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Book SynopsisAn indispensable reference for all researchers interested in the measurement of social welfare. . . François Bourguignon, Emeritus Professor at Paris School of Economics, Former Chief Economist of the World Bank. . . .a detailed, insightful, and pedagogical presentation of the theoretical grounds of multidimensional well-being, inequality, and poverty measurement. Any student, researcher, and practitioner interested in the multidimensional approach should begin their journey into such a fascinating theme with this wonderful book. François Maniquet, Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. A Review of the Multidimensional Approaches to the Measurement of Welfare, Inequality, and Poverty Analyzing Multidimensional Well-Being: A Quantitative Approach offers a comprehensive approach to the measurement of well-being that includes characteristics such as income, health, literacy, and housing. The author presents a Table of ContentsPreface xi Endorsements xv 1 Well-Being as a Multidimensional Phenomenon 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Income as a Dimension ofWell-Being and Some Related Aggregations 4 1.3 Scales of Measurement: A Brief Exposition 10 1.4 Preliminaries for MultidimensionalWelfare Analysis 11 1.5 The Dashboard Approach andWeights on DimensionalMetrics in a Composite Index 14 1.6 MultidimensionalWelfare Function Axioms 17 1.6.1 Invariance Axioms 17 1.6.2 Distributional Axioms 19 1.7 MultidimensionalWelfare Functions 27 1.8 Concluding Remarks 37 References 38 2 An Overview of Multidimensional Economic Inequality 49 2.1 Introduction 49 2.2 A Review of One-DimensionalMeasurement 51 2.2.1 Normative One-Dimensional Inequality Indices 51 2.2.2 Subgroup-Decomposable Indices of Inequality 53 2.3 Multidimensional Inequality Indices 56 2.3.1 The Direct Approach 56 2.3.1.1 Axioms for a Multidimensional Inequality Index 56 2.3.1.2 Examples of Indices 60 2.3.2 The Inclusive Measure ofWell-being Approach 69 2.4 Concluding Remarks 77 References 78 3 A Synthesis of Multidimensional Poverty 85 3.1 Introduction 85 3.2 A Brief Review of One-Dimensional Analysis 89 3.3 Preliminaries for Multidimensional Poverty Analysis 93 3.4 Identification of the Poor and Deprivation Counting 95 3.5 Axioms for a Multidimensional Poverty Metric 99 3.5.1 Invariance Axioms 100 3.5.2 Distributional Axioms 103 3.5.3 Decomposability Axioms 108 3.5.4 Threshold Limit Sensitivity Axiom 111 3.5.5 Technical Axioms 112 3.6 Multidimensional Poverty Measurement 113 3.6.1 The Dashboard Approach 113 3.6.2 The Direct Approach 117 3.6.3 The Inclusive Measure ofWell-being Approach 123 3.7 Multidimensional Poverty Orderings 125 3.7.1 A Brief Outline of One-Dimensional Orderings 126 3.7.2 Multidimensional Orderings 129 3.8 Dimensions ofWell-Being with Ordinal Significance and Multidimensional Poverty 131 3.9 Orderings Based on Deprivations Counts 134 3.10 Multidimensional Material Deprivation 138 3.11 Concluding Remarks 142 References 143 4 Fuzzy Set Approaches to the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty 163 4.1 Introduction 163 4.2 Fuzzy Membership Function 165 4.3 Axioms for a Fuzzy Multidimensional Poverty Index 173 4.3.1 Invariance Axioms 175 4.3.1.1 Fuzzy Strong Ratio Scale Invariance 175 4.3.1.2 Fuzzy Strong Translation Scale Invariance 177 4.3.1.3 FuzzyWeak Focus 177 4.3.1.4 Fuzzy Strong Focus 178 4.3.1.5 Fuzzy Symmetry 178 4.3.1.6 Fuzzy Population Replication Invariance 179 4.3.2 Distributional Axioms 179 4.3.2.1 Fuzzy Monotonicity 179 4.3.2.2 Fuzzy Monotonicity Sensitivity 180 4.3.2.3 Fuzzy DimensionalMonotonicity 181 4.3.2.4 Fuzzy Transfer 182 4.3.2.5 Increasing Fuzzy Poverty under Correlation-Increasing Switch 184 4.3.3 Decomposability Axioms 185 4.3.3.1 Fuzzy Subgroup Decomposability 185 4.3.3.2 Fuzzy Factor Decomposability 185 4.3.4 Fuzzy Sensitivity Axiom 186 4.3.4.1 Increasing Fuzzy Poverty for Increased Membership Function 186 4.3.5 Technical Axioms 187 4.3.5.1 Fuzzy Boundedness 187 4.3.5.2 Fuzzy Continuity 187 4.4 Fuzzy Multidimensional Poverty Indices 187 4.5 Fuzzy Poverty Orderings 191 4.6 Concluding Remarks 195 References 195 5 Poverty and Time: A Multidimensional Appraisal 201 5.1 Introduction 201 5.2 Preliminaries 207 5.3 The Block Approach 208 5.3.1 IndividualMultidimensional Intertemporal Poverty Index 208 5.3.2 Aggregate Multidimensional Intertemporal Poverty Index 218 5.3.3 A Review of Some Related One-Dimensional Proposals 220 5.4 An Exploration of the Counting Approaches to Multidimensional Intertemporal Deprivations 226 5.5 The Multidimensional Duration Approach 229 5.5.1 A Review of One-Dimensional Duration-Reliant Offers 229 5.5.2 Axioms for a Chronic Multidimensional Poverty Quantifier 231 5.5.3 The Bourguignon–Chakravarty Approach to Chronic Multidimensional Poverty Measurement 240 5.6 Intertemporal Poverty Orderings 243 5.7 Concluding Remarks 245 References 246 6 Vulnerability to Poverty: A Multidimensional Evaluation 251 6.1 Introduction 251 6.2 A Review of One-DimensionalMeasurement 254 6.3 Multidimensional Representation of Vulnerability to Poverty: An Axiomatic Investigation 262 6.4 Concluding Remarks 269 References 271 7 An Exploration of Some Composite and Individualistic Indices 277 7.1 Introduction 277 7.2 Human Development Index 278 7.3 Human Poverty Index 284 7.4 Gender Inequality Index 286 7.5 Better Life Index 288 7.6 Active Citizenship Composite Index 291 7.7 Measuring Human Opportunity: A Counting Approach 293 7.8 Assessment of Progress toward Achievements in Millennium Development Goals 295 7.9 Air Quality Index 301 7.10 Concluding Remarks 303 References 304 Index 311

