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  • Promotional Strategies and New Service Opportunities in Emerging Economies
    Continuous improvements in emerging economies have created more opportunities for industrialization and rapid growth. This not only leads to higher standards in accounting and security regulations, but it increases the overall marketing efficiency. Promotional Strategies and New Service Opportunities in Emerging Economies is a key resource in the field of service marketing and ...
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    243,19 €

  • When Helping Heals
    Roland Hoksbergen / Tracy Kuperus
    Is it possible to work in international development without hurting those we are trying to help? Over the last few decades, evangelical Christians in the United States have moved from an open embrace of development work (e.g. short term missions, poverty alleviation strategies like microenterprise, child sponsorship) to a more critical assessment (e.g. When Helping Hurts, Serv...
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    7,99 €

  • Strategic Human Capital Development and Management in Emerging Economies
    Anshuman Bhattacharya
    The analysis and implementation of effective human resources strategies creates opportunities for organizational success. By utilizing such intangible assets, businesses can gain competitive advantage and enhance productivity. Strategic Human Capital Development and Management in Emerging Economies is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly research on the int...
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    229,79 €

  • The Least Developed Countries Report 2016
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    Graduation is the process through which least developed countries (LDCs) cease to be members of the LDC category, in recognition of their advances in development. In principle, it marks a shift from dependency to a greater degree of self-sufficiency and emergence from the development 'traps' which beset LDCs. However, the loss of access to international support measures (ISMs) ...
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    87,03 €

  • China and Sustainable Development in Latin America
    China and Sustainable Development in Latin America documents the social and environmental impacts of the China-led commodity boom in Latin America. It also highlights important areas of innovation where governments, communities and investors have worked together to harness the commodity boom for the benefit of the people and the planet. ...
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    165,06 €

  • China and Sustainable Development in Latin America
    China and Sustainable Development in Latin America documents the social and environmental impacts of the China-led commodity boom in Latin America. It also highlights important areas of innovation where governments, communities and investors have worked together to harness the commodity boom for the benefit of the people and the planet. ...
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    42,21 €

  • Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa
    Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa provides systematic and robust empirical investigations on the impact of climate change on pastoral production systems, as well as participating in the ongoing debate over the efficacy of traditional pastoralism. This book is an initial product of the Project Building Knowledge to Support Climate Change Adaptation for Pastoralist Co...
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    70,72 €

  • The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer
    Peter Weingart / Susanne Koch
    With the rise of the ‘knowledge for development’ paradigm, expert advice has become a prime instrument of foreign aid. At the same time, it has been object of repeated criticism: the chronic failure of ‘technical assistance’ – a notion under which advice is commonly subsumed – has been documented in a host of studies. Nonetheless, international organisations continue to send ad...
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    93,36 €

  • Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade in Maputo, Mozambique
    Abel Chikanda / Ines Raimundo
    This report presents the results of a SAMP survey of informal entrepreneurs connected to cross-border trade between Johannesburg and Maputou during 2014. The study sought to enhance the evidence base on the links between migration and informal entrepreneur-ship in Southern African cities and to examine the implications for municipal, national and regional policy. ...
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    39,37 €

  • Towards Democratic Development States in Southern Africa
    The dawn of the twenty-first century heralded an apparent change of fortunes for most sub-Saharan African economies, with annual growth averaging over 5% for fifteen years. However, this was not accompanied by structural transformation: poverty, food insecurity, unemployment and inequality persist. Structural transformation has not been - and indeed cannot be - delivered by mar...
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    68,02 €

  • Development Perspectives from the South
    Munyaradzi Mawere
    Not so long ago, The Economist described Africa as a hopeless continent. This damning description specifically referred to the development status of Africa. While the debate on the political and socio-economic [under-]development of Africa had been raging on prior to the Economist’s daring but controversial pronouncements, it intensified from thereon. Many concerned people from...
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    77,83 €

  • The Exodus is Not Over
    NANDITA HAKSAR
    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. Some find themselves working amidst the unimaginable opulence of five-star hotels, casinos and cruises. However, for many, their jobs in Delhi, B...
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    16,57 €

  • Women’s Social and Legal Issues in African Current Affairs
    Time / Victoria M. Time / Victoria MTime
    This volume explores the difficulties that beset African women and inhibit them from excelling in many walks of life in the twenty-first century. Asymmetrical relations in society position women in subjugated and marginalized roles. This is caused by customary practices that have left women in vulnerable and subsidiary positions, as well as statutory provisions that fester thi...
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    122,17 €

  • Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2015-2016
    Economic and Social Commission for Weste
    The economic and political uncertainty which has characterized the Arab region in the wake of the 2011 transitions and upheaval continues to restrain the region's prospects for growth, job creation and stability. Economic expansion remains stalled, with persistently low global oil prices adding a further burden to the regional economy and constraining the growth and fiscal bala...
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    47,25 €

