Catálogo de libros: Estudios del desarrollo

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  • Gandhi Today
    Mark Shepard
    What became of the Gandhian tradition in India following the death of Mahatma Gandhi? Did it quietly die away? Or were there still Indians who believed in his philosophy and methods, committed to continuing his work? These were the questions that sent independent journalist Mark Shepard to India in 1978–79. There he found that the tradition begun by Gandhi was very much alive, ...
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    19,61 €

  • Election Management Bodies in Southern Africa
    ECF-SADC / OSISA
    Over the past two decades, Southern African countries have entrenched the use of elections as the only means and medium for electing governments and representative institutions in governance. Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) are central to the delivery and quality of elections. These institutions are mandated to manage most or all aspects of the electoral process. Informed by...
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    59,24 €

  • Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Southern Africa
    OSISA
    With reportedly over USD100 billion lost annually through graft and illicit practices, combatting corruption in Africa has been challenging. However, laws and policies at the continental, regional and national levels have been promulgated and enacted by African leaders. These initiatives have included the establishment of anti-corruption agencies mandated to tackle graft at nat...
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    59,14 €

  • Harnessing Migration for Inclusive Growth and Development in Southern Africa
    Belinda Dodson / Daniel Tevera / Jonathan Crush
    The primary goal of this study is to present the results of a comprehensive scope of key opportunities and challenges for harnessing migration for inclusive growth and development at the regional level in Southern Africa. The main objectives were as follows: Provide an overview of regional migration stocks and flows identifying regional trends, drivers and impacts from existing...
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    38,97 €

  • Africa at the Crossroads
    Artwell Nhemachena / Munyaradzi Mawere
    This volume interrogates and theorises various forms of fundamentalism and fetishism that impinge on Africa and the African people. The book valiantly rethinks and unpacks these forms of fundamentalisms and fetishisms, offering in the process critical vistas for students, scholars and activists on matters of decoloniality and transformation. By meticulously and painstakingly un...
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    55,78 €

  • Evidence, Ethos and Experiment
    Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa participate in an increasing number of medical research projects and clinical trials, run by both public institutions and private companies. Global debates abou...
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    49,85 €

  • Drug Law Reform in East and Southeast Asia
    This bookgathers perspectives from across Asia into one place, allowing for effective advocacy. It offers a single source of material that can be used by health professionals in East and Southeast Asia on drug policy and explains recent changes towards harm reduction and treatment modalities to the general public in East and Southeast Asia. ...
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    70,64 €

  • eGovernment Management for Developing Countries
    Ahmed Imran / Shirley Gregor / Tim Turner
    This book builds on the authors' extensive experience and research and provides valuable insights into the practical implementation of e-government. It focuses on the developing world where the effective implementation of e-government remains a struggle, often because of the absence of adequate guidance. With a thorough curriculum design and a sound education pedagogy, the ...
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    55,70 €

  • Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis
    Elias Bongmba / Rice University Elias Bongmba / Richter / Roxane Richter / Thomas Flowers
    This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches’ village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft. ...
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    129,31 €

  • Securing Government Information and Data in Developing Countries
    Saleem Zoughbi
    The ongoing growth of information and communication technology is a high priority for any developing country. These advances help progress with different sectors of socio-economic development within these countries, and strengthens our global economy as a whole. Securing Government Information and Data in Developing Countries provides an informative examination of the latest st...
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    210,12 €

  • Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 23, No.1, June 2016
    Economic and Social Commission for Asia
    The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published twice a year by the Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The primary objective of the APDJ is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and soc...
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    41,22 €

  • The Theory of Categorial Conversion
    Kofi Kissi Dompere
    The Theory of Categorial Conversion is advanced by Professor Kofi Kissi Dompere as mathematical-philosophical and game-theoretic foundations to solve the problem of socio-natural transformation as governed by some internal process in relation to Marx, Schumpeter and Nkrumah. Dompere’ s methodology is  based on the Africentric principles of opposites made up of actual-potential ...
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    40,55 €

  • Underdevelopment, Development and the Future of Africa
    Munyaradzi Mawere
    In view of the resilience of Africa’s underdevelopment, what do Africans make of their determined aspirations for development? The continent of Africa has constantly drawn global attention, most especially for both human and natural evils. Underdevelopment, it appears, is one of the most eminent threatening evils. It has plunged and promises to maintain the majority of Africa i...
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    69,63 €

  • Informal Entrepreneurship and Cross-Border Trade between Zimbabwe and South Africa
    Abel Chikanda / Godfrey Tawodzera
    Zimbabwe has witnessed the rapid expansion of informal cross-border trading (ICBT) with neighbouring countries over the past two decades. Beginning in the mid-1990s when the country embarked on its Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP), a large number of people were forced into informal employment through worsening economic conditions and the decline in formal sector ...
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    35,38 €

  • Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Economies
    The role of foreign direct investment initiatives is pivotal to effective enterprise development. This is particularly vital to emerging economies that are building their presence in international business markets. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Emerging Market Economies is a comprehensive source of academic material on the progressive impact of investment opportuni...
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    275,84 €

  • Handbook of Research on Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries
    Smaller companies are abundant in the business realm and outnumber large companies by a wide margin. Understanding the inner workings of small businesses offers benefits to the consumers and the economy. The Handbook of Research on Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries is an essential handbook for the latest research on the intentions, performance, and applicatio...
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    334,85 €

  • World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017
    Department of Economic and Social Affair
    This publication notes that although a modest global recovery is projected for 2017-18, the world economy has not yet emerged from the period of slow growth, characterised by weak investment, dwindling trade and flagging productivity growth. The report highlights that there is a need to redouble efforts to bring the global economy back on a stronger and more inclusive growth pa...
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    93,18 €

  • Theorising Development in Africa
    Munyaradzi Mawere
    How come Africa is so underdeveloped when it is one of the richest continents on earth? The present volume is an attempt to theorise Africa’s [under-]development with a view to providing a sustainable, enduring framework of operations that will arrest the predicament of the continent while taking it forward from its current passivity. