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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the Policymaking Process in Developing Countries provides a uniquely comprehensive and practical framework for development practitioners, policymakers, activists, and students to diagnose and improve policy processes in developing countries across a wide range of issues. Based on the classic policy sciences approach, the book offers over 100 diagnostic indicators keyed to identify problems of policy processes, policy content, bureaucratic behavior, stakeholder behavior, and national-subnational interactions. This multi-disciplinary framework is applied to a host of policy problems that particularly plague countries experiencing the ''under-development syndrome'', including aborted programs and projects, policy impasses, distorted implementation, unnecessary harm and conflict, and shortsighted initiatives. These points are illustrated through cases from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Based on the developing countries'' distinctive challenges, the book also offers recommeTrade Review'This is an excellent book. It is an important step forward in global development scholarship because it combines a highly effective 'reality check' on development theory and practice and it offers accessible practical steps and intelligent advice on how to unpack and overcome persistent challenges to development work. It should be required reading for aspirant development practitioners and policymakers.' Craig Hammer, Program Manager, The World Bank'It is rare to encounter a generalized explanation of the policymaking process in developing countries that doubles as a practical guide for the policy analyst. Understanding the Policymaking Process in Developing Countries is one such contribution. Ascher's structured and thorough explication of the policy process in developing countries, including the social, political, and institutional dimensions, is especially valuable for the practicing policy scientist.' Matthew Auer, Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia'This timely book by an experienced development thinker helps remind us that good development policies and programs require more than careful analysis. Effective policymaking also requires that those charged with implementing policies and programs be willing and able to ask the right questions about how the policy process works. This book provides valuable advice both on how policymakers and their advisors should pose these questions as well as on how they should might get them answered most effectively.' Sudhir Shetty, Chief Economist, East Asia Pacific, The World BankTable of Contents1. Challenges to effective development policymaking; 2. The policy process in developing countries really is different; 3. The expert's risk: endorsing ill-fated initiatives; 4. The expert's frustration: rejection of sound knowledge or recommendations; 5. Overcoming the impasses that block sound initiatives; 6. Inconsistent or incomplete enactment of initiatives; 7. Inadequate accommodation for excessive deprivation; 8. Reducing avoidable conflict; 9. Minimizing shortsighted policies; 10. Adapting policy initiatives and institutions; 11. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom seeks to carefully explain, engage, and systematically question the existing explanations of inequalities within Africa, and between Africa and the rest of the world using insights from the emerging field of stratification economics. Drawing on multiple sources - including archival and historical material and a wide range of survey data - he develops a distinctive approach that combines key concepts in original institutional economics, such as reasonable value, property, and the distribution of wealth, with other insights into Africa''s development and underdevelopment. While looking at the Africa-wide situation, Obeng-Odoom also analyzes the experiences of inequalities within specific countries. Comprehensive and engaging, Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa is a useful resource for teaching and research on Africa and the Global South.Trade Review'Franklin Obeng-Odoom follows a growing cadre of scholarship generated by African scholars who are particularly engaging African economic issues in a distinctively, self-determined way. In doing exactly that, Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa is a brilliant book that intellectually grapples with the continent's sustained least developed ranking in the world. Be that as it may, the book also cleverly avoids – and actually effectively debunks – lazy, neoclassical explanations attributing Africa's poverty and inequality to its backwardness and traditional culture. Instead, Obeng-Odoom uniquely formulates a refreshing alternative thesis about African economic prospects using what he refers to as a new theory of black stratification economics. To this end, Obeng's deep structuralist analysis delicately reveals both the historical and continuing external expropriation and transfers of African land, labor, and capital as the source of the problem.' Rita Kiki Edozie, The John W McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, UMass Boston'The vast majority of the dubious literature on this profound topic derives from the neo-colonial European-American conceit that the only problem with Nigeria is that it is not more like Norway, and the only problem with South Sudan is that it is not more like Switzerland. The tyranny of the World Bank ideology machine, aided by a compliant cadre of land-obsessed NGOs, has held the stage for too long. Franklin Obeng-Odoom will now teach what must be learned. An African voice on land policy? How novel.' Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison'Franklin Obeng-Odoom's book should be read, both by academics working in the fields of development economics, growth, international economics, socioeconomics, and institutionalism, and by non-economists devoted to Africa … It is also a very good exposition, and students will be able to use the numerous presentations of key theoretical concepts and frameworks in the field of macroeconomics, international economics, economics of the commons, economics of agriculture, institutional economics and socioeconomics.' Abdallah Zouache, African Review of Economics and Finance'In Property, Institutions and Social Stratification in Africa, Franklin Obeng-Odoom offers a new comprehensive exploration of inequalities within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world, drawing on stratification economics. The book offers compelling and crucial insight into the deficiencies of mainstream economics when it comes to addressing the roots of poverty and inequality in African countries and provides new evidence of neocolonialism and exploitation of African resources across the continent …' Heba E. Helmy, LSE Review of Books'… his book has the makings of a foundation text for the new narrative.' Fred Harrison, Land & Liberty'It is highly recommended for teachers, researchers and students of African political economy around the globe.' Lewis Abedi Asante, Africa Spectrum'I commend Obeng-Odoom for writing an impressive as well as an inspiring book that forces his readers to look again at what society takes for granted; what are good academics for and, above all, to provoke all of us to think deeply. He most certainly does that admirably.' Samuel K. Andoh, African and Asian Studies'The ideas in Obeng-Odoom's book should be taken seriously by students, researchers and policy makers interested in Africa and African development.' Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo, Journal of African Political Economy and Development'Franklin Obeng-Odoom's fascinating book is one from which not just Africans but the rest of us in the global South can derive many valuable lessons for our collective way forward.' Walden Bello, Journal of Australian Political Economy'… is worthy of reading and contributes to our knowledge of the processes of inequality in very different ways.' Stephanie Seguino, Forum for Social Economics'Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa is a book that should inform a new generation of critical development thinking and practice. I recommend this book to anyone committed to learning about Africa, and to better engaging with Africans about development, change, and the future.' Adam Sneyd, Australasian Review of African Studies'… this book will set a new standard for critical political economy analyses of African economies. I highly recommend it.' Stefan Ouma, Economic Geography'… challenges prevailing ideas on existing development policies and attempts to provide new alternative perspectives for more equitable economic development in Africa.' Toyomu Masaki, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review'... Obeng-Odoom's latest book presents a fresh, comprehensive political economic framework for the general Global South, specifically Africa. It prioritizes Africans' authority in ongoing economic processes taking place on African soil.' Daphne Engel, SAGE PublicationsTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. The Problem: Introduction. The Global South in a 'compartmentalised world': 1. The foundations for a new beginning; Part II. Problematic Explanations and Solutions: 2. Property economics; 3. Land reform; 4. Human capital; 5. International trade; 6. Economic growth; Part III. Alternatives: 7. Socialism; 8. Africanisms; Concluding the groundwork for a new political economy of the Global South; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisOne of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to address large, deep, and historic deficits in human development. Democracy at Work explores a crucial question: how does democracy, with all of its messy, contested, and, time-consuming features, advance well-being and improve citizens'' lives? Professors Brian Wampler, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, and Michael Touchton argue that differences in the local robustness of three democratic pathways - participatory institutions, rights-based social programs, and inclusive state capacity - best explain the variation in how democratic governments improve well-being. Using novel data from Brazil and innovative analytic techniques, the authors show that participatory institutions permit citizens to express voice and exercise vote, inclusive social programs promote citizenship rights and access to public resources, and more capable local states use public resources according to democratic principles of rights protections and equal accesTrade Review'This important book documents the existence of a significant 'democracy advantage' in the form of Brazilian municipalities that have been able to improve a number of key social indicators by expanding participatory institutions, adopting rights-based social programs, and building local state capacity. Given the multiple crises that have beset Brazil's national-level politics in recent years, the publication of Democracy at Work is especially timely as a reminder that local actors can construct their own pathways to well-being.' Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz'Democracy at Work convincingly demonstrates that 'thicker democracy' really does improve social outcomes. The authors deploy the analytical leverage of the subnational comparative method, grounded in extraordinary empirical evidence, to show both the independent and interactive effects of participatory public institutions, inclusive safety nets and capable local governments.' Jonathan Fox, Accountability Research Center, School of International Service, American University'Democracy at Work is an impressive, even exemplary, piece of scholarship.' Jared Abbott and Benjamin Goldfrank, Comparative Politics'Wampler, Sugiyama, and Touchton's exciting book Democracy at Work promises a deep dive into the black box of democracy with all of its 'messy, contested, and time-consuming features' … Democracy at Work is sure to become essential reading for any student of participatory democracy and developmental studies, as well as anyone seeking to understand the micro-level pathways that cultivate well-being beyond the broad stroke of economic growth and regime type.' Maggie Shum, The Developing EconomiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Democracy at work; 2. Building pathways for change; 3. Research design, methods, and variables; 4. Reducing poverty: broadening access to income; 5. Improving health: saving lives; 6. Empowering women: saving mothers and enhancing opportunities; 7. Educating society: promoting public education and learning; 8. Pathways at work: lessons from Brazil's poor Northeast; Conclusion: how democracy improves well-being.

