Sustainable Visions: An Architect's Critique of Modern MauritiusBy Rambassun (Sandeep) SewpalIn this compelling and timely collection, acclaimed Mauritian architect Rambassun Sewpal offers a bold, critical examination of an island nation at a crossroads.
South African Village Handbookby Mzo SirayiThis pioneering handbook explores the concept of smart village development within the rural South African context—communities often marked by poverty, unemployment, migration and a lack of infrastructure.
Regional Inequality and Political Conflict is a thoughtful and wide-ranging study of how uneven development among regions becomes a powerful source of political dissatisfaction, social unrest, identity-based mobilization, and national instability.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024The world-renowned economist offers a ground-breaking new vision for inclusive prosperityLeft behind places can be found in prosperous countries from South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial revolution and now England s poorest county, to Barranquilla, once Colombia s portal to the Caribbean and now struggling.
Sustentabilidad y soberanía alimentaria: Trabajos de investigación y prácticas reúne varios trabajos investigativos realizados por los egresados de la Maestría en Desarrollo Sustentable de la Universidad del Valle y los aportes que estos vienen realizando a las actuales discusiones en materia de sustentabilidad.
Sustentabilidad y soberanía alimentaria: Trabajos de investigación y prácticas reúne varios trabajos investigativos realizados por los egresados de la Maestría en Desarrollo Sustentable de la Universidad del Valle y los aportes que estos vienen realizando a las actuales discusiones en materia de sustentabilidad.
Esta obra ofrece un panorama integral sobre la actividad económica vinculada al turismo y su relación con la biodiversidad en la región cuenca de Santiago, Baja California Sur, con énfasis en el desarrollo territorial y la perspectiva de género.
Esta obra se concentra en un país (Bolivia) y en un período específico (las primeras décadas post-independencia), pero analiza una temática que es recurrente para entender el desarrollo de largo plazo de América Latina.
Chile necesita, de manera urgente, retomar su crecimiento económico para poder salir de la "trampa de los países de ingreso medio" y alcanzar el tan anhelado desarrollo.
Este libro examina el extraordinario auge de China durante los últimos cuarenta años y cómo ha llegado a posicionarse como la economía más grande del planeta.
Este Libro, basado en los principios y fundamentos del entrenamiento financiero, busca entregarte todos los pasos y estrategias, ademas del impulso que requeriras para comenzar ahora, y no en diez anos mas, tu camino a la estabilidad financiera.
In Two Trends That Explain the World Today, futurist and speaker Charlotte Kemp distills decades of futures thinking into a clear, engaging guide to understanding complexity.
In the thirty-five years of hands-on experience with the acquisition processes as applied in South Africa, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, the Nordic countries, the USA and Canada on the acquisition of medium to heavy armoured vehicles, it has intrigued the author as to what actually makes the difference between failure and success in executing these supply projects.
Failure Built Me follows the life of Sam, a quiet technician who discovers that every broken circuit, missed chance, and public setback becomes the foundation for a deeper kind of success.
From Genes to Giants: Scaling Growth in Life and EnterpriseBy Laura LeeWhat if the key to extraordinary success—both personally and professionally—was already built into you?
Most leaders assume growth is the result of doing more:• More activity• More optimization• More pressureBut in reality, growth is driven by a small number of decisions that amplify everything that follows, while most others quietly cancel each other out.
In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia and Poland were approximately equal to the starting minds, but in 30 years, with little rock, Poland became the country with the most dynamic development in Europe, Russia - in the aggressive dictatorship, and Ukraine has stumbled at the transcordon camp - between the civilized world and the excesses of the Russian Empire and the USSR.
Why Muslim Economies Need a New Development ConversationAcross regions as diverse as South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Muslim-majority countries present a striking paradox.
In Crossing the Cactus, veteran venture capitalist Dave Blivin tackles one of the most persistent challenges in economic development: how to build successful technology ecosystems in regions outside established hubs like Silicon Valley and Boston.
