic Trade-offs 837 23.4 Understanding Endogenous Political Change 850 23.5 Taking Stock 856 23.6 References and Literature 857 23.7 Exercises 858 Epilogue: Mechanics and Causes of Economic Growth 861 What Have We Learned? 861 A Possible Perspective on Growth and Stagnation over the Past 200 Years 864 Many Remaining Questions 872 Part IX: Mathematical Appendixes Appendix A: Odds and Ends in Real Analysis and Applications to Optimization 877 A.1 Distances and Metric Spaces 878 A.2 Mappings, Functions, Sequences, Nets, and Continuity 880 A.3 A Minimal Amount of Topology: Continuity and Compactness * 885 A.4 The Product Topology * 889 A.5 Absolute Continuity and Equicontinuity * 891 A.6 Correspondences and Berge's Maximum Theorem 894 A.7 Convexity, Concavity, Quasi-Concavity, and Fixed Points 898 A.8 Differentiation, Taylor Series, and the Mean Value Theorem 900 A.9 Functions of Several Variables and the Inverse and Implicit Function Theorems 904 A.10 Separation Theorems * 907 A.11 Constrained Optimization 910 A.12 Exercises 915 Appendix B: Review of Ordinary Differential Equations 917 B.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors 917 B.2 Some Basic Results on Integrals 918 B.3 Linear Differential Equations 920 B.4 Solutions to Linear First-Order Differential Equations 921 B.5 Systems of Linear Differential Equations 924 B.6 Local Analysis and Stability of Nonlinear Differential Equations 926 B.7 Separable and Exact Differential Equations 927 B.8 Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions 929 B.9 Continuity and Differentiability of Solutions 930 B.10 Difference Equations 930 B.11 Exercises 932 Appendix C: Brief Review of Dynamic Games 934 C.1 Basic Definitions 934 C.2 Some Basic Results 937 C.3 Application: Repeated Games with Perfect Observability 941 C.4 Exercises 942 Appendix D: List of Theorems 944 Chapter 2 944 Chapter 5 944 Chapter 6 944 Chapter 7 945 Chapter 10 945 Chapter 16 945 Chapter 22 946 Appendix A 946 Appendix B 947 Appendix C 947 References 949 Name Index 971 Subject Index 977

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Capital Controversy was one of the most significant debates in Twentieth Century economics. First published in 1972, this book provides an accessible reconstruction of the controversy with detailed discussion of the major points raised by its primary protagonists: Piero Sraffa and Joan Robinson on the post-Keynesian side (Cambridge, UK) and Robert Solow and Paul Samuelson on the neo-classical side (Cambridge, MA). The book is now considered to be a classic. This fiftieth anniversary edition comes with a new preface by the author and two new afterwords that reflect on the author''s contribution to the field and the significance of the book in the history of economics. Topics covered include the measurement of capital, the revival of interest in Irving Fisher''s rate of return on investment, the double-switching debate, Sraffa''s prelude to a critique of neoclassical theory, and the ''new'' theories of the rate of profits in capitalist society.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Search for a will-o'-the-wisp: capital as a unit independent of distribution and prices; 2. Treacle, fossils and technical progress; 3. Solow on the rate of return: tease and counter-tease Preliminaries to the main bout; 4. A child's guide to the double-switching debate; 5. The rate of profits in capitalist society: whose finest hour? Introduction to the Afterwords; Afterword 1: Some notes on the life of a book Tiago Mata; Afterword 2: Who is (your) Geoff Harcourt? Avi Cohen.

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Book SynopsisAn exciting exploration of the new frontier of finance, to value the planet and protect what has too long been treated as free and taken for granted--the natural assets we need and love most In Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets, renowned environmental strategist, speaker, world traveler and author Paula DiPerna brings a unique voice and optic to de-mystify and unveil today's most fascinating financial disruptionpricing the priceless to flip conventional ideas of how we value natural assets and why. She asks the provocative question long ignored: Why do we value the indispensable atmosphere at zero, but dispensable production in the trillions? She digs into alternatives, with real-life examples from around the globe of fascinating and pioneering financial innovationscontroversial and paradoxical, but essential. In the book, you'll travel from rainforests to Wall Street, Board Rooms to the Vatican, coral reefs to mangroves to China's carbon markets. Timely, adventurous, eclectic, and accessible, Pricing the Priceless brings alive the critical financial transformation that will determine future planetary health and social stability. With power, clarity and real-world experience, the author also examines: Fascinating new financial inventions and experimentsinsurance, bonds, markets, investment fundsall aimed at pricing what is precious and vital to human well-beingHow the great current intergenerational shift in wealth and attitudes is redefining investment trends and the idea of what constitutes wealth and returnHow climate change and other urgent environmental problems now require entirely new financial thinking to trigger solutionsHow once-radical ideas about measuring economic progress are now re-imagining the very purpose of capitalismWhy finance needs critical re-invention to remain credible in the face of increasing public skepticism of business-as-usual economic practice A can't-miss read for thought leaders, business executives, investors, activists, and entrepreneurs, Pricing the Priceless is a landmark that will shape the world and future, bridging the tangible and intangible to answer a critical question of rising economic and social inspiration: What is money for?Table of ContentsPreface vii 1 Michelangelo’s Finger: The Pope and the Atmosphere 1 2 Marooned: The Island of Wrong Things Measured 15 3 One of a Kind: The Gamble of Rarity and Price 31 4 Art in a Box: Pricelessness Saves Detroit 39 5 Mangroves and Money: All of Nature Is an Economic Machine 55 6 The Cosmic Penthouse: Carbon Pricing, Carbon Markets 69 7 Dare to Surmount: China Joins the Marathon 103 8 Wall Street to the Rescue? Nauru May Answer 121 9 Never Another Drop: The Flow of Water Markets 151 10 Wildlife and Wonderment: The Rhino Bond 177 11 Premiums to the Coral: Coral Reef Insurance 189 12 Forests as Infrastructure: The Forest Resilience Bond 197 13 Off Limits: The Value of Do Not Touch 213 14 Infinite Value: Return to Rome 241 References 247 Acknowledgments 253 Index 255

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Book SynopsisAccording to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis explores the future of a radically unequal and explosively unstable urban world. From the sprawling barricadas of Lima to the garbage hills of Manila, urbanization has been disconnected from industrialization, and even from economic growth. Davis portrays a vast humanity warehoused in shantytowns and exiled from the formal world economy. He argues that the rise of this informal urban proletariat is a wholly unforeseen development, and asks whether the great slums, as a terrified Victorian middle class once imagined, are volcanoes waiting to erupt.Trade ReviewA profound enquiry into an urgent subject . a brilliant book. -- Arundhati RoyWith cool indignation, Davis argues that the exponential growth of slums is no accident but the result of a perfect storm of corrupt leadership, institutional failure, and IMF-imposed programs leading to a massive transfer of wealth from rich to poor . Like the work of Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, and Lincoln Steffens over a century ago, this searing indictment makes the shame of our cities urgently clear. -- Michael SorkinThe Raymond Chandler of urban geography . In Planet of Slums, Davis's genre is the global disaster movie, as directed by the chroniclers of Victorian poverty: Engels, Booth and Dickens. The scale of modern squalor revealed in his brilliant survey dwarfs its predecessors . a coruscating tragedy. * Independent *The astonishing facts hit like anvil blows . Davis has produced a heartbreaking book that hammers the reader a little further into the ground with the blow of each new and shocking statistic. * Financial Times *A terrifying, magisterial work. * Harper’s *There can be no doubt about the achievement of Planet of Slums . it forces us, angrily, to confront the deplorable realities of slum existence and the limitations of slum policies in many developing countries. * Times (London) *While many case studies have described what it means to reside in a favela, basti, kampung, gecekondu or bidonville, Davis provides a properly global portrait . And whereas urban specialists have focused on questions of space and land use in their discussions of slums, and developmentalists on the issue of their 'informal economies', Planet of Slums commands our attention as a broader historical synthesis of the two. * New Left Review *Davis's descriptions of the conditions endured by slum-dwellers provide reason enough to read this book. His analysis is full of gripping stories from globalization's frontline. * New Statesman *Packed with rigorous analysis and heart-stopping facts, this is a brilliant exploration of how millions of poor city-dwellers worldwide are being driven to the squalid periurban shadowlands of today's megaslums . Davis's book is absolutely vital reading. * Big Issue *

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Book SynopsisAlongside debates over rising inequalities, the stubbornness of urban poverty, globally, has emerged as a major academic and policy concern. Urban poverty policy positions are typically framed by paradigms of basic services and welfare. In the backdrop of Bangalore''s evolution into India''s silicon valley, the book presents research spanning old, inner city slums, new migrant settlements in urban peripheries, slum development projects, and garment export and construction workers, highlighting that intergenerationally, the urban poor remain tied to traditional low paying occupations, or, get incorporated into new urban growth channels (export industries, low end services) under highly unfavourable terms and conditions. Using the concepts of the old and the new poor, to explore channels of inclusion and exclusion, the book underscores that the poor''s vulnerabilities are defined by different regimes of informality. Debates on the urban poor''s political agency are used to problematize iTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. Welfare and work: State autonomy revisited; 3. Urban poverty and informal work; 4. A political economy overview: Karnataka and Bangalore; 5. New slums: Migration, livelihoods and living; 6. Old slums; 7. Impact of slum housing policies: Bangalore's new ghettoes; 8. Women workers in Bangalore's garment export companies; 9. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisFrom business models to unique selling propositions, from product offerings to sales, marketing and pricing strategies, this book reveals what sets Chinese electric car manufacturers apart from their Western counterparts.Chinese automakers are gradually establishing themselves as the new trendsetters in the automotive industry as they make technological advances in various fields, especially in electric vehicles. As more of them look overseas for opportunities, especially in the European market, it is time for the local players to better understand who they are up against and take steps to keep up with the rapid growth of their Far Eastern competitors. Based on Simon-Kucher’s project experience, this book shows what is going on behind the Great Wall, informs readers about the latest technological trends and advances in China, and offers suggestions on what Chinese newcomers should bring with them when they come to town. Sharing valuable insights for all readers with an interest in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, this book will be particularly relevant for managers and decision-makers at Western OEMs, suppliers, and other relevant players in the automotive industry.Table of Contents1. Chinese EV Players: From followers to trailblazers.- 2. The history of the Chinese EV industry.- 3. An overview of the EV stakeholders in China.- 4. Electrification – Routes to the future.- 5. Smartification – the holy grail of EV.- 6 Chinese route to market.- 7. Avoiding the innovation curse.- 8. On the march to Globalia.- 9. Roadblocks to success10. What the future has in store