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive resource for higher education professionals interested in sustainability pedagogy In The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful reference for higher education professionals seeking to embed sustainability in learning and teaching. The book offers a way for higher education institutions to implement sustainability goals in their curricula and provides comprehensive guidance to educators, researchers and practitioners. The authors discuss recent developments in technological innovations, best practices, lessons learned, current challenges, and reflections in the area of sustainability teaching in higher education. They also examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainability education. With contributors from a variety of disciplines, including engineering, medicine, urban design, business, environmental science, and social science, the bTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix List of Contributors xi 1 Sustainable Development: Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education 1Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva Part I Transforming the Curriculum – Pedagogy Focused Initiatives 11 2 Activist Learning for Sustainability: A Pedagogy for Change 13Zoe Robinson, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, and Sarah Briggs 3 Outcome- Based Education Toward Achieving Sustainable Goals in Higher Education 41G. R. Sinha, Nanda Gunawardhana, and Chih- Peng Fan 4 Transforming Ourselves to Transform Societies: Cultivating Virtue in Higher Education for Sustainability 59Amparo Merino and Estela Díaz 5 Factors that Hinder the Implementation of Sustainability Initiatives in Higher Education Institutions 79David Slim Zepeda Quintana, Javier Esquer, and Nora Munguía 6 Developing Stakeholder Agency in Higher Education Sustainability Initiatives: Insights from a Change Laboratory Research Intervention 99John Scahill and Brett Bligh Copyrighted Material 7 Technology- Enhanced Education: Improving Students’ Learning Experience in the Higher Education Context 133Mengting Yu 8 Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions: Comprehensive Analysis of the Indicators and Outlook 153M. Mapar, P. Bacelar-Nicolau, and S. Caeiro 9 COVID- 19 Disruptions to SDG 4 in Higher Education Institutions 187Luis Velazquez Part II Transforming the Curriculum – Discipline- Specific Initiatives 205 10 Integrating Harmonious Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum: Addressing the Sustainability Grand Challenge 207David A. Kirby, Iman El- Kaffass, and Felicity Healey- Benson 11 Sustaining Place Transformations in Urban Design Education: Learning and Teaching Urban Density, Mix, Access, Public/Private Interface, and Type 221Hesam Kamalipour and Nastaran Peimani 12 Sustainability of Innovations in Health Professions Education 237Gominda Ponnamperuma, Asela Olupeliyawa, Madawa Chandratilake, and Kosala Marambe 13 Sustainability in Energy Systems Analysis and Design 257J. McKellar, H. Gaber, and D. Hoornweg Part III Global Trends – Country Specific Initiatives 277 14 Sustainability Teaching in Higher Education and Universities in Spain 279Sergio Nogales Delgado, Silvia Román Suero, and Beatriz Ledesma Cano 15 Sustainability in Higher Education in Egypt: Perception, Challenges, and Way Forward 297Marwa Biltagy 16 Youth Communicators as an Engine for Sustainable Development: A Case Study for Achieving SDGs in Remote Higher Education Institutions 317Saira Ahmed, Amir Qayyum, Azza Malik, and Hassan Ali 17 Streamlining Higher Education in the Maldives: Issues and Challenges 333Abdul Hannan Waheed 18 Embedding Sustainability into the Education Process in the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, SUA in Nitra, Slovakia 353Tatiana Kaletová, Ivana Mezeyová, Ján Mezey, Mária Bihuňová, Roberta Štěpánková, Andrej Tárník, Ján Horák, and Kristína Candráková Part IV Equity and Inclusion within Sustainability Education 377 19 Inclusive Education and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities in HigherEducation for Students with Disabilities 379Samanmala Dorabawila, Sakunthala Yatigammana, and Anoma Abhayaratne 20 Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching: Communication Barriers to Learners with Special Needs 397Leena Seneheweera and Varunadatta Edirisinghe 21 Sustainable Higher Education for Disabled Students: Comprehensive and Quality Support for All Process Participants – University of Zagreb Support Model 421Lelia Kiš- Glavaš 22 Barriers, New Developments, and Emerging Trends in Sustainability in HE 453Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva Index 461

