Development economics and emerging economies

If you think that entrepreneurs are born and not made, it may be because youve never learned the steps to starting a business.

Almost 10 years ago the mineral-rich country of Mongolia experienced very rapid economic growth, fuelled by China's need for coal and copper.

This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.

Two market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changes to take power away from big tech and return it to entrepreneurs.

The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our livesIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy.

A remarkable cast of characters inhabit the pages of this book.

A remarkable cast of characters inhabit the pages of this book.

Stop Being Manipulated by the Animal Foods IndustryStop the meat industry from eating into your wallet.

A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011 With the British Industrial Revolution, part of the world's population started to experience extraordinary economic growth-leading to enormous gaps in wealth and living standards between the industrialized West and the rest of the world.

Economic Development and GIS shows why geographic information system (GIS) software is an essential tool for economic development planning and analysis.

Traditional theories of development continue to come up short in Africa, and it's time to explore different models to achieve success.

The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty.

This book describes the positive as well as the negative things that have attributed to the new challenges the American economy and its people must now face as a world leader and society, which are due in large part to the advances that have been made in technology in recent history, and how these changes are affecting global economies and indigenous peoples and their governance in the free world.

An inspiring story to motivate anyone who wants to lead with confidence.

"e;A useful manual for anyone interested in turning the concrete jungle green .

This new book by two leading economists is a far-reaching analysis of the role and organization of the financial system in the aftermath of the economic crisis.

This new study deals with the unfolding of the great political and economic transformations of the modern Egyptian state from the appointment of Muhammad Ali as governor of Egypt in 1805 to the era of President Mubarak, with a special focus on the period 1990 2005, which witnessed a rigorous implementation of structural adjustment policies, the acceleration of economic privatization and liberalization, the emergence of a group of neoliberals within the ruling National Democratic Party, and the consolidation of business interests and representation in parliament and government.

Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008.

In Development, Security, and Aid Jamey Essex offers a sophisticated study of the U.