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Book SynopsisOriginally initiated by the Presidential Committee on Regional Development in South Korea, this wide-ranging volume investigates the new directions in regional development policy taking shape around the world. In addition to contributions with individual emphasis on regional policy in Korea, the book compares, contrasts and extends regional policy thought in the European Union and other Asian countries. The book first examines some radical new directions in Korea's regional policies instigated by the newly established permanent Presidential Commission of Regional Development. The existing nine provinces and seven 'Special Cities' (i.e. metropolitan areas), will yield considerable power and budget authority to seven new mega-regions. Many of the ideas behind the new policies (such as territorial cohesion, regional innovation and regional competitiveness) were inspired from abroad, especially Europe. There are also changes at the lower urban scale to modify Korea's traditional top-down strategies. Previous policies, named 'balanced national development', were targeted at undermining Seoul by redistributing activities, including government, to other parts of the country under the zero sum game assumption. The new policies aim to benefit both the Capital Region and other mega-regions under a 'win-win' assumption. The book evaluates these approaches. Original contributions from some of the field's foremost scholars - including Sang-Chuel Choe, Sir Peter Hall, Andreas Faludi, Michael Storper, Takashi Onishi, Maryann Feldman and Sam Ock Park - identify priorities for territorial integration, develop ideas for cross-border cooperation, discuss EU policy and policies for overall regional competitiveness, examine the construction of regional entrepreneurial advantage and consider fiscal policy and decision-making. Professors, students and public policy officials in the fields of regional studies, planning and regional economics, economic geography and political science will all find this book very current and enlightening.Contributors: C.-H.C. Bae, S.-C. Choe, P. Crézé, M.G. Donovan, A. Faludi, T. Farole, M. Feldman, P. Hall, E.J. Heikkila, H. Horio, J.-H. Jang, S.N. Jung, R. Kawka, Y.-W. Kim, S.V. Lall, Y.G. Lee, N. Lowe, T. Onishi, S.O. Park, H.W. Richardson, A. Rodríguez-Pose, M. StorperTrade Review’[T]his is a topical book as it describes the newest trends and changes in regional development policy in South Korea with great detail.’ -- Robert Hassink, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction: Reshaping Regional Policy in Korea Sang-Chuel Choe PART II: GLOBAL VIEWS 2. Regions and Regional Policy: A Global View Sir Peter Hall 3. Regional Policy: What Works and What Doesn’t Somik V. Lall 4. Barriers and Breakthrough Strategies for Cross-Border Cooperation Michael G. Donovan PART III: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES A. Europe 5. Cohesion, Coherence, Cooperation: EU Policy Beyond Hard Territoriality Andreas Faludi 6. Cohesion Policy in the European Union: Growth, Geography, Institutions Thomas Farole, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael Storper 7. Policies for Regional Competitiveness Patrick Crézé 8. Strengthening Metropolitan Regions for Growth and Innovation Rupert Kawka 9. Regional Development Agencies in England Harry W. Richardson B. Other 10. Development of Regional Plans and Economic Base Strategies for Sustainable Development in Japan Takashi Onishi 11. Emerging Issues and the Experiences of Economic Regions: The Case of Japan Hiroyasu Horio 12. Constructing Regional Entrepreneurial Advantage: Consensus Building, Technological Uncertainty and Emerging Industries Maryann Feldman and Nichola Lowe PART IV: INCOME VS. SPATIAL EQUITY 13. Identity and Inequality in Planning: Implications for Regional Development Eric J. Heikkila 14. Inequity and Regional Development Policies Chang-Hee Christine Bae 15. The New Economic Geography and Regional Development Policies Harry W. Richardson PART V: KOREA 16. Fiscal Policy and Regional Development Young Geol Lee 17. Regional Development Policy in Korea: The Past, Present and Future Jae-Hong Jang 18. Long-term Strategies for Regional Development Policies in Korea Sam Ock Park 19. The Role of Economic Regions and Metropolitan Economies in Korea’s Regional Policy Soon Nam Jung 20. Building a Regional Governance System for Mega-Economic Regions in Korea Yong-Woon Kim PART VI: CONCLUSIONS 21. Conclusions Harry W. Richardson and Chang-Hee Christine Bae Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and fascinating book illustrates that in moving the research agenda forward - despite whatever methodological pitfalls that may await in the attempt - the dynamics of religion must now be considered to be of central and abiding importance in the study of world politics. An illuminating case study of the World Bank s engagements with religion/faith communities, institutions and social movements provides insights into the current discourse on religion in international relations. John A. Rees argues that religion is of equal importance to other structures of international relations (IR), and questions where religion is operating in world politics rather than what religion is in an essential sense. He constructs a new model for differentiating three distinct discourses of religion in the theory and practice of world politics, which he applies to the IR sphere of international development, and encourages new thinking in the field by answering conceptual and methodological challenges in religion research. This book will prove an enlightening point of reference for academics and researchers in the fields of religion, world politics, international relations, and development studies, as well as for international organizations, development theorists and practitioners working in conjunction with faith-based organizations.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Scott M. Thomas Introduction 1. The Discourses of Religion in International Politics 2. Modelling Religion in International Relations 3. Religion and the Discourse of Development 4. Religion and the World Bank 5. Analyzing World Bank Faith and Development Partnerships 6. The World Faiths Development Dialogue (1998–2005) 7. Development and the Sacral Deficit Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has helped to improve corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to incorporate wage issues into CSR. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead proposes a new methodology, the `Fair Wage' approach, providing CSR actors with a coherent and comprehensive set of fair wage dimensions and indicators. Application of this new approach in a large-scale auditing exercise on wages in Asia and a number of qualitative case studies in China provides unique, first-hand information on wage practices among suppliers. The results confirm the need to address wage issues using a broad spectrum of wage dimensions, including living wages, minimum wages, social dialogue, payment of working hours and wage development in accordance with prices, enterprise performance and changes in technology and human capital. The `Fair Wage' approach advocated in this book is a first, serious and concerted effort to address the issue of wages, which are increasingly being used as the adjustment variable at the end of the supply chain.Adverse wage developments clearly highlight the limitations of government action in regulating this aspect of the global economy. The ‘Fair Wage’ approach advocated in this book is a first, serious and concerted effort to address this critical issue. It will be required reading for practitioners and scholars of labour economics, development studies and CSR.Trade Review‘In his book Fair Wages, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead provides a compelling view into how to strengthen CSR by incorporating a wage dimension and a monitoring process in this area. This book is unique in that it thoroughly explores the different wage indicators that have been used to capture a general wage concept, and after noting the main focal points and deficiencies present in each approach, provides us a new holistic fair wage framework of analysis and monitoring tool. . . Fair Wages is grounded in research and is written in a style that makes it accessible to multiple audiences.’ -- Ilyana Albarran, Public Organization Review‘While many economists, policy-makers and commentators often point at negative effects of globalisation on wage inequality and income distribution, few specific proposals have emerged so far. Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead’s book should be commended for proposing a concrete approach for addressing the wage-related dimension of the social issues raised by globalisation.’ -- Pascal Lamy, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland‘Remedies should be brought to the global worrying wage trends so well documented in this book, not only by governments but by employers themselves, out of enlightened self-interest rather than generous benefaction, in the pursuit of the long-term profitability of their companies, through the positive impact that greater fairness exercises have on labour productivity and social peace. This is the line taken by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead in his book on fair wages. Daniel shows that there is still considerable room for tapping the resources of corporate social responsibility: this potential simply must be exploited to the full before anything else, and therefore it must be investigated and publicized the way he does.’ -- D. Mario Nuti, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and formerly of London Business School, UK‘This is an exceptionally important and timely piece of work for the simple reason that it brings to our attention a global crisis - that of unfair wages. In this volume, Daniel provides an excellent analytical framework and tool that can be applied at firm level. I fully expect that the different dimensions of the fair wage proposed in this book will become standard features of company annual wage reviews and of social audits.’ -- Auret Van Heerden, President and CEO, Fair Labour AssociationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Auret van Heerden Preface Introduction 1. The General Context: Global Wage Trends Part I: Towards a New Wage Policy: The Fair Wage Approach 2. CSR Deficit on Wages 3. Fair Wages: A More Comprehensive and Multidimensional Approach 4. Pilot Testing in Two Suppliers in China Part II: The Fair Wage Approach in Practice 5. First Comprehensive Auditing on Wages 6. Fair Wages within the Crisis Policy Conclusions 7. Towards a Fair Wage Campaign Bibliography Annexes Index

