Development economics and emerging economies

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

Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues.

Attendre est croire en cet inconnaissable qui est de facto l'avenir.

Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues.

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.

This is a new introductory text providing an up-to-date account of leading theories of development.

This ECLAC annual report sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

"e;China"e;, Napoleon once remarked, "e;is a sleeping lion.

The central theme of this edition of Social Panorama of Latin America is social inequality, seen as a fundamental challenge and obstacle to sustainable development.

A little over a decade ago Africa was being spoken of in the media as the 'lost' or 'hopeless' continent.

The main objective of this report is to assess regional and subregional progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets.

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

“A useful manual for anyone interested in turning the concrete jungle green .

This book takes a careful look at the concept of sustainable development.

Migration is an expanding global reality, one that allows millions of people to seek new opportunities.

This book underscores the need for a rural industrial policy that promotes a structural change based on innovation, greater value added and better employment and living conditions, all in harmony with the environment.

Migration is an expanding global reality, one that allows millions of people to seek new opportunities.

In this classic collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse.

De nouveaux éléments publiés dans le SOFI 2018 confirment une augmentation de la faim dans le monde : le nombre de personnes souffrant de la faim a augmenté au cours des trois dernières années, revenant aux niveaux d'il y a près de dix ans.

This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their achievement by 2015.

The Inter-Agency Task Force Report will assess progress in the seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, such as (i) domestic public resources; (ii) domestic and international private business and finance; (iii) international development cooperation; (iv) international trade as an engine for development; (v) debt sustainability; (vi) addressing systemic issues; and (vii) science, technology, innovation and capacity building.

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.

Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal for the publication of research on the activities of transnational corporations and their implication for economic development.

Diverse social programmes—including conditional cash transfer programmes, labour and production inclusion programmes and social pensions—are being implemented in Latin American and Caribbean countries with the aim of ending poverty and reducing inequalities throughout the life cycle.

The report finds a development conundrum.

This is the United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2020 and 2021.

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.

Hungry for change?

This study addresses the percolation and domestication of the United Nations’ “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Transforming our World” in Germany with a view to understanding its impact on domestic gender equality policies.

The balance of economic power is shifting.

The author of Uncommon Grounds offers “a rich and resonantly detailed account of an unlikely partnership” that redefined the concept of fair trade (Coffee Review).

The 2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: The Thread that Binds - Volunteerism and Community Resilience is a United Nations flagship publication that presents new evidence on the role of volunteerism in strengthening community resilience.

This volume is a comprehensive textbook specially designed to meet the requirements of management students specializing in sales and distribution.

This first edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the continuation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy with a new title, covers 2017 and contains three chapters.

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 provides an overview of progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and is prepared by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations system and based on current available data and information.