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Book SynopsisA quantitative analyst's introduction to the theory and practice of ESG finance In Quantitative Methods for ESG Finance, accomplished risk and ESG experts Dr. Cyril Shmatov and Cino Robin Castelli deliver an incisive and essential introduction to the quantitative basis of ESG finance from a quantitative analyst's perspective. The book combines the theoretical and mathematical bases underlying risk factor investing and risk management with accessible discussions of ESG applications. The authors explore the increasing availability of non-traditional data sources for quantitative analysts and describe the quantitative/statistical techniques they'll need to make practical use of these data. The book also offers: A particular emphasis on climate change and climate risks, both due to its increasing general importance and accelerating regulatory change in the spacePractical code examples in a Python Jupyter notebook that use publicly available data to demonstrate the techniques discussed in the bookExpansive discussions of risk factor investing, portfolio construction, ESG scoring, new ESG-driven financial products, and new financial risk management applications, particularly those making use of the proliferation of alternative data, both text and imagesA must-read guide for quantitative analysts, investment managers, financial risk managers, investment bankers, and other finance professionals with an interest in ESG-driven investing, Quantitative Methods for ESG Finance will also earn a place on the bookshelves of graduate students of business and finance.Table of ContentsForeword vii Introduction and Book Overview 1 1. Overview 1 2. Why ESG Finance? 2 3. Why Quantitative Methods? 2 4. Target Audience and Timing of This Book 2 5. Book Outline 3 1 Introduction to ESG Finance 5 1.1 Preface: ESG Is Not a Niche Strategy Anymore 5 1.2 Introduction and Definitions 7 1.3 ESG Investment Performance 21 1.4 Sustainability and Sustainable Finance 25 2 Factor Investing and Smart Beta 39 2.1 Index Construction Basics 39 2.2 Smart Beta Indexes 40 2.3 Risk Factor Investing 48 2.4 Fama- MacBeth Regressions 50 2.5 Expanding the Risk Factor Universe 53 3 ESG Ratings 55 3.1 Introduction 55 3.2 Overview of ESG Rating Methodologies 57 3.3 Regression Trees as an Alternative Scoring Technique 61 3.4 Random Forest 69 4 Alternative Data 75 4.1 What Are Alternative Data and Their ESG Applications? 75 4.2 How to Validate an ESG Data Provider 81 4.3 Processing Satellite Data 83 5 Alternative Text Data 105 5.1 Alternative Text Data on ESG 105 5.2 Corporate ESG Reports 108 5.3 Topic Modeling 114 5.4 Latent Dirichlet Allocation 118 5.5 Outlier Topics 126 6 Introduction to Agent- Based Modeling for ESG Finance 129 6.1 Preface 129 6.2 Use of Agent- Based Models in Other Fields and Their Applicability to ESG Finance 131 6.3 Use of ABMs in the ESG Field 132 6.4 General Overview of ABMs 133 6.5 General Operating Principles of ABMs 136 6.6 Example of the PartE Framework Applied to an ESG Scenario 136 6.7 Why We Should Look Closely at ABMs 138 6.8 Challenges in the Use of ABMs 139 6.9 Example: Buildup of a Population Model ABM 140 6.10 In- Depth Review: ABMs in Academic and Regulatory Publications 154 7 Climate Risk: Macro Perspective 165 7.1 Climate Change: Background Information and Definitions 165 7.2 Regulatory Response to Climate Change 185 7.3 Climate Change Modeling 191 7.4 Carbon Risk and Carbon Pricing 199 7.5 Climate Risk in Investment Practice 202 8 Stress Testing for Banks 207 8.1 Stress Testing as a Risk Management Tool 207 8.2 Macroeconomic Stress Scenarios for Climate Risk 213 8.3 Climate Loss Modeling 220 8.4 Climate Stress Testing Exercise 223 8.5 Concluding Notes 224 Index 227

