Development economics and emerging economies

Recipient of a 2021 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments prepares students for the modern workplace by exploring the opportunities and challenges they will face in today's interconnected, global economy.

Recipient of a 2021 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Business and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Digital Environments prepares students for the modern workplace by exploring the opportunities and challenges they will face in today's interconnected, global economy.

Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, this classic text has laid the foundation for practitioners and academics working in planning and policy development for generations.

This one-of-a-kind book fills a gap in the literature by providing readers with a systematic approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training for programs and projects.

The Political Economy of Transnational Power and Production: Mexico's Metamorphosis 1982-2022 How and why Mexico's socioeconomic structure was transformed through plutocratic preferences, US corporate strategies, and ideology-all powering transnational processes of neoliberalization-are issues examined in this comprehensive, carefully documented publication covering four crucial decades of metamorphosis.

This book captures an epochal juncture of two of the world's most transformative processes: the People's Republic of China's rapidly expanding sphere of influence across the global south and the disintegration of the Amazonian, Cerrado, and Andean biomes.

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year: "e;A hugely thoughtful and innovative analysis of the phenomenon known as 'India Inc.

This book examines how a society that is trapped in stagnation might initiate and sustain economic and political development.

This critical study "e;artfully explores the power of limits .

An accessible guide to decoding and understanding the divisive rhetoric implemented by the former president, and to resisting it.

Companies are increasingly facing intense pressures to address stakeholder demands from every direction: consumers want socially responsible products; employees want meaningful work; investors now screen on environmental, social, and governance criteria; "e;clicktivists"e; create social media storms over company missteps.

Over the last decade, Peru has experienced a spectacular mining boom and astronomical economic growth.

Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams.

Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact.

Hotter and dryer than most parts of the world, the Middle East could soon see climate change exacerbate food and water shortages, aggravate social inequalities, and drive displacement and political destabilization.

The Dominican Republic has posted impressive economic growth rates over the past thirty years.

To succeed in the face of disruptive competition, companies will need to harness the power of a wide range of partners who can bring different skills, experience, capacity, and their own networks to the task.

The social sector is undergoing a major transformation.

In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Brazil improved the health and well-being of its populace more than any other large democracy in the world.

In a political climate that is skeptical of hard-to-measure outcomes, public funding for research universities is under threat.

Microfinance is the business of giving small, collateral-free loans to poor borrowers that are paid back in frequent intervals with interest.

Tackling Wicked Problems in Complex Ecologies is a call to action, focusing on the role that evaluators can play in addressing social and economic problems.

Developed nations strive to create the impression that their hearts and pockets bleed for the developing world.

Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor.

Beginning in the 1950s, Taiwan rapidly industrialized, becoming a tributary to an increasingly "e;borderless"e; East Asian economy.

Once among the fastest developing economies, growth has slowed or stalled in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

A historical look at the early evolution of global trade and how this led to the creation and dominance of the European business corporationBefore the seventeenth century, trade across Eurasia was mostly conducted in short segments along the Silk Route and Indian Ocean.

A Nobel Prize-winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuriesThe world is a better place than it used to be.

What does it take to successfully launch and scale a startup in Asia?

The demands of a more dynamic, globalized business world have led to sophisticated methods for quantifying marketing success.

The demands of a more dynamic, globalized business world have led to sophisticated methods for quantifying marketing success.

Startups, like sailing vessels, do not travel in straight lines.

Startups, like sailing vessels, do not travel in straight lines.

Brian Buffini, an Irish immigrant who went from rags to riches, shares his strategies for anyone who wants to achieve the American dream in this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

The Routledge Handbook of Natural Resource Governance in Africa provides a comprehensive analysis of African natural resource governance, stretching across the continent, and encompassing water, land, extractive resources, and mining.

This book is about accelerating Africas integration through the application of the growth triangle concept.

Garth Holloway has had over twenty years of experience in rapidly contextualizing, separating, and addressing complex business issues.

What people are saying about The New How"e;How are you going to get rid of your Air Sandwich if you don't even know what it is?

What people are saying about The New How"e;How are you going to get rid of your Air Sandwich if you don't even know what it is?

Since 1978 in China, foreign direct investment has served as a driver of change that has brought the country into the modern economic world.

Sam, a parts manager for a major auto brand, has finished a tough week: his team missed its targets for a third straight quarter, and a star performer walked into his office and quit.

When traditional manufacturers began leaving Massachusetts in the 1970s, politicians faced a daunting task: How could they revive a flagging economy?

Tell me what your Dream is, and Ill help you make it happen.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen, on May 10, 2012, stated that the national debt is the single biggest threat to national security.

A number of developing countries, including small island states have common problems that have affected their development and growth.

With an overarching conceptual framework and a synthesis of findings, this book is a unique collection of the experiences of twenty diverse cases of women's collectives, holding critical lessons for livelihood enhancement and women's empowerment.

Haworth's concerns are urgent.

Perspectives on Modernization is published in memory of Ian Weinberg, a sociologist of brilliant promise who died at the age of thirty.

Haworth's concerns are urgent.

Perspectives on Modernization is published in memory of Ian Weinberg, a sociologist of brilliant promise who died at the age of thirty.