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Book SynopsisThe argument of BREAKOUT NATIONS is that the astonishingly rapid growth over the last decade of the world''s celebrated emerging markets is coming to an end. China, in particular, will soon slow, but its place will not necessarily be taken by Brazil, Russia or India, all of which Ruchir Sharma shows have weaknesses and difficulties often overlooked in the inflated expectations and emerging markets mania of the past decade. The new ''breakout nations'' will probably spring from the margins - even from the shadows. Sharma identifies which they are most likely to be, and why.Sharma, head of one of the world''s leading emerging market funds, has spent two decades travelling the globe to find out what is happening on the ground in developing countries. With this first-hand knowledge, he takes his readers on a tour of two dozen of the world''s most interesting economies, introducing the critical players and describing and analysing the forces - many unique to each nation - which w

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Book SynopsisThe accelerating pace of global change demands that economies must be adaptable. Economies which are flexible flourish, as in Eastern Asia. Inflexible economies stagnate, as in Eastern Europe and Africa. However even though adaptability governs the long-term progress of economies, economists have had little to say about the nature and determinants of economic flexibility. This book redresses that situation. A prestigious team of contributors address the key theoretical and empirical issues, using a wide range of country studies.Table of ContentsPreface 1 RELEVANCE, MEANING AND DETERMINANTS OF FLEXIBILITY 2 FLEXIBILITY AND LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3 FLEXIBILITY IN ECONOMIC THEORY 4 ECONOMIC ADAPTABILITY IN THE LONG TERM 5 ADAPTING THE ECONOMIES OF EASTERN EUROPE: BEHAVIOURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF FLEXIBILITY 6 ECONOMIC INFLEXIBILITY IN AFRICA: EVIDENCE AND CAUSES 7 EXPLAINING ‘FLEXIBLE RIGIDITIES’ IN EAST ASIA 8 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE RESPONSE OF NATIONAL ECONOMIES TO THE OIL[1]PRICE SHOCKS 9 INDUSTRIAL ADAPTATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 10 FLEXIBILITY IN FINANCE

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Book SynopsisThis text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Strategy for a New Economy PART I The American Setting Chapter 1: The American Economy: Is This All There Is? PART II Corporations and Capital Chapter 2: Public Ownership Chapter 3: Democratic Control of Investment—With Marc Wass Chapter 4: Democratizing the Work Place Chapter 5: A Democratic Technology Chapter 6: Controlling the Corporation PART III Inflation, Unemployment, and Welfare Chapter 7: Inflation and Employment Chapter 8: What Kind of Welfare State? PART IV Can It Happen Here? Chapter 9: A Different View of the 1970s Chapter 10: Building a Movement in the 1980s, Resources on Economic Democracy

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Book SynopsisPrimarily concerned with how the US government can outwit its former allies in the rush to exploit their former common enemy. Considers the US sluggishness in technological innovation, flaws in education and labor management, the dangers of free trade, and resource depletion. Annotation copyright BoTable of ContentsPart 1 How Can We Have Full Employment and Price Stability?; Chapter 1 Policy Revisited; Chapter 2 Questions; Chapter 3 Answers; Part 2 The Question of Political Competence: MITI and AIM; Chapter 4 MITI and the Instrumentality of Economic Reform; Chapter 5 AIM; Part 3 How Can We Regain Technological Preeminence and Accelerate the Rise of American Industrial Productivity?; Chapter 6 Losing the Race; Chapter 7 Some Elements of the System; Chapter 8 Decline of the American System; Chapter 9 Policies; Chapter 10 Crisis; Part 4 How Can We Achieve Balanced International Trade?; Chapter 11 The Benefits of Trade; Chapter 12 The Continuum of Imbalance; Chapter 13 Finding Balance; Chapter 14 The International Flight of Cash Balances; Part 5 Is There a Preferred Alternative to a World System of International Free Trade?; Chapter 15 Options and Choices; Chapter 16 Comparison and Contrast; Chapter 17 Policy Implications; Part 6 What Policy Can Confront the Depletion and Ultimate Exhaustion of a Critical Natural Resource?; Chapter 18 Perceptions; Chapter 19 Problems and Policies; Chapter 20 Survival;

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Book SynopsisThailand's dynamic economic development has earned it a reputation as the "Fifth Tiger" (following on the heels of the superperforming "Four Tigers" - South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong). This is a study of Thailand's development experience since 1955.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Historical Roots of Modern Policy; Chapter 3 Political Instability and Development Disarray: 1945–1957; Chapter 4 Despotic Paternalism and Purposive Development: 1958–1972; Chapter 5 Democracy and Reaction: Orthodoxy in Partial Eclipse, 1973–1979; Chapter 6 Structural Adjustment, Quasi-Democracy, and the Birth of the Fifth Tiger; Chapter 7 The Fifth Tiger at Its Birth;

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Book SynopsisBeyond real GDP, innovative capacity is an important indicator of the economic strength of a nation. By studying innovative capacity and other indicators of success in innovation across the Group-of-Seven (G7) Countries, the East Asian Newly Industrialised Economies (EANIEs) and Mainland China, this book will systematically establish a positive relationship between innovation outputs and inputs of different economies. In doing so, it seeks to answer the question — are there laws of innovation? It seeks to identify the determinants of innovation at the economy-wide level, ascertain whether these determinants are similar across different economies, and find suitable metrics for comparing relative success in innovation across different economies. It concludes that innovation, rather than being a stroke of good fortune, comes from research and development activities conducted over a long period of time, and sheds light on future trends and areas for further research.

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Book SynopsisDaniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Korea today. Martin Uden, Former British Ambassador to South Korea.Trade Review"Tudor, Seoul correspondent for The Economist, provides a fairly perfunctory account of the 'miracle on the Han River,' which saw South Korea transformed from postwar ruin to prosperous democracy within four decades. The book's real value comes in its exploration of the cultural forces behind the country's zeal for self-improvement." --Financial Times"Sixty years ago, South Korea was an economic wasteland. Today, it is not only the world's 11th largest economy but also a vibrant democracy and an emerging cultural force. This transformation is the subject of a new book, Korea: The Impossible Country, by Daniel Tudor, Korea correspondent for The Economist.'" --Time Magazine"Mr. Tudor pushes into new social and economic territory with his book, including the rising role of immigrants, multicultural families and even gay people in South Korea. He lays out some of the contradictory behavior one finds in South Korea, such as the unending desire for new and trendy gadgets and fashion and yet the tunnel-like view of what constitutes a successful life." --Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisJeffrey D. Sachs presents a compelling and practical framework to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development. Sachs explains how modern societies can develop economically, equitably, and sustainably.Trade ReviewJeff Sachs's admirable book explains what sustainable development means, why it matters, and our history in relation to our environment. It shows how the pattern of growth we have followed has placed intense strains on our planet and generated severe risks to our lives and livelihoods. Above all, it explains clearly where we can go and how to get there. It describes a potential future of great attraction in terms of wellbeing, community and prosperity, properly understood. It should, and I hope it will, strengthen both the understanding of the great choices we face and the resolve to act. It is a splendid achievement. -- Lord Nicholas Stern, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment This terrific book stands out for its breadth, clarity, mastery of detail, honest discussion of complex matters, and its author's practical experience and good sense. It is actually ten terrific books under one cover because its accounts of economics, history, health, development, education, gender issues, food, climate change and biological diversity are among the best available. If you want to understand the modern world, and if you have room on your shelf for only one book, this is your book. -- Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel There are very few authors that can so effectively rally the masses around an important cause-one that in this case concerns our collective future. There are still too few leaders with knowledge about global sustainable development challenges to affect the scalable changes that are needed. Professor Sachs's book is a comprehensive summary of complex issues, but it breaks them down and makes them digestible and understandable while making the imperative clear. It will clearly contribute significantly in closing the gap between science and policy, and hopefully serve as a catalyst for action. -- Hans Vestberg, CEO, Ericsson An important, comprehensive and remarkably accessible book-a standout in a sea ofjargon-laden titles that fail to explain and vivify this enormously complex topic Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Sweeping, enlightening, affecting, and invaluable, The Age of Sustainable Development should be available to everyone and consulted repeatedly. Booklist (starred review) Clear straightforward prose and a wealth of statistics... Sachs balances alarming forecasts with signs of progress. Publishers Weekly It is truly gratifying that an economist as distinguished as Jeffrey Sachs has authored The Age of Sustainable Development. His vast knowledge in the field and deep insights on various sectors of economic activity make him uniquely qualified to provide a view of the subject. Given the fact that almost a quartercentury has gone by since the Rio Summit of 1992, it is time for an authoritative volume such as the one Professor Sachs has authored for the benefit of global society. -- Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, director-general, TERI; former chairman, IPCC Comprehensive and crystal clear-what we need to make sustainable development a reality, not a dream. -- James E. Hansen, director, Earth Institute Program in Climate Science, Awareness, and Solutions The Age of Sustainable Development is both sobering and inspiring: sobering because it presents in great detail the unprecedented challenges facing mankind; inspiring because it assures us that we can meet those challenges, if only we summon the will to act. -- Kerry Kennedy, president, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights It is, in my view, the best, most comprehensive and most articulate exposition of sustainable development ever written... I would make this book compulsory reading for all politicians and business leaders. -- David Griggs Nature Sachs has probably produced the best book to date on how to manage the planet for 10 billion people. -- Fred Pearce New Scientist A comprehensive introduction to the field of sustainable development by one of its leading scholars, advocates, and practitioners... Recommended. Library Journal In a book of incredible breadth, Sachs delivers a sobering account of the impact of human activity upon the balance of life on Earth... Highly recommended. Choice An inspiring and enlightening read. Africa Report a perceptive, analytical, and hopeful book about the future...This landmark in economic publications presents a brilliant examination of major worldwide threats to the planet and puts forward ways to balance economic development and environmental sustainability to overcome those threats...It is a magnum opus; the chief source of information for any person interested in understanding what sustainable development is all about. -- Bill Schwab Missourian A thoughtful and comprehensive resource on this crucial topic. Civil Engineering A clear and cogent nontechnical survey of the world's major challenges beyond the preservation of peace and security. -- Richard N. Cooper Foreign Affairs Sachs's book is written for a popular audience and could be used as a complementary text for courses in environmental or development economics or in public health classes or environmental studies classes. Its breadth of insights and coverage is staggering and students and general readers will find new ideas on every page of the book. -- Matthew E. Kahn Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsForeword, by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction to Sustainable Development 2. An Unequal World 3. A Brief History of Economic Development 4. Why Some Countries Developed While Others Stayed Poor 5. Ending Extreme Poverty 6. Planetary Boundaries 7. Social Inclusion 8. Education for All 9. Health for All 10. Food Security 11. Resilient Cities 12. Climate Change 13. Saving Biodiversity and Protecting Ecosystem Services 14. Sustainable Development Goals Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCreate a Better World Through the Power of Profit! Imagine your business making a big impact solving problems like hunger, poverty, war, violence, and catastrophic climate change while making a healthy profit. Guess what: you don’t have to just imagine; you can make it real. "Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World" shows dozens of practical examples of successful companies doing well by doing good---from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 global corporations. You’ll discover dozens of ways business can heal the world---and gain the practical marketing savvy to turn your values into business success. Learn how to: Create projects (and products) that accomplish social change, profitability, and cost reduction all at once Green your company in ways that save money and make money Gain enormous positive reputation as a visionary company worth supporting Expand successfully into totally new markets through strategic thinking, powerful partnerships, and commitment to core principles Turn marketing from a cost to a revenue stream Embrace abundance and transformation---and stop worrying about market shareTable of ContentsPART I: THE WAY OF THE GOLDEN RULE Chapter 1: Because People Matter Chapter 2: Basic Concepts Chapter 3: Advantages of Doing the Right Thing PART II: THE NEW GREEN, SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS MARKETING MINDSET Chapter 4: The New Marketing Matrix Chapter 5: Abundance versus Scarcity Chapter 6: Build Powerful Alliances With Competitors, Too Chapter 7: Why the Abundance Paradigm Eliminates the Need to Worry about Market Share Chapter 8: Exceptions: Are There Zero-Sum, Win-Lose Situations? PART III: GREEN BUSINESS, GREEN MARKETING Chapter 9: Becoming a Green Company Chapter 10: Marketing Green Chapter 11: Making Green Sexy Across All Demographics and Industries Chapter 12: Language, Greenwashing, and Truth Chapter 13: Three Kinds Of Customers: Are You Reaching Them All? PART IV: GETTING NOTICED IN THE NOISE AND CLUTTER: HANDS-ON WITH COOPERATIVE, PEOPLE-CENTERED MARKETING Chapter 14: Advanced Copywriting Chapter 15: Give the People What They Want Chapter 16: Running a Global Company PART V: USING YOUR BUSINESS TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD Chapter 17: Marketing As Social Change, and Social Change As Marketing Chapter 18: Community-Focused and Charity/Social Change Marketing Chapter 19: Taking the Concept Beyond Marketing: Abundance and Sustainability in Businesses and in Society Chapter 20: Exponential Thinking from Three Practical Visionaries Chapter 21: Profit by Helping the World Chapter 22: Impossible is a Dare: Business For a Better World