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a state-of-the-art debate on the controversial topic of development aid. The contributors are all experts in the field of international development. Presents some challenging conclusions about the role that aid plays in catalysing, or stifling, development. Represents a wide range of different analytical perspectives. Table of ContentsPreface from the Editors of Development and Change. 1. Aid as a Catalyst Jan P. Pronk. 2. Unpacking Aid James K. Boyce. 3. Aid as a Flight Forward Louis Emmerij. 4. Aid is an Unreliable Joystick Gus Edgren. 5. Development Goals, Governance and Capacity Building: Aid as a Catalyst John Degnbol-Martinussen. 6. Age of Reverse Aid: Neoliberalism as Catalyst of Regression James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer. 7. Aid, Conditionality and Development Ajit Singh. 8. The Effectiveness of Policy Conditionality: Eight Country Experiences A. Geske Dijkstra. 9. Aid and the Geopolitics of the Post-Colonial: Critical Reflections on New Labour’s Overseas Development Strategy David Slater and Morag Bell. 10. Good Governance and Aid: Selectivity Criteria in Development Assistance Wil Hout. 11. International Development Targets and Official Development Assistance Santosh Mehrotra. 12. Aid Effectiveness and Policy Ownership Rehman Sobhan. 13. It is Possible to Just Give Money to the Poor Joseph Hanlonn Pronk. 14. Aid as a Catalyst: A Rejoinder Jan P. Pronk.

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Book SynopsisIn this book a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world studies the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growth. An exploration of the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growth. Written by a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world. Argues that China's development poses the greatest ever challenge for the modern world in terms of speed, size and resource scarcity. Discusses issues such as cleaner production, green car technology, resettlement resulting from dam building, and biotechnology. Moves beyond the dichotomy between alarmist, radical views and moderate notions of incremental change. Table of ContentsPart 1. From Developmental to Environmental Policies. 1. Trajectories for Greening in China: Theory and Practice: Peter Ho (Groningen University, NL). 2. Environment and Modernity in Transitional China: Frontiers of Ecological Modernization: Arthur P. J. Mol (Wageningen University, NL). 3. Implementation of Chinese Environmental Law: Regular Enforcement and Political Campaigns: Benjamin van Rooij (Leiden University, NL). Part 2. The ‘Technological Fix’: Greening Industry and Business. 4. Effects of Economic and Environmental Reform on the Diffusion of Cleaner Coal Technology in China: Stephanie B. Ohshita (University of San Francisco, USA) and Leonard Ortolano (Stanford University, USA). 5. Implementing Cleaner Production Programmes in Changzhou and Nantong, Jiangsu Province: Hongyan He Oliver (Harvard University, USA) and Leonard Ortolano (Stanford University, USA). 6. Whither the Car? China’s Automobile Industry and Cleaner Vehicle Technologies: Jimin Zhao (University of Michigan, USA). 7. Environmental Reform, Technology Policy, and Transboundary Pollution in Hong Kong: Richard Welford, Peter Hills and Jacqueline Lam (all at University of Hong Kong). Part 3. Environmental Frictions? Dams, Agriculture and Biotechnology. 8. Resettlement Programmes and Environmental Capacity in the Three Gorges Dam Project: Gørild Heggelund (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway). 9. A Market Road to Sustainable Agriculture? Ecological Agriculture, Green Food and Organic Agriculture in China: Richard Sanders (University of Northampton, UK). 10. Biotech and Food Safety in China: Consumers’ Acceptance or Resistance?: Peter Ho (Groningen University, NL), Eduard B. Vermeer (Leiden University, NL) and Jennifer H. Zhao (Wageningen University, NL). 11. China’s Limits to Growth? The Difference between Absolute, Relative and Precautionary Limits: Peter Ho (Groningen University, NL) and Eduard Vermeer (Leiden University, NL).