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Book Synopsis'Once in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaw's breathtakingly detailed, richly first-hand informed, and incisive, account of the frequently paradoxical co-option of women into the analysis and practice of ''disaster'' in developing economies. Bradshaw's eminently comprehensive, well-substantiated, perceptive and sensitive treatment of the ''A to Z'' of gender and 'disaster' in developing country contexts constitutes a 21st century volume which will be a definitive benchmark for scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and feminist activists at a world scale.'- Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics, UKThe need to 'disaster proof' development is increasingly recognized by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice.Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually and collectively as gendered events. Through consideration of processes to engender development, it problematizes women's inclusion in disaster response and reconstruction. The study highlights that while women are now central to both disaster response and development, tackling gender inequality is not. By critically reflecting on gendered disaster response and the gendered impact of disasters on processes of development, it exposes some important lessons for future policy.This timely book examines international development and disaster policy which will prove invaluable to gender and disaster academics, students and practitioners.Contents:Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography IndexTrade ReviewGender, Development and Disasters is a valuable and essential call for all parties to be attuned to the enormous complexities involved in incorporating gender into a disaster response... This book implores us to be gender reflective at every level. For those of us working in disaster response, we need to learn from development's positive and negative practices regarding gender, rather than simply lifting gender debates out of development and inserting them into a disaster context - if nothing else, it assumes that gender in development is working. It is a difficult but vital truth: we still aren't getting gender right. This book offers a real chance for us to reflect, and to change.' --Beth Evans, Gender & Development'Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains.' --Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UK'Bringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic. This is one for the top shelf - a book we have been waiting for and must put to use.' --Elaine Enarson, founder, Gender and Disaster Resilience AllianceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.'- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US'This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.'- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKThis insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant challenges to the democratic polity. They engage with different dimensions of the governance challenge including norms, public attitudes, citizen engagement, political conflict, policy design, and implementation, and with a range of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity/nature protection, and water management. The book concludes with an essay by William Lafferty that explores the flawed character of the contemporary democratic polity and offers his reflections on possible pathways to reform.This book will interest researchers, academics, and graduate students in environmental politics and public policy. It is ideal for use as supplementary reading in a wide range of university courses, while NGOs and policy-makers will also find it of considerable value.Contributors: C. Aall, S. Baker, E. Bomberg, H.T.A. Bressers, P.-O. Busch, F.H.J.M. Coenen, K. Eckerberg, H. Jörgens, W.M. Lafferty, O. Langhelle, L.J. Lundqvist, J. Meadowcroft, G. Mullally, M. Narodoslawsky, A. Ruud, M.A. SchreursTrade Review‘The editors of this volume bring together an impressive cast of scholars on the critical relationship of democracy and governance in sustainable development. It offers an outstanding and timely contribution to the literatures in sustainability, political science, and comparative environmental politics.’ -- Daniel J. Fiorino, American University, US‘This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world’s leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the sustainability transition will have to find a way to maximise policy synergies in a democratically legitimate manner.’ -- Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 2. A Changing Energy Resource Base and the Re-invention of the Region Michael Narodoslawsky 3. Trends, Drivers and Dilemmas in the Transition Towards Sustainable Water Management Frans H.J.M. Coenen and Hans T.A. Bressers 4. Local Participation and Learning in Nature Protection: A Swedish Success Story Katarina Eckerberg 5. Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norwegian Society Carlo Aall 6. ‘Think Globally, Act Locally!’ But What on Earth Can Local Governments Do About Global Climate Change? Lennart J. Lundqvist 7. Moving Beyond the Impasse: Climate Change Activism in the US and the EU Elizabeth Bomberg 8. Governance and Participation for Sustainable Development in Ireland: ‘Not So Different After All?’ Gerard Mullally 9. Measuring What? National Interpretations of Sustainable Development – The Case of Norway Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud 10. Breaking the Impasse on Global Environmental Protection Miranda A. Schreurs 11. Governance by Diffusion: Exploring a New Mechanism of International Policy Coordination Per-Olof Busch and Helge Jörgens 12. Climate Change, the Common Good and the Promotion of Sustainable Development Susan Baker 13. Pushing the Boundaries: Governance for Sustainable Development and a Politics of Limits James Meadowcroft 14. Governance for Sustainable Development: The Impasse of Dysfunctional Democracy William M. Lafferty Index

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Book SynopsisPrivate regulatory initiatives aim to govern supply chains across the globe according to a set of environmental, food safety and/or social standards. Until now, literature on the topic has been fragmented and divided by research fields. However, this unique and comprehensive book bridges these disciplinary and thematic research lines, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to identify key issues. The expert contributors assess the state-of-the-art with regard to private regulation of food, natural resources and labour conditions. They begin with an introduction to, and discussion of, several leading existing private standards, and go on to assess private food standards and their legitimacy and effectiveness in the context of the global trade regime. This truly multidisciplinary assessment of the scope and importance of private standards as a governance tool in a globalizing world will prove to be an enlightening read for a wide-ranging audience encompassing: academics, students, researchers, policymakers and analysts focusing on private forms of governance in several sectors including economics, law, politics, development, environment and agriculture. Contributors: E. Becault, F. Cafaggi, L. Colen, L. Cuyvers, T. De Meyer, N. Hachez, S. Henson, J. Humphrey, M. Maertens, A. Marx, J. Swinnen, G.H. Stanton, F. van Waarden, J. WoutersTrade ReviewThis edited volume represents a major contribution to scholarship on the role in private standards in global governance. It brings together a wealth of important new research written by a distinguished group of scholars. It is noteworthy not only for the breadth and depth of its case-studies, but by its extensive analysis of the legal dimensions of private standard setting and enforcement. --David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, USThis book draws out the profound implications and transformational dynamics of multi-level global governance of natural resources, labour standards and particularly food safety. The hybrid private-public governance of these supply chains has in some contexts made large western retailer groups more dominant regulators than states. Yet the new regulatory governance is more pluralistic in its flux than a shift from state to retailer hegemony. Governance by contracts of global sway more than government by statutes of states drives regulatory innovation. Legal entrepreneurs and model mongers of many stripes inspire this innovation. Political theory is yet to come to grips with the significance of the shifts this thoughtful collection ably traces. --John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Private Standards and Global Governance Axel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters PART I: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE THROUGH PRIVATE STANDARDS: THE CASES OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOOD AND LABOUR CONDITIONS 2. Governing Global Commons: The Public‐Private Protection of Fish and Forests Frans van Waarden 3. Private Standards in Forestry: Assessing the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship Council Axel Marx, Emilie Bécault and Jan Wouters 4. Private Standards in Global Agri-food Chains Spencer Henson and John Humphrey 5. Market-driven Promotion of International Labour Standards in Southeast Asia: The Corporatization of Social Justice Ludo Cuyvers and Tim De Meyer PART II: PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES 6. Private Standards, Global Food Supply Chains and the Implications for Developing Countries Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen 7. Globalization, Private Standards and Poverty: Evidence from Senegal Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen PART III: PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES 8. Transnational Governance by Contract: Private Regulation and Contractual Networks in Food Safety Fabrizio Cafaggi 9. Food Safety-related Private Standards: The WTO Perspective Gretchen H. Stanton 10. Private Standards, Global Governance and International Trade: The Case of Global Food Safety Governance Jan Wouters, Axel Marx and Nicolas Hachez 11. Conclusion: Private Standards – a Global Governance Tool? Axel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters Index