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Book SynopsisTaxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers – an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among policymakers, tax collectors, civil society activists, journalists and foreign aid donors in Africa today. Tax has become viewed as central to African development. Written by leading international experts, Taxing Africa offers a cutting-edge analysis on all aspects of the continent’s tax regime, displaying the crucial role such arrangements have on attempts to create social justice and push economic advancement. From tax evasion by multinational corporations and African elites to how ordinary people navigate complex webs of ‘informal’ local taxation, the book examines the potential for reform, and how space might be created for enabling locally-led strategies. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.Trade ReviewA very readable book about technical and complicated issues. * Books About Africa *A manifesto on how Africa can diminish its reliance on aid and fund its own development. Policy makers and development practitioners will find in this book a combination of powerful advocacy and a new way forward. * Donald Kaberuka, former President of the African Development Bank *Remarkable in scope, Taxing Africa will surprise, inform, and challenge policy makers, tax experts, and anyone interested in ensuring African countries have financial resources to fund economic development. * Eric M. Zolt, UCLA School of Law, and co-founder of the African Tax Institute *An accessible and comprehensive introduction to the historical, political and economic context of taxation in African countries. It will help launch any student or professional venturing into the field of tax systems in these developing and emerging economies. * Graham Glenday, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University *This incisive book, by well-known tax and development experts, reveals the successes and failures, challenges and opportunities of taxation in Africa. Recommended reading for every finance and treasury official in Africa and beyond. * Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, former Managing Director of the World Bank, and Former Finance Minister for Nigeria *Emphasizes the importance of history, culture and politics in shaping taxation, and offers new insight into how to approach reform. If you are working on African fiscal affairs, this book belongs on your shelf. * Roy Bahl, Georgia State University *Taxation remains at the heart of the expression of sovereignty. Too many post-colonial states have ignored this function and consequently lost the ability to shape policy. Taxing Africa refocuses the debate, one as much about the quality of democracy as it is about the rates of taxation. * Trevor Manuel, former Minister of Finance for South Africa *Table of Contents1. Why Does Tax Matter? 2. A New Tax Era in Africa? 3. Is Africa the Victim of Global Forces? 4. What Can Africa Do in the Face of International Tax Challenges? 5. Extractives and Extraction: Taxing Oil, Gas and Minerals 6. Taxing at National Level: Rising to the Challenge? 7. Small Taxes and Large Burdens: Informal and Subnational Revenues 8. Does Taxation Lead to Improved Governance? 9. The Way Forward

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Book SynopsisChina’s Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society, from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism, politics to culture. Most importantly, it symbolises a new phase in China’s ambitions as a superpower: to remake the world economy and crown Beijing as the new centre of capitalism and globalisation. Bruno Maçães traces this extraordinary initiative’s history, highlighting its achievements to date, and its staggering complexity. He asks whether Belt and Road is about more than power projection and profit. Might it herald a new set of universal political values, to rival those of the West? Is it, in fact, the story of the century?Trade Review'China’s emerging mastery of the Eurasian trade zone is described in visionary, granular detail.'‘Maçães . . . is one of our chaotic times’ most fertile brains . . . across Asia things are on the move, in large part because of Chinese ambition, and he is right to be excited about it.’'Stimulating.'‘A masterful overview of China’s Belt and Road project . . . it’s a fascinating, intriguing and terrifying story, and Maçães tells it superbly.’‘The author has an engaging, animated writing style . . . recommended reading for those who are curious about who will rule the world when the US empire recedes.’'This is a remarkably insightful and comprehensive review of China's Belt and Road Initiative, with all its implications for economic development as well as for the reshaping of the global order. America and Europe: take note! This is essential reading for us all.' -- Stephen Green, former chairman of HSBC'This book shows the impressive and ambitious planning of a project that would redraw the map of the global economy to put China at the centre with a transnational industrial strategy of value chain dominance.''Bruno Macaes writes with great felicity on the expansive Chinese effort to transform the global order. His insights capture a critical moment in the evolution of world politics.'‘Bruno Macaes describes a changing world order with great verve and clarity. 'Belt and Road' is a vital compass for this change, describing how the formation of 'Eurasia' and the creation of world changing trading routes reset the allocation of economic and political influence.’'In Belt and Road, Bruno Maçāes sees the reach and influence of the West diminishing over the next thirty years.' -- The Financial Times'A timely output … It will be helpful to China scholars as well as students who are keen to understand and undertake research in this area.’ -- Asian Affairs Journal