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Book SynopsisThis book will serve as a valuable guide for those unfamiliar with trade policy and provides a challenging critique of trade policy for those already knowledgeable in the field.Trade ReviewKrist, a former U.S. trade negotiator, provides a useful primer on current world trade rules, structures, and negotiations, from an American perspective. -- Richard N. Cooper Foreign Affairs The writing, level of discourse, and material are very accessible for an educated audience. ChoiceTable of ContentsTablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. U.S. Trade Policy in Crisis2. America's Trade Agreements3. Trade Agreements and Economic Theory4. Trade Agreements and U.S. Commercial Interests5. Foreign Policy: The Other Driver6. Economic Development: A Missed Opportunity7. Uneasy Neighbors: Trade and the Environment8. The Labor Dilemma9. The Way ForwardAppendix: Backgrounds of U.S. Trade RepresentativesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisReveals both routine and behind-the-scenes practices that have characterized International Monetary Fund-Latin American relations in general and IMF-Argentina relations in particular, from 1944 to the presentTrade Review"Kedar's book derives from her success in clarifying the objectives of the IMF, while describing the conditions under which they were adopted or rejected... It is well written, exhaustive, and contains many sound judgments. Kedar has interdisciplinary abilities as a historian and an economist." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Autumn 2013 "Kedar's study of Argentine interactions with the IMF is a welcome and impressive addition... With its clear and straightforward writing, the book is a challenging prompt for comparable studies on Brazil and Mexico, which are long overdue. Its academic significance is enhanced by the fact that it is in line with current debates about the beliefs, actual behavior, and influence of Washington politics on the procedures and policies of multilateral financial institutions, which important scholars...have pushed forward in the last decade." - Hispanic American Historical Review "Kedar makes meticulous use of IMF documents dating back to the 1940s, and triangulates with Argentine government documents and materials from the U.S. and British National Archives...[T]wo things about this book set it apart from the familiar chronicle. The first is its firm grounding in an impressive array of original historical documents... Second, Kedar is part of a new movement of scholars seeking to update traditional theoretical understandings of what international financial institutions do and why they do it... Kedar draws on newly-available information to present a different view of the IMF as a bureaucracy with its own bureaucratic interests, which do not always coincide with the interests of the U.S. government." - Contemporary Sociology, May 2014Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Multilateralism from the Margins: Latin America and the Founding of the IMF, 1942-1945 2 It Takes Three to Tango: Argentina, the Bretton Woods Institutions, and the United States, 1946-1956 3 Dependency in the Making: The First Loan Agreement and the Consolidation of the Formal Relationship with the IMF, 1957-1961 4 Fluctuations in the Routine of Dependency: Argentine-IMF Relations in a Decade of Political Instability, 1962-1972 5 All Regimes Are Legitimate: The IMF's Relations with Democracies and Dictatorships, 1973-1982 6 Routine of Dependency or Routine of Detachment? Looking for a New Model of Relations with the IMF Conclusions Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFor decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. This book takes an expansive view of the gay movement to examine its emergence, development, strategies, and tactics, as well as the roles of law and rights in social processes.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1 Mobilizing Gay Rights under Authoritarianism 2 Legal Restrictions, Political Norms, and Being Gay in Singapore 3 Timorous Beginnings 4 Cyber Organizing 5 Transition 6 Coming Out 7 Mobilizing in the Open 8 Pragmatic Resistance, Law, and Social Movements Appendix A: Research Design and Methods Appendix B: Study Respondents: Singapore’s Gay Activists Appendix C: Singapore’s Gay Movement Organizations and Major Events Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFor decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. In her groundbreaking book, Mobilizing Gay Singapore, Lynette Chua asks, what does a social movement look like in an authoritarian state? She takes an expansive view of the gay movement to examine its emergence, development, strategies, and tactics, as well as the roles of law and rights in social processes. Chua tells this important story using in-depth interviews with gay activists, observations of the movement's activities-including Pink Dot events, where thousands of Singaporeans gather in annual celebrations of gay pride-movement documents, government statements, and media reports. She shows how activists deploy pragmatic resistance to gain visibility and support, tackle political norms that suppress dissent, and deal with police harassment, while avoiding direct confrontations with the law. Mobilizing Gay Singapore also addresses Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1 Mobilizing Gay Rights under Authoritarianism 2 Legal Restrictions, Political Norms, and Being Gay in Singapore 3 Timorous Beginnings 4 Cyber Organizing 5 Transition 6 Coming Out 7 Mobilizing in the Open 8 Pragmatic Resistance, Law, and Social Movements Appendix A: Research Design and Methods Appendix B: Study Respondents: Singapore’s Gay Activists Appendix C: Singapore’s Gay Movement Organizations and Major Events Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIndia's global success in the Information Technology industry has also prompted the growth of neoliberalism and the re-emergence of the middle class in contemporary urban areas, such as Bangalore. In her significant study, BITS of Belonging, Simanti Dasgupta shows that this economic shift produces new forms of social inequality while reinforcing older ones. She investigates this economic disparity by looking at IT and water privatization to explain how these otherwise unrelated domains correspond to our thinking about citizenship, governance, and belonging.Dasgupta's ethnographic study shows how work and human processes in the IT industry intertwine to meet the market stipulations of the global economy. Meanwhile, in the recasting of water from a public good to a commodity, the middle class insists on a governance and citizenship model based upon market participation. Dasgupta provides a critical analysis of the grassroots activism involved in a contested water project where different Trade Review“An engaging and important book that re-frames the widely studied field of IT in India in novel and interesting ways. Simanti Dasgupta offers new insights in her juxtaposition of IT and water distribution, and shows how neoliberal politics in India are deeply embedded in gender and caste hierarchies. Illuminative, BITS of Belonging deserves to be widely read.”—Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity“BITS of Belonging is a very timely and important book, with significant theoretical insights and compelling data. Its critique of the rhetoric of IT leaders and professionals in India is rigorous. Dasgupta provides an exploration of lived experience of the IT boom for those on the ground in the city of Bangalore. Her analysis moves fluidly back and forth from slums and governmental water boards, to affluent IT firms and corporate parks. With a geographer’s eye, she shows us firsthand the disconnect between these worlds—which are all affected by the IT boom—and it is extremely powerful.”—Winifred Poster, Washington University, St. Louis