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Book SynopsisRethink climate, resilience, and sustainability for your organization In Future Ready: Your Organization's Guide to Rethinking Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability, a team of business leaders with deep expertise in engineering, planning, finance, project, program implementation and advisory consulting perspective delivers an essential guide for executives, managers, and other business and infrastructure organization leaders to set and implement a resilience, sustainability and ESG strategy in complex project and operating environments. Through practical examples and proven insights, readers will learn to proactively engage with stakeholders, successfully plan, implement, and measure the impacts of their initiatives, and effectively communicate the results. In the book, the authors draw on hundreds of completed projects across a full range of client organizations, markets, sectors, and scales to equip readers with unprecedented insights and the behind-the-sceneTable of ContentsForeword xiii Introduction: Superstorm Sandy 1 Chapter 1: Rethink Everything 7 Part I: Touring a Dynamic World 31 Chapter 2: On the Street 33 Chapter 3: On the Move 65 Chapter 4: Below the Surface 105 Chapter 5: In the Big Apple 129 Part II: How to Design and Implement Your Organization’s Sustainability Journey 153 Chapter 6: Define, Measure, and Set Targets 157 Chapter 7: Tools and Technologies 171 Chapter 8: Reporting Risk and Assessing Vulnerability 183 Chapter 9: Building Support Inside and Out 203 Chapter 10: Nature- Based Solutions from Coast to Coast 213 Conclusion: The Right Future, the Right Way 233 Epilogue: When You Rethink Everything, Finance Will Flow 239 Afterword: Ready, Steady, Breath…Go! 249 Afterword: Why There’s No I in Team—or CRS 251 Acknowledgments 255 About the Authors 259 Glossary 261 Index 269

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.Table of ContentsPART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES AND PRINCIPLES OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY 1. Comparative Advantage: The Silver Bullet of Industrial Policy; Justin Yifu Lin and Célestin Monga 2. Comments on 'Comparative Advantage: The Silver Bullet of Industrial Policy; Ha-Joon Chang 3. Industrial Policies, the Creation of a Learning Society, and Economic Development; Bruce Greenwald and Joseph Stiglitz 4. Discussion of 'Industrial Policies, the Creation of a Learning Society, and Economic Development; Josh Lerner PART II: SPECIAL ISSUES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 5. Technology Policies and Learning with Imperfect Governance; Mushtaq H. Khan 6. Comments on 'Technology Policies and Learning with Imperfect Governance'; Pranab Bardham 7. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship; Josh Lerner 8. Comments on 'The Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship'; Indermit Gill PART III: INSTRUMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY 9. Financing Development: The Case of BNDES; João Carlos Ferraz, Claudio Figueiredo Coelho Leal, Felipe Silveira Marques and Marcelo Trindade Miterhof 10. Comments on 'Financing Development: The Case of BNDES'; Robert Cull 11. Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment; Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton 12. Comments on 'Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment; Ann Harrison 13. Clusters as an Instrument for Industrial Policy: The Case of China; Xiaobo Zhang 14. Theories of Agglomeration: Critical Analysis from a Policy Perspective; Célestin Monga PART IV: REGIONAL CASE STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL POLICIES 15. Capability Failure and Industrial Policy to Move beyond the Middle-Income Trap: From Trade-based to Technology-based Specialized; Keun Lee 16. Comments on 'Capability Failure and Industrial Policy to Move beyond the Middle-Income Trap: From Trade-based to Technology-based Specialized; Ariel Fiszbein 17. What's New in the New Industrial Policy in Latin America? Robert Devlin and Graciela Moguillansky 18. Comments on 'What's New in the New Industrial Policy in Latin America?'; Carlos Alvarez V. PART V: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIAL POLICIES 19. New Thinking on Industrial Policy Country Case Studies of Successful and Unsuccessful Industrial Policies: The Return of Industrial Policy in Brazil David Kupfer, João Carlos Ferraz and Felipe Silveira Marques 20. Industrial Policy and Development: Lessons from Brazil. Comments on the Paper by David Kupfer, João Carlos Ferraz and Felipe Silveira Marques; Volcker Treichel 21. The Chaebol and Industrial Policy in Korea; Wonhyuk Lim 22. Comments on 'The Chaebol and Industrial Policy in Korea'; Shahid Yusuf

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Book SynopsisSince its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological and disciplinary spectrum. This substantially expanded and fully updated second edition in the relaunched series without the numerical constraint includes an additional 24 essays, filling in many gaps in the original selection, greatly improving the gender balance and diversifying coverage to reflect the evolving landscape of development in theory, policy and practice.It presents a unique guide to the lives, ideas and practices of leading contributors to the contested terrain of development studies and development policy and practice. Its thoughtful essays reflect the diversity of development in theory, policy and practice across time, space, disciplines and communTable of ContentsAdebayo Adedeji (1930–2018) Irma Adelman (1930–2017) Anil Agarwal (1947–2002) Elmar Altvater (1938–2018) Samir Amin (1931–2018) Alice Amsden (1943–2012) A.T. Ariyaratne (1931–) Jagdish Bhagwati (1934–) Piers Blaikie (1942–) James M. (Jim) Blaut (1927–2000) Norman Borlaug (1914–2009) Ester Boserup (1910–1999) Harold Brookfield (1926–) Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931–) Michael Cernea (1934–) Robert Chambers (1932–) Hollis B. Chenery (1918–1994) Diane Elson (1946–) Arturo Escobar (1952–) Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) Fei Xiaotong (1919–2005) Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005) Paolo Freire (1921–1997) John Friedmann (1926–2017) Celso Furtado (1920–2004) Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869–1948) Susan George (1934–) Alexander Gerschenkron (1904–1978) Jayati Ghosh (1955–) Eduardo Gudynas (1960–) Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Gerald K. Helleiner (1936–) Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012) Philippe Hugon (1939–2018) Richard Jolly (1934–) Naila Kabeer (1950–) Michał Kalecki (1899–1970) Inge Kaul (1944–) Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914–1999) Charles Poor Kindleberger (1910–2003) Sir William Arthur Lewis (1915–1991) Michael Lipton (1937–) Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Karl Marx (1818–1883) Manfred Max-Neef (1932–) Terence Gary McGee (1936–) Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) Kwame Francis Nkrumah (1909–1972) Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1957) Julius Kambaragwe Nyerere (1922–1999) Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) François Perroux (1903–1987) Karl Polanyi (1886–1964) Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986) Aníbal Quijano (1928–2018) Joan Robinson (1903–1983) Walter Rodney (1942–1980) Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (1902–1985) Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003) Aruna Roy (1946–) Ignacy Sachs (1927–) E.F. (Fritz) Schumacher (1911–1977) Dudley Seers (1920–1983) Amartya Kumar Sen (1933–) Hans Wolfgang Singer (1910–2006) Frances Stewart (1940–) Joseph Stiglitz (1943–) Paul Patrick Streeten (1917–2019) James Tobin (1918–2002) Mahbub Ul Haq (1934–1998) Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Wang Hui (1959–) Eric R. Wolf (1923–1999) Peter Worsley (1924–2013)

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Book SynopsisThis up-to-date text offers a clear and cogent introduction to women in development. Exploring the global structures and processes that impede or support the empowerment of women, Jana Everett and Sue Ellen M. Charlton use a feminist lens to understand contemporary gender roles. Without such a lens, they argue, our understanding of globalization and development is incomplete, resulting in flawed policies that fail to improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. After a set of introductory chapters that conceptually frame the issues, the authors then investigate women's struggles within and against globalization and development through powerful case studies of sex trafficking, water, work, and health. These chapters, by using specific examples, develop the concepts of structure and agency, levels of analysis, and feminist approaches as tools to help students understand the complexities of development and alternative strategies. Through rich interdisciplinary analysis, EveTrade ReviewEverett and Charlton, pioneering feminist scholars of international development and comparative politics, provide a dynamic analysis of the mixed blessings for women of neoliberal globalization—that is, the capitalist marketplace operating within and across spaces of limited governmental regulation. Their writing is conceptually sound, clear, and accessible, with case studies on work, water, health, and human trafficking. While attentive to the big picture of institutions and public policies at national and international levels, the authors highlight women's agency in struggles to make a better and fairer world. -- Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El PasoWomen Navigating Globalization is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the complex interplay between gender relations and globalization that neither neglects the importance of local sites and struggles nor ignores their relevance to international policy. Everett and Charlton adopt a ‘gender-plus focus’ showing the imperative of addressing gender inequalities and injustices in relation to injustices based on race, class, nationality, sexuality, and disability as part of any development scenario—whether that relates to the problems of human trafficking, the management of natural resources such as water, the quality of work, or the conditions for health and well-being. Under the ambit of globalization, this empirically rich book encompasses a broader range of development dilemmas and of country experiences to address global policy debates as well as local struggles and realities. Deploying several feminist perspectives and the inspiration of women’s movements, we see that different ways of framing the problem can lead to different solutions in different development contexts—be it Bangladesh or Russia, India or Brazil, the United States or Chile. Above all, we learn that multilevel strategies are essential for bringing about more gender-equal, inclusive, and balanced global development. -- Jacqui True, Monash UniversityEverett and Charlton have written a clear, comprehensive analysis of globalization and development examined through the lens of feminist analysis. They begin with conceptual analyses of their terms, soundly documented and referenced with key studies. They embrace multiple forms of feminism as practiced differently in diverse world areas. The authors provide a balanced emphasis on top-down structures that shape lives and on the agency that women bring, individually and collectively, to their situations. Everett and Charlton ask and answer their key questions at different levels of analysis, from local and regional to national and international. In four chapters, before their conclusion, they offer innovative applications of these concepts in four areas and eight places: human trafficking (Russia and Bangladesh), water (Peru and South Africa), work (Brazil and India), and women's health (Chile and the African Union) . . . [T]hese experienced researchers/authors . . . analyze the material in a sophisticated yet accessible way, which will be of value to upper-division or graduate students and academics. The book is as comprehensive as Mary Hawkesworth's Globalization and Feminist Activism. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Feminism and Development in a Global World Chapter 2: Navigating Globalization: Feminist Approaches to Development Chapter 3: Development, Globalization, and Power Chapter 4: Debates and Dilemmas: Global Sex Trafficking Chapter 5: Debates and Dilemmas: Water Chapter 6: Debates and Dilemmas: Work Chapter 7: Debates and Dilemmas: Health Chapter 8: Collective Action, Development, and the Challenges of Globalization

