Economics

This book provides an accessible introduction to causal inference and data analysis with R, specifically for a public policy audience.

Working at the intersections of cultural anthropology, human geography, and material culture, Tina Harris explores the social and economic transformations taking place along one trade route that winds its way across China, Nepal, Tibet, and India.

This book is a comparative study of the laws and regulations involving legal and ethical issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular for self-driving cars or autonomous vehicles (AVs).

This book classifies and assesses the real and perceived risks associated with both the Covid-19 pandemic and government responses to it in seven African countries — DR Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe — based on large scale quantitative and qualitative surveys conducted in 2022–2024.

This book explores the role of the informal sector at the beginning of the structural transformation of the Indian economy.

The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from "e;regional backwater"e; to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now.

This book showcases a selection of award-winning cases from the Global Contest for the Best China-focused Cases.

This book examines human capital development in the Middle East.

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This book provides a tour through a novel theoretical approach to understanding the political economy of authoritarianism and the international market for capital investment.

This book is a machine-generated literature overview that explores the impact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on international trade and its development.

The debate over the size and scope of the federal government has raged since the New Deal.

This book explores the political, economic, defence, and cultural relations of Poland with South Asia-Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka-since the late 1940s to the present.

This book uses economic theory to explain how consumers and producers have responded to major changes in the music industry.

This book analyzes China's transformative political power in today's world while simultaneously addressing global issues and the reformation of world institutions.

This book examines the use of smart city-associated technologies to enhance sustainable transportation planning in cities of both the global north and south, focusing specifically on sustainable transportation.

This book analyzes China's transformative political power in today's world while simultaneously addressing global issues and the reformation of world institutions.

This book examines the establishment and implementation of the AfCFTA, which is the largest free trade area globally, covering 54 African countries.

The edited volume titled "e;Decoding the Chessboard of Asian Geopolitics: Asian Powerplay in South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia"e; offers a distinctive examination of the power rivalries within the Asian region.

This book is an essential resource that delves into the transformative potential of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) within the healthcare industry.

This book illuminates how the profound challenges faced by contemporary societies over the past few decades, encompassing climate change and other environmental risks, global health threats, warfare, and mass migration, manifest themselves in European cities.

This book explores problems generated by the abandonment of mountain villages, which also represented strategic sites for guarding against environmental hazards, and proposes a process of regeneration and upgrade of the built environment, with a view to a circular economy and social and economic development.

This book explains the dynamics of revenue generation and allocation reality of city corporations in Bangladesh.

This book provides a thorough examination of behavioural finance, charting its development from foundational theories to contemporary applications and future directions.

This book analyses the possible regionalization of global value chains, particularly in manufacturing.

This book primarily focuses on the coordinated development of port groups and the environment.

This book looks at Chester I.

This book brings together selected papers from the The Vietnam-EU Economic and Trade Forum 2023 jointly organized by the VNU University of Economics and Business (UEB, Vietnam) and Krakow University of Economics (Poland).

SummaryIf you think Bitcoin is just an alternative currency for geeks, it's time to think again.

This machine-generated volume, with chapter introductions by the human expert, of summaries of the existing studies furthers our understanding of the impact of digitalisation on spaces, their imaginations and representations.

This book is a machine-generated literature overview highlighting the importance of natural capital while studying the economics of ecology.

This book bridges the disciplines of micro-economics and social policy in general, and, in particular, behavioral/explanatory social policy and public choice theory, plus Leibenstein's X-efficiency theory.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the general framework of sustainable development paths in relation to where countries stand at present, by outlining the main challenges they face, and the potential pathways ahead to foster the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Climate change is mainly caused by emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuels, which provides over 85% of the world's energy.

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

The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from "e;regional backwater"e; to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now.

Nicknamed "e;Euroville,"e; Spartanburg, South Carolina, is a home away from home for BMW, Michelin, Ciba-Geigy, and numerous other European corporations.

This book is a compilation of transferable insights relevant to the dynamics of the current Asian business sector.

This book is a compilation of transferable insights relevant to the dynamics of the current Asian business sector.

This book presents an empirical study of the effects of environmental policies on China and its neighboring countries, with a focus on waste and climate policies in China.

This book presents an empirical study of the effects of environmental policies on China and its neighboring countries, with a focus on waste and climate policies in China.

Focusing on emerging features of digital transformation, digital economy, digital innovation, and digital entrepreneurship, this edited volume highlights new aspects of digital transformation and research progress in the field.

This book addresses one of the most pressing geopolitical inquiries of our era: how will China's ambition manifest on the global stage?

This book aims to enhance understanding of the academia, policymakers, and general readers about the development challenges and constraints on long-term economic growth of Pakistan.

This book serves as a valuable resource for Islamic entrepreneurship researchers, Halal scholars, Islamic finance professionals, Halal advocates, and Halal business model consultants in the fast-changing global economy.

This book seeks to answer a number of key questions about the relationship between the IMF, developing states and the impact of financial crises on human rights abuses, including: Why do some but not other IMF-assisted developing states experience the joint outbreak of currency and sudden reversal crises under the Fund's program?