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Book SynopsisIndia's global success in the Information Technology industry has also prompted the growth of neoliberalism and the re-emergence of the middle class in contemporary urban areas, such as Bangalore. In her significant study, BITS of Belonging, Simanti Dasgupta shows that this economic shift produces new forms of social inequality while reinforcing older ones. She investigates this economic disparity by looking at IT and water privatization to explain how these otherwise unrelated domains correspond to our thinking about citizenship, governance, and belonging.Dasgupta's ethnographic study shows how work and human processes in the IT industry intertwine to meet the market stipulations of the global economy. Meanwhile, in the recasting of water from a public good to a commodity, the middle class insists on a governance and citizenship model based upon market participation. Dasgupta provides a critical analysis of the grassroots activism involved in a contested water project where different Trade Review“An engaging and important book that re-frames the widely studied field of IT in India in novel and interesting ways. Simanti Dasgupta offers new insights in her juxtaposition of IT and water distribution, and shows how neoliberal politics in India are deeply embedded in gender and caste hierarchies. Illuminative, BITS of Belonging deserves to be widely read.”—Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity“BITS of Belonging is a very timely and important book, with significant theoretical insights and compelling data. Its critique of the rhetoric of IT leaders and professionals in India is rigorous. Dasgupta provides an exploration of lived experience of the IT boom for those on the ground in the city of Bangalore. Her analysis moves fluidly back and forth from slums and governmental water boards, to affluent IT firms and corporate parks. With a geographer’s eye, she shows us firsthand the disconnect between these worlds—which are all affected by the IT boom—and it is extremely powerful.”—Winifred Poster, Washington University, St. Louis

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Book SynopsisSustainable Banking introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Introduction to Sustainable Banking Chapter 2: History of Sustainable Banking Chapter 3: The Business Case for Sustainability Chapter 4: The Direct and Indirect Impacts of Banking on Sustainable Development Chapter 5: Internal Processes Chapter 6: Sustainable Lending and Project Finance Chapter 7: Responsible Investment Chapter 8: Social Finance and Impact Investing Chapter 9: The Sustainability Case for Banking

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Book SynopsisWith its emphasis on rural development as opposed to urban development, Tanzania has pursued an individual path in socialist development. This work is the first empirical analysis of public investment in matters of agriculture, education, rural health, manufacturing, and commerce, comparing the actual program of investment to the strategy outlined in the Arusha Declaration of 1967.In Socialist Development and Public Investment in Tanzania 1964-1976, Dr Clark finds that Tanzania has been more successful in reorienting its program of social investment than its program of economic development. This failure stems from real differences within Tanzania, and among socialists generally, about appropriate investment strategies for a country at Tanzania's stage of development. In fact, no clear specification of an economic strategy exists and, as a result, policy has been heavily determined by the interests of the dominant political groups. It also reflects the fact that,

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.Trade Review"This book is highly accessible, informative, and potentially inspiring ... The book approaches familiar debates on development – including population growth, food scarcity and environmental degradation – from a perspective that is both original and thought provoking." Nitsan Chorev, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University“By radically challenging what they call the colonizing virulence of underdevelopment, the authors of The future of development provide a clarion call to arms, a radical manifesto, for unthinking the development enterprise.” Adam David Morton, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham"Elucidates the contradictions in development approaches very effectively." Journal of Social Policy“Esteva, Babones and Babcicky provide a clarion call to think and act in the world without the frames of `development’ and `underdevelopment’. By problematising conceptual and statistical lenses that convert the world to a singular development enterprise, they re-open our minds and vision to social actions and values that defy a reductionist development paradigm. This is a timely and inspiring intervention.” Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Editor, Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change (2010)“This concise book pursues critical alternatives to mainstream claims about development. The authors expose the façade of economic development, and reveal that cultural development is an exciting and important path for new research. The authors, in their public intellectual lives and here in their manifesto, show us how diversity can lead to unity, especially as they reveal the deeper problems with consumption. There are only a handful of books that can reach a diverse group of readers with such an important and exciting message. Yes, a truly remarkable book.” Pat Lauderdale, Arizona State University."This short and highly readable book is strongly recommended. It covers a broad range of material on development in a concise yet comprehensive way, and relates this to the need for concrete alternatives in today's messy world. It should be read by activists, students and scholars in the field." Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London.Table of ContentsThe Birth of Development and Underdevelopment; Development Statistics and What They Tell Us; Buen Vivir: An Alternative to the Cult of Growth; There is Enough for Everyone; Reorganizing Society from the Bottom Up; The Reclamation of the Commons; Epilogue: A Role for Development Scholars and Practitioners.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.Trade Review"This book is highly accessible, informative, and potentially inspiring ... The book approaches familiar debates on development – including population growth, food scarcity and environmental degradation – from a perspective that is both original and thought provoking." Nitsan Chorev, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University“By radically challenging what they call the colonizing virulence of underdevelopment, the authors of The future of development provide a clarion call to arms, a radical manifesto, for unthinking the development enterprise.” Adam David Morton, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham"Elucidates the contradictions in development approaches very effectively." Journal of Social Policy“Esteva, Babones and Babcicky provide a clarion call to think and act in the world without the frames of `development’ and `underdevelopment’. By problematising conceptual and statistical lenses that convert the world to a singular development enterprise, they re-open our minds and vision to social actions and values that defy a reductionist development paradigm. This is a timely and inspiring intervention.” Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Editor, Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change (2010)“This concise book pursues critical alternatives to mainstream claims about development. The authors expose the façade of economic development, and reveal that cultural development is an exciting and important path for new research. The authors, in their public intellectual lives and here in their manifesto, show us how diversity can lead to unity, especially as they reveal the deeper problems with consumption. There are only a handful of books that can reach a diverse group of readers with such an important and exciting message. Yes, a truly remarkable book.” Pat Lauderdale, Arizona State University."This short and highly readable book is strongly recommended. It covers a broad range of material on development in a concise yet comprehensive way, and relates this to the need for concrete alternatives in today's messy world. It should be read by activists, students and scholars in the field." Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London.Table of ContentsThe Birth of Development and Underdevelopment; Development Statistics and What They Tell Us; Buen Vivir: An Alternative to the Cult of Growth; There is Enough for Everyone; Reorganizing Society from the Bottom Up; The Reclamation of the Commons; Epilogue: A Role for Development Scholars and Practitioners.