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Book SynopsisAt a time when critiques of free trade policies are gaining currency, The Neomercantilists helps make sense of the protectionist turn, providing the first intellectual history of the genealogy of neomercantilism.Eric Helleiner identifies many pioneers of this ideology between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries who backed strategic protectionism and other forms of government economic activism to promote state wealth and power. They included not just the famous Friedrich List, but also numerous lesser-known thinkers, many of whom came from outside of the West.Helleiner''s novel emphasis on neomercantilism''s diverse origins challenges traditional Western-centric understandings of its history. It illuminates neglected local intellectual traditions and international flows of ideas that gave rise to distinctive varieties of the ideology around the globe, including in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. This rich historyTrade ReviewA grand work of scholarship, the book easily accomplishes its goal of disrupting Western and List-centric readings of neomercantilism. Combining a close reading of neomercantilist texts with insights drawn from relevant primary and secondary sources, The Neomercantilists should prove a valuable resource for scholars interested in post-Napoleonic global governance and the world economy. * International Journal *Helleiner is perhaps the most distinguished scholar in his generation of international political economists. Helleiner shows that there were as many flavors of neomercantilism as there were national, imperial, and postcolonial traditions. * Boston Review *The Neomercantilists is at once a timely intervention at a juncture of resurgent protectionism and geopolitical competition, and a timely contribution to the IPE literature that now abounds in global histories of liberalism and Marxism but lacks a matching study of neomercantilism. As such, it merits a place on the shelf next to Eli Heckscher's classic study of mercantilism. * International Reviews *[The Neomercantalists is a] thorough and careful scholarly work conducted at the highest level, and [it] has provided arguments about the global circulation of ideas and the drivers of change and transformation that will resonate and be engaged with by scholars within and beyond IPE. * E-International Relatons *This book is refreshing and fascinating—and not only for filling a gap in the broad ideological intellectual history[.] The book provides an excellent intellectual history of neomercantilism. Conveniently structured (some parts can be read on their own), beautifully written and well researched, it is one of the most significant IPE books I have had the pleasure to read in recent years. * Canadian Jounral of Political Science *Helleiner's book is essential for grasping earlier theories of state-led development that diverged from classical liberalism, as well as their relevance in an era where pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions and Russia's war in Ukraine have further eroded confidence globalization. * Vassallo Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Neomercantilism's Diverse Intellectual Origins Part I: THE LISTIAN INTELLECTUAL WORLD 1. Some Pioneers in List's German-US-French Context 2. Friedrich List's Idiosyncratic Synthesis 3. Some List-Inspired Contributions Across the World 4. List-Inspired Neomercantilism Beyond the Nation-State Part II: HENRY CAREY AND HIS SUPPORTERS 5. The Emergence of Henry Carey's Distinctive Vision 6. The Global Influence and Adaptation of Carey's Ideas Part III: ENDOGENOUS ROOTS OF EAST ASIAN NEOMERCANTILISM 7. Local Origins in Japan 8. Some Neglected Chinese Pioneers 9. Another Chinese Contribution and Korea's Gaehwa Group Part IV: OTHER THEORISTS AND PRACTITIONERS 10. Early Theorists in Russia and the Canadian Backwoods 11. Practitioners in Egypt, Poland and Latin America 12. The Asante and the Pan-African Movement Conclusion: What Legacies?

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Book SynopsisWestern culture is infatuated with the dream of going beyond, even as it is increasingly haunted by the specter of apocalypse: drought, famine, nuclear winter. How did we come to think of the planet and its limits as we do? This book reclaims, redefines, and makes an impassioned plea for limits—a notion central to environmentalism—clearing them from their association with Malthusianism and the ideology and politics that go along with it. Giorgos Kallis rereads reverend-economist Thomas Robert Malthus and his legacy, separating limits and scarcity, two notions that have long been conflated in both environmental and economic thought. Limits are not something out there, a property of nature to be deciphered by scientists, but a choice that confronts us, one that, paradoxically, is part and parcel of the pursuit of freedom. Taking us from ancient Greece to Malthus, from hunter-gatherers to the Romantics, from anarchist feminists to 1970s radical environmentalists, Limits shows us how an institutionalized culture of sharing can make possible the collective self-limitation we so urgently need.Trade Review"Malthus is a key figure for understanding how to survive the twenty-first century, yet Kallis shows we have spent the last two hundred years misunderstanding him. Quirky, provocative, and engaging, Limits is a must-read book for environmentalists and anti-environmentalists alike."—Bill Adams, University of Cambridge"In an era addicted to endless growth, Giorgos Kallis artfully explores the power of limits and the surprising freedom that they can unleash. A compelling—and fittingly concise—read for our times."—Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics"Every so often a book comes along that can cut through fruitless debates and reveal a new way of thinking about a complex problem. Limits is such a book. Giorgos Kallis shows that by rejecting scarcity thinking, we can find the right questions and answers for our ecological and social crises."—Juliet Schor, Boston College"In this timely and essential book, Giorgos Kallis makes a compelling argument for autonomy and freedom from the unfulfillable promise of limitless growth under consumer capitalism. He shows how democratic, egalitarian self-limitation can combat the dominant but unsustainable imperative to constantly produce and acquire more."—Nicholas Xenos, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"[The] popular understanding of Malthus comes from a mis- or half-reading, Kallis finds....[A] reconsideration of Malthus, like recent ones of Adam Smith, is a welcome part of the assault, across many fronts, on the neoliberal order."—Anthony Chaney, U.S. Intellectual History Blog"[A] welcome expansion of the English-language degrowth literature away from its usual technocratic or homespun focus on economic and environmental concerns, and into the humanities....[This] book is a very fine example of the sort of depth the environmental humanities can bring to an issue."—Andrew J. Sutter, Brave New Europe"Kallis's take on [Malthus's] work was an eye-opener for me....Whether you are interested in Malthus, growth and its limits, or issues of sustainability, I recommend Limits as a pleasantly concise and thought-provoking book that is sure to stimulate discussion."—The Inquisitive Biologist"[How] did the idea of limits get such a bad rap? Well, the great virtue of Giorgos Kallis's fine book,Limits, is in pointing this out by showing how the idea of limits got conflated with the spectral notion of 'scarcity' and in revealing a host of problems which followed from that unholy union....Kallis undertakes something of a phenomenology and anthropology of limits, which is an enjoyable and eminently humane ride."—Michael J. Sauter, Front Porch Republic

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Book SynopsisDrawing from the leading scholarship in the field, Gender and Development: The Economic Basis of Women′s Power helps students develop a foundational understanding of the significant role that gender plays in developing societies. Award-winning scholars Samuel Cohn and Rae Lesser Blumberg have carefully selected and edited a collection of readings that encourage students to think critically about the economic power (or lack thereof) of women, and apply key concepts and theory related to gender and current development issues. From women’s participation in labor markets to their financial autonomy and purchasing power, these readings enable students to explore the economic implications of female power and the importance of women’s strategic indispensability. Key Features: Distinguished scholars in the field offer students distinctive personalized points of view that extend the study of women’s power, gender, and development in new and interesting directions. A wide range of countries/regions, perspectives, and issues is explored to enable instructors the flexibility to introduce students to a variety of key concepts in a manner that works for their classrooms. Analysis of the cause and effect of women’s power offers students insights on the inter-relation between gender and development. "Guide to the Book" provides students with context for understanding gender and development, as well as introduces students to the key theories that they will explore throughout the book. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About the Editors About the Contributors 1. “Power of the Purse”: The Importance of Women’s Economic Power: Why Women’s Economic Power Is Absolutely Essential - Rae Lesser Blumberg and Samuel Cohn 2. Guide to the Book - Samuel Cohn and Rae Lesser Blumberg 3. Armed Actors, the Commodification of Women, and the Destruction of Childhood: Understanding the Connections Between Predatory Sexuality and the Violence of Capital in Colombia - Jasmin Hristov 4. The “Created Biology of Gender Stratification”: Links Between Economic Power and Gender Equality From Hunter-Gatherers to Today’s Global South and North - Rae Lesser Blumberg 5. Development, the State, and Gender: A Comparative Analysis of Iran and Tunisia - Valentine M. Moghadam 6. Poverty, Water, Sanitation Insecurities, and the Challenges of Maintaining Menstrual Hygiene - Rita Jalali 7. Male Preference and Women’s Economic Power: How Men’s Choices Open or Close Occupations For Women - Samuel Cohn 8. Women on the Fast Track?: Coloniality of Citizenship and Embodied Social Mobility - Manuela Boatca and Julia Roth 9. Gender through the Looking Glass: The Role of Low-Status Men in the Production of Global Gender Violence and Racial and Ethnic Bigotry - Kevin T. Leicht and Phyllis L. Baker 10. War, Women, and the Aftermath: Finding Resilience in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Nepal - Marie E. Berry 11. No Way Out: Women in Nepal Trapped in Cycles of Poverty, Gender Inequality, and Economic Disenfranchisement - Jennifer Rothchild and Priti Shrestha Piya 12. Authentic Activism: Domestic Workers as Global Development Agents - Jennifer N. Fish and Justin Sprague References Index

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Book SynopsisBringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory, this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so, it places various approaches to the definition, measurement, and understanding of “development” against the backdrop of broader sociological debates. Schrank draws concrete examples from different regions and epochs to explore sociological thinking about development and underdevelopment informed by the latest currents in economic sociology. Across a series of chapters, he identifies relationships between mainstream and Marxist approaches to the study of international inequality; uses classical and contemporary social theory to develop a parsimonious typology of national development outcomes; addresses cross-border learning and diffusion in light of the latest developments in organization theory; considers the roles of religious, racial, and gender identities in the development process in different places and times; and portrays contemporary global challenges ‒ such as populism, pandemics, and climate change ‒ as distinctly sociological problems in need of multifaceted solutions. Enriched with expository figures, tables, and diagrams, this accessible book simultaneously distills and develops the sociological approach to the study of development and underdevelopment for both undergraduate and graduate students across the social sciences.Trade Review“Conventional economic and sociological explanations portray development as a struggle pitting people and countries against one another. Schrank pushes them aside to craft a fresh analysis of the structure and dynamics of the international economy and national development strategies. This accessible, erudite book stresses that development is both a sociocultural process and an economic and political one, showing students and scholars how future prospects for development can be viewed differently. An exciting contribution.”Woody Powell, Stanford University“Andrew Schrank surveys a kaleidoscope of influential concepts and theories while persuasively arguing for a distinctive economic sociology of development. This thorough, accessible book will be a valuable addition to both graduate and undergraduate courses, generating many stimulating class discussions.”Sarah Babb, Boston College