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Book SynopsisThis concise and detailed Handbook addresses some of the most complex issues raised by the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement globally. Among other themes, the Handbook explores the applicability of GATT jurisprudence for the interpretation of the Agreement’s provisions. It also considers key issues relating to the enforcement of intellectual property rights, such as border measures and injunctive relief. Teamed with the first volume –- Research Handbook on the Protection of Intellectual Property under WTO Rules - – this analysis is supplemented by a thorough review of the most important cases on TRIPS decided under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.This accessible Handbook will be invaluable not only for academics, policymakers, and professionals in the area of intellectual property, but for all those interested in or working with the intricacies of the WTO system.Trade Review‘Carlos Correa has in these two Research Handbooks on the TRIPS Agreement, done a magnificent job of bringing together a large number of scholars to analyse the many issues raised by the Agreement. The result is an integrated resource of high quality that helps readers to understand the many complex dimensions of TRIPS.’ -- Peter Drahos, RegNet, The Australian National University, Canberra‘TRIPs is the only positive integration type of agreement in the WTO. Scholars have legitimately in my view, questioned its inclusion in the WTO since the protection of IP rights is no more a trade issue than many other similar issues. This is the first time that a set of well-known experts has dealt in a comprehensive manner with the vast array of issues regarding the coming-into-being, the functioning and the perspectives of the TRIPs regime under the aegis of the WTO. These two volumes will provide very useful guidance to students and policymakers alike dealing with protection of IP rights and international trade.’ -- Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School, US and University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface INTERPRETATION, ENFORCEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 1. The Applicability of GATT Jurisprudence to the Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement Susy Frankel 2. TRIPS-Plus-Plus Initiatives on Broad Border Measures: Features and Implications Xuan Li 3. Lessons from the United States in Regard to the Recent, More Flexible Application of Injunctive Relief Joshua D. Sarnoff 4. Accession to the WTO, Intellectual Property Rights and Domestic Institutions Ermias Tekeste Biadgleng 5. The WTO Dispute on Trademarks and Geographical Indications: Some Implications for Trade Policy-Making and Negotiations David Vivas-Eugui and María Julia Oliva 6. United States – Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act: Summary and Analysis Dalindyebo Shabalala 7. WTO Panel on United States – Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act Maximiliano Santa Cruz 8. Dispute Settlement Under the TRIPS Agreement: The United States–Brazil (2000) and United States–Argentina (2002) Patent Disputes Viviana Muñoz Tellez 9. Canada – Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical Products Pedro Roffe and Christoph Spennemann 10. Mandatory Regulation versus Discretionary Regulation, Unilateralism, and National Treatment: An Analysis of the United States – Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998 Dispute Christophe Charlier Index

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Book SynopsisTo what extent does development influence migration? How does migration affect development? In recent years, there has been a huge amount of research into such questions about what has come to be known as the migration-development nexus. In this important collection, Oliver Bakewell draws together key articles by leading scholars which investigate past and current thinking on the complex linkages between migration and development. The volume studies the impacts of levels of development on both internal and international migration and the impacts of migration on economic and social change in both origin and destination areas. Further topics covered include the influence of transnationalism and diasporas. It presents the reasons for the rise of the migration-development nexus and concludes by offering some critical perspectives on it.With an original introductory chapter by the editor, this volume will be of great interest and value to scholars and policymakers alike.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction The Development and Migration Journey Oliver Bakewell PART I EARLY OVERVIEWS OF LINKAGES BETWEEN MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 1. Marvin P. Miracle and Sara S. Berry (1970), ‘Migrant Labour and Economic Development’ 2. Michael Kearney (1986), ‘From the Invisible Hand to Visible Feet: Anthropological Studies of Migration and Development’ 3. Reginald T. Appleyard (1989), ‘Migration and Development: Myths and Reality’ PART II THE RISE OF THE MIGRATION-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS 4. J. Edward Taylor, Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Douglas S. Massey and Adela Pellegrino (1996), ‘International Migration and National Development’ 5. J. Edward Taylor, Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Douglas S. Massey and Adela Pellegrino (1996), ‘International Migration and Community Development’ 6. Arjan de Haan (1999), ‘Livelihoods and Poverty: The Role of Migration – A Critical Review of the Migration Literature’ 7. Ninna Nyberg-Sørensen, Nicholas Van Hear and Poul Engberg-Pedersen (2002), ‘The Migration-Development Nexus. Evidence and Policy Options: State-of-the-Art Overview’ 8. Stephen Castles (2009), 'Development and Migration or Migration and Development: What Comes First?' 9. Jorge Durand, William Kandel, Emilio A. Parrado and Douglas S. Massey (1996), ‘International Migration and Development in Mexican Communities’ 10. Oliver Bakewell with Hein de Haas, Stephen Castles, Simona Vezzoli and Gunvor Jónsson (2009), South-South Migration and Human Development: Reflections on African Experiences PART III THE IMPACT OF (UNDER-)DEVELOPMENT ON MIGRATION 11. Oded Stark (1984), ‘Rural-to-Urban Migration in LDCs: A Relative Deprivation Approach’ 12. Brooke McDonald, Michael Webber and Duan Yuefang (2008), ‘Involuntary Resettlement as an Opportunity for Development: The Case of Urban Resettlers of the Three Gorges Project, China’ 13. Stephanie Hitztaler (2004), ‘The Relationship between Resources and Human Migration Patterns in Central Kamchatka during the Post-Soviet Period’ 14. Sally E. Findley (1994), ‘Does Drought Increase Migration? A Study of Migration from Rural Mali during the 1983–1985 Drought’ 15. Cris Beauchemin and Bruno Schoumaker (2005), ‘Migration to Cities in Burkina Faso: Does the Level of Development in Sending Areas Matter?’ 16. Helmut Kloos and Aynalem Adugna (1989), ‘Settler Migration during the 1984/85 Resettlement Programme in Ethiopia’ PART IV REMITTANCES, INEQUALITY AND POVERTY 17. Richard H. Adams Jr. and John Page (2005), ‘Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?’ 18. Michael Lipton (1980), ‘Migration from Rural Areas of Poor Countries: The Impact on Rural Productivity and Income Distribution’ 19. Devesh Kapur (2005), ‘Remittances: The New Development Mantra?’ 20. Frédéric Docquier, Olivier Lohest and Abdeslam Marfouk (2007), ‘Brain Drain in Developing Countries’ PART V IMPACT OF MIGRATION ON SOCIAL RELATIONS 21. J. Van Velsen (1960), ‘Labor Migration as a Positive Factor in the Continuity of Tonga Tribal Society’ 22. Peggy Levitt and Deepak Lamba-Nieves (2011), ‘Social Remittances Revisited’ 23. Sara R. Curran and Abigail C. Saguy (2001), ‘Migration and Cultural Change: A Role for Gender and Social Networks?’ 24. Ben Rogaly (1998), ‘Workers on the Move: Seasonal Migration and Changing Social Relations in Rural India’ 25. Nicola Piper (2008), ‘The “Migration-Development Nexus” Revisited from a Rights Perspective’ PART VI TRANSNATIONALISM AND DIASPORA 26. Thomas Faist (2008), ‘Migrants as Transnational Development Agents: An Inquiry into the Newest Round of the Migration-Development Nexus’ 27. Giles Mohan and A.B. Zack-Williams (2002), ‘Globalisation from Below: Conceptualising the Role of the African Diasporas in Africa's Development’ 28. Jean-Baptiste Meyer, Jorge Charum, Dora Bernal, Jacques Gaillard, José Granés, John Leon, Alvaro Montenegro, Alvaro Morales, Carlos Murcia, Nora Narvaez-Berthelemot, Luz Stella Parrado and Bernard Schlemmer (1997), ‘Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain: The Colombian Experience of the Diaspora Option’ 29. Sarah Gammage (2004), ‘Exercising Exit, Voice and Loyalty: A Gender Perspective on Transnationalism in Haiti’ PART VII SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS – INTERNAL, REGIONAL AND INTER-CONTINENTAL MIGRATION 30. Priya Deshingkar (2006), ‘Internal Migration, Poverty and Development in Asia: Including the Excluded’ 31. Ronald Skeldon (2006), ‘Interlinkages between Internal and International Migration and Development in the Asian Region’ 32. Fleur Wouterse and J. Edward Taylor (2008), ‘Migration and Income Diversification: Evidence from Burkina Faso’ PART VIII CRITICAL VOICES ON THE MIGRATION-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS 33. Oliver Bakewell (2008), ‘“Keeping Them in Their Place”: The Ambivalent Relationship between Development and Migration in Africa’ 34. Michael A. Clemens and Lant Pritchett (2008), ‘Income per Natural: Measuring Development for People Rather Than Places’ 35. Nicola Phillips (2009), ‘Migration as Development Strategy? The New Political Economy of Dispossession and Inequality in the Americas’ 36. Ronald Skeldon (2008), ‘International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase?’