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Book SynopsisIn-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa.Trade Review"This is a valuable, timely and thought-provoking collection on spaces and practices of care in Africa. The challenges of political economic change and the variations in actual situations are beautifully documented." Susan Reynolds Whyte, University of Copenhagen"This book provides an opportunity for one of the most misrepresented entities to be heard - Africa's older population, a vulnerable group with unique needs." Sanet du Toit, University of Sydney, Australia"...a thoughtful and insightful contribution, adding to or supporting our discussions on Western care-giving... an invaluable book on Africa's older population, a thought-provoking discussion on the practices of care – familial, informal and formal – in Africa and an interesting discussion on the spaces of care" Ageing and Society, Volume 39, Issue 4Table of ContentsIntroduction: spaces and practices of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa ~ Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype; Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? Logic and contradiction in policy ~ Sjaak van der Geest; Caring for people “without” value: movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa’s retirement homes ~ Katrien Pype; Older persons providing care for older persons in Tanzania: Against conventions – but accepted ~ Peter van Eeuwijk; Place matters. The home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania ~ Brigit Obrist; Care and identity in rural Malawi ~ Emily Freeman; Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania ~ Josien de Klerk; Negotiating care for older persons in South Africa: between the ideal and the pragmatics ~ Jaco Hoffman; Afterword: Discourses of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa – towards Conceptual Development ~ Andries Baart.

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Book SynopsisIn-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa.Trade Review"...a thoughtful and insightful contribution, adding to or supporting our discussions on Western care-giving... an invaluable book on Africa's older population, a thought-provoking discussion on the practices of care – familial, informal and formal – in Africa and an interesting discussion on the spaces of care" Ageing and Society, Volume 39, Issue 4"This is a valuable, timely and thought-provoking collection on spaces and practices of care in Africa. The challenges of political economic change and the variations in actual situations are beautifully documented." Susan Reynolds Whyte, University of Copenhagen"This book provides an opportunity for one of the most misrepresented entities to be heard - Africa's older population, a vulnerable group with unique needs." Sanet du Toit, University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction: spaces and practices of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa ~ Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype; Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? Logic and contradiction in policy ~ Sjaak van der Geest; Caring for people “without” value: movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa’s retirement homes ~ Katrien Pype; Older persons providing care for older persons in Tanzania: Against conventions – but accepted ~ Peter van Eeuwijk; Place matters. The home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania ~ Brigit Obrist; Care and identity in rural Malawi ~ Emily Freeman; Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania ~ Josien de Klerk; Negotiating care for older persons in South Africa: between the ideal and the pragmatics ~ Jaco Hoffman; Afterword: Discourses of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa – towards Conceptual Development ~ Andries Baart.