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Book SynopsisFor several decades, wealthy states, international development agencies and multinational corporations have encouraged labour migration from the Global South to the Global North. As well as providing essential workers to support the transformation of advanced economies, the remittances that migrants send home have been touted as the most promising means of national development for poor and undeveloped countries. As Immanuel Ness argues in this sharp corrective to conventional wisdom, temporary labour migration represents the most recent form of economic imperialism and global domination. A closer look at the economic and social evidence demonstrates that remittances deepen economic exploitation, unravel societal stability and significantly expand economic inequality between poor and rich societies. The book exposes the damaging political, economic and social effects of migration on origin countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and how border and security mechanisms control and marginalize low-wage migrant workers, especially women and youth. Ness asserts that remittances do not bring growth to poor countries but extend national dependence on the export of migrant workers, leading to warped and unequal development on the global periphery. This expert take will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of migration and development across the social sciences.Trade Review‘Whether named colonialism, neocolonialism or globalization, imperialism still organizes much of the world economy. This book systematically locates labour migration within the capitalist imperialism that overdetermines it . . . thereby adding an overdue critical perspective to the study of labour migration.’Richard D. Wolff, The New School, New York‘In this insightful critique of the migration‒development nexus, Ness argues for rethinking migration as a benefit to sending countries. Through a global economic imperialism lens, he proposes that labor migration is one more peg in the extractive history of wealthy countries, further disempowering poorer sending countries. This meaningful intervention in debates about labour migration will be of great interest and will be read widely.’Cecilia Menjívar, University of California, Los Angeles‘Manny Ness is a tireless labor historian whose many works occupy significant space on any well-stocked bookshelf. His latest release […] shows that there is an urgent need to tie [migration and imperialism] together.’LeftTwoThree‘In this well researched and informative book, Ness digs into multiple facets of the global economy of migration. […] The essential role of migrant labor in global capitalism tends to be underappreciated, and Ness performs a valuable service in exposing the widespread and destabilizing dynamics of that process.’CounterpunchTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1 Neoliberal Capitalism, Imperialism, and Labour MigrationChapter 2 Underdevelopment and Labour Migration as Economic ImperialismChapter 3 Labour Migration and Origin CountriesChapter 4 Labour Migration and Destination StatesChapter 5 The Damage of BordersConclusion: Dismantling the Migration–Development Nexus

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Book SynopsisLearn how to transition leadership, implement shared ownership, and preserve your organization''s core values?setting the stage for your business to thrive for generations to come.This visionary but practical handbook offers mission-driven business owners a roadmap for ensuring their company''s lasting impact, building leadership internally, and fostering participatory management.Through inspiring real-world stories of B-Corps, worker co-ops, ESOPs, and employee ownership trusts, this book demonstrates how to create resilient organizations that benefit workers and communities.Drawing on his 50-year journey with South Mountain Company and extensive research, Abrams outlines five critical transitions for mission-driven businesses to become what he calls a CommonWealth company: From founder to next-generation leadership From sole ownership to widely shared From hierarchical control to democratic management From unprotected mission to preserved purpose From business-as-usual to B Corp force for good From Founder to Future is an essential guide for mission-driven leaders seeking to reshape their businesses for inclusivity, longevity, and positive impact. Whether you''re a retiring owner planning your exit, a young entrepreneur building for the future, or an employee working in a purpose-driven business, this book offers a blueprint for creating enduring, values-driven enterprises in the emerging regenerative economy.As 3,000,000 U.S. small business founders over 55 prepare to retire, $10 trillion in assets will change hands over the next two decades. This timely guide shows how to preserve your company''s mission and legacy while empowering the next generation.

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Book SynopsisDavid Wessel's incredible tale of how Washington works-and why the rich keep getting richer-starts when a Silicon Valley entrepreneur concocts an idea that will save money on his taxes and spins it as a way to ostensibly help poor people. He organizes and pays for an effective lobbying effort that pushes his idea into law with little scrutiny or fine-tuning by congressional or Treasury tax experts-and few safeguards against abuse. With an unbeatable pair of high-profile sponsors, bumper-sticker simplicity and deft political marketing, the Opportunity Zone became an unnoticed part of the 2017 Trump tax bill.The gold rush followed immediately thereafter.In Only the Rich Can Play, Wessel follows the money to see who profited from this plan that was supposed to spur development of blighted areas and help people out of poverty: the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, the Portland (Oregon) Ritz-Carlton, the Mall of America, and self-storage facilities-lucrative areas where the one percent can park money profitably and avoid capital gains taxes. And the best part: unlike other provisions for eliminating capital gains taxes (inheritance, for example) you don't have to die to take advantage of this one.Wessel provides vivid portraits of the proselytizers, political influencers, motivational speakers, consultants, real estate dealmakers, and individual money-seekers looking to take advantage of this twenty-first century bonanza. He looks at places for which Opportunity Zones were supposedly designed (Baltimore, for example) and how little money they've drawn. And he finds a couple of places (Erie, PA) where zones are actually doing what they were supposed to, a lesson on how a better designed program might have helped more left-behind places. Readers will feel outraged as Wessel gives us the gritty reality, the dark underbelly of a system tilted in favor of the few, with the many left out in the cold.

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Book SynopsisThe untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen-and how we can do it again.The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas -- and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success story and embark on a plan that will create the industries of the future -- and the jobs that go with them.Beginning in 1940, massive public investment generated breakthroughs in science and technology that first helped win WWII and then created the most successful economy the world has ever seen. Private enterprise then built on these breakthroughs to create new industries -- such as radar, jet engines, digital computers, mobile telecommunications, life-saving medicines, and the internet-- that became the catalyst for broader economic growth that generated millions of good jobs. We lifted almost all boats, not just the yachts.Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson tell the story of this first American growth engine and provide the blueprint for a second. It's a visionary, pragmatic, sure-to-be controversial plan that will lead to job growth and a new American economy in places now left behind.

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Book SynopsisAs Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the early 1980s, David Stockman was a chief architect of the Reagan Revolution,a bold plan to cut taxes and reduce the scope and cost of government. The Triumph of Politics was Stockman's frontline report of the miscalculations, manipulations, and political intrigues that led to its failure. A major publishing event and New York Times bestseller in its day, The Triumph of Politics is still startling relevant to the conduct of Washington politics today.