  • Kazakhstan in the Making
    Kazakhstan is one of the best-known success stories of Central Asia, perhaps even of the entire Eurasian space. It boasts a fast growing economy-at least until the 2014 crisis-a strategic location between Russia, China, and the rest of Central Asia, and a regime with far-reaching branding strategies. But the country also faces weak institutionalization, patronage, authoritarian...
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    149,41 €

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change
    David Hulme / Joseph Hanlon / Manoj Roy
    Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions. ...
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    165,85 €

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change
    David Hulme / Joseph Hanlon / Manoj Roy
    Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions. ...
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    43,00 €

  • Arab Sustainable Development Report First Edition, 2015
    Economic and Social Commission for Weste
    In September 2015, Governments worldwide adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including 17 wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using the SDGs as a thematic reference, the report examines progress on securing human dignity and well-being in the Arab countries and what is needed to achieve sustainable development in this region in turmoil. It also...
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    62,73 €

  • Arab Development Outlook
    Economic and Social Commission for Weste
    The Arab region is in crisis and it is easy to succumb to pessimism about its future. This report, however, embraces a vision of hope: one that illustrates the many ways in which the region can act to ensure its future security and prosperity. It envisages a day when authoritarianism, occupation, foreign domination and all forms of discrimination end. A vision of human developm...
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    63,24 €

  • Comparative Approaches to Biotechnology Development and Use in Developed and Emerging Nations
    The development of biotechnological innovations is quickly becoming a globalized phenomenon as emerging nations are making major strides to compete with more developed economies. Though efforts to bridge the gap between emerging and developed nations have been successful, there are still many barriers that need to be overcome. Comparative Approaches to Biotechnology Development...
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    269,88 €

  • Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2016
    Economic and Social Commission for Asia
    The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2016 explores ways to adapt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the unique circumstances, capacities and levels of development of the Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), collectively referred to as Countries wi...
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    45,58 €

  • National Ambition
    David Kieghe
    National Ambition: Reconstructing Nigeria, leverages on the example and experience of Nigeria – a sub-Saharan African Country in West Africa – to discuss National Ambition within the context of national social and economic aspirations, and the impact of corruption on governance, development and peace. The book uses credible sources of information from secondary research to offe...
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    26,84 €

  • National Ambition
    David Kieghe
    National Ambition: Reconstructing Nigeria, leverages on the example and experience of Nigeria – a sub-Saharan African Country in West Africa – to discuss National Ambition within the context of national social and economic aspirations, and the impact of corruption on governance, development and peace. The book uses credible sources of information from secondary research to offe...
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    35,40 €

  • World Economic and Social Survey 2016
    Department of Economic and Social Affair
    This edition of the World Economic and Social Survey contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of building resilience to climate change, the Survey focuses attention on the population groups and communities that are disproportionately affected by climate hazards. It argues that...
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    67,38 €

  • Contemporary Culture and Media in Asia
    The study of Asian culture, media and communications is an area that has developed rapidly over the past two decades. This rapid development has led to the deployment of diverse scholarly approaches while simultaneously raising important questions regarding the extent to which the use of key terms such as 'nation', 'citizenship' and 'modernity' must be modified to reflect the s...
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    171,86 €

  • Food Remittances
    Jonathan Crush / Mary Caesar
    There is considerable evidence from across the African continent that a significant proportion of cash remittances to rural areas is spent on food. However, bidirectional food remitting – its drivers, dimensions and impacts – is an underdeveloped research and policy area. This report therefore reviews the current state of knowledge about food remittances in Africa and aims to m...
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    39,34 €

  • Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries
    Patrick Ngulube
    Knowledge systems are an essential aspect to the preservation of a community’s culture. In developing countries, this community-based knowledge has significant influence on such things as decision making and problem solving. The Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries is an authoritative reference ...
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    347,84 €

  • Contemporary Culture and Media in Asia
    The study of Asian culture, media and communications is an area that has developed rapidly over the past two decades. This rapid development has led to the deployment of diverse scholarly approaches while simultaneously raising important questions regarding the extent to which the use of key terms such as 'nation', 'citizenship' and 'modernity' must be modified to reflect the s...
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    57,02 €

  • Tourism in Malaysia
    A. H. M. Zehadul Karim
    As a pluralistic nation, Malaysia consists of diverse ethnic groups of people with various cultures that integrate harmonious and peaceful living in a politically stable and wonderfully rich environmental setting. Due to such unique features, people from abroad become largely attracted to this land and thus frequently arrive here as visitors and tourists. There are tremendous a...
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    4,06 €

  • So This Is Where We Stand?
    Giovanni Burrascano
    Giovanni Burrascano investigates why and how Western thinking has changed over the last five hundred years, affecting the human condition, natural world, and you.This timely report is a powerful and insightful treatment of today's many social and environmental concerns. Linking historical and more contemporary facts of the last five hundred years, So This Is Where We Stand?...
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    11,09 €


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