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Book SynopsisThis volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.'- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKThere is increasing interest in the significance of social policy in the management of welfare and risk in the developing world.This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global South, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the text explores the extent to which the analytic models and concepts for the study of social policy in the industrialised North are relevant in a developing country context. The volume analyzes the various institutions, actors, instruments and mechanisms involved in the welfare arrangements of developing countries and provides a study of the contexts, development and future trajectory of social policy in the global South.The book's comparative and interdisciplinary approach will be of interest to anyone involved in social policy research and analysis and current welfare debates.Contributors: B. Deacon, J. Doherty, P. Dornan, D. Lewis, A. McCord, D. McIntyre, C. Meth, A. Nicholls, S. Pellissery, C. Porter, R. Surender, M. Urbina-Ferretjans, A. Vetterlein, R. WalkerTrade Review‘This volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.’ -- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction Rebecca Surender 2. The Role of Historical Contexts in Shaping Social Policy in the Global South Rebecca Surender PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS 3. The Role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Poverty Reduction: Limits of Policy Change Antje Vetterlein 4. Building the Welfare Mix or Sidelining the State? Non-Governmental Organizations in Developing Countries as Social Policy Actors David Lewis 5. The Informal Economy: Dilemmas and Policy Responses Sony Pellissery 6. Addressing the Failings of Public Health Systems: Should the Private Sector be an Instrument of Choice? Jane Doherty and Diane McIntyre PART III: INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISMS 7. Social Security: Risks, Needs and Protection Robert Walker 8. The Implications of Conditionality in Social Assistance Programmes Paul Dornan and Catherine Porter 9. Work and Welfare in the Global South: Public Works Programmes as an Instrument of Social Policy Anna McCord and Charles Meth 10. The Social Entrepreneurship–Social Policy Nexus in Developing Countries Alex Nicholls PART IV: SCENARIOS AND TRAJECTORIES 11. Globalization and Social Policy in Developing Countries Bob Deacon 12. South–South Cooperation: A New Paradigm for Global Social Policy? Rebecca Surender and Marian Urbina-Ferretjans 13. Conclusion: Towards the Analysis of Social Policy in a Developing World Robert Walker Index

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Book SynopsisThis new authoritative two-volume set contains a selection of the most important articles and papers spanning over 30 years on the sociology of development. It is divided under 14 succinct headings covering the main areas of the field, including: Antecedents, Modernization Theory, Dependency, the Global Economy, the Urban and the Rural, Gender and Ethnicity, Environment and Sustainable Development.The first volume features a comprehensive collection by authors whose work has shaped academic thought and public policy on the economic development of third world nations. Contemporary scholarship on economic development is explored in the second volume which addresses today's major research issues: class, gender, ethnic and race inequality, the informal economy, population growth, migration, worker remittances, politics and the state, planning and development, and the state and sustainable development.The editors do not limit their selection of articles on the sociology of development to just one country - papers are included on Africa, Latin America, China, Mexico as well as more general articles on the developing world. The editors have also written an introduction to accompany the piece, explaining their selection of articles chosen.Table of ContentsPart I Antecedents. Part II Modernization theory. Part III Dependency. Part IV World systems. Part V The global economy. Part VI The post-development debate.

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Book SynopsisFiscal reforms have been an integral and essential component of the structural adjustment programmes implemented in the least developed countries (LDCs) since the 1980s. The need for fiscal reform in the LDCs was motivated by the accumulation of unsustainable fiscal deficits, constraints on the availability of external finance, the adverse impact of distortionary tax systems on economic efficiency and deficiencies in public administration. Fiscal reform in the LDCs encompassed deficit reduction, the restructuring of the tax system, and the reform of public administration and public expenditures.The empirical research in this volume provides an analysis of the experience of the fiscal reforms carried out since the early 1980s in four different LDCs - Bangladesh, The Gambia, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania. The case studies examine the nature and budgetary impact of the fiscal reforms in these countries, assess the extent to which reforms have achieved their objectives and discuss the major obstacles to the success of fiscal reform. The empirical studies are supplemented by a chapter outlining the contribution which economic theory can make to the design of optimal tax and expenditure systems in developing countries and to the implementation of fiscal reforms. An overview chapter, which also serves as an introduction to the volume, discusses the reasons why LDCs have embarked on fiscal reforms, summarizes the salient findings of the country case studies and assesses the lessons which can be learnt from these empirical studies.Trade Review'This book provides a sound analysis of the experiences of the selected countries. It underscores the developmental debate on the necessity of supporting fiscal policy reforms by promoting administration and human capacity-building. The analysis also delivers important suggestions for the focal points of future development cooperation.' -- Susanne Giwer, Development and CooperationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Overview (C.K. Patel, S. Toh, M. Brownbridge) 2. Fiscal Reform in Developing Countries (D.P. Coady) 3. Trade Policy Reforms and the Government Budget Constraint in Bangladesh (P. Basu, D. Greenaway) 4. Structural Adjustment and Fiscal Reforms in Malawi: An Assessment (P. Basu, C. Milner) 5. Fiscal Adjustment in the Gambia: A Case Study (P. Basu, N. Gemmell) 6. The Fiscal Impact of Adjustment in Tanzania in the 1980s (P. Basu, O. Morrissey) References Index

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Book SynopsisHow can developing nations achieve cohesive national innovation systems which provide the foundations for technological progress and economic growth? In answer to this question, Technology, Development and Democracy examines the possibility of studying innovation systems using a unified approach drawing on economic, political, sociological and cultural factors and addresses the problematic concept of progress in the postmodern era.Haider Khan expresses the search for high technology as the search for 'positive feedback loop innovation systems' (POLIS). In the first part of the book the conditions for POLIS are explored both in theory and using empirical evidence. The author examines the theoretical arguments which describe an innovation system as a complex and uncertain evolutionary process. He uses empirical evidence to illustrate these arguments and examines whether South Korea's pursuit of high technology has led to the creation of a 'positive feedback loop innovation system'. The second part of the book extends the analysis of the economics of POLIS and discusses the implications of high technology systems for the polity and society at large. It also pursues some of the normative issues raised by high technology, particularly the relationship between economy and democracy. Technology, Development and Democracy will be invaluable to students and academics with an interest in economic development, technological change and political economy.Trade Review'This interesting book addresses the implications of a modern technology system for economic development and examines questions regarding the role of advanced technologies in creating post-modern conditions in developing societies.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Technology, Complexity and Postmodernism 2. Technology, Growth and Increasing Returns 3. Technological Complexity, Uncertainty and POLIS 4. Technology Systems, Social Accounting Matrices and the Evolution intoPOLIS 5. South Korea: an Economy in search of a POLIS Part II – Beyond the Economics of POLIS 6. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice? Technology, Democracy and Development in the Age of Postmodernism 7. Technology, Democracy and Global Justice in the McWorld: Can we put the Genie back into the bottle? 8. Conclusions: Towards a Brave New World? Bibliography