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Book SynopsisHow do today’s leaders shift from playing it safe to playing for great?In a volatile and complex world roiled by a climate crisis, global pandemics, and disruptive technologies like AI, hyper-individualized leadership models no longer make sense. To seize emerging opportunities and achieve sustainable growth, leaders must recognize that a team’s success flows from the intelligence, achievements, and growth of the entire collective.In Safe to Great, Skip Bowman proposes a leadership sea change that puts purpose before profit, and the team before the individual. He draws on the concept of psychological safety as the key to unlocking an organization’s growth mindset, and unites theory and practice in principles that will help leaders shape innovative workplaces that thrive on experimentation.Grounded in more than 25 years of experience working with global organizations, Safe to Great is designed for leaders who want to bring more hope and critical thinking to how they manage. Bowman makes a compelling appeal for a new standard of leadership that moves people and organizations from a place of relative comfort and little risk to a space of daring curiosity, engagement, and collaboration.Trade Review"A timely and positive way forward in our time-starved and often bleakly-portrayed future."—Ricardo Troiano, Global Head, Change and Organizational Development, Syngenta"This is a call to action that no thinking person can ignore! Skip offers us a leadership framework which will become a classic. An important and necessary piece of work."—Katie Dardagan, Executive Coach & Leadership Development Facilitator, Dardagan & Associates “The new psychology of leadership emphasizes the importance of empathy, authenticity, and emotional intelligence in effective leadership. Bowman recognizes that great leadership is not simply about achieving goals, but also about building relationships and creating positive change.”—Dietmar Baro, VP, Applications, Systems and Technology, Danfoss"Safe to Great weaves together engaging examples and psychological principles that will help any leader wanting to take their team and organization to new heights. Equal parts challenging and inspiring, Skip presents us a future where people will thrive in organizations that are truly great."—Andrew Beveridge, Psychologist & Founder, Leadership Today"Exceedingly entertaining and compelling, Safe to Great leaves the reader engaged and thinking deeply as to how best to face our challenges—both individually and collectively as a planet. I look forward to adopting the models and principles Bowman shares here throughout my organizations."—Charlie Pillans, CEO and Entrepreneur, UK"The principles in Skip Bowman's Safe to Great have formed the foundation for the leadership and culture at the Northern European region at Danfoss. In Safe to Great, Skip supplies you with comprehensive yet easy-to-understand insights and tools to identify behaviors, form a strategy, and create impactful change. I highly recommend this book to all leaders no matter level or seniority. It's never too late to learn.”—Sandra Bertelsen, Regional Head of HR, Scandinavia, Danfoss"Safe to Great is changing the game for leadership development. It represents a shift in the leadership paradigm and provides a new lens for leaders to see themselves and the organizations they lead. This book is genuine, effective, and engaging, and promises to create a deep impact with leaders at all levels. This book made me pause, reflect, and commit to being a leader who is not afraid to walk down the road less traveled and be courageous in my choices."—Swati Seth, Senior HR Director, EMEAI, MKS Instruments“Skip Bowman's book Safe to Great is both confrontational as it is inspirational. It clearly explains how organizations where people feel psychological safe can adapt a growth mindset. Bowman points out how confrontational leadership behaviors negatively influence performance, and how, by adapting a growth mindset, leaders can inspire change in their organizations so they can adapt to and survive in today’s ever changing business environment."—Jan Schoemaker, Regional President, Asia Pacific Region, Danfoss"Safe to Great goes beyond the 'why?' of great leadership and into the 'why now?!' Bowman ingeniously synthesizes our daunting and unprecedented global context and incites a call to action that embraces the challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities for leaders in today’s world. Skip’s unique use of metaphors and his ability to communicate complexity in a succinct and catchy way makes learning from his extensive experience with leaders, their teams, and his leadership research, compelling and impactful."—Christine Khalifa, Independent Leadership Consultant, South Korea"Safe to Great is extremely engaging and connects growth mindset development to leadership agility within organizations. The examples and cases Bowman describes are very interesting and the hippo metaphor and character are unforgettable."—Tom Sebastian, Co-Founder & Program Director, NORDIN SME Accelerator, IndiaTable of ContentsIntroductionPART I: The Bright Side Chapter 1: The Commitment Premium Chapter 2: Transform Chapter 3: Aim High Chapter 4: Explore Chapter 5: Go High Chapter 6: Lift Others Up Chapter 7: Team Up Chapter 8: Summary PART II: The Dark Side Chapter 9: Why Leaders Choose Control Rather than Commitment Chapter 10: The Hippo Chapter 11: The Snail Chapter 12: The Clam Chapter 13: The Cost of Darkness Chapter 14: Summary PART III: Transformation Chapter 15: Safe to Great Chapter 16: The Conversation Continues BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book Synopsis With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world’s resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. This volume gives a wide ranging introduction focusing on the arid Gulf region, where the challenges of sustainable development are starkly evident. The Gulf relies on non-renewable oil and gas exports to supply the world’s insatiable CO2 emitting energy demands, and has built unsustainable conurbations with water supplies dependent on energy hungry desalination plants and deep aquifers pumped beyond natural replenishment rates. Sustainable Development has an interdisciplinary focus, bringing together university faculty and government personnel from the Gulf, Europe, and North America -- including social and natural scientists, environmentalists and economists, architects and planners -- to discuss topics such as sustainable natural resource use and urbanization, industrial and technological development, economy and politics, history and geography. Trade Review “This is clearly the most comprehensive overview of sustainable development in the Gulf, a strategic region within the global economy…What is particularly innovative is the last section on cultural issues, ranging from collaborative research methods to indigenous knowledge… the inclusion of health issues, together with a discussion of the ‘cultural turn’ in sustainability, including participatory approaches, make this book an exemplar of the next generation of thought and knowledge development in the area of sustainable development.” · Carl Maida, University of California, Los Angeles “[This volume] amounts to a well edited, comprehensive, collection of sustainable development papers, strongly introduced and concluded by the editor, on a region that surely no one could doubt can only gain from the salutary environmental analysis time after time it offers… While a regional study, it is fully alert to current theoretical issues in the general sustainable development literature at large while at the same contributing to them. It is… certainly deserving to become required reading for all tertiary education institutions.” · Raymond Apthorpe, SOAS University of London Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Forward Shaikha Al-Misnad Introduction: Sustainable Development in the Gulf: Some Introductory Remarks Paul Sillitoe Chapter 1. Societal Change and Sustainability within the Central Plateau of Iran: An Archaeological Viewpoint Mark Manuel, Robin Coningham, Gavin Gillmore and Hassan Fazeli PART I: PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Chapter 2. Qatar National Vision 2030: Advancing Sustainable Development Trudy Tan, Aziza Al-Khalaqi and Najla Al-Khulaifi Chapter 3. The Qatar National Master Plan Khondker Rahman Chapter 4. The State of Qatar: Along the Way to Sustainable Development Bahaa Darwish Chapter 5. Charting the Emergence of Environmental Legislation in Qatar: A Step in the Right Direction or Too Little Too Late? Wesam Al Othman and Sarah F. Clarke PART II: ENERGY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES Chapter 6. Sustainable Energy: What Futures for Qatar? Thomas Henfrey Chapter 7. Money Rain: The Resource Curse in Two Oil and Gas Economies Emma Gilberthorpe, Sarah F. Clarke and Paul Sillitoe Chapter 8. Islam and Sustainable Economic Development Rodney Wilson PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Chapter 9. Linking Local and Global in the Sustainable Development of Biodiversity Conservation Ben Campbell Chapter 10. Conservation and Sustainable Development: the Qatari and Gulf Region Experience Paul Sillitoe with Ali Alshawi Chapter 11. Promoting Sustainable Development in Marine Regions James Howard Chapter 12. Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainability: Friends or Enemies? Nobuyuki Yamaguchi PART IV: URBAN AND HEALTH ISSUES Chapter 13. From Pearling to Skyscrapers: The Predicament of Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism in Contemporary Gulf Cities. Ali A. Alraouf and Sarah F. Clarke Chapter 14. How the City Grows: Urban Growth and Challenges to Sustainable Development in Doha, Qatar Andrew M. Gardner Chapter 15. Sustainable Waste Management in Qatar: Charting the Emergence of an Integrated Approach to Solid Waste Management Sarah Clarke with Salah Almannai Chapter 16. Sustainable Development and Health: From Global to Local Agenda Mylène Riva, Catherine Panter-Brick and Mark Eggerman PART V: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES Chapter 17. Exploring Collaborative Research Methodologies in the Pursuit of Sustainable Futures Gina Porter Chapter 18. On the Importance of Culture in Sustainable Development Serena Heckler Chapter 19. People, Social Groups, Cultural Practices: From Venn Diagrams to Alternative Paradigms for Sustainable Development Fadwa El Guindi Chapter 20. Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Values: Environmental Contradictions in Qatari Society Kaltham Al-Ghanim Conclusion: A Doha Undeclaration, Puzzling over Sustainable Development with Indigenous Knowledge Paul Sillitoe List of Contributors Index

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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 SynopsisWinner of the 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing As the world's second-largest economy, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations. Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China's propulsive rise, from the political aspects of the multi-billion-dollar "New Silk Road" global investment project to a growing sway on foreign countries and multilateral institutions through "United Front" efforts. For too long, Western societies have mishandled or simply ignored Beijing's actions out of narrow self-interest. Decades of willful misinterpretation have over time become complicity in the toxic diplomacy, human rights abuses and foreign interference seen from China today, Chiu argues. Engaging chapters transport readers to a frozen lake in Russia, protests in Hong Kong, underground churches in Beijing, and exile Uyghur communities in Turkey, exposing Beijing's high-tech surveillance and aggressive measures resulting in human rights violations against those who challenge its power. The new world disorder documented in China Unbound lays out the disturbing implications for global stability, prosperity, and civil rights everywhere.Trade Review'An eye-opening global tour of the growing influence of the new superpower. A fascinating, illuminating book.' -- Rob Gifford, Senior Editor, The Economist'Provides a powerful, heartfelt account of Chinese immigrants and their fraught encounters with Beijing’s United Front Work Department … Chiu tells gripping stories of influence operations in such disparate places as Australia, Canada, the US, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Russia.' -- The New York Review of Books'In a world characterised by information overload and the manipulation and outright fabrication of 'truth' by the state, it is very easy to lose sight of the facts. Chiu's contribution is therefore twofold: it serves as an accurate historical record while also starting a thought-provoking discussion amongst scholars and possibly policymakers on less explored subjects.' -- Europe-Asia Studies'A devastating analysis of the Chinese police state gone global. "China Unbound" is essential to understanding the fragility of peace in the twenty-first century.' -- Jan Wong, author of 'Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now''In this thought-provoking book, journalist Joanna Chiu argues persuasively that the United States, Canada, and other democracies -- whether out of economic self-interest or sheer ineptitude -- have enabled Beijing's efforts to expand its influence around the world. A sweeping, timely, and nuanced read for anyone who cares about the global rise of authoritarianism.' -- Leta Hong Fincher, author of 'Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China''A vivid, perspicacious, and ultimately disillusioned book about the current direction of China that explores a rising China's fitful relations with a wide range of countries, and reveals what's left of its domestic reforms as being driven by an obsession with ever greater control. "China Unbound" delivers urgent and much-needed caution against xenophobia toward Chinese people at a time of growing tensions with a new superpower.' -- Howard W. French, former New York Times foreign correspondent, and author of 'Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power''A timely and fascinating book looking at China's rise and the impacts on the current global order. A much-needed account at a time of fast geopolitical change, with smart analysis and engaging writing.' -- Karoline Kan, author of 'Under Red Skies: The Life and Times of a Chinese Millennial''By taking the China story global, Chiu shows how an increasingly powerful China is challenging not only our economies, but our institutions, our principles, and our communities. Reporting from the frontlines of China's influence, from Australia, Canada, and the US to Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Russia, Chiu reveals embattled diasporas and critics under pressure as hypocrisy runs rampant in business and government, and a new world order begins to form. A vital, illuminating read.' -- Madeleine O'Dea, author of 'The Phoenix Years: Art, Resistance, and the Making of Modern China''Drawing on a decade of professional experience, Joanna Chiu offers a passionate and powerful account of the challenges we face in dealing with China today -- challenges rooted in the West as much as those born in Beijing. A critical voice we need to hear.' -- Timothy Cheek, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, author of 'Living with Reform: China since 1989'

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Book SynopsisFossil fuel subsidies are killing both people and the planet. By encouraging excessive consumption of fossil fuels, subsidies exacerbate pollution and climate change, make violent protests more likely, and waste huge sums that could be used far better. Yet for years there has been minimal progress in eliminating fossil fuel subsidies. This book explains what fossil fuel subsidies are, how they inflict harm and what steps are being taken to reduce them. It also shows why subsidies persist and why existing efforts have been so ineffective. Drawing lessons from countries which have tried to remove fossil fuel subsidies, it explains that the fundamental challenge to reform is not technical, but political. The catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic and the tragic war in Ukraine illustrate that fossil fuel subsidy reform will only succeed where it supports the achievement of things that really matter politically - energy security, protection from climate change, better air quality, and resources to improve people's lives. The book lays out a new agenda for action on fossil fuel subsidies, showing how a better understanding of the underlying political incentives can lead to more effective approaches to tackling this major global problem.