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is well researched and lucid and includes thoughtful commentary on the nexus between colonial institutions, contemporary political and economic pressures, and the underinvestment in India’s current legal infrastructure. Recommended." * Choice *"This book is an excellent work that attempts to grasp the interaction between laws and the economy in India. It outlines not only how certain laws have affected India's path of development, but also how certain laws were introduced and amended in response to a changing political and economic environment. This book provides a robust economic history of India written from the viewpoint of institutional changes." * The Developing Economies *"Roy and Swamy argue that legal evolution in independent India has been shaped by three factors: the desire to reduce inequality and poverty; the suspicion that market activity—both domestic and international—can be detrimental to these goals; and the strengthening of Indian democracy over time, giving voice to a growing faction of society, including the poor. Weaving the story of India’s heralded economic transformation with its social and political history, they conclude that inadequate legal infrastructure has been a key impediment to the country’s economic growth." * Law & Social Inquiry *"A great overview of post-independence legal developments in India, and their effects on economic activity. It should be required reading for anyone interested in India’s recent economic history." * EH.net *"This book's conclusions are sobering and important. Immensely readable, clear-headed, and compelling, it is a wide-ranging account of the economic shortcomings (mostly) of Indian statute and case law, and also of the mixed impact of democracy." -- Peter Robb, SOAS University of London, author of Agrarian Development in Colonial India: the British and Bihar"Many works have studied the impact imperial institutions had on the economies and legal systems of ex-colonies, but the analysis is usually carried out at the level of aggregate outcomes. Rarely, though, do we get to see how these relationships survived the political change at independence, nor how they persist in postindependence politics. With this book we do, and the connections—among politics, the legal system, the legacy of colonial institutions, and economic endowments and outcomes—all become clear in vivid detail. Roy and Swamy manage to do all that, yet they never lose sight of the big picture—a real achievement." -- Philip T. Hoffman, California Institute of Technology"Roy and Swamy succinctly capture the effects of the lag between policy change and changes in the relevant Indian law since colonial times. Their book provides a contrasting historiography of how the persistence of primacy to social and political stability factors led to conservative legislations in the spheres of land, property, and credit, as opposed to a more proactive stance in commerce since the times of the British Raj. It subtly captures how the framing of property rights around religion brought about conflicts between equality and freedom and led to our current struggles to attain caste and gender equality in matters of property. They offer fascinating analysis of the consequences of unequal land reforms, the momentum of eminent domain issues during the liberalization years, and the changing trajectory of the Supreme Court." -- P. G. Babu, director, Madras Institute of Development StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Land Rights: Equity versus Transferability? Chapter 3. Rural Credit: Overreliance on Law Chapter 4. Democratic Rights and the Limits of Eminent Domain Chapter 5. Environmental Law: Judiciary Takes Center Stage Chapter 6. Law in a Labor-Surplus Economy Chapter 7. Politicians’ Burden? The Evolution of Company Law Chapter 8. Globalization with a Nationalist Face: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Intellectual Property Chapter 9. Property: Equity versus Religious Norms Chapter 10. Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book revisits a distinction introduced in 1921 by economists Frank Knight and John Maynard Keynes: that between statistically predictable future events (''risks'') and statistically unpredictable, uncertain events (''uncertainties''). Governments have generally ignored the latter, perceiving phenomena such as pandemics, natural disasters and climate change as uncontrollable Acts of God. As a result, there has been little if any preparation for future catastrophes. Our modern society is more interconnected and more globalized than ever. Dealing with uncertain future events requires a stronger and more globally coordinated government response. This book suggests a larger, more global government role in dealing with these disasters and keeping economic inequalities low. Major institutional changes, such as regulating the private sector for the common good and dealing with special harms, risks and crises, especially those concerning climate change and pandemics, are necessary in order to achieve any semblance of future progress for humankind.Trade Review'This is the most thorough and intelligent review of the western world's economic development, corresponding intellectual debates, and lines of thoughts in economics and public policy from the end of World War I to the present that I have seen.' Hans-Werner Sinn, University of Munich'A fascinating discussion of why governments may sometimes aggravate the problems they set to solve. Read it if you want to reflect upon the role of the public sector in modern economics.' Alberto Alesina, Harvard University'In the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, this ambitious book examines the challenges our modern society and our economies have faced historically as a result of natural disasters such as plagues and pandemics. It then considers how, given the future challenges humanity faces with climate change, tax and fiscal policy should be deployed. Policymaking under extreme uncertainty is of great current interest in the 21st Century. This book from an experienced economist provides some fascinating insights.' Sir Anton Muscatelli, University of Glasgow'This book provides an excellent and original analysis about the role of government during unexpected events and exceptional situations, including pandemics and major disasters, such as climate changes. In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it offers a timely and stimulating discussion about how and why uncertain and future events should be included into policy decisions. The author, an outstanding expert of public finance, competently guides the readers through the understanding of our complex real world.' Paola Profeta, Bocconi University'Vito Tanzi has written an important book on a set of main challenges of our time: how to anticipate and manage pandemics, earthquakes, famines, nuclear accidents, climate change and ecological destabilization. The book identifies the difficulties posed by intractable uncertainty, missing markets, short-termism of governments, denial and neglect for finding adequate responses to shocks and processes that can have a high toll both on human lives and the planet. Tanzi's writing is balanced, wise, elegant and well informed by theory and a wealth of historical episodes relevant for the world of today and tomorrow. Strongly recommended!' Andrés Solimano, University of Oxford'In different ways, the pandemic and climate change force us to recognise the inescapable reality of uncertainty. Vito Tanzi, former head of the fiscal affairs department of the International Monetary Fund, brings out some crucial implications. One is that we can and should use fiscal policy much better in response to shocks: in the case of Covid-19, for example, we should have imposed a temporary tax on the rich. More fundamentally, our interconnected world needs both more and better global governance.' Martin Wolf, Financial Times'… an enjoyable read …' Christopher L. Atkinson, Public Organization ReviewTable of ContentsPart I. Uncertain Future Events and Reactions to Them: 1. Introduction; 2. Risky versus uncertain events; 3. Taxonomy of disasters; 4. Democracy, capitalism and random events; Part II. A Survey of Past Pandemics and Other Disasters: 5. Uncertain future events and policies; 6. Pandemics, famines and climate change; 7. Major natural disasters; 8. Atomic disasters; 9. Industrial disasters; 10. Economic principles for disasters; Part III. Climate Change and Global Warming: 11. When the Earth became man's private property; 12. Early concerns about the environment; 13. From environmental concerns to climate change; Part IV. Back to Some Theoretical Issues: 14. Human needs and economic theory; 15. Concluding thoughts.

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Book SynopsisThe oil and gas industry is a complex sector with significant reach in terms of providing the energy needs of the global economy and the security, environmental and development consequences thereof. In particular, the sector is extremely important for the economic growth of emerging markets and developing countries. Furthermore, the life span of oil and gas resources is finite, with high health and safety risks and substantial environmental costs that require careful management and sustainability practices to ensure optimal extraction and utilisation of these resources. This book examines the challenges and opportunities in the oil and gas industry, in the context of emerging markets and developing economies.It provides comprehensive coverage of the management and sustainability practices of the sector, the environmental impact and sustainability of resources as well as the businesses that operate in the sector across the entire value chain. It addresses the current diTable of ContentsPart I: Overview 1. Introduction to Sustainability Management in the Oil and Gas Industry Part II: Oil and gas management 2. Oil and Gas Storage Management: Evidence from a Developing Country 3. The Business of Oil Refining in Africa 4. Downstream Petroleum Sector in Ghana: Mapping the Key Marketing Issues 5. Oil and Gas Operations, Transportation and Logistics Management 6. Procurement and Supply Chain Management in the Oil and Gas Industry 7. Digital Technology and Innovations in the Oil and Gas Industry 8. Oil and Gas Project Management 9. Human Resource Management Practices in the Oil and Gas Industry 10. Strategic Management in the Oil and Gas Industry 11. Corporate Governance in the Oil and Gas Sector 12. Implementing Total Quality Management in the Oil and Gas Industry 13. Performance Management in the Oil and Gas Industry Part III: Sustainability Management in the Oil and Gas Industry 14. Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Oil and Gas Industry 15. Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Corporations in the Oil and Gas Sector 16. Environmental and Sustainability Management in the Oil and Gas Industry 17. Natural Gas and Liquified Natural Gas Resource Management 18. Petrochemical Resource Management 19. The Role of Oil and Gas in Sustainable Development in the Global South 20. The Future of the Oil and Gas Industry in Emerging and Developing Countries

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Book SynopsisSupporting and Sustaining Well-Being in the Workplace: Insights from a Developing Economy explores how our understanding of the human experience at work can be enhanced and how this has broader implications for employee well-being. Each chapter covers unique perspectives on issues effecting personal well-being, including depression, working conditions that affect home life, mindfulness, and character building at the workplace. Steps and measures that can be used by management to adopt and develop well-being practices and actively cultivating a culture that nurtures employees are explored, as the book reflects a dual agenda for healthy working environments through jobs that are designed to promote wellbeing and positive crossover to employee’s non-work lives. Written for academics and practitioners alike, this study presents a unique perspective on this complex and developing area of workplace practice and policy. It draws on examples from an emerging economy using the conservation of resources theory as the foundation to evaluate how the use of pertinent resources creates opportunities for staff to grow and develop as individuals.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Depression - A Silent Killer Chapter 2: Feeling stressed at work, behaving badly at home Chapter 3: Relax: Just be mindful! Chapter 4: Shape the Hero in You and Others Chapter 5: My workplace: My Second Home Conclusion: Wellbeing in the Workplace: Sustaining our efforts