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Book SynopsisNotions of land and agrarian reform are now well entrenched in post-apartheid South Africa. But what this reform actually means for everyday life is not clearly understood, nor the way it will impact on the political economy. In the Shadow of Policy explores the interface between the policy of land and agrarian reform and its implementation; and between the decisions of policy ‘experts’ and actual livelihood experiences in the fields and homesteads of land reform projects. Starting with an overview of the socio-historical context in which land and agrarian reform policy has evolved in South Africa, the volume presents empirical case studies of land reform projects in the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape provinces. These draw on multiple voices from various sectors and provide a rich source of material and critical reflections to inform future policy and research agendas. In the Shadow of Policy will be a key reference tool for those working in the area of development studies and land policy, and for civil society groups and NGOs involved in land restitution.Table of ContentsSetting the scene: land and agrarian reform in post-apartheid South Africa: Post-apartheid land and agrarian reform policy and practices in South Africa: themes, processes and issues; Land and agrarian reform policies from a historical perspective; Land reform and agriculture uncoupled: the political economy of rural reform in post-apartheid South Africa. 'Mind the gap': discrepancies between policies and practices in South African land reform: Consultants, business plans and land reform practices; 'Seeing like a land reform agency': cultural politics and the contestation of community farming at Makhoba; Land reform and newly emerging social relations on Gallawater A farm; Property rights and land reform in the Western Cape; 'Rent a crowd' land reform at Survive and Dikgoho land reform projects; Locating policies in the daily practices of land reform beneficiaries: the Mighty and Wales land reform farms; Where are the youth in land reform? The Vuki case; Land compensation in the upper Kat River valley; In the shadows of the cadastre: family law and custom in Rabula and Fingo Village; Land reform, tradition and securing land for women in Namaqualand Karin Kleinbooi. Competing knowledge regimes in communal area agriculture: What constitutes 'the agrarian' in contemporary rural African settlements of the central Eastern Cape?; The Massive Food Production Programme: a case study of agricultural policy continuities and changes; The Massive Food Production Programme: does it work?; 'Still feeding ourselves': everyday practices of the Siyazondla Homestead Food Production Programme in Mbhashe; Cultivators in action, Siyazondla in action? Trends and potentials in homestead cultivation; Smallholder irrigation schemes as an agrarian development option for the Cape region; Cattle and rural development in the Eastern Cape: the Nguni project revisited.

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the demographic and socioeconomic developments in Syria during the late twentieth centuryTable of ContentsSources for Syrian demographic trends and development; population growth - natural increase, mortality rates and life expectancy, marriage and divorce, economic consequences of high rates of natural increase, contraceptive use; the spatial distribution of the population - rural-to-urban migration, economic consequences of the rapid urbanization process); Syrian migration abroad; demographic policies of the Syrian authorities; demography - economy and political change under Asad.

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis.The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Shifting urban dynamics: An overview.- From megacity to megacity region: Is an Asian paradigm emerging?- Asian MCR: Urban-Rural interface and multidimensionality of the spread region.- Scale and where the three prongs meet.- The national capital region, Delhi, India: An empirical exploration.- Concluding thoughts.

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that close and disciplined scrutiny of the Asian megacity regions is of critical importance to understanding Asian urbanization. However, any approach to studying these regions must adopt a multi-dimensional and trans-urban perspective; otherwise, we Without such an approach, we cannot truly make meaningful decisions about growth management and sustainable development for such regions. Amidst the sweeping demographic and structural shifts produced by global urbanization, Asian urbanization has a fascinating and prominent role. Asian urbanization is heterogeneous, and more accurately constitutes “phenomena” than a “phenomenon.” However, despite this diversity, there are certain common features that we can identify. One of them is the Asian “megacity region”— the administrative and/or delineated territory of mixed urban-rural landscape surrounding a giant metropolis.The purpose of this book is to: Understand the main features of 21st century urbanization Note the limitations of current approaches (e.g. disparate scales, city-centric views, inadequate data sets) Articulate a pragmatically framed three-pronged approach (scale-based, trans-urban, multi-dimensional) Demonstrate the application of such an approach with a case study of one of the most important megacity regions in South Asia, the Delhi National Capital Region, underscoring the methodological requirements of such an approach Discuss the next steps for the field as a whole: questions to be raised and directions to be explored for further study. This timely, conceptual and empirical book will appeal to students of urbanization, architects involved in urban policy and planning, and researchers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Shifting urban dynamics: An overview.- From megacity to megacity region: Is an Asian paradigm emerging?- Asian MCR: Urban-Rural interface and multidimensionality of the spread region.- Scale and where the three prongs meet.- The national capital region, Delhi, India: An empirical exploration.- Concluding thoughts.