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Book Synopsis Marginal in status a decade ago, cash transfer programs have become the preferred channel for delivering emergency aid or tackling poverty in low- and middle-income countries. While these programs have had positive effects, they are typical of top-down development interventions in that they impose on local contexts standardized norms and procedures regarding conditionality, targeting, and delivery. This book sheds light on the crucial importance of these contexts and the many unpredicted consequences of cash transfer programs worldwide - detailing how the latter are used by actors to pursue their own strategies, and how external norms are reinterpreted, circumvented, and contested by local populations.Trade Review “The book is recommendable for anyone interested in the recent proliferation of a seemingly globalised social policy, that, however, is here shown to have very different faces, logics and effects in different localities across the global South.” • Critical Social Policy “This is a very interesting study of targeted cash transfers mainly from an anthropological perspective. While, as the authors point out, there is an abundant literature on such transfers (particularly in terms of ‘grey’ literature) most of this is heavily econometric and top-down rather than providing a more bottom-up perspective.…an innovative study which deserves a wide readership both amongst academics and policy makers working in the field.” • European Journal of Social Security “Read this book for a thoughtful analysis of how models travel if you are interested in institutional diffusion and the globalisation of social policy…[It shows that] Anthropology can make a contribution to understanding the politics of aid and social policy.” • Anthrodendum “This book has much to say to scholars, students and practitioners of development. It addresses a particular development model which is widely disseminated around the globe, neither aiming to endorse nor critique it in principle, but to examine how it actually works, or fails to work, in specific locations.” • Lindsay DuBois, Dalhousie University “This book – the first collection of its kind – will make an important contribution to the literature on cash transfer programs. Many of the chapters are written by practitioners with in-depth knowledge of the communities they write about, which brings an on-the-ground perspective that is often missing from the literature.” • Linda Abarbanell, San Diego State UniversityTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables Cash Transfers and the Revenge of Contexts: An Introduction Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Emmanuelle Piccoli Chapter 1. Miracle Mechanisms, Travelling Models, and the Revenge of the Contexts: 
Cash Transfer Programmes; A Textbook Case Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan Chapter 2. Realizing Cash Transfer Programs through Collective Obligations: An Ethnography of Co-responsibility in Mexico Alejandro Agudo Sanchíz Chapter 3. Types of Permanence: Conditional Cash, Economic Difference, and Gender Practice in Northeastern Brazil Gregory Duff Morton Chapter 4. Queuing in the Sun: The Salience of Implementation Practices in Recipients’ Experience of a Conditional Cash Transfer Maria Elisa Balen Chapter 5. Conditional Cash Transfer Program Implementation and Effects in Peruvian Indigenous Contexts Norma Correa Aste, Terry Roopnaraine and Amy Margolies Chapter 6. Making Good Mothers: Conditions, Coercion, and Local Reactions in the Juntos Program in Peru Emmanuelle Piccoli and Bronwen Gillespie Chapter 7. Expectations beyond Development: Towards a Prospective Chronology of Cash Transfers from Mexico to Argentina Andrés Dapuez and Sabrina Gavigan Chapter 8. Conditional Cash Transfer and Gender, Class, and Ethnic Domination: The Case of Bolivia Nora Nagels Chapter 9. Behind the Official Story: The Unintended Effects of Social Transfer Programmes in Conflict-Affected Contexts Fiona Samuels and Nicola Jones Chapter 10. Are Cash Transfers Rocking or Wrecking the World of Social Workers in Egypt? Hania Sholkamy Chapter 11. Juggling between Social Obligations and Personal Benefit in Western Côte d’Ivoire: How Do Ex-combatants Spend their Cash Allowance? Magali Chelpi-den Hamer Chapter 12. Cash Transfers in Rural Niger: Social Targeting as a Conflict of Norms Jean Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Oumarou Hamani Index

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Book SynopsisReviving Arab Reform offers a unique consideration of the links between economic, political and social development in the Arab region and offers tangible hope for the future. Islam Abdelbary evaluates the reform programmes in the last three decades in the Middle East North Africa region, and through a wide variety of analytical methods, he identifies the failures and successes of previous Arab reforms by comparing the outcomes of reforms in the Arab world with those in other world regions. The book is distinguished by how it outlines the challenges and opportunities for development in the region and provides a framework for comprehensive and integrated development in the Arab world. Ultimately, Abdelbary argues that the new Arab reform agenda must address previous debilitating development issues, especially governance. Economic reform should not be seen in a vacuum, in isolation from political and social choices that society makes, thereby contributing to sustained and inclusive growth. For its unique mix of scholarly rigour and practical ways forward, Reviving Arab Reform is a must-read not only for researchers interested in economic theory, development studies, and the Middle East but also for policy-makers in the region and international organisations.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Theoretical Basis Chapter 3. Methodology Chapter 4. Insight of Arab Economics: A Reforming Outlook Chapter 5. Economic Stabilisation and Arab Reform Chapter 6. Business and Structural Reform Chapter 7. Social Aspects of Arab Reform Chapter 8. Institutions and Political Aspects of Arab Reform Chapter 9. Winners and Losers of Arab Reforms Chapter 10. The Impact of Reform Programmes on Economic Growth: An Econometric Analysis Chapter 11. Towards an Inclusive Development Framework for Arab Reform Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisHuge strides have been made in many countries of the developingworld towards universal sanitation coverage, and the major factor behindthis progress has been Community-Led Total Sanitation or CLTS.CLTS is rooted in a model of community empowerment andmobilization, and has radically transformed global sanitation policy focusfrom toilet construction to the process of collective behaviour change. Ithas spread to more than 66 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin Americawhere more than 40 million people are now living in open defecation free(ODF) environments. CLTS has also been mainstreamed in the sanitationpolicies of more than 30 countries in these regions.

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Book SynopsisThe continuing Darfur War has caused mass displacement since 2003, with hundreds of thousands driven from their homes and many forced into refugee camps in western Sudan and neighbouring Chad. Building on twenty years of research in the region, Andrea Behrends tracks the repercussions of this conflict—sometimes referred to as the ‘first genocide of the twenty-first century’—for those living through it: those who stayed put, those who fled from rural areas to towns, those who moved to refugee camps, and those who fought. Telling the story of everyday survival on the Chad–Sudan border, an area central to state politics in the larger region, her account sheds light on how people create belonging, exchange knowledge, develop new practices and build futures in the face of extreme uncertainty. Departing from the focus on large-scale humanitarian and military interventions associated with ‘states of emergency’, Behrends highlights the forms of cooperation and mutual knowledge production that emerge on the ground in these lifeworlds in crisis. She combines meticulous ethnographic description with theoretically grounded arguments to offer a pioneering study of how individuals have anticipated, survived and adapted to recurring crises and war in one of the world’s most economically marginalised regions.Trade Review'This scholarly book discusses the Chadian crisis, exploring topics such as war, security, displacement and mineral resources. With intelligence and empathy, Andrea Behrends offers us a vision of what it is to live in a world in crisis.' -- Fatou Sow, Professor of Sociology, Cheikh Anta Diop University'"Lifeworlds in Crisis" reveals the lives of people in refugee camps in Sudan and Chad through the objective, informed eye of an anthropologist. A masterly book that deconstructs the myths of humanitarian interventions in Africa.' -- Babacar Fall, Professor of History, Cheikh Anta Diop University'While most refugee scholars study those who left, Behrends listens to those who stay. This book offers a unique window into a world that is constantly threatened by war—a magnificent analysis of lifeworlds at the lower end of global capitalist hierarchies.' -- Joël Glasman, Professor in African History, University of Bayreuth'As the regions that Behrends scrutinises in this book are once again in turmoil, the fate of thousands of people driven from their homes at stake, from a Chadian perspective, this is poignantly topical.' -- Remadji Hoinathy, anthropologist and researcher, Institute for Security Studies

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Book SynopsisRobin Murray: Selected Writings demonstrates the breadth of Murray's intellectual curiosity and his political commitment to finding new ways of organising the economy and society. A thinker at the heart of left-wing thought and contributor to the seminal 1968 May Day Manifesto, Robin Murray's pioneering work encompasses diverse areas including fair trade, waste management, and, crucially, the regeneration of London via the London Industrial Strategy of radical local authority the GLC in the 1980s. Much of Murray's work has striking contemporary relevance, for example his passion for ecological sustainability, co-operatives and fair trade, and his analysis of the developing 'attention economy' and its impact on a new era of digital platforms. This collection has been curated to showcase the many contexts within which Robin Murray's boundless energy, enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity saw him collaborating. Murray's work exemplifies how cooperation can bring about real social change; this book will appeal to students, policymakers and anyone interested in radical social transformation.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Michael Rustin Post Fordism Benetton Britain The state after Henry New directions in municipal socialism Multinational Capitalism Multinationals and social control Fair Trade Raising the bar or directing the flood? Waste and Recycling Creating wealth from waste Cooperatives Taking stock, looking forward Social Economy Danger and opportunity: crisis and the new social economy Platform Economy Interview with Jeremy Gilbert and Andrew Goffey

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Book SynopsisThis book contains over 70 pieces of distilled wisdom. Read each piece of advice in one minute, or the whole book in an hour. The sticky note format allows you to use the ideas for personal motivation, or to stimulate teams in meetings. Growth, communication, innovation, creativity, relationships and thinking are all covered. Inspire yourself and your business with some smart thinking.

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Book SynopsisSuccess is a daily decision for pursuing your dreams. When coupled with persistence it''s a formula for obtaining higher and higher levels of success, tapping into your limitless potential and maintaining the life you truly desire. The Secret to Knowing It''s Already Done may not be the key to overnight riches, but it will definitely help you lay the groundwork for persistent growth and give you the blueprint and techniques for massive success.Here you''ll ask yourself questions to lay the framework for the life you want. You''ll gain perspective on what occupies your mind. You''ll learn to discover your talents. You''ll understand how to build strong and meaningful relationships through achieving and maintaining the real necessity of meaningful love, for yourself and for others. You''ll get tools to exercise your mind, your will and your emotions with intentionality and discipline. And you''ll find out how to go out into the world to build the life you want. No excuses. The secret to knowing that it''s already done is this: mastering the Art of Doing. You will learn to clearly visualize your specific goals, discover your skills and potential, plan your blueprint for action, dedicate your time, and do the work to obtain and maintain your evolving goals. Conviction empowers results. Your belief in your success determines what you''ll do about gaining and maintaining it. Alex Morton reveals The Secret to Knowing It''s Already Done, as only he can.