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Book SynopsisJeffrey D. Sachs turns to world history to shed light on how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. He takes readers through a series of seven distinct waves of technological and institutional change, starting with early modern humans and ending with reflections on today’s globalization.Trade ReviewSachs has produced a masterpiece—its scope is breathtaking, its insights stimulating, and its conceptual innovation pathbreaking. For those seeking a story about where humanity has come from and is going to, his book is a story with many lessons and hopes for the future. At once clear-headed and opinionated, he provides a roadmap for what we could and should do for our grandchildren. A wonderful book. -- Gordon L. Clark, University of OxfordThis romp through world history, by the famous economist Jeffrey Sachs, summarizes most of what you really need to know about the history of the last 70,000 years. Buy just this one book: it will let you throw away dozens of specialized books that you already own! -- Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesUnderstanding history can help steer the future, yet economic history is too often missing from the economics curricula. Sachs goes directly against this trend by providing a tour de force historical account on how humans, technology, and nature have interacted over the last 72,000 years! Key to the book’s message is that while technological progress has been exponential, our ability to benefit from it has always depended on the ways in which people have chosen to organize themselves. Today this means that while digital technologies provide endless possibilities, public policy and corporate governance decisions are key to determining who benefits. Sustainable and inclusive development will depend on our concrete forms of democratic participation, ethical standards, and the ability to create public spheres that allow us all to flourish. A must-read! -- Mariana Mazzucato, University College LondonSachs has produced a brilliant, yet remarkably short, book on the biggest challenges now confronting humanity. He provides a compelling account of how geography, technology, and institutions have combined to shape globalization over 70,000 years, in seven distinct ages. Then he explains what humanity now has to do if it is to escape the environmental, social, and geopolitical calamities that its own staggering successes have brought so close. This book is essential reading. -- Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial TimesAs my special advisor on the Sustainable Development Goals, Jeffrey Sachs consistently emphasized that the world can achieve sustainable development only through bold and forward-looking cooperation on a global scale. In his new panoramic history of globalization, Sachs shows why the imperative of peaceful cooperation is more crucial than ever. Our very survival as a species requires that we understand our common fate. This book will help us to reach that shared understanding. -- Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United NationsThe Ages of Globalization provides an unparalleled explanation of human development. This lucidly written book is a must read for anyone interested in how humanity has evolved and the root causes of the challenges we face today. Jeff Sachs's magisterial and engaging book provides profound perspectives on human history, offering urgently needed insights to make sense of the present and offer an essential guide to our future. -- Ian Goldin, author of Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second RenaissanceEconomics is rediscovering historical perspectives, and thus its own roots. The result, in Jeffrey Sachs’s masterful hands, is eye-opening and refreshing. The Ages of Globalization is a tour de force through many millennia of human history, discerning patterns that help us understand in new ways our contemporary dilemmas. While the story he tells provides many reasons to be pessimistic about our future, Sachs also restores a sense of possibility with his steadfast refusal to think in ahistorical categories and his urgent plea to embrace the possibilities of the human condition. An important and empowering book. -- Sven Beckert, coeditor of American Capitalism: New HistoriesThis dazzling book makes an invaluable contribution to the debate about the future of globalization by brilliantly summarizing humanity’s existential challenges and providing bold ideas for ensuring our survival. Sachs makes a persuasive argument that applying the concept of sustainable development must be today’s essential mission. His thoughtful proposals for reforming key international institutions, starting with the UN, merit particular attention. The Ages of Globalization is required reading for our times. -- Vuk Jeremić, former president of the United Nations General AssemblyIn this erudite yet accessible book, Jeffrey D. Sachs traces the history of modern humans from our migration from Africa some 70,000 years ago to today. In a pathbreaking account, he shows how geography, technology, and institutions drive change. His analysis is indispensable for understanding current global predicaments. A tour de force. -- Prasannan Parthasarathi, Boston CollegeAs it comes from Jeffrey D. Sachs, I had expected this book to be analytical, punchy, and readable, and so it is. But it is a pleasure to be able to report that it is also a book by a superstar economist that takes both history and geography seriously and that allows the past, with all its complexities and contingencies, to speak for itself. Impressively broad in both temporal and geographical scope, this is a masterpiece of concision and a great introduction to global economic history. -- Kevin O’Rourke, author of A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to BackstopAt a time when the foundations of the world economic order are being challenged, we must rely on the knowledge accumulated throughout history to make wiser choices for the future of our societies. In The Ages of Globalization, Jeffrey Sachs offers a superb and unique historical and analytical framework for understanding the process of globalization, highlighting its dynamic nature and addressing its social and economic implications. From the Paleolithic Age to the current digital age, this book examines the interplay of geography, technology, and institutions to achieve a comprehensive explanation of how globalization emerges and evolves. Analysts, policy makers, social and political leaders, interested citizens, and anyone concerned with the future of the global economy can draw invaluable lessons from this book. -- Felipe Larraín B., former minister of finance of ChileThe Ages of Globalization is not just a book for the modern citizen. It is an essential survival kit for the twenty-first century. At the same time that humanity was amassing wealth, it was also creating the means of its own destruction. Now we are facing forces none of us can counter alone, such as climate change and environmental degradation. Sachs’s call for action resonates with vigor and urgency. With this book, we can better explore, learn, and act. -- Miroslav Lajčák, minister of foreign and European affairs of the Slovak RepublicFew scholars have the breadth of knowledge with which to cogently weave insights from such wide-ranging fields such as agronomy, economics, archaeology, anthropology, and engineering to recount the layered story of how globalization and development unfolded. As always, Sachs is a treat to read. -- Gordon McCord, University of California, San DiegoAn authoritative account of our “shared,” increasingly interdependent human journey. * Kirkus Reviews *This masterful history of the human experience of global interconnectedness begins in the Paleolithic Age and ends in today’s COVID-19 pandemic. Sachs makes a powerful case that the globalizing forces creating our increasingly interdependent world are deeply rooted in the human condition and that they are forces—for better and worse—that are here to stay. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Sachs wears his own extensive reading lightly. He’s a very clear writer, too, and the book has some lovely (colour) charts and maps. -- Diane Coyle * The Enlightened Economist *Sachs writes in simple, clean prose that most students and general readers should find accessible. This is no small feat considering the massiveness of the topics and the brevity of the book. * Middle Ground Journal *Table of Contents1. Seven Ages of Globalization2. The Paleolithic Age (70,000–10,000 BCE)3. The Neolithic Age (10,000–3000 BCE)4. The Equestrian Age (3000–1000 BCE)5. The Classical Age (1000 BCE –1500 CE)6. The Ocean Age (1500–1800)7. The Industrial Age (1800–2000)8. The Digital Age (Twenty-First Century)9. Guiding Globalization in the Twenty-First CenturyAcknowledgmentsData AppendixNotesFurther ReadingsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Examining nearly every aspect of Vietnamese politics and society, from the economy and family life, to religion and the plight of indigenous minorities, Hayton gives a balanced, intelligent account of a country whose history so differs from our own."—Justin Wintle, Financial Times "This is a cleverly pitched book, one that will appeal equally to a businessman or investor seeking a briefing on Vietnam, an old Asia hand, or an inquisitive backpacker."—Petroc Trelawny, Irish Times"[An] insightful book."—Leanda de Lisle, The Spectator". . . a shrewd and compelling analysis of the growth of capitalism…a very readable introduction to the recent history of Vietnam. It contrasts personal individual stories with the big picture and as a result illuminates both."—Beverley Pullen, Permanent Revolution"Bill Hayton’s Vietnam: Rising Dragon is welcome. . . . He writes with clarity and crispness. . . . Hayton is at his most valuable and incisive."—Paul Cheeseright, Asian Affairs"Hayton has a keen eye for the detail of everyday life as well as larger cultural, economic, social, and political currents. This book leaves one with the feeling of having been in the hands of an expert craftsman, and illuminates some of the major issues confronting contemporary Vietnam."—Carlyle A. Thayer, author of Vietnam People’s Army