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Book SynopsisThis open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization, technological leapfrogging, increased trade, greater stability, better governance and external support. The book reviews the future of work/jobs, poverty and the impact of climate change. A combined Closing the Gap scenario presents a forecast of what could be possible by 2040. Each chapter suggests which policies might accelerate prospects for each sector. Written in an accessible style, and supported by a range of pedagogical features, this textbook introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the contemporary human and economic development prospects in Africa.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Growing GapChapter 2: Africa’s Current PathChapter 3: HealthChapter 4: Getting to Africa's Demographic DividendChapter 5: Wanted – A Revolution in AgricultureChapter 6: Boosting EducationChapter 7: Poverty, Inequality and GrowthChapter 8: Changing Productive StructuresChapter 9: The Future of Work in AfricaChapter 10: Technological Innovation and the Power of LeapfroggingChapter 11: Trade and GrowthChapter 12: Prospects for Greater PeaceChapter 13: Good Governance, Democracy and DevelopmentChapter 14: Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment Chapter 15: Climate ChangeChapter 16: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Turkey’s success within international development cooperation and how this could create a framework for a new international aid architecture. Turkey has become a world leader in humanitarian assistance and shared an extraordinary burden in official development assistance (ODA). Its achievements are used to highlight the global failure to meet aid commitments and the increasingly permanent humanitarian problems seen in certain regions. A particular focus is given to Turkey’s diplomatic and humanitarian actions, its contribution to regional stability and development, and creating a holistic aid perspective. The book aims to provide the reader with an understanding of Turkey’s significant value-added contribution to the international aid architecture, gives an outline for international cooperation, and contributes to ongoing discussions within development economics, political science, and international relations.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis open access book introduces design for Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and for Sustainable Distributed Economies (S.DE). These are introduced as technical and operative tools for the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and capable of designing environmentally, socially and economically sustainable solutions, accessible to all. The book provides a comprehensive framework and also practical tools to support the system design for sustainability process. It overviews methodologies, tools and strategies for Sustainable PSS design applied to Distributed Economies (DE) and provides strategies and design guidelines. All of these are highlighted and expanded upon with international case studies.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the prospects for the development of the African continent as part of the emerging system of international relations in the twenty-first century. African countries are playing an increasingly important part in the current system of international relations. Nevertheless, even 60 years after gaining their independence, most of them are confronted with regional and global issues that are directly related to their colonial past and its influence. Due to Africa’s wealth of natural and geopolitical resources, the possibility of interference in the internal affairs of African countries on the part of new and traditional global actors remains very real. Leading Africanists, together with international scholars from both international relations and African studies, examine the experience of decolonization, the impact of the emergence of a unipolar world on the African continent, and the growing influence of new international actors on the African continent in the twenty-first century. In addition, the importance of African countries’ foreign policy concepts and ideological attitudes in the post-bipolar period is revealed. “This volume strengthens the intellectual bridge between Russian, African and Western scholars of international relations. Strongly recommended!” Vladimir G. Shubin, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences “This book presents a wide range of prominent global scholars who bring a wealth of knowledge on the subject of Africa and the world.” Gilbert Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the USA (ACSUS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. “As a genuine contribution to the field of international relations and Global South Agency, this book should be in every institution of higher education’s library.” Lembe Tiky, Director of Academic Development, International Studies Association.Table of ContentsPart One: Legacy of Decolonization.- Sixty Years Later: Africa’s Stalled Decolonization.- Post-Colonial Period in the History of Africa: Development Challenges.- Rethinking the Role of Araujo Castro in Brazilian Position on the Decolonization of Africa.- USSR and the Nkrumah’s Project of the Union of African States, 1963-1965. (Based on Russian Archival Materials).- Part Two: Emerging Powers and Africa in the context of Multipolar World Formation.- Designs of the Four: Comparing African Strategies of Russia, China, US and EU against the Backdrop of the (re-)Emerging Bipolarity.- Russia–Africa: New Cooperation Prospects in a Changing World.- Africa’s Shadow Rise and the Mirage of Economic Development.- Security and Development in China-Africa Contemporary Cooperation.- Costs and Benefits of China’s Role in Southern Africa.- Africa in the Hierarchy of China's Core National Interests.- Part Three: African Solutions to African Problems: the Role of Africans in Peacekeeping.- The African Union and Peacekeeping in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities.- African Peacekeeping and African Integration: Current Challenges.- IGAD’s Mediation and Peacekeeping in Africa: Challenges and Perspective.- Women’s Participation in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Overcoming Barriers.- Farmer-Herders Conflict as a Challenge to National Unity in Nigeria.- Part Four: Mental Decolonization through Non-Western International Relations Theories.- Analytic Afrocentricity and the Future of African Studies.- African Foreign Policy Thought and Classical Political Doctrines: the Commonality of Ethical and Axiological Grounds.- In Quest of African IR Theories: Panafricanism and National Ideologies, Critical Theories or Post-colonial Studies?.- An African Worldview on International Relations: Theory and State Policy.- Part Five: Decolonization in the 21st Century and Future Perspectives.- Problem of African Agency in International Relations from the European Union Viewpoint.- Information Dependence as the Neocolonialism of the 21st Century: Past, Present, Future.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes a critical review of Nigeria’s attempts to achieve rapid industrial development since independence from Britain in 1960. It details the issues, challenges, and hard choices confronted by Nigerian political leadership and highlights the reasons why the country ultimately failed to achieve industrial take-off in spite of its abundant human and material resources. Chapters take a retrospective look at government industrial development policies and programs, including the steel industry, agro-allied and forest-based industries, and the industrial estate development program. The book also discusses tariff and trade policies, incentives and disincentives to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector, and small and medium enterprise (SME) development. The book concludes with a look at the recent drive towards regional integration as well as the potential impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and sixteen countries of West Africa. Providing an exhaustive history of Nigeria’s economic and industrial development, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of African economics, development studies, and industrial organization, as well as policy makers in both the public and private sectors.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Emerging Nigerian Economy.- Chapter 2: Manufacturing Sector in the Nigerian Economy.- Chapter 3: Industrial Development Policies and Strategies.- Chapter 4: The Nigerian Steel Industry: Retrospect and Prospect.- Chapter 5: Resources and Opportunities for Competitive Industrial Systems in Nigeria’s Agro-allied and Forest-based industries.- Chapter 6: A Hard Look at Industrial Estate Development in Nigeria.- Chapter 7: Incentives and Disincentives to Foreign Direct Investment in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector.- Chapter 8: An Appraisal of the Export Potential of Made- in- Nigeria Goods.- Chapter 9: Tariff Harmonization in West Africa and Africa : Prospects for the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector.- Chapter 10: Future of the Manufacturing Sector in West Africa Under the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.- Chapter 11: Small and Medium Enterprise Development under the Structural Adjustment Programme in Nigeria.- Chapter 12: Business Incubators and Small Enterprise Development in Nigeria.- Chapter 13:Policies and Strategic Issues in Promoting Rapid Industrial Development in Nigeria.- Appendices.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an examination of major problems facing the world using mathematics of uncertainty. These problems include climate change, coronavirus pandemic, human tracking, biodiversity, and other grand challenges. Mathematics of uncertainty is used in a modern more general sense than traditional mathematics. Since accurate data is impossible to obtain concerning human tracking and other global problems, mathematics of uncertainty is an ideal discipline to study these problems. The authors place several scientific studies into different mathematical settings such as nonstandard analysis and soft logic. Fuzzy differentiation is used to model the spread of diseases such as the coronavirus. The book uses fuzzy graph theory to examine the problems of human tracking and illegal immigration. The book is an excellent reference source for advanced under-graduate and graduate students in mathematics and the social sciences as well as for researchers and teachers.Table of ContentsPreliminaries.- Nonstandard Fuzzy Sets.- Grand Challenges.- Bribery and Corruption.- Know Your Country.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses how informal economy traders and the marketplace institution dominate the local economy in African cities. According to the World Bank, being an African reduces the probability that an individual is an entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector by more than 95 percent. Exporting unprocessed strategic raw materials and importing large volumes of finished goods stagnate Africa’s informal sector while creating formal jobs overseas. This suggests employment increases in distributive trade and persistence of the marketplace institution in reducing urban unemployment and income inequality. However, there is limited knowledge of the men and women with permanent stalls in large urban marketplaces that function daily as a temporary city within a city, even though they are the major actors in distribute trade. More important their daily out-of-stall contacts resulting from maintaining complex social and economic relationships that determine the financial health of family, business, and the economy are generally unexplored and largely unknown, but have significant unintended consequences on the urban mobility system. Researchers, planners, development practitioners and policymakers have, therefore, not focused their attention and considered the impacts of the powerful economic institution – marketplaces and traders - in framing transport planning processes and urban development policies, and that is the paradox surrounding marketplace trade and urban development in West Africa. Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Marketplace Entrepreneurs and Urban Mobility infrastructureChapter 3: Onitsha: The Largest market in Nigeria - One of the largest in West AfricaChapter 4: Challenges Facing Urban Marketplace TradersChapter 5: Attributes Impacting Out-of-Stall ContactsChapter 6: A Geography of Contacts in a Large Urban MarketplaceChapter 7: Sustainability of Marketplace Institution and TradersChapter 8: Planning and Policy Support for Marketplace Trade

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Book SynopsisThis book provides recent research on soft computing and fuzzy methodologies in innovation management and sustainability. The uncertainty in the business world is increasing. Significant changes are generated unexpectedly, so using fuzzy logic and soft computing methods allows us to create flexible scenarios adaptable to new realities. Within the book, we will find different applications of fuzzy methodologies that can apply to various topics such as sustainability, innovation, tourism, costs, exports, systems administration, among others. The book's main contribution is the applicability of the various methodologies to specific cases, which allows generating a relationship between theory and practice. In addition, it has some bibliometric studies on various topics that give us a visualization of what has happened and where multiple topics are headed. This book is recommended mainly for students who wish to know how the various fuzzy and soft computing tools can be taken to real situations, allowing a better understanding of these and generating new visions of future applicability.Table of ContentsRanking of Innovation and Sustainability of Tourist Destinations in Sinaloa: An Analysis with the Ordered Weighted Average Operator.- Dimensional Analysis under Pythagorean Fuzzy Set with Hesitant Linguists Term Entropy Information.- Conditions of Technology Access for Remote Work in the Quaternary Sector in Mexico in Times of COVID-19.

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Book SynopsisWhere can one get a synthesis of research findings on urban development planning in Africa? This book addresses this gap in knowledge by distilling existing research to provide insights into theories, research designs, empirical findings and approaches on urban development planning in Africa. Starting with the overall planning culture and strategies, the book chapters move on to specific themes such as governance, population, poverty, water, recreation, transport, agriculture, air quality and rural-urban linkages. This book reduces the prevailing risk of unnecessary duplication of research and the inadequate attention that is being given to extending research in new areas. This situation has partly been due to existing research remaining scattered in different organizations and publications and has not been subjected to critical synthesis to unearth any new developments that it contains. The book makes available research findings to be utilized in current and future urban development planning in Africa.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Navigating the Urban Development Planning Landscape in AfricaChapter 2: Planning CulturesChapter 3 : Political Management and Governance Chapter 4 : Agriculture Chapter 5 : Financial Resources Chapter 6 : Population Planning and Management Chapter 7 : Managing Poverty Chapter 8 : Public Transport Services Chapter 9 : Water Management Chapter 10 : Rural-urban Linkages Chapter 11 : Recreation Planning and Management Chapter 12 : Air Quality