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Book SynopsisThe social, political, and economic environment is ripe with opportunity to engage women and their philanthropy. Professionals working in the field of philanthropy want ideas, practical information, research, and guidance about how to work with women donors, how to build women’s philanthropy initiatives, and how to integrate this subset of donors into their current fund development departments. This book offers insight into the three historical waves of women’s philanthropy and provides a summary of current research and inspiring stories collected from interviews with more than 70 women philanthropists and leaders. Each chapter begins with current research, followed by interviews and examples, and ends with suggestions for fundraisers on how to implement the information into a women’s philanthropy initiative using a six-step process: Awareness, Assessment, Alignment, Action, Acknowledgement and Achievement. The last several chapters focus on lessons learned from successful programs in traditional organizational settings—healthcare, higher education, and environment—and what we have yet to learn from the new and emerging philanthropic models led by Laurene Powell Jobs, Priscilla Chan, Melinda Gates, Nancy Roob, and MacKenzie Scott. Throughout the book, themes of equity, diversity, and inclusion are evident and featured in stories and programs led by women of color and younger donors. Additionally, COVID has impacted how fundraisers work, requiring the philanthropy community to adapt and create new ways to reach women donors. The final chapter is a call to action to all women, to give bigger and bolder as the fourth wave of women’s philanthropy rises.Table of ContentsChapter One: Awareness-The New Faces of Philanthropy.- Chapter Two: Awareness Built a Social Movements.- Chapter Three: Awareness: How Women Give.- Chapter Four: Assessing your Donors.- Chapter Five: Assessment: Is Your Organization Ready for Women’s Philanthropy?.- Chapter Six: Alignment- Helping Donors Find Their Passion.- Chapter Seven: Action: Making It Happen.- Chapter Eight: Action: The ASK.- Chapter Nine: Acknowledgment: Mystery, Myths and Magic.- Chapter Ten: Achievements: Healthcare, Higher Education, Environment.- Chapter 11: Achievements: Women Investing in Business and Leadership.- Chapter 12: New Trends.- Chapter 13: Diversity and Philanthropy: Engaging Women of Color and the Next Generation.- Chapter 14: A Call to Action.

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Book SynopsisThe Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the weaknesses of globalisation, exposed the fragility of the current growth model, and accelerated the ongoing tech revolution. This book is an in-depth analysis of these weaknesses and fragilities in the context of sustainability. Economist Marco Magnani suggests the possibility of pursuing a more balanced, environmentally and socially sustainable growth while defusing today’s apocalyptic alarmism about climate change, energy and demographic constraints, and the future of work. To make the global economy work for everyone.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Innovation: engine of economic growth (and employment).- Chapter 2: The technological revolution: The rise of machines.- Chapter 3: The technological revolution: professions at risk and new jobs.- Chapter 4: Constraints to economic growth: Sustainability, happiness and other issues.- Chapter 5: New jobs or technological unemployment?.- Chapter 6: Many proposals, few resources: The difficult choices for the future of labour.- Chapter 7: Human beings at the centre as "shareholders" of development.- Chapter 8: Ye were not made to live with the virus: Lessons from the pandemic.

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Book Synopsis“Hidden Champions” are medium-sized, unknown companies with annual revenues under $5 billion that have quietly, under the radar, become world market leaders in their respective industries. In this new instalment to his worldwide bestselling Hidden Champions volumes, Hermann Simon takes readers on in-depth exploration of the ever changing operating conditions and the greater uncertainty and volatility that defines the global business sphere over the next ten years. In particular, in this book he focuses on China’s continued impact on the business world since its rise in the global business and economic sphere over recent decades. In this regard, Dr. Simon shows the reader how the current status evolved, and then offers concrete and actionable recommendations. New driving forces such as digitalization, business ecosystems and sustainability receive special attention. While the main focus is on companies in German-speaking countries as they comprise 56 percent of the world’s Hidden Champions, the success factors mentioned in this book can be applied globally to mid-sized companies in other regions as they strive to become global market leaders. Whether a company is a “Hidden Champion”, aspires to be one, or wants to emulate their success model, Dr. Simon’s new book provides essential food for thought as executives and managers chart their course into the future.Table of ContentsPart I: The Concept and its Reception.- Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Hidden Champions.- Chapter 2. Hidden Champions and Export Success.- Chapter 3. Hidden Champions: The Definition. Chapter 4. Why Are There Hidden Champions?.- Chapter 5. Reception of the Hidden Champions Concept.- Part II: The Ascent of the Hidden Champions.- Chapter 6. Hidden Champions Worldwide.- Chapter 7. German Hidden Champions.- Chapter 8. Austrian and Swiss Hidden Champions.- Chapter 9. Decades of Ascent.- Chapter 10. Why Are There so Many Hidden Champions in Germany?.- Part III: The New Game of Globalization.- Chapter 11. On Rough Roads to Globalia.- Chapter 12. Quo Vadis Globalia? Population and Economy.- Chapter 13. Quo Vadis Globalia? Dynamic Framework.- Chapter 14. Target Market America.- Chapter 15. Target Market China.- Part IV: The New Game of Transformative Forces.- Chapter 16. Business Ecosystems.- Chapter 17. Digitalization.- Chapter 18. Sustainability.- Chapter 19. Innovation.- Part V: The New Game of Strategy.- Chapter 20. Ambition.- Chapter 21. Focus.- Chapter 22. Depth.- Chapter 23. Customers.- Chapter 24. Competition.- Chapter 25. Organization.- Chapter 26. Profit and Finance.- Chapter 27. Employees and Leaders.- Chapter 28. The Future of the Hidden Champions.

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Book Synopsis1. Financial literacy and financial education: an overview.- 2. How financial literacy can be measured.- 3. Financial literacy and related financial outcomes.- 4. Financial literacy and current challenges: digitalization and sustainability.

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Book SynopsisInnovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era provides a holistic approach to collaborative innovation, innovation management and innovation leadership. It is full of practical advice and includes 34 interviews with high-level politicians, innovation industry leaders, academics and entrepreneurs discussing the reality of innovation and how to create change for a positive impact. Many quotes are included from researchers and practitioners in the innovation field who have participated as guests in the author’s podcast “Business of Collaboration” or in interviews with the Collabwith Magazine which she produces. This is a powerful book full of practical frameworks and one-page canvases which act as reminders of the value of making needs and expectations explicit. The author provides frameworks and tools that can be used to support collaboration journeys across different sectors and organizations. She also offers clarity to the reader for their innovation journey and brings a new perspective on how to innovate and understand innovation. Jara Pascual focuses on the importance of managing emotions and feelings of frustration which can be very common during a collaborative innovation process. She explores the interaction between Emotional Intelligence and business and shows how to remove and manage frustration and how to produce a positive outcome. Innovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era will empower the reader to take action and show how to change your conversation about innovation and collaboration.“Jara Pascual, with colleague Celia Avila-Rauch, has been able to distill and apply the ability model of emotional intelligence to the art and science of innovation and innovation leadership. In our work we note that feelings are not always facts but that emotions as a form of data. More than that, emotions can assist or facilitate with decision making, creativity and innovation rather than getting in the way, but only if leaders are “smart” about emotions and develop and deploy their emotional intelligence skills.” Dr David R Caruso, Emotional Intelligence Skills Group, Founder Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Research Affiliate

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Book SynopsisThis report forecasts growth in developing Asia of 7.1% in 2021 and 5.4% in 2022 in an uneven recovery caused by divergent growth paths. Its theme chapter explores sustainable agriculture.Growth forecasts are revised up for East Asia and Central Asia from the projections made in April, but down for South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. This reflects differences in vaccination progress and control of domestic COVID-19 outbreaks but also other factors, including rising commodity prices and depressed tourism. Inflation is expected to remain under control. The main risks to the economic outlook come from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the emergence of new variants, slower-than-expected vaccine rollouts, and waning vaccine effectiveness.Sustainable food production and agricultural systems that are resilient to climate change will be crucial for developing Asia. To transform agriculture in the region, its economies must tackle challenges from changing consumer demand, changing demographics, and a changing and more fragile environment.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes economic strategies responsible for China's 40 years of 40-fold growth, suggesting how such strategies might be applied elsewhere. It combines a seven-chapter chronological analysis of China's growth with three additional chapters on the government's leadership role, success in poverty reduction, and China's combined international finance and trade experience. The book recaps why China's success challenges the United States and the field of development economics. One of its emphases, the 1980s, reports how generous rural price and land-tenure reforms caused a rural income boom that threatened urban subsidized livelihoods and underpinned consequent violence. It describes how China will likely face a similar challenge moving forward, during the planned merger of rural and urban workforces.The book includes an analysis of the US-China trade war and China's economic prospects in the wake of COVID-19. It is a clear and timely account for anyone interested in understanding the institutions and policies responsible for China's successful development and its likely continuation.