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Book SynopsisThe basic function of companies is to add value to society. Profits are a means to an end, not an end in itself. The ability of companies to innovate, scale and invest provides them with a powerful base for positive change. But companies are also criticized for not contributing sufficiently to society's grand challenges. An increasingly VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world creates serious governance gaps that not only require new ways of regulation, but also new ways of doing business. Can companies effectively contribute to sustainable development and confront society's systemic challenges?Arguably the most important frame to drive this ambition was introduced and unanimously adopted in 2015: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG-agenda not only defines a holistic set of global goals and targets, but also foundational principles to guide meaningful action to their achievement by 2030. Multinational companies have signed up to the Trade Review"The SDGs provide a moral framework at the time the world needs it most. It is also the world’s best long-term business plan. It’s the unlock to what is the growth story of our century, putting people and the planet first. But the implementation is in need of a ‘booster shot’. Principles of Sustainable Business presents state-of-the-art science-based answers on how to achieve this ambition in the Decade of Action. The detailed elaborations of business models, transition trajectories and partnering strategies provide actionable targets for companies that want to drive systems change."Paul Polman, Former CEO Unilever, Co-chair and founder IMAGINE, Vice Chair UN Global Compact "Achieving the SDGs requires an all of society effort, including the vital role of the private sector. While progress has been made, serious challenges still remain to fully realize the private sector's power and dynamism. This book is an important contribution by providing valuable insights and practical examples of how companies can achieve greater impact towards a better world."Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations"This book is a truly inspiring collection of proven tools and frameworks to motivate global and local business leaders to make their businesses contribute to achieve a world that is more fair, just and environmentally sustainable. Principles of Sustainable Business is an amazing resource for business practitioners, business school educators and students to drive the urgently needed systems change to help companies adopt the Sustainable Development Goals and create the world we want. And very timely, it is co-authored by a business school educator and a business practitioner, Rob van Tulder and Eveline van Mil." Dr. Mette Morsing, Head of PRME Principles for Responsible Management Education, United Nations Global Compact"Our world is facing three pressing global challenges: the climate emergency, the loss of nature and growing inequality. As risks associated with these challenges continue to build, we need business leaders to rally behind a bold and urgent agenda for transformation. The SDGs provide a unique lens through which to translate global needs and ambitions into tangible business solutions, and this book provides insights to support companies in this effort. With a solid overview of resources available, it presents new techniques and tools to walk the talk." Peter Bakker, President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)"Whether you are an executive, economist, or future business leader, Principles of Sustainable Business will be a comprehensive guide to why companies are increasingly taking action on the sustainable development goals, and how they can do so. It is eloquently written, yet academically rigorous."Prof. Klaus Schwab, President and founder of the World Economic Forum"This book is a must read for anyone who craves for inspiration on how to turn companies into a force for positive change. Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals is a matter of commitment, of owning a strong moral compass and of 21st Century Leadership. And books like this is fuel for these visionary leadership skills. But the book is more than that. It brings clarity in the alphabet soup. And, more importantly, it takes key international concepts, standards (such as my own organization the Global Reporting Initiative and the GRI standards) and tools in the arena of sustainability, responsible business and ESG, analyses them critically and scientifically in their potential and shortcomings and then boldly and innovatively improves, enriches and even transforms them into a next level. Take the example of ‘materiality’, which is turned into the concept of ‘reversed materiality’, to capture a more forward-looking angle. This is a book that deserves a spot on your desk where you can read it time and again. You will find yourself turning to it when you need to revisit a certain idea. It will help all of us sharpen our mind, and focus on what needs to be done by each of us to build a better world through the Sustainable Development Goals."Teresa C. Fogelberg, Former Climate Change Director, Women’s Rights Director, Research Director at the Netherlands Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Environment, Co-Founder and Deputy Chief Executive of the Global Reporting Initiative "In Africa, we place a high premium on the private sector as a critical engine of growth for the continent. This outstanding book offers excellent insight into how the corporate world can impact positive change – change for the Africa we want and more broadly at a global level, as we strive to bring the SDGs to fruition." Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President African Development Bank and World Food Prize Laureate"The Decade of Action needs serious acceleration. The intentions are still there, but the realization requires sophisticated approaches of governments, civil society and companies alike. The frameworks offered by this all-encompassing book provide the badly needed road map for the coming years. A truly amazing achievement!"Prof. dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, chair Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition"Sustainability is easy to talk about, but we all know it is much harder to deliver. As this comprehensive guide makes clear, addressing our most pressing societal and environmental issues will require deep organizational transformation. That change must be led from the top. CEOs and boards now face an unprecedented opportunity to embed sustainability across strategy, operations, and leadership cultures. We welcome this timely roadmap to making this transition."Constantine Alexandrakis, CEO Russell Reynolds Associates"Principles of Sustainable Business of Rob van Tulder and Eveline van Mil describes in depth why and how businesses should and can be purposeful by creating economic, societal and ecological value at the same time. The authors recognize the importance how frontrunner companies in the past have been able to break through a number of the critical tipping points to uplift sustainability and contribute to systems change. Sustainability should be anchored in the core of the business and the SDGs could provide a very relevant framework for companies to define where to contribute. The frameworks developed in this book make it possible for (aspiring) leaders to ‘walk the talk’." Feike Sijbesma, former CEO DSM, Chair Supervisory Board Philips, member Supervisory Board Unilever "Principles of Sustainable Business stands out for its breadth, mastery of detail, and its bridging of scientific evidence with actionable tools for making positive real-world impact. The book explains why companies are critical for attaining the SDGs and outlines how they can contribute to these global goals. At Robeco we are dedicated to this ambition: we are a research-driven investment firm that is pioneering SDG investment strategies in fixed income and listed equity. This relevant book confirms and inspires our SDG-investing journey."Karin van Baardwijk, CEO Robeco"There is no way to keep climate change from surpassing the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius level without the strong engagement of the private sector. Delivering fully on the Paris Agreement and the SDGs is in fact a pipe dream absent the active collaboration of business. This insightful book provides a valuable guide to strategic investment decisions that align with core international priorities in sustainability that can benefit us all." President Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the Maldives People’s Majlis and founding Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum"The scientific community has argued for a long time that the transformation to sustainable business is necessary for the world to have a chance of delivering the SDGs within a safe operating space on Earth. Rob van Tulder and Eveline van Mil reinforce the urgency of solving the planetary crisis we face, while adding a crucial additional dimension – the new narrative for the future; that sustainable business is not only the path to planetary responsibility, it is also the path to prosperity and equity, i.e., it is not only our common future on Earth that is at stake, it is also a choice between modernity and regress." Prof. dr. Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University "This book speaks to the new world of work. The sustainable future that we all want and the resilience that must be developed by businesses to make it possible for us to arrive at a better quality of life for all. Excellent insights on three broad sets of principles: systemic, societal and dynamic as well as strategic and operational."Douglas Opio, Executive Director, Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE)"Principles of Sustainable Business presents the clear and defining frameworks needed in order to turn our social, ecological and climate problems into business opportunities. Translating the SDG agenda into pro-active business models and cross-sectoral partnership strategies will help business leaders bridge the gap between intention and realization."Paul Hawken, creator, author, editor of 'Drawdown', 'Natural Capitalism', 'The Ecology of Commerce', and 'Re-Generation. Ending the climate crisis in one generation'"From its inception in the form of the 'Millennium Declaration' at the change of the millennium, to the status of the SDGs, and in the midst of the Covid pandemic the world is struggling through different and difficult challenges. Rules, techniques, approaches, and past and newly created systems are simply insufficient to address the complexity of the challenge.This book is a brave attempt to break the conundrum by elevating our mindset to address it from the ‘Principles’ level, providing well thought out ideas at the macro, meso and micro level of analysis and action steps. The SDGs tagline: Global Goals National Targets, and its 232 indicators is just a start to appreciate the complexity across the wide spectrum of developments that the world is living in. With the business and corporate world playing a major role in both the economic development and management knowledge fronts, if we are serious about hitting the goals, this book is a must read to elevate our approaches beyond strategy and policy. After all, strategy may change, Principles remain."Prof. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Head of President of Indonesia’s Delivery Unit (2010–2014), and co-founder of School of Business and Management – Institut Teknologi Bandung (SBM-ITB)"The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and the 17 SDGs that underpin it, recognize that the natural world and its life-giving services must be urgently protected if we are to fulfil the needs of nine billion people by 2050. The SDGs are premised on the notion that we cannot solve problems in isolation. Protecting these ecosystems will require strong institutions, governance and cooperation from the local to the international level (SDGs 16 and 17). Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are thereby increasingly recognized as a key part of the response to the climate crisis by governments, businesses and communities. It is crucial that these interventions are credible, measurable and inclusive. Principles of Sustainable Business fills the intellectual and practical gap for private organizations willing to work on Nature-based approaches in a profound, fundamental as well as thought-provoking manner. For public organizations and communities, the book provides relevant tools, resources and (cross-sector) partnering techniques to help companies move beyond a reactive to a proactive approach in support of Nature-based Solutions." Angela Andrade, Chair, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and IUCN’s Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions"Principles of Sustainable Business is a milestone for all executives, academics and students keen to dwell deeper into the SDGs. The book aptly shows the extreme importance of purpose-driven organizations. We like the solid treatment of the opportunities and threats surrounding the ‘hybridization’ of many organizations that try to combine profits and societal purpose, not as a compromise but as an innovative novel business model that presents a resilient approach to many of today’s sustainability challenges. We are, of course, thrilled to see the SDG Action Manager being mentioned as one of the practical tools that can be used by large and small companies to implement the SDGs."Marcello Palazzi and Leen Zevenbergen, Co-founders, B Lab Europe"This book is essential reading for anyone partnering in or with the corporate sector. The authors are clear – collaboration across and beyond the usual boundaries is fundamental to sustainable and transformative development. Partnering is not only enshrined in SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals – but forms the basis of the collaborative approach of all SDGs: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnering. The question is no longer ‘why?’ but ‘how?’ Those involved in initiating, nurturing and supporting the partnering process have a subtle but vital task to assist partners in navigating what is complicated and penetrating to the heart of what is complex. The concepts so thoroughly articulated here give those in the brokering role the solid ground on which to build their work."Ros Tennyson, Founder & Strategic Advisor, Partnership Brokers Association"This innovative, state-of-the-art book approaches the SDGs as both wicked problems and wicked opportunities. Its complexity-based approach will challenge leaders (and future leaders) to think and act in new ways to transform their organizations to negotiate the VUCA world that the authors well document."Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, Professor of Management, Boston College"This is a unique and outstanding textbook and a practitioner treasure. It provides a clear understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals and their relevance to business. It offers insightful, distinctive, and constructive guidance on how to achieve more societally impactful sustainability strategies and operations, including essential cross-sector partnering. The book is rigorous and highly readable. Each chapter starts with guiding Principles and ends with crisp takeaways. Supplemental Web-related sources provide additional resources to deepen and broaden the learning. A timely and valuable contribution." James E. Austin, Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Co-Founder Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard Business School"FLAME University's core values include ecological balance and an inclusive society, which implies that we often challenge what is known and believed about higher education. For this aim we are collaborating with the Wage Indicator Foundation to learn how students can engage in action research, blended learning and investigative journalism by collecting robust data on Living Wages around the world. Principles of Sustainable Business, not only supports us in this effort, but presents the scientific basis to found our research and teaching in the broader agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. A must-apply approach for all universities."Dr. Santosh Kumar Kudtarkar, Dean, Faculty of Liberal Education, FLAME University, India"The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 'wicked problems' (systemic, ambiguous, complex and conflictual problems), where politics trumps evidence, and solutions are never first best or permanent. Wicked problems cannot be solved, only managed or resolved over and over again. However, as Van Tulder and Van Mil argue, the SDGs are not only wicked problems but also provide wicked opportunities for firms that want to become sustainable businesses that add value to society. The core question that motivates the book is how can companies become sustainable businesses? The answer provided by the authors is a principles-based road map for corporate action on the SDGs, organized around three levels of analysis: systemic, societal and dynamic, and strategic and operational principles. Drawing on multiple frameworks, examples and illustrations, Principles of Sustainable Development pulls together the newest thinking in academia, consulting, and government policymaking. The book is a 'one stop shop' – that rare book which provides an over-arching, principle-based approach to understanding sustainable business in the 21st century. Everyone – from instructors looking for a textbook for their course on the SDGs to business executives who want to better link their CSR strategies to the SDGs to policy makers hoping to attract foreign multinationals that will foster sustainable development – will find what they are looking for here. Principles of Sustainable Business is a 'must read' for students, corporate executives, and policymakers who want to think intelligently and effectively about the SDGs and how firms can and should develop strategies that are SDG relevant."Lorraine Eden, Professor Emerita of Management and Research Professor of Law, Texas A&M University, 2020–2023 Dean of Academy of International Business (AIB) Fellows"In a global economy that can only be guided by principles rather than rules, multinational enterprises face many challenges to compete while at the same time sustaining and gaining a license to operate. It is important that companies subscribe to the Sustainable Development Goals as a set of unifying principles and get the frameworks and tools to ‘walk the talk’. Dealing with the SDGs has not only been a challenge for firms, but also for International Business (IB) scholars around the world: how can we make sure that companies become a ‘force for positive change’. This groundbreaking book by highly acclaimed IB professor Rob van Tulder and his co-author Eveline van Mil provides the intellectual foundation for corporations to base their contributions to the SDGs on intentions and solid academic knowledge to change preferences into realizations. And the teaching material will be very helpful in academia."Maria Tereza Fleury, President of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Full Professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and the University of São Paulo"Principles of Sustainable Business is a gift to the world – and not a moment too soon. If we humans are to survive and thrive into the distant future, we must embrace the SDGs and see them realized in practice. But how? Rob van Tulder and Eveline van Mil provide just the kind of cross-level, cross-sector, substantive and process-oriented approach the world needs at this crucial time. They imagine why and how key actors, and especially businesses, might achieve an idea embodied in an English word that dates from the 15th century – commonwealth – which meant common well-being. These authors show us how well-being can become far more common and far more long lasting."John M. Bryson, McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota"Principles of Sustainable Business is extremely valuable for its advocacy and operationalization of a paradigm shift from maximizing shareholder wealth to generating additional societal value by contributing to the achievement of the SDGs. It surfaces the challenges businesses face in an uncertain and disruptive world and provides concrete cases from the literature and the authors’ intimate knowledge of sustainable business practices on the ground. The authors’ discussion of resilience is a convenient handle for unpredictable situations. At the same time, the chapter on collaboration underscores the importance of carving spaces for cross-sector partnerships as a means to address complex and seemingly insurmountable challenges."Maria Cynthia Rose Banzon-Bautista, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the PhilippinesTable of ContentsPart I: WHY? SYSTEMIC PRINCIPLES 1 Why now? A necessary frame for grand societal challenges; 2 Why not? Understanding the potential of the SDGs; 3 Why slow? Conditions for realizing the SDGs; Part II: WHAT AND WHO? SOCIETAL AND DYNAMIC PRINCIPLES 4 What if? The SDGs as wicked problems; 5 What and who? The SDGs as wicked opportunities; 6 Who? The governance challenge; Part III: HOW? STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES 7 Making it resilient – dealing with triggering events; 8 Making it strategic – business cases for sustainability; 9 Making it material – designing sustainable business models; 10 Making it powerful – using power as a force for positive change; 11 Making it functional – the internal alignment challenge; 12 Making it collaborative – the partnership challenge

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Book SynopsisTrue Colors, written by Keith Recker, presents the work and vision of 26 natural dye artists from around the world, opening a window into their culture, their lives, and the power of colour. The artist’s stories are organized by colour and begin with white, traveling through the spectrum to blues, purples, reds, pinks, golds, arriving at varying hues of green. The colours are as extraordinary as the artists themselves: Handmade paper dyed with indigo in Ghana. Rare greens from a fungus-infested plant that grows in the Peruvian jungle. Blues that adorned ancient Briton warriors rediscovered in a Norwich studio. Purples from shellfish collected along the western coast of Mexico. Vivid coral dyes obtained from mushrooms foraged in northern California. New to this paperback edition is a chapter about Heartwear, a collaborative of artists and fashion designers who have created and supported indigo-dyeing projects from Benin to Morocco to India and beyond. Natural pigments aren’t limited to cloth dyeing. They find their way into ceramic tile, glassware, pottery, artists’ paints and pastels, all explored in Recker’s lyrical narrative. Keith Recker is the perfect person to collect and share these timeless stories. His years of global travel, working with artisan groups and individuals as well as connecting them to influential designers in the fashion and interiors industries, put this book right on trend. Gorgeous, carefully curated photography connects the colours to ancient traditions and to the artists. True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A FiveBooks Best Economic History Book of the Year""An excellent book."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"[Prak and van Zanden] have provided a path forward for studying economic history that takes complexity seriously without letting it prevent us from getting to the important truths of economic history. One can only hope that more social and economic historians follow Prak and van Zanden’s path in the future."---Samuel Gregg, Engelsberg Ideas"[Pioneers of Capitalism] will be the standard work on the topic for years and perhaps decades to come, as it offers a very well-written and powerful account of the rise and fall of the Dutch Republic in the medieval and early modern periods."---Gijs Dreijer, Business History Review"[Pioneers of Capitalism] surpasses the previous syntheses of Dutch capitalism by bringing it in line with recent developments in economic history. . . . Fascinating."---Bas Spliet, Journal of European Economic History

