Development studies

Neoliberalism has been the defining paradigm in global health since the latter part of the twentieth century.

Climate change is the greatest market failure in world history and thus the most urgent challenge in the world of business for the foreseeable future.

In this helpful guide, you will discover ten tangible metrics C-level executives do look for, and teaches you to apply those metrics to build a case for your products and services that will unlock the door to greater sales.

Building on the concrete advice and practical, powerful strategies revealed in its predecessor, More ProActive Sales Management provides harried sales managers with a proven method for managing the sales process and their people.

When you help your customers and clients make profitable business decisions, the result is a win-win solution that can lead to a mutually beneficial long-term business relationship.

As the president of a major sales company and experienced sales management trainer, author William Miller provides sales managers a proven method for successfully managing both sales processes and salespeople.

Once among the fastest developing economies, growth has slowed or stalled in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Authentic influence is about more than creating a strong initial connection--it's about sustaining professional relationships long after an agreement has been reached.

In the 1980s and 1990s, neoliberal forms of governance largely dominated Latin American political and social life.

Chinese Labor in a Korean Factorydraws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves deep into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers, local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs.

Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries.

This book offers an overview of the recent disruptives technologies and their application in the new Society 5.

There are lots of fun and religious places in Southeast Asia.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came with bold promises: ending poverty, saving the planet, and making this world a better place by 2030.

Asia and the Pacific continues to embrace financial technology advances that are reshaping the traditional banking and financial services industry.

Single vehicle "e;run-of-road"e; crashes are a significant problem on CAREC roads.

This publication presents a factual overview of the design and implementation of the Korea Emissions Trading Scheme, focusing on lessons from its implementation and opportunities under the Paris Agreement.

This publication showcases 50 innovative case studies from cities in the People's Republic of China that are mitigating against and adapting to climate change.

This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall.

A reissue of Spalding Gray's masterpiece.

The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly was a major breakthrough in the fight against poverty.

The End of Assembly Line ManagementWere in the midst of a revolution.

Sales isn't about pushing products or being efficient; it's about building the right systems to manage and empower your salespeople.

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The Pacific Economic Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

This new strategy for transport development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) consists of a strategic framework covering 2018-2030 and a set of performance indicators initially covering 2018-2022.

This book investigates the political legacy of colonialism in contemporary African institutions.

We are in a decisive decade that demands more inspired and informed practitioners who can use positive futures to rebalance the present.

This book highlights the relationship between disasters and development through a socio-cultural study of human geography and governance institutions.

Revolutionize Your Internet MarketingLeverage today's Internet marketing strategies to reach customers, increase sales, and establish performance-based marketing in your organization.

This book focuses on the changes currently redefining parties and party systems in Israel and India with regard to parliamentary democracy, coalitional polity, electoral profiles and social diversity.

This book examines the transformative power of grassroots social innovations within dynamic urban landscapes.

An in-depth look at the distinctly different ways that China and India govern their cities and how this impacts their residentsUrbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world.

This book questions the predominance of "e;media abundance"e; as a guiding concept for contemporary mediated politics.

Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface.

Mental, Emotional and Behavioural Needs of the General Population Following COVID-19 in India: Findings from Qualitative and Quantitative Studies explores the psychological challenges arising from COVID-19 that impacted the Indian general population.

This book addresses the rights of indigenous peoples to marine space and associated marine resources under international law.

Extending law beyond the human, the book probes the conceptual openings, methodological challenges and ethical conundrums of law in a time of deep socio-ecological disturbances and transitions.

This book questions the predominance of "e;media abundance"e; as a guiding concept for contemporary mediated politics.

Analysing the convergence of law and regulation with rapidly evolving communications technologies, this interdisciplinary work navigates the intricate balancing act between human rights protection and technological innovation in a digital age, and illuminates the comprehensive potential of human rights to frame our intelligent use of technology.

International development is a dynamic, vibrant and complex field - both in terms of practices and in relation to framing and concepts.

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture.

This book examines the application of risk-sharing finance as a national economic policy in history and how it stimulated economic recovery during a short period in Germany between 1933 and 1935.

While the Arab Uprisings presented new opportunities for the empowerment of women, the sidelining of women remains a constant risk in the post-revolutionist MENA countries.

This book systematically discusses the contribution of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to China's transition from an emerging to an advanced economic and financial system after more than five years.

This book considers the effect of China's unprecedented economic growth and more prominent geopolitical role in the twenty-first century.

designing networks cities presents a sophisticated, multi-disciplinary, and multi-dimensional approach to urban design.

This volume asks how we, as International Relations scholars, support our students, and indeed each other, to create classroom spaces that foster the critical curiosity and engagement required to understand and live in a world that feels dangerously disrupted?

This book explores rurality and education in sub-Saharan Africa through a lens of social justice.

This handbook incisively explores challenges and opportunities that exist in efforts aimed at addressing inequities in mental health provision across the globe.