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the use of the mobile Internet against the background of gender bias and Covid-19, currently two of the most important and pressing problems of the Global South. The book argues that the degree of benefits from this new technology depends heavily on the way it is actually used and that most new technologies are developed for the conditions prevailing in rich countries, where they tend to be quite easily adopted and used. In the Global South, by contrast, a paucity of digital skills and other factors make the potentially valuable benefits from the Internet much more difficult to derive. Using empirical data recently provided by the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA), the book examines the existence and extent of the digital divide between males and females in mobile Internet use, which constitutes a new form of divide. It sheds light on the acute difficulty for first-time mobile Internet users in the Global South, and especially Sub-Saharan Africa, to learn the digital skills that are needed to use the said technology effectively, with a special focus on how these users acquire the required knowledge, without having undergone the process of learning by doing. The book further discusses the determinants of digital skills in the Global South, as well as major factors underlying the extent to which different users actually benefit from the mobile Internet, such as gender, location, age, and education. Finally, it investigates how womens' use of the Internet has been altered by the pandemic in the Global South.This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of development economics and development studies, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the impact of gender bias and Covid-19 on mobile internet use in the Global South.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. First-Time Users of the Mobile Internet in the Global South.- Chapter 3. The Gender Digital Divide in Mobile Internet Use: Evidence, Explanations and Policy for the Global-South.- Chapter 4. Gender, Mobile Internet and COVID-19 in the Global South: Multiple Causalities.- Chapter 5. The Digital Use Divide Between Males and Females at Different Levels of Aggregation.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the interrelations between nature and humans, in particular on those segments of societies that have been left behind (marginal groups). Nature is both the friend of humans and their adversary, depending on the way people treat and use it. Consequently, the book adopts a wide perspective of marginality: nature that has been marginalized by man (ecological marginality), but also social groups marginalized by politics, economic interests, and value judgements imbedded in culture. Many chapters deal specifically with issues in Nepal, but along with the other chapters with case studies from Southeast Asia and other regions, they demonstrate that the major man-nature problems are the same everywhere and can only be solved by constructive politics through clear regulations, convincing actions and general acceptance.Table of Contents​Part I Introduction1 Natural disasters, marginal regions and labor migration Pushkar K Pradhan and Walter LeimgruberPart II Human interference and natural systems2 Environmental un-sustainability or the cost of civilization Walter Leimgruber3 Climate change and health impacts on vulnerable communities: the case of kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) in Nepal Bandana Pradhan and Birgit Kuna4 Cryosphere changes, cascading disasters, and societies – a case in Langtang valley Binaya Pasakhala, Amina Maharjan, Sabarnee Tuladhar, Arabinda MishraPart III Geomorphological and Water issues: Nepal and Brazil5 Urbanization and soil erosion in the Kathmandu Valley, NepalChhabi L Chidi6 Assessing terrain hazards for sustainable human settlements in Chāngunārāyan municipality of the Kathmandu Valley, NepalKrishna Karkee, Shakti Gurung and Anish Joshi 7 River ecology services and riparian communities in the Tāmākoshi River Basin, central NepalUttam S Shrestha and Saruna Amatya Shrestha8 Traditional water supply systems and Sponge City Concept toward improving environmental marginalization in Kirtipur municipality, NepalGyanu R Maharjan 9 Everyday water use: vulnerability and resistance in Kathmandu Valley, NepalShobha Shrestha and Devi P Poudel 10 Marginalized urban rivers: between local governance and environmental justiceIvaldo Lima Part IV Economy and society: Nepal and Southeast Asia11 Empowerment of Dalit Women’s Groups through micro-finance and social capital in NepalChikako Aoki and Pushkar K Pradhan 12 Informal marketing and livelihood of marginal communities in urban Kathmandu Valley, NepalPuspa Sharma 13 Farmers’ access to agriculture development services in eastern hills of Nepal: a case of the Tinjure-Milke Watershed RegionShyam P. Wagle14 People’s accessibility and periodic markets in the Tankhuwākholā watershed, eastern hills of NepalShambhu P. Khatiwada15 Human-elephant conflict impact toward marginalized community of Ulu TembelingJamalunlaili Abdullah and Mohd Ruzed Embong16 Sedentarization program and everyday resistance to state intervention in Vietnam’s uplandDoo-Chul Kim and Quy Le Ngoc Phuong Part V Regional policy issues17 Accessibility and governance systems in local development: measuring marginality in the Mid-Marsyāngdi River Basin, NepalBalkrishna Baral 18 Cohesion policy in the struggle against the marginalization of the inner peripheries - Polish experience and recommendationsPawel Churski, Anna Dubownik, Czeslaw Adamiak & Barbara Szyda19 Between two empires: the Jiftlik marginal lands in the Jordan Valley and the Jiftlik Ottoman Saraya and British Police Post 1890-1948Rivka Yermiash and Ruth KarkPart VI Conclusion20 Humans and nature: conflict or cooperation?Pushkar K Pradhan, Walter Leimgruber

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Book SynopsisSeit Ende der 90er-Jahre kursiert das Konzept der Agilität in der Organisationsforschung und versucht vor allem für Unternehmen zu eruieren, wie qua Schnelligkeit und Flexibilität der Unternehmensprozesse mit steigender Umweltvolatilität und -ambiguität umgegangen werden kann. Dominierend sind dabei managementorientierte Betrachtungen von Führung, Strategie, Kultur und vor allem Struktur. In sie werden in jüngerer Zeit zunehmend Vorstellungen einer internen, stationären Organisationskommunikation integriert, die klassisch-instrumenteller Natur sind und die das Konzept innerhalb der Organisation fördern, umsetzen und anleiten sollen. Wenig Beachtung finden hingegen aktuell noch kritische Stimmen zur Agilität, die einen Gegenpol zur ausschließlichen Befürwortung zweckorientierter Agilisierungen bilden. Die vorliegende Arbeit fragt zum einen danach, was passiert, wenn das spezifische Konzept der Agilität aus einem Management- und stark Akteurs-orientierten Betrachtungsrahmen herausgelöst und mit einer neuen, systemtheoretisch geprägten Organisationsauffassung nach Luhmann synthetisiert wird und eruiert zum anderen, was dies für Implikationen für die bisherigen Sichtweisen der internen Organisationskommunikation in Verbindung mit dem Konzept hat. Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Theoretische Grundlagen I: Organisationen.- Theoretische Grundlagen II: Interne Organisationskommunikation.- Theoretische Grundlagen III: Organisationale Agilität.- Agilität und interne Kommunikation in der Managementperspektive.- Agilität aus Perspektive der Luhmann’schen Systemtheorie.- Struktursynthese: Entwicklung eines Modells dynamischer Stabilität.- Ein angepasstes Agilitäts- und Organisationsverständnis.- Interne Organisationskommunikation als integriertes Post-Narrativ.- Das Post-Narrativ in der Anwendung.- Diskussion und Reflexion.- Zusammenfassung.- Einordnungskommentar und Forschungsperspektiven

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Book SynopsisThis book has been put together with the aim of catering to the needs of individuals engaged in small-scale businesses, and its language and style have been intentionally simplified to effectively reach a wide range of interest groups. It is important to note that the majority of the materials in this book have been gathered from a combination of field surveys, focus group discussions, interviews, questionnaires, and literature reviews on the relevant topics. The field of economics is vast and complex, with many different areas of focus. While there are numerous texts and publications on economics, books that focus on applying economic principles to the entrepreneurship system are relatively rare. As a result, entrepreneurs, government officials, students of economics and business management, and others often struggle to adapt economic principles to the world of business. This book, along with its predecessors, aims to bridge this gap by providing an in-depth exploration of entrepreneurship principles and small-scale business practices. To achieve this goal, the books structure has been designed to present a comprehensive overview of these topics.

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Book SynopsisAuthored by an independent group of scientists appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General, the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 presents a science-based call for transformations to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The authors analyse the phases of transformation, including emergence, acceleration and stabilisation, and offer recommendations on how to achieve these phases in a range of sectors. The authors also present recommendations on making science itself more fit for purpose to achieve sustainable development

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Book SynopsisThe 2024 edition of the United Nations' World Economic Situation and Prospects report comes amid stark global economic inequalities and high geopolitical tensions. While rich economies have largely bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic, developing economies have lost ground. Many are drowning in debt, with more than a third at risk of crisis. Investment in climate action and sustainable development is falling woefully short. Hunger and poverty are on the rise. And growing divisions between countries and economies are preventing an effective response. As this report makes clear, 2024 is projected to be another tough year. Sluggish global growth is projected to slow further. Investment will remain weak. The debt crisis will continue to spiral, as debt service obligations reach new heights. Devastating conflicts and escalating extreme weather are bringing uncertainty and risk to the global economy

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Book SynopsisThis year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is a critical period to advance a shared vision and accelerate responses to the world's gravest challenges - from eliminating poverty and hunger to reversing climate change. Yet, in only a brief period of time, the precipitous spread of the novel coronavirus turned a public health emergency into one of the worst international crises of our lifetimes, changing the world as we know it. Now, due to COVID-19, an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis is threatening lives and livelihoods, making the achievement of Goals even more challenging.