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Book Synopsiso How do nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress? Ian Goldin, a former vice-president of the World Bank, explains what development means in its broadest sense - encompassing education, health, and gender equality as well as economic growth. He discusses the shift from state-led strategies, to ones driven by market forces.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition An authoritative and highly readable account of evolution of economic and social development that goes beyond a focus on economic growth to a broader understanding of well-being. * David Lorimer, Network Reviews *Wise, succinct, well-informed, broad ranging, and deep...very accessible and admirable in its brevity. A splendid achievement. * Nicholas Stern, President of the British Academy *Succinct, highly readable, and reasoned...from...a world-leading development thinker and practitioner. * Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General *Table of Contents1: What is development? 2: How does development happen? 3: Why are some countries rich and others poor? 4: What can be done to accelerate development? 5: The evolution of development aid 6: Sustainable development 7: Globalization and development 8: The future of development References Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisIn Becoming a Changemaker, Alex Budak provides a fresh, inspiring and research-backed guide to developing the mindsets and leadership skills needed to navigate, shape, and lead change and to make a positive impact in our lives, career, and communities. Through a diverse series of case studies, and brand new insights from his original research on the traits the most successful changemakers have in common, Alex provides an actionable, inclusive guide for people of all backgrounds, levels, ages, and industries to get unstuck and to start leading change from wherever they are.The book is based on Budak's wildly-popular class of the same name at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business that changemakers like Olympic athlete Alicia Wilson describe as "life changing." Accessible and energizing concepts like Microleadership show how each of us can lead from where we are, and principles like "Confidence without Attitude," "Question the Status Quo," and "Beyond Yourself'' provide a framework for stepping into our own unique changemaker potential.

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Book SynopsisThe World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact of the WTO on peoples'' everyday lives means that it is not just an institution of interest to economists, but to everyone, a fact that was perhaps most graphically illustrated in the popular demonstrations at the 1999 Seattle Ministerial. Such protests have become a regular feature associated with most high-level meetings of the WTO. This VSI will provide a timely and carefully considered explanation of what the WTO is, what it does, and how it goes about executing its tasks. A clear understanding of the mandate, structure and functioning of the WTO is essential to appreciate the controversyTrade Review'Narlikar's engagement with public debates is exemplary - a task too rarely attempted by critical scholars in this area. This book is a timely rejoinder to the fledgling study of global governance. An exceptional introduction to the WTO, it also succeeds in doing much more than is says on the tin.' * Craig Berry, Political Studies Review *'The author obviously knows her subject...she succeeds well in giving an account of the organization that is both accessible and engaging... If this is the first thing that a student reads on the WTO, then he or she will be well launched into their enquiry.' * Professor Tony Payne, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield. *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Preface ; 1. Who Needs an International Trade Organization and Why? ; 2. The Formation of the World Trade Organization ; 3. Decision Making and Negotiation Processes in the WTO ; 4. The Mandate of the WTO ; 5. Enforcing the Agreements: Dispute Settlement and the WTO ; 6. The Doha Development Agenda ; 7. The Burden of Governance ; References ; Further Reading

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Book SynopsisNext Generation Safety Leadership illustrates practical applications that bring theory to life through case studies and stories from the author's years of experience in high-risk industries. The book provides safety leaders and their organisations with a compelling case for change. A key predictor of safety performance is trust, and its associated components of integrity, ability and benevolence (care). The next generation of safety leaders will take the profession forward by creating trust and psychological safety. The book provides safety leaders with actionable goals to enable positive change and translates academic languages into practical applications. It leaves the reader with a clear strategy to move forward in developing a safety plan and utilizes stories, humor, and case studies set in high-risk industries. Written primarily for the safety community and can be used to influence day to day safety operations in high-risk organisations.Table of Contents1: Trust: The Currency of Leadership 2: ‘Zero Harm’ and Other Platitudes 3: BBS (aka Behavioral Bull S..t!) 4: Organizational Values or Company Platitudes? 5: What’s Your Story? Building trust through Self Disclosure6: Mind your language!7. Your team has the answers, do you have the questions? 8. Don’t shoot the messenger! Making it safe to share bad news 9. Responding after an incident10. Doing Safety Differently: From Compliance to Care

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Book SynopsisA special session of the UN General Assembly was held in Abuja, the new Nigerian capital in May 1988. This volume reproduces the major papers, lines of discussion and conclusions of the conference.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1 Africa’s Response to the Economic Crisis and Recovery Programmes; Chapter 1 From the Lagos Plan of Action to the Thirteenth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sadig Rasheed, Makha D.N. Sarr; Chapter 2 Survey on the Implementation of APPER and UN-PAAERD, Eca Secretariat; Chapter 3 Country Case Studies, Owodunni Teriba; Chapter 4 The Contribution of Subregional Institutions Towards Intra-African Trade, Economic Recovery and Development, Bingu Wa Mutharika; Chapter 5 Regional and Subregional Perspectives, Owodunni Teriba; Part 2 Response of the International Community to the African Economic Crisis and Recovery Programmes; Chapter 6 The External Environment and the Prospects for African Economic Recovery and Accelerated Development, A. Ashiabor; Chapter 7 Financing of the Implementation of UN-PAAERD, Sayre P. Schatz; Chapter 8 Africa’s Economic Recovery and Support from the International Community; Chapter 9 Sub-Saharan Africa and OECD Member States, Joseph C. Wheeler; Chapter 10 The United States Assistance Strategy for Africa, Richard J. Haynes, Stephen M. Haykin; Chapter 11 The Challenge of Africa’s Economic Recovery and the Concept of International Economic Security, A.A. Sorokine; Part 3 The Enabling Environment for African Economic Recovery and Transformation; Chapter 12 Historical Perspectives, Joseph Ki-Zerbo; Chapter 13 How Politics Underdevelops Africa, Claude Ake; Chapter 14 The Consequences of Political Destabilization in Southern Africa for Economic Recovery in the Subregion, Siteke G. Mwale; Chapter 15 Gender, Skill and Power, Ali A. Mazrui, Andrew D. White; Chapter 16 African Development Management Reform, David F. Luke; Chapter 17 The Scientific and Technological Environment for African Economic Recovery and Development, Thomas R. Odhiambo; Chapter 18 The Scientific and Technological Perspective for African Economic Recovery and Development, With Particular Emphasis on Environmental Aspects, Mansour Khalid; Part

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Book SynopsisFirst Published in 1985. This volume contains material prepared over a three week field trip by the authors in rural China in July and August of 1982 and then again in September 1983. Including field work in the areas of Shaanxi, and the Chongqing municipality.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Institutional Change and Income Distribution, The Responsibility System and Institutional Change, Employment and Incomes in Rural China: The Impact of Recent Organisational Changes, China's New Population Policies, Commune- and Brigade-run Enterprises in Rural China: An Overview, Commune- and Brigade-run Enterprises in Rural China: Some recent Observations, The New Development Strategy and Rural Reforms in Post-Mao China, Epilogue: Rural China in 1983.

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Book SynopsisThis Element derives subjective poverty lines for seven Latin American countries based on a Minimum Income Question included in household expenditure surveys. It then compares poverty incidence under the subjective and objective approach. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisChina has promised to invest more than $60billion in Pakistan, in roads, rail, energy and a deep-water port at Gwadar. This is unprecedented relative to decades of minimal foreign direct investment (FDI) entering Pakistan. This is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Support for CPEC in Pakistan is widespread and encompasses much of academia, the military, the mainstream political leadership, and civil society. Supporters argue that CPEC offers the potential to transform Pakistan and support rapid, equitable and sustainable economic growth. Detractors of CPEC argue that it will more likely tip Pakistan into a dependent debt-relationship with China and that it will facilitate more Chinese imports into Pakistan posing a threat to Pakistan''s industrial base. This book utilises an in-depth understanding of economic change in contemporary China and Pakistan, and economic theory and studies of big infrastructure projects from the contemporary and historical world to evaluate these cTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Big Infrastructure: Big Problems or Big Benefits?; 3. CPEC Spillovers Rippling Outwards; 4. Through the Eyes of Who? Evaluating the Success of CPEC; 5. The Dragon Uncoils: Special Economic Zones (SEZs) from Shenzhen to Africa; 6. The Dragons Embrace: Pakistan-China Trade Policy; 7. The Will of the Dragon: The Importance of an Industrial Policy; 8. Conclusion: The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Falcon?; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe project has become fundamental to international development and humanitarian practice, playing a key role in defining objectives, funding streams and ultimately determining what success looks like. This book provides a much-needed overview of the project in international development practice, guiding the reader through the latest theoretical debates, and exploring the core tools and stages of planning and design.The book starts with an overview of the role of the project through development history, before taking the reader through the stages of a standard project management cycle. Each chapter introduces the stage, the most common tools used to support that phase of planning, and the critical debates that exist around it, with examples to illustrate discussions from around the world and a range of development fields. The book explores the challenges to working effectively in contemporary aid contexts, including the role of politics and the pressures wrought by the demandTrade ReviewA timely and neatly presented book that critically reflects upon insufficiently questioned arenas. Scott's multi-sectoral experiences allow for a compelling tightening of the theory-practice gap, guiding readers through the project management cycle as both a practical tool and an instrument for governing aid and taming its politics.Nadine Hassouneh and Elisa Pascucci, researchers at “The Bad Project”, Tampere University, Finland.The project concept and project formats are extraordinarily pervasive in development organizations, yet are largely taken for granted and insufficiently reflected on. Caitlin Scott’s impressive book helps to fill this basic gap in consideration, and it does so clearly, incisively, and thought-provokingly.Des Gasper, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University RotterdamTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Project in International Development 2. Project management in the aid sector 3. Project Inceptions 4. Project Planning : from logframes to adaptive management 5. Monitoring: indicators, adaptation and learning 6. Evaluation and Impact 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOnce marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. But a new scramble for resources, markets and territory is now taking place in Africa involving not just state, but non state-actors, including Islamic fundamentalist and other rebel groups. The second edition of Pádraig Carmody's popular book explores the dynamics of the new scramble for African resources, markets, and territory and the impact of current investment and competition on people, the environment, and political and economic development on the continent. Fully revised and updated throughout, its chapters explore old and new economic power interests in Africa; oil, minerals, timber, biofuels, land, food and fisheries; and the nature and impacts of Asian and South African investment in manufacturing and other sectors. The New Scramble for Africa will be essential reading for students of African studies, international relations and resource politics, as well as anyone interested in current affairs.Trade Review"This �new scramble for Africa� provides an excellent overview of the current development and exploitation of Africa�s resources showing how African development is defined by the �paradox of plenty�. This collection is a must for scholars interested in understanding processes of resource grabbing in Africa from colonial times until now, illustrating the variety of forms it has taken and unrevelaing the various root causes." Annelies Zoomers, Utrecht University "Follow the money is a key message of Carmody�s supercharged analysis of the new competitive scramble for Africa�s petroleum and minerals, for its timber, even for its food crops. Few have so well exposed the mechanisms and consequences of this avarice, and particularly of China�s all-encompassing shaping of Africa�s dynamic future. Carmody is a very reliable guide and his second edition is even more definitive than the first." Robert I. Rotberg, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 The New Scramble, Geography and Development 2 Old Economic Power Interests and Strategies in Africa 3 Chinese Interests and Strategies in Africa [with Ian Taylor] 4 Other New Economic Power Interests and Relations with Africa 5 Driving the Global Economy: West African and Sahelian Oil 6 The Scramble for Land: The Ugandan Case [with David Taylor] 7 Powering and Connecting the Global Economy through Conflict: Uranium and Coltan 8 Furnishing and Feeding the World? Timber, Biofuels, Plants, Food and Fisheries 9 The Asian Scramble for Investment and Markets: Evidence and Impacts in Zambia [with Godfrey Hampwaye] 10 Can Africans Unscramble the Continent? Conclusion: The New Scramble in Perspective