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Book SynopsisPower to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial RevolutioTrade Review"Employing economic theory and growth accounting to illuminate the linkages between energy use and economic activity and supporting their argument with extensive quantitative evidence, the authors make a compelling case that modern economic growth would have been impossible without the increased energy intensity made possible by exploitation of fossil fuels. This work provides valuable historical perspectives on pressing contemporary challenges."--Choice "With many insightful graphs, plus useful explanatory boxes for the less initiated, it is highly accessible, and recommended to undergraduate students curious about the history of energy, to postgraduates specializing in a specific field, and to academics."--Roger Fouquet, Journal of Economic Literature "[T]his multi-authored effort is well structured and furnished with splendid illustrations and explanatory tables ... I would recommend the book, but with the warning that it is not an easy read due to the sheer quantity of information and analytical viewpoints it contains."-- Aurelia Mane-Estrada,European History Quarterly "Power to the People is to be welcomed. It is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of Economic History and History of Technology and will appeal both to the professional and the general reader interested in the future of humanity."--Francesc X. Barca-Salom, Environment and History "An ambitious and important analysis of the relationships between energy and economic growth in Europe over the past five hundred years."--Christopher F. Jones, Environmental HistoryTable of ContentsPreface ix CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO Definitions and Concepts 17 PART I Pre-Industrial Economies Paolo Malanima 35 CHAPTER THREE Traditional Sources 37 1. Energy in Premodern Societies 2. Organic Sources and Agricultures 3. Non-organic Sources 4. Seven Long-run Propositions 5. Conclusion CHAPTER FOUR Constraints and Dynamics 81 1. Population and Climate 2. Energy Scarcity 3. Saving Land 4. Saving Labor 5. Conclusion PART II The First Industrial Revolution Paul Warde 129 CHAPTER FIVE A Modern Energy Regime 131 1. The Take-off of Coal 2. Traditional Sources: Rise but Relative Decline 3. Conclusion CHAPTER SIX The Coal Development Block 159 1. The Core Innovations 2. The Growth Dynamics of the Coal Development Block 3. The Transport Revolution CHAPTER SEVEN Energy and Industrial Growth 209 1. Coal and Growth 2. Seven Long-run Propositions 3. Energy Intensity and Economic Structure 4. Conclusion PART III The Second and Third Industrial Revolutions Astrid Kander 249 CHAPTER EIGHT Energy Transitions in the Twentieth Century 251 1. The Rise of Oil and Electricity 2. Old and New in Energy Regimes 3. Conclusion CHAPTER NINE Major Development Blocks in the Twentieth Century and Their Impacts on Energy 287 1. The ICE-Oil Block 2. The Electricity Block 3. The ICT Development Block 4. Conclusion CHAPTER TEN The Role of Energy in Twentieth-Century Economic Growth 333 1. Development Blocks and GDP 2. Seven Long-run Propositions 3. Energy Intensity and Economic Structure 4. Conclusion CHAPTER ELEVEN Summary and Implications for the Future 366 1. Summing Up the Book 2.Thinking about the Future 3. Some Remarks about the Future APPENDIXES A. The Role of Energy in Growth Accounting 387 B. Decomposing Energy Intensity 1870-1970 395 C. The Impact from the Service Transition on Energy Intensity 402 D. Biased Technical Development 411 References 415 Index 451

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Book SynopsisPrivate Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains examines the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains.Sarosh Kuruvilla charts the development and effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct to ameliorate sweatshop conditions in global supply chains. This form of private voluntary regulation, spearheaded by Nike and Reebok, became necessary given the inability of third world countries to enforce their own laws and the absence of a global regulatory system for labor standards. Although private regulation programs have been adopted by other companies in many different industries, we know relatively little regarding the effectiveness of these programs because companies don''t disclose information about their efforts and outcomes in regulating labor conditions in their supply chains.Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains presents data from comTrade ReviewSarosh Kuruvilla provides one of the most comprehensive interrogations yet of private regulation across multiple countries, industries, and regulatory methods in Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains. This book is excellent in that it not only provides a well-explained background of the problem of private regulation in global supply chains but also builds upon previous research to add texture to arguments. * ILR Review *The work of Kuruvilla with his fellow researchers, Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains, is both an excellent introduction and a serious study of the issue. Kuruvilla presents the results of analyses and his arguments in an easy-to-read manner while employing sound, uncompromising methodology. His vast knowledge of the relevant literature has made his arguments even more convincing.I believe this excellent study by Kuruvilla should be read widely. * The Developping Economics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains since the 1990s OVERVIEW: PROBLEMS 1. Behavioral Invisibility: The Reliability of Supplier Data and the Unique Role of Audit Consultants 2. Practice Multiplicity in the Implementation of Private Regulation Programs 3. Causal Complexity: The Varied Determinants of Compliance and Workplace-Level Improvements OVERVIEW: PROGRESS 4. Has Private Regulation Improved Labor Practicesin Global Supply Chains? An Empirical Examination 5. Wages in Global Supply Chains: Where They Stand and Where We Need to Go 6. Freedom of Association and Collective Bargainingin Global Supply Chains OVERVIEW: PROSPECTS 7. Are Changes in Corporate Governance an Answer? 8. Aligning Sourcing and Compliance Insidea Global Corporation 9. From Opacity to Transparency: Pathways to Improvement of Private Regulation 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis essay addresses the "new-new" issues on the emerging agenda for the global trade negotiations to follow the recently concluded Uruguay Round. The authors first examine the extent to which international rules in new trade areas are needed and then consider the three highest profile issues: competition policy, labor standards, and linking trade and environment. Robert Lawrence argues that if an international agreement on competition policy was possible, developing countries would derive considerable benefits. Dani Rodrik examines the evidence and concludes that labor standards-or lack thereof-have consequences for trade and foreign investment patterns. He then considers whether a social-safeguards approach can be made to work for labor standards and suggests that the risks of not negotiating such a clause outweigh the dangers of an inappropriately designed process. Finally, John Whalley argues that the central issue for trade and the environment is whether developing countries should be compensated for policies encouraging environmental restraint.Table of ContentsForewordIntroduction: Emerging Agenda for Global TradeChapter 1. Competition Policies and the Developing CountriesChapter 2. Labor Standards in International Trade: Do They Matter and What Do We Do About Them?Chapter 3. Trade and Environment, the WTO, and the Developing CountriesAbout the AuthorsAbout the ODCBoard of Directors

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Book SynopsisGood Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating a Better World is an illustrated guide that takes readers through the complicated but exhilarating landscape of social enterprise businesses that are changing the world. A social enterprise is a different kind of business, one that uses a market-driven approach to address a social or environmental problem such as poverty, environmental damage, or resource scarcity, with the dual goals of helping humanity and building a profitable business. With a climate crisis, a growing population, and diminishing natural resources, the need for socially-minded innovators is greater than ever. Good Business is designed to be a practical guide and tool for innovators, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who are attempting to navigate the complicated business models required for social enterprises.

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Book SynopsisThis is the United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2022 and 2023. The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2022 will examine the recovery of the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to presenting the latest UN growth forecasts, the report will provide a comprehensive assessment of economic developments, risk factors, and policy challenges. This year's thematic chapter will discuss the macroeconomic and distributional consequences of monetary policy, with particular focus on unconventional measures such as quantitative easing (QE)

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Book SynopsisIn Development as Freedom Amartya Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in overall opulence millions of people living in the Third World are still unfree. Even if they are not technically slaves, they are denied elementary freedoms and remain imprisoned in one way or another by economic poverty, social deprivation, political tyranny or cultural authoritarianism. The main purpose of development is to spread freedom and its ''thousand charms'' to the unfree citizens. Freedom, Sen persuasively argues, is at once the ultimate goal of social and economic arrangements and the most efficient means of realizing general welfare. Social institutions like markets, political parties, legislatures, the judiciary, and the media contribute to development by enhancing individual freedom and are in turn sustained by social values. Values, institutions, development, and freedom are all closely interrelated, and Sen links them together in an elegant analytical framework. By asking ''What Trade Reviewan enjoyable, unusual and important contribution * John Mulqueen, Irish Times 02/02/01 *The connecting theme behind these essays is that development is about expanding people's ability to do things that they have a reason to value. The rationale for this is discussed with great force, clarity and consistency. * S.V. Subramanian, Progress in Development Studies 1(1), Jan 01. *the ideas are presented in a very accessible, nontechnical language. The writing is lucid with interesting story-telling openings ... a topical and timely appeal to an audience that cuts across disciplines. * S.V. Subramanian, Progress in Development Studies 1(1), Jan 01. *a brilliant book. Sen ranges over a vast intellectual landscape ... Many authors try this kind of tour d'horizon but few succeed as well as Amartya Sen. He is a multi-faceted scholar who has thought deeply and rigorously and has published extensively. Although Development as Freedom covers imense territory, it is subtle and nuanced and its careful scholarship is manifest at every turn. * Lars Osberg, Reviews, Compte Rendus, Autumn 2000. *Sen has looked for ways to empower the poor ... Development as Freedom is a testament to Sen's unwavering commitment to the task ... this is economics that should be read: not merely for the elegance of its arguments or the wisdom of its judgements, but for the deep and burnished humanity that animates it. * David Goldblatt, The Independent *Development as Freedom is a personal manifesto: a summing up; a blend of vision, close argument, reflection and reminiscence. * The Economist *The world's poor and dispossessed could have no more articulate or insightful a champion among economists than Amartya Sen. By showing that the quality of our lives should be measured not by our wealth but by our freedom, his writings have revolutionized the theory and practice of development. The United Nations, in its own development work, has benefited immensely from the wisdom and good sense of Professor Sen's views. * Kofi A. Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations *In this book, Amartya Sen develops elegantly, compactly, and yet broadly the concept that economic development is in its nature an increase in freedom. By historical examples, empirical evidence, and forceful and rigorous analysis, he shows how development, broadly and properly conceived, cannot be antagonistic to liberty but consists precisely in its increase. * Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economic Science *Amartya Sen has made several key contributions to research on fundamental problems in welfare economics. By combining tools from economics and philosophy, he has restored an ethical dimension to the discussion of vital economic problems. * From the Royal Swedish Academy Announcement of the Award of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Development as Freedom ; 1. The Perspective of Freedom ; 2. The Ends and the Means of Development ; 3. Freedom and the Foundations of Justice ; 4. Poverty as Capability Deprivation ; 5. Markets, States, and Social Opportunity ; 6. The Importance of Democracy ; 7. Famines and Other Crises ; 8. Women's Agency and Social Change ; 9. Population, Food and Freedom ; 10. Culture and Human Rights ; 11. Social Choice and Individual Behaviour ; 12. Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment

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