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Sustainability standards and global governance : experiences of emerging econ…
This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being u…
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- 9789811534737
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- xxvii, 224p. : ill.
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- 338.927 SUS s
Data collection in fragile states : innovations from Africa and Beyond
Fragile countries face a triple data challenge. Up-to-date information is needed to deal with rapidly changing circumstances and to design adequate responses. Yet, fragile countries are among the most data deprived, while collecting new information in such circumstances is very challenging. This open access book presents innovations in data collection developed with decision makers in fragile c…
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- 9783030251208
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- xxxi, 243p. : ill.
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- 338.90072 DAT d
Beyond the limits to growth: new ideas for sustainability from Japan
At a time when contemporary challenges seem to many to be insurmountable, this book offers an optimistic view of the future and provides a road map for societies to get there. Drawing upon extensive research and many years as a thought leader in environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and internationally, Hiroshi Komiyama analyzes the most pressing challenges to the attainment of susta…
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- 9784431545590
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- 1 electronic resource (xxix, 103 pages )
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- Science for sustainable societies
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- 338.95207 KOM b
China's 40 years of reform and development : 1978-2018
The year 2018 marks 40 years of reform and development in China (1978–2018). This commemorative book assembles some of the world’s most prominent scholars on the Chinese economy to reflect on what has been achieved as a result of the economic reform programs, and to draw out the key lessons that have been learned by the model of growth and development in China over the preceding four decade…
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- 9781760462253
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- xxvii, 679p. : ill.
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- China update series
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- 338.951 CHI c
The Chinese economic transformation
The Chinese Economic Transformation, the 19th volume in the China Update book series, provides an opportunity for young economists to share their views on various issues relating to the Chinese economic transformation. More than half of the contributors to this book are female scholars. Some of the contributors are rising stars in the studies of the Chinese economy and economic transition, and …
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- 9781760463137
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- xx, 315p. : ill.
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- China update series
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- 330.951 THE t
Transformation and development : studies in the Organization for Security and…
This open access book features various studies on democratization, transformation, political and economic development, and security issues in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) geographical region and beyond. Written by experts and academics in the fields of human rights, security, transformation and development, particularly in post-soviet and communist countries, i…
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- 9783030427757
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- vi, 154p. : ill.
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- 338.9 TRA t
Determinants of financial development
As the world has witnessed the worst financial crisis and climate crisis of our age, during the period of 2007-2009, the issues surrounding the emergence and development of financial markets and carbon markets is becoming an increasingly significant area of research and debate worldwide. By engaging with recently developed methods of research and new areas of practice, this book investigates th…
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- 9780230302495
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- xix, 206p. : ill.
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- 332.042 HUA d
Poverty reduction policies and practices in developing Asia
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid urbanization, provision of services, climate change and the need to redress declining growth after the g…
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- 9789812874207
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- xi, 314p. : ill.
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- 338.95 POV p
Making medicines in Africa : the political economy of industrializing for loc…
The importance of the pharmaceutical industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, its claim to policy priority, is rooted in the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. Making Medicines in Africa is a collective endeavour, by a group of contributors with a strong African and more broadly Southern presence, to find ways to link technological development, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceutic…
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- 9781137546470
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- xxi, 334p. : ill.
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- 338.476151096 MAK m
Mobile professional voluntarism and international development : killing me so…
This book explores the impact that professional volunteers have on the low resource countries they choose to spend time in. Whilst individual volunteering may be of immediate benefit to individual patients, this intervention may have detrimental effects on local health systems; distorting labour markets, accentuating dependencies and creating opportunities for corruption. Improved volunteer dep…
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- 9781137558336
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- xv, 173p. : ill.
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- 320 ACK m
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