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Book SynopsisControversies about History, Development and Revolution in Brazil is a critical exploration of the history of Brazilian economic thought in light of the country's own historical and political development. Editors Maria Malta, Jaime León, Carla Curty and Bruno Borja present an analytical interpretation of the facts, which reveals the power of debates constructing a genuinely Brazilian contribution to world economic thought on development, democracy, history, dependency, and revolution.Resulting from 10 years of collective research, this book incorporates a new methodological proposal stemming from the strength and resilience of public research financed by the Brazilian people in quest of their own formative interpretation.Contributors are: Bruno Borja, Carla Curty, Filipe Leite, Jaime León, Maria Malta, Larissa Mazolli, Alfredo Saad-Filho, and Wilson Vieira.Table of ContentsForeword  List of TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction and Warning to the Reader   Bruno Borja, Carla Curty, Jaime León and Maria Maltapart 1How to Tell the History – Method, Thought and Versions in Dispute1 Methodological Elements for the Organization of the History of Brazilian Economic Thought The Approach Of Controversies   Carla Curty and Maria Malta2 Interpreters of Brazil Influences on the Origin of Brazilian Economic Thought   Carla Curty, Maria Malta and Bruno Borja3 Controversy on the Economic History of Brazil Roberto Simonsen, Caio Prado Jr. and Celso Furtado   Bruno Borjapart 2Revolution, Development and Democracy: The Story of a Brazil That Could Have Been4 Revisiting the Origins of the Controversy on the Brazilian Revolution A Debate between Octavio Brandão, Mario Pedrosa and Lívio Xavier   Filipe Leite Pinheiro5 Visions of the Brazilian Revolution Nelson Werneck Sodré, Caio Prado Jr and Florestan Fernandes   Bruno Borja, Carla Curty and Jaime León6 Underdevelopment and Dependency An Analysis of Celso Furtado’s Thought and Its Approach to Dependency Theory   Wilson Vieira7 Seeds of Brazilian Underdevelopment A Controversy on Property, Labor Force and Production   Larissa Mazolli Veiga and Maria Malta8 Restricted Democracy, Mass Democracy and the Crisis of the New Republic   Jaime León and Maria MaltaIndex

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Book SynopsisFive invaluable lessons for doing sustainability right, doing it profitably, and getting the credit you deserve.Did the title of this book get your attention? Good. Because as silly as it is, the idea behind it is serious, earnest, and authentic: you can''t become a sustainable operation if you''re doing the right things in the wrong place or at the wrong time.Many businesses are in the dark about how to actually do better for the planet and the people in their company and their supply chain while also growing their margin. Some believe it can''t be done. But it can. Maisie Ganzler has done it, and now she''s going to show you how to build sustainability into your business, too. Her five big lessons come from three decades of successes and failures leading a $1.7 billion corporation toward a more sustainable future. Join Ganzler as she takes you to pig farms and boardrooms, factories and farmers'' markets, teaching you not only how to operate more sustainably bu

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Book SynopsisA multi-faceted account of Egyptian economic development by nineteen internationally recognized authorities and the critical challenges the economy is likely to face in the next twenty yearsThe Egyptian Economy in the Twenty-first Century addresses the question of why Egypt, despite possessing a plethora of assets—such as a fertile agriculture, a strategic geographic location, oil and gas deposits, innumerable tourist sites, a labor force prized by regional countries, and a diaspora that remits large amounts of funds—has seldom performed to its economic potential during the last sixty years. Indeed, economic weakness created political weakness, and often exposed the country to foreign diktats. What should the country do to change this state of affairs?Nineteen internationally recognized authorities on the Egyptian economy discuss the critical challenges that the Egyptian economy is likely to face in the next two to three decades, challenges which must be overcome in order to improve the life of Egypt’s citizens and to protect the country from external pressures. Their analyses cover population and employment; development strategies; principal macroeconomic issues; development of a digital economy; fiscal and monetary matters; the external sector; poverty and income distribution; the enterprise structure; higher education; water availability; urbanization; institutional performance; and many others.Contributors:- Gouda Abdel Khalek, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt- Khaled M. Abu-Zeid, Regional Water Resources, CEDARE (Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe), Cairo, Egypt.- Fatma El Ashmawy, World Bank.- Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA- Izak Atiyas, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt.- Marwa Biltagy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.- Lahcen Bounader, International Monetary Fund.- Ishac Diwan, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.- Ahmed Ghoneim, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.- Khalid Ikram, Washington DC, USA.- Karima Korayem, al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.- Heba el-Laithy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.- Noha el-Mikawy, Ford Foundation, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt. - Mohamed Mohieddin, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.- Heba Nassar, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.- Osman Mohamed Osman, Cairo, Egypt.- Noha Razek, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.- David Sims, Cairo, Egypt.- John Waterbury, Princeton, New Jersey.Trade Review"A collection of essays by many of the most distinguished social scientists working on Egypt today, this book provides a detailed and sobering picture of the country’s challenges after decades of negligent and inept economic management. . . . That said, no government of Egypt could ask for a better roadmap to a more hopeful future than the one outlined in these essays."—Foreign Affairs"[A] highly readable account of Egypt’s economic situation and approaches to the twin challenges of providing its citizens with a better life and minimizing its vulnerability to external pressures. After Ikram’s extensive introduction summarizing the volume, 14 chapters—nearly all by Egyptian academics—discuss a wide array of issues, from demographic trends to higher education, urbanization to street children, water challenges to natural gas, and fiscal and monetary policies. . . . Highly recommended. Undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers."—CHOICE“[This] book is a model of how to analyze a country's economic situation. It is rich in information and solid analysis, presented in a manner easily accessible by the general reader but well versed in economic theory.”—Middle East Quarterly"A tour de force! Ikram and Nassar have assembled leading experts on Egypt and have compiled a masterful collection of strongly analytic yet highly policy-relevant chapters on key aspects of the economy. Critical challenges are identified with acuity, and vital recommendations are offered to help steer future policies. An excellent contribution and a must read." —Danny Leipziger, George Washington University"This book brings together articles by well-known experts on the critical areas of the Egyptian economy, both its current situation, and the near term outlook. It not only addresses the challenges that the economy is currently encountering, but also provides the analytical framework that will be needed to assess and respond to the likely unforeseen economic effects of the possible structural shifts in the global economy in the period ahead. The book is an important contribution to understanding the evolving Egyptian political economy and helps establish a sound basis for formulating the needed policy reforms to achieve Egypt's medium term objectives."—Zubair Iqbal, Middle East Institute“This tour de force is a major contribution to development economics in times of unprecedented and accelerating change. The chapters in this book set out to explain why Egypt, despite its numerous physical and human assets, has so frequently underperformed its economic potential during the last sixty years. The way out is by abandoning the current zigzag of incoherent policies in favor of a human-resource-based strategy similar to that of the East Asian Tigers. The main message may be summed up in the words of Albert Einstein: 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.'”—Samir Radwan, Former Minister of Finance of EgyptTable of ContentsNote on ContributorsList of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionKhalid IkramPart 1: The Human Factor1. Prospects for Egypt’s Population and Labor Force: 2000 to 2050Ragui Assaad2. The poverty trap: Why is it Persisting in Egypt?Osman Mohamed Osman and Heba El Laithy3. Urbanization in EgyptDavid Sims4. Street Children in Egypt: Principal Causes and Economic CostKarima Korayem5. Is Egypt’s Higher Education System Broken?John Waterbury6. Water Challenges and Recommended PoliciesKhaled Abu-ZeidPart 2: Development Strategies7. The “Trickle-down” Approach: Its Relevance to The Case of EgyptGouda Abdel-Khalek8. Human Resource Competitiveness and the Digital EconomyHeba Nassar and Marwa Biltagy9. The “Missing Middle” in Egypt’s Enterprises and Its Impact on Economic GrowthIzak Atiyas and Ishac DiwanPart 3: Drivers and Policy Instruments10. The External Sector: Performance and IssuesAhmed Ghoneim11. The Natural Gas Sector: Opportunities and ChallengesNoha H.A. Razek12. Fiscal Policies and IssuesFatma El Ashmawy13. Monetary Policy in Egypt: Medium- and Long-term ViewLahcen BounaderPart 4: Institutional Development14. Institutional Constraints and OpportunitiesNoha El-Mikawy and Mohamed Mohieddin

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