There is a broad and enduring international consensus that good governance and the rule of law are important for the attainment of sustainable development results.
When recipients cannot absorb the aid and attention they are offered, the common response is "e;capacity building"e;-as if the source of the problem is the recipient's implementation capacity.
African Independence highlights the important role Africa has played in recent history and the significant role it will continue to play in the future of America and the globe.
African Independence highlights the important role Africa has played in recent history and the significant role it will continue to play in the future of America and the globe.
This unique book investigates the history and future of American Indian economic activities and explains why tribal governments and reservation communities must focus on creating sustainable privately and tribally owned businesses if reservation communities and tribal cultures are to continue to exist.
In December 1991 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics born in violent revolution and dominated for more than six decades by highly authoritarian rule was dissolved by its constituent republics.
For the past fifteen years Peru has suffered a profound and lasting economic crisis that threatens the stability of the country's fragile democratic system.
Not long after becoming public health concerns in the 1980s, HIV and AIDS were featured in a number of works of fiction, though such titles were written primarily for adult readers.
Sorting Africa's Development Puzzle: The Participatory Social Learning Theory as an Alternative Approach is a comprehensive exploration of why Africa has not managed to achieve a sustainable and self-regenerating development over the past half-century of effort.
The Third World cities have been reinvented by the forces of globalization as the destinations of new investments, causing the migration of a teeming million to the major urban centers without any corresponding increase in the creation of new jobs and other basic amenities required for decent living.
The Economic Theory of Developing Countries' Rise examines the great economic development achievements of China within such a short period of time, which have surprised the world and have also raised other developing countries' hopes for catching up with developed countries.
Oblivion or Utopia: the Prospects for Africa explains that most of the problems on the continent stem from the fact that, although the continent may be politically independent, it is not economically independent.
Sorting Africa's Development Puzzle: The Participatory Social Learning Theory as an Alternative Approach is a comprehensive exploration of why Africa has not managed to achieve a sustainable and self-regenerating development over the past half-century of effort.
Nonprofits often struggle financially, overwhelmed by the need to muster a complex combination of income streams that range from grants and government funding to gifts-in-kind and volunteer labor.
Economic development is an important focus of anthropological work in rural and urban communities around the world, and in this volume the contributors offer expert analyses on the theory and practice of development.
Nonprofits often struggle financially, overwhelmed by the need to muster a complex combination of income streams that range from grants and government funding to gifts-in-kind and volunteer labor.
Growth in a Time of Change: Global and Country Perspectives on a New Agenda is the first of a two-book research project that addresses new issues and challenges for economic growth arising from ongoing significant change in the world economy, focusing especially on technological transformation.
Assessing the potential benefits and risks of a currency unionLeaders of the fifteen-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have set a goal of achieving a monetary and currency union by late 2020.
A major source of financing for the poor and no longer a niche industryOver the past four decades, microfinance the provision of loans, savings, and insurance to small businesses and entrepreneurs shut out of traditional capital markets has grown from a niche service in Bangladesh and a few other countries to a significant global source of financing.
Africa welcomes business investment and offers some of the world's highest returns and impactsAfrica has tremendous economic potential and offers rewarding opportunities for global businesses looking for new markets and long-term investments with favorable returns.
A compelling look at the B Corp movement and why socially and environmentally responsible companies are vital for everyone’s future—"a valuable guide to an important force" (Financial Times) "An important blueprint for how businesses can and should be both successful and a force for good.
Since the beginning of the crisis precipitated by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the threat posed by Iraq's arsenal of ballistic missiles has been the focus of international attention.
Emerging market economies (EMEs) have become the darlings of international investors and the focus of enormous attention in academic, media, and policy circles.
This volume documents and explains the remarkable resilience of emerging market nations in East Asia and Latin America when faced with the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.
Emerging market economies (EMEs) have become the darlings of international investors and the focus of enormous attention in academic, media, and policy circles.
The ups and downs in housing markets over the past two decades are without precedent, and the costs financial, psychological, and social have been enormous.
In December 1991 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics born in violent revolution and dominated for more than six decades by highly authoritarian rule was dissolved by its constituent republics.
