Development studies

La investigacion y la innovacion educativa representan, sin duda, dos de las mas importantes herramientas que los profesores tienen para mejorar la practica educativa y con ellas los aprendizajes de los estudiantes.

This textbook explores public health and individual health care through the prism of global human rights and ethical decision-making.

Estos dos volúmenes sistematizan los resultados obtenidos en los dos años que se ha realizado el Máster «Visión Territorial y Sostenible del Desarrollo».

Centrada en la industria papelera, esta publicacion es fruto de la colaboracion entre la Universitat de Valencia y el Instituto de Estudios Comarcales Hoya de Bunol-Chiva.

This book examines smart cities through the lens of the information and communication technology (ICT)-driven transformation of the economy and economic systems and the resulting changes influencing organizations (public, private, and voluntary) and citizens in the smart city.

Monetary economics is concerned with the role of money in economic activities.

This book offers a thorough examination of the economics of financial inclusion and management from a contemporary standpoint.

This book explores sustainable community development in Ghana post-COVID-19, highlighting examples of how individuals facing extreme challenges have adapted to their changing circumstances.

¿Desea desarrollar aplicaciones innovadoras y adaptadas a las necesidades del mercado mundial?

El 25 de septiembre de 2015, los líderes mundiales adoptaron un conjunto de objetivos globales para "erradicar la pobreza, proteger el planeta y asegurar la prosperidad" de todos sus habitantes como parte de la Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible.

Putting forward a new approach to the study of corrections, this book draws together public health and corrections and explores the importance of this nexus.

This book presents key historical scholarship published in Safundi from 1999 to 2024, tracing South Africa's past through approaches of comparative history, transnational history, and visual history, in addition to addressing the importance of topics like gender, labor and class dynamics, as well as regional historiographies.

Sustainable Design for the Built Environment marks the transition of sustainable design from a specialty service to the mainstream approach for creating a healthy and resilient built environment.

Las nuevas tecnologías están cambiando la forma en que las ciudades organizan la formulación de sus políticas y el crecimiento urbano.

Economic deprivation, insurgencies and deadly ethnic clashes have driven thousands of impoverished men and women from the Northeastern region of India to seek a better life in the towns and cities of mainland India and further abroad.

This book uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

This book analyses the performance and potential of India's oilseed sector, identifies the major constraints facing the industry and suggests options for increasing the country's oilseed production and productivity, taking into account the changing policy environment, increasing demand, slow growth in domestic production and rising imports.

This book helps readers understand the concepts of marketed and marketable surplus, as well as the role of the government and marketing agencies, including those in the private sector, in improving market efficiency.

This book is a comprehensive overview of the fungi that are clinically relevant for animals and humans.

Paraguay is an under-examined, but remarkably fascinating country, where war, dictatorship, and elite capture have produced cycles of popular mobilization and repression.

El libro, liderado por el Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Desarrollo, Estructuras Económicas, Políticas Públicas y Gestión (GIDEP), se convierte en la tercera publicación de la colección que, desde el año 2008, trabaja desde la interdisciplinariedad por la excelencia investigativa, a partir de la reflexión y aportes relevantes sobre problemas sociales complejos.

El desarrollo rural en Colombia requiere de un cambio en su dinámica social y económica; el cual no puede darse sin el acompañamiento de mejoras en la infraestructura.

El presente volumen se ocupa de las apuestas valorativas, una dimensión decisiva para la vida organizacional, puesto que a partir de ellas se definen los intereses y las orientaciones que fundan las organizaciones, sus estrategias, modos de interrelacionamiento y estructuración interna.

Reflexiones sobre el desarrollo y su efecto sobre la evolución de la economía y la sociedad.

La Colección Miradas hacia la Sustentabilidad surge como una iniciativa del equipo de los posgrados en sustentabilidad del Departamento del Hábitat y Desarrollo urbano (DHDU), la cual tiene como objetivo sistematizar la producción académica y de investigación, así como los trabajos de obtención de grado que surgen, tanto de la Maestría en Proyectos y Educación Sustentables como de la Maestría en Ciudad y Espacio Público Sustentable.

La crisis de la deuda de los ochenta constituyó un parteaguas en las economías y en las políticas económicas de los países de América Latina: marcó el fin del modelo de industrialización liderada por el Estado y el inicio del esquema basado en las exportaciones y las inversiones extranjeras, redefiniendo la forma de inserción de la región en el mundo.

Desarrollo regional, medio ambiente y cultura es el primer volumen de la edición conmemorativa del xxx aniversario del Departamento de Estudios Regionales – INESER.

This volume provides an overview of fundamental or 'grounding' themes in African Cultural Studies, including the articulation of African cultural studies, the issue of Africa's diaspora(s), African identity and identifications, and media studies in Africa and its relationship with cultural studies.

A third of poor people are disabled in the developing world.

This book explores how sport brands can be managed strategically, as well as how non sport brands can be managed strategically through their association with sport.

The 2020s present a decade of unprecedented disruption.

The developing markets of Africa, Asia and the Middle East are quickly becoming the future of world economic and trade development.

This book explores the significant impact of FinTech on the financial industry and how it could be used to promote legitimate development in the global economy.

The transition towards sustainability is now a major issue that has taken centre stage in public debate, policy circles, scientific forums, and business roundtables.

This book examines the complex process of German foreign policy adaptation to a shifting global landscape, especially to the rise of new powers.

Increasing and changing migration trends between Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western European locations, as well as those from outside of Europe to CEE, pose new challenges for the regional study of race and racialisation, including growing diversity and the tightening of border security.

This book uncovers a new dimension in the study of sustainability, offering balanced development from a spiritual and cultural values perspective.

The overall context of this book is set by the decline of the globalization paradigm's ability to grasp the complexity and uncertainty of the current era.

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Exploring the transformation and challenges facing urban commerce in the twenty-first century, this book analyzes the retail apocalypse, the decline of shopping malls, commercial gentrification, the evolution of brick-and-mortar stores and touristification.

Africa is seen as the next large growth economy, but with this potential comes concerns about exploitation from outside interests.

Wie die Heuschrecken stürzen sich derzeit internationale Investoren auf Ackerflächen in armen Ländern; es geht um Agrosprit, Futter- und Nahrungsmittel für den Export.

This edited collection comprehensively explores Economy 5.

Fufu ist das Hauptnahrungsmittel der Menschen an der Küste von Ghana und Togo im Golf von Benin.

This book examines the current position of the San as marginalized indigenous peoples in Namibia.

Recent nature conservation initiatives in Southern Africa such as communal conservancies and peace parks are often embedded in narratives of economic development and ecological research.

Urbanization in Africa also means rapid technological change.

Winner of the 2024 Business Book Awards (Change & Sustainability category)Winner of the Bronze Axiom Business Book Award 2024 in the Philanthropy / Non Profit / Sustainability category.

This book illuminates fundamental knowledge and provides a comprehensive guide for those seeking to understand the intricacies of sustainable development and construction in Asia.

Der friedliche Wandel autoritärer Staaten zu Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft stellt Bürger und Politiker vor gewaltige Herausforderungen.