Economic and Social Development in Qatar analyses and discusses the economic and social development in Qatar since the country's emergence as a soveriegn State in 1971.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of economic crimes and market irregularities, including matters of trickery, illicit trade, parallel economy, economies of violence and criminalisation of the poor in neoliberal Africa.
Le secteur philanthropique africain est en plein essor, avec l’émergence de plusieurs nouveaux acteurs disposant de ressources financières plus ou moins importantes.
Project Management for Book Publishers provides readers with a solid understanding of efficient processes and workflows for content creation, product development, and the marketing and distribution of both physical and digital products.
This book investigates the range of conflicts over land and other natural resources in contemporary Zimbabwe, considering the different forms these conflicts take, and the ensuing outcomes.
'In this comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis, McConnon demonstrates the extent to which security concerns have come to pervade the development policies of the three major donor countries.
This book explores empirical studies and policies related to green finance and low-carbon technology development through country-level case studies and regional analyses across East and Southeast Asia.
This book provides an analysis of the impact of the climate crisis on corporate law and theory in the coming decades as the world seeks to meet the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Preparing a proposal for a contract or a grant can be an overwhelming and extraordinarily complex process, but regardless of the proposal type or sector, certain truths always pertain.
In a world that is essentially digitizing, some have argued that the idea of the knowledge society holds the greatest promise for Africa's rapid socio-economic transformation.
Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are present in a nation or region.
Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are present in a nation or region.
Development analysts tend to give short shrift to the seemingly minor bureaucratic hitches faced by practitioners-those who design, manage, implement, and evaluate aid projects.
This book is a critical excavation of capitalist development that is being driven by the Global North in the modern (neo)colonial era, with a related focus on the anticolonial and anticapitalist resistance by Indigenous Peoples, peasants, and migrant workers in Africa, Asia/Middle East, and the Americas/Caribbean.
This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts?
This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts?
This book investigates how women in Africa are being impacted by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which describes the twenty-first-century proliferation of mobile internet, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
This book examines the impact and implications of Japan's withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), which came into effect in July 2019.
Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation and economic development of a south China village during the first tumultuous decade of reform.
This book presents research, analysis, and reflections on the major issues of Guatemalan development and democracy: the role of the military, the involvement of Mayan communities in national development, the possible emergence of more inclusive political institutions and the roles of international forces and agencies in Guatemalan social change.
In this unique book on housing in India, 11 leading scholars come together to offer a critical appraisal of current housing policies and programmes in India.
Corporate governance has become increasingly central to corporate reporting and management as businesses face growing pressure to address their responsibilities in sustainability and corporate accountability.
This book explores the politics of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) regulation in several countries across Africa and the Small Island States.
This book brings together a leading team of international experts in arts and global development to showcase effective practice and to explore how this vibrant interdisciplinary field has developed and what the latest research can teach us.
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.
As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, this book introduces the need to build a nature-positive future to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and wellbeing of present and future human generations as well as the rest of Earth's amazing diversity of life.
This book argues that future generations of modernity as a whole will shape participatory modernization whether Chinese modernization or Western modernization.
Kazakhstans Assassinated Democracy describes how the highest levels ofgovernment in Kazakhstan are attempting to suppress the countrys genuinedemocratization, particularly through the case of a political party, Atameken.
This book critically examines the corporate environmental responsibility of major oil companies operating in Nigeria's Niger Delta, focusing on oil spills and comparing regulatory frameworks in Nigeria, the US, the UK, and the EU.