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Book SynopsisThe Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 presents how far we have come towards reaching the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This seventh edition of the annual report also looks at the trends since 2015 and impact of COVID-19 on the progress. It uses the latest available data and inputs from custodian agencies of the United Nations system other international agencies and is prepared by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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Book SynopsisThe Annual Report chronicles the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific's achievements and future goals, against a backdrop of major global shifts sweeping across the economic, social and environmental landscape. UN ESCAP promotes rigorous analysis and peer learning through its seven core areas of work: macroeconomic policy and development, trade and investment, social development, transport, statistics, environment and development, information communications technology and disaster risk reduction.

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Book SynopsisThis report shows how sustainability standards can be a powerful tool for post-pandemic recovery. It traces the origin of sustainability standards, their evolution from niche to mainstream, and industry trends. Companies use them widely in their value chains. Investor choices and government policies are also being shaped by these standards

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Book SynopsisPharmaceuticals, baby food, cotton clothing and cars are the four focus value chains of this report. Together they are poised to increase intra-regional trade in Africa, reduce imports, diversify economies and create jobs for women and youth. The sectors were selected from 94 promising value chains and reflect African goals to improve food security, health and tech skills, making them strategic choices for governments and investors. This report offers insights to improve trade in such sectors, based on extensive data analysis and interviews with 10,000 firms, business support organizations, industry experts and other stakeholders in Africa. It recommends actions for growth and transformation across the African continent

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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 2020 and 2021. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five United Nations regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization and other intergovernmental agencies

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Book SynopsisThe world continues to confront multiple, inter-connected crises. Amid a slow recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is facing a food and energy crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine with record high inflation unleashing a cost-of-living crisis. Developing countries are in trouble over the costs of imports and debt servicing, and a climate crisis continues to wreak havoc in the most vulnerable countries and populations. Amid monetary tightening, subdued consumption, and private investments, judicious government spending will remain critical for steering economic recovery worldwide. The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023 will underscore the imperative of supportive and accommodative fiscal measures to lift growth and accelerate SDG progress

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Book SynopsisThe publication, prepared as a contribution to the BAPA+40 Conference delves into what the future of South-South cooperation holds for developing countries, and how it can be re-energized and revitalized as a unique area of development cooperation. Given the trajectory of South-South cooperation over the last 40 years, the way forward needs to be traced, particularly in important areas of work like regional cooperation and digital industrialization. Section 1 of the report looks at the evidence behind the so-called “rise of the South” to document the qualitative and quantitative changes observed in South-South cooperation over the past four decades, highlighting that, while South-South cooperation has intensified, its impact remains uneven and incomplete. Section 2 looks at South-South cooperation's link to the means of implementation for the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly with respect to trade and development issues, drawing on an example addressing Sustainable Development Goal 7, to highlight how South-South cooperation can provide critical solutions to the South's development challenges. Section 3 examines policy options in a number of domains that can help improve South-South cooperation, drawing from a wide range of UNCTAD experience. Section 4 looks at the new landscape of Southern development finance actors and how developing countries can draw on this new emerging source of South-South cooperation to finance connectivity, structural transformation and industrialization. Section 5 explores key and emerging areas for South-South cooperation, including regional cooperation, building productive capacity and responsible investment. Section 6 looks at best practices in South-South cooperation drawn from UNCTAD technical cooperation experiences. Section 7 looks at the role that South-South cooperation can play in light of new technologies, in particular related to so-called 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' technologies.

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Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of COVID-19 (coronavirus), African countries will need to intensify their resource mobilization efforts to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. The Economic Development in Africa Report 2020 adopts a multi-disciplinary methodology to tackle the relationship between illicit financial flows (IFFs) and the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in Africa. Its inclusive approach integrates a gender lens and gives voice to multiple vantage points, from civil society to firms doing business in Africa. Building on established measures of IFFs, the Report provides new insights on country estimates of export misinvoicing on the continent and highlights specific characteristics of mineral commodities. It also underlines some of the motivations and root causes of IFFs.

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Book SynopsisThe African Continental Free Trade Area is expected to be a game changer for development ambitions in Africa. The design of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area reflects an explicit commitment to create a framework for deeper socioeconomic integration and improved cooperation that enables trade, investment and the mobility of people, to support industrialization and the development of a dynamic services sector. Such achievements could ultimately generate decent jobs and increase revenue and thereby contribute to inclusive growth on the continent. A greater emphasis on deeper intraregional trade, cross-border investments in infrastructure and fostering 'made in Africa' trade and industrialization policies is key to the continent's future prosperity and resilience to global financial, food-related, climatic and pandemic-related shocks. For the African Continental Free Trade Area to be a game changer, countries in Africa need to adopt policies that enhance consistency between trade measures, diversification objectives and inclusivity. Unless this is accomplished, the Free Trade Area may be restricted to a trade liberalization agenda and thereby not fulfil the hopes and aspirations of the people of Africa. If effectively implemented, the African Continental Free Trade Area can help address challenges emanating from the excessive reliance in Africa on the supply of primary commodities and goods embodying limited value added to world markets

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Book SynopsisCommodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that without strong action at the highest political level in Commodity-dependent Developing Countries (CDDCs), these countries will remain trapped for centuries. It demonstrates how technology and innovation could lead the way to economic and structural transformation in CDDCs, helping to diversify economies and lessen dependence on the commodity sector and, in turn, strengthen productivity growth. Enabling CDDCs to escape from the commodity dependence trap requires stronger cooperation between CDDCs and their trading and development partners with regard to technological acquisition and domestication. Indeed, a conducive framework for technology accessibility and its transfer to CDDCs is ultimately needed at the international level

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Book SynopsisThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development defines international trade as 'an engine for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction, [that] contributes to the promotion of sustainable development'. In order to become a 'sustainable engine' one approach that seems to be increasingly used is to internalise social, economic and environmental concerns in international trade. This can be done by many different means and policy instruments and tools. This report focuses on a specific tool, namely Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) which comprise of certification schemes, labeling programs and private standards. VSS aim to make global value chains - from producer to consumer - more sustainable, taking into account social and environmental requirements in the production process. VSS also often link developing countries (where many producers are based) to developed countries

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this statistical report is to promote UNCTAD statistics and UNCTAD's engagement with Agenda 2030. Small island developing States (SIDS) face an uphill battle as they strive to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis amid vulnerabilities worsened by the pandemic. The 2021 edition of UNCTAD's Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures report, highlights the numerous strengths and challenges facing these economically vulnerable countries

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Book SynopsisThe Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review of Zambia has three fundamental goals. Its first goal is to offer Zambia an assessment of activities and institutions that make up its innovation ecosystem. The second goal is to draw attention to important socio-economic development questions for Zambia. Special attention has been placed on four such questions: gender, food, mining and digital transformation. The third goal is to provide recommendations for strengthening STI policy and propose measures that may improve national technological capacities and encourage innovation

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Book SynopsisThe report aims to present a measurement framework for collecting and interpreting information on the adoption of new and emerging technologies by business sector firms in developing countries. Such framework is needed due to the existing data limitations and lack of information on the patterns of adoption and use of frontier technologies in productive sectors in developed and developing countries, which may be very uneven and partial even in the most advanced countries. More information is needed in terms of what sectors are adopting frontier technologies, which parts of different value chains, and what kinds of firms are adopting them and how extensively they are diffused in the economy. Information is also needed about the firms using frontier technologies in terms of such characteristics as their batch size and the standardization of their products. That information is critical to inform STI policies aiming to promote the use, adoption and adaptation of frontier technologies in developing countries

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