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Book SynopsisAcademics from a range of disciplines and from a number of European and Latin American countries come together to question what it means to have a `sustainable society' and to ask what role alternative social and solidarity economies can play.Trade Review"This ambitious and engaging set of dialogues on the dynamics of the social and solidarity economy is both timely and necessary. By bringing together an international set of scholars from Latin America and the UK Towards Just and Sustainable Economies develops important and insightful contributions to fostering alternatives to the deleterious consequences of neoliberalism." Dr David Featherstone, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsIntroduction: New Economies North and South: Sharing the Evolution to a Just and Sustainable Future ~ Peter North and Molly Scott Cato; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on the Social and Solidarity Economy; Towards a new economics: Concepts and experiences from Latin America ~ Jose Luis Coraggio; Towards low carbon solidarity economies ~ Peter North; Monsieur le Capital and Madame la Terre on the Brink ~ Penelope Ciancanelli and David Fasenfest; Part II: The Social and Solidarity Economy as a Site of Social Innovation; Developing the solidarity economy: Brazil's social economy incubators ~ Reinaldo Pacheco da Costa; Innovation, cooperativism and inclusive development: Rethinking technological change and social inclusion ~ Hernan Thomas and Lucas Becerra; The solidarity economy and the University's role in creating sustainable evolution ~ Luiz Roberto Alves, Marco Aurelio Bernardes, Victor Gil Neto and Waverli Maia Maratozzo-Neuberger; Community governance of common resources in North-Eastern Brazil ~ Gilca Oliveira; Part III: The Social and Solidarity Economy and the State; The Danish low carbon transition and the prospects for a democratic economy ~ Andrew Cumbers; A Brazilian perspective on the solidarity economy: Transferring Argentine experiences of Barter to Brazil ~ Paul I. Singer and Heloisa Pimavera; 21st century socialism? Venezuela's solidarity, social, popular and communal economy ~ Dario Azzellini; Co-construction or prefiguration? Rethinking the `translation' of SSE practices into policy ~ Ana Cecilia Dinerstein; Part IV: Inspiration between north and south; Being a Zapatista wherever you are: Reflections on academic/activist practice from Latin America ~ Paul Chatterton; Living Sin Patron: Lessons from Argentina's societies in movement ~ Marina Sitrin; The social and solidarity economy in Argentina and the UK: Convergence from opposite directions ~ Molly Scott Cato and Paolo Raffaelli; Conclusion ~ Peter North and Molly Scott Cato.

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Book SynopsisPerformance budgeting is a reform adopted by governments in many OECD countries and encouraged by development agencies. This book explores the experiences of seven countries and suggests a fresh approach to avoid classic pitfalls and adopting ideas from successful reformers.

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Book SynopsisPresents new evidence to advance understanding on how rainfall shocks coupled with water scarcity, impacts farms, firms, and families. A key message of this report is that water has multiple economic attributes, each of which entail distinct policy responses.

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Book SynopsisTwo decades after its original publication, The Analysis of Household Surveys is being reissued with a new preface by its author, Sir Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Book SynopsisMost African households cannot afford electricity access and consumption needed to enhance their economic wellbeing. This research argues that a sustainable path for universal access requires a focus on the productive use.

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Book SynopsisThis report is framed within the same context as its predecessor, A Glass Half Full, namely, the sub-optimal level of economic engagement within South Asia. It focuses on intraregional investment, from an outward investment lens, using a unifying framework of international engagement strategies.

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Book SynopsisExplores the latest innovation in wireless technology, the tremendous opportunities that could be reaped from adopting 5G, the costs and challenges associated with 5G, and policy considerations for developing countries to most effectively deploy and utilize the 5G network.

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Book SynopsisConsidering technological change and linkages between sectors while differentiating across types of services, this book assesses the scope of a services-driven development model and policy directions that maximize its potential.

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in helping developing countries participate in global value chains (GVCs). The report provides practical guidance for developing countries to develop strategies that use FDI to strengthen GVC participation and upgrading.

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Book SynopsisThe report aims to stimulate structural reforms in MENA that allow the region to spur sufficient and decent job creation as well as to leapfrog into the new industrial revolution.

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Book SynopsisMore and better jobs in the MENA region must rely on a new era of market contestability. Governments must reshape their relationships towards markets, towards workers and towards women, combining bold reforms with gradual ones and using data to create a new social contract with the people of the region.

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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of Global Findex - the world's most comprehensive database on financial inclusion - offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during COVID-19, when mobility restrictions and health policies drove increased demand for digital services of all kinds.

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Book SynopsisExamines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing economies.

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Book SynopsisSocial deprivations coincide with vast deforestation in Brazil's Legal Amazon, or Amazonia. Poverty reduction and sustainable development require renewed efforts to protect the region's exceptional natural wealth, coupled with a shift from an extractive to a productivity-oriented growth model.

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Book SynopsisExamines the causes of low productivity growth in Kazakhstan by combining an analysis of firm-level data and multiple policy drivers. This is the first work to analyse the micro-foundations of the total factor productivity in Kazakhstan and elaborating specific recommendations for boosting aggregate productivity growth.

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Book SynopsisExamines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. The report finds that most countries are using these resources inefficiently, and closing these efficiency gaps can address many of the world's pressing economic and environmental problems.

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Book SynopsisGlobally, 70% of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. Cities are also experiencing an expanding variety and frequency of climate change related stresses. This report provides policymakers with a compass for designing tailored policies that can help cities take effective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

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Book SynopsisSouth Sudan is the third most vulnerable country to climate change in the world, and one of the most politically fragile. Rising from the Depths illustrates how South Sudan can leverage its water resources to prepare for climate change and advance national peace and development.

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Book SynopsisA World Bank Group Flagship Report. Published semiannually, the report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries through in-depth research in the January edition, and shorter analytical pieces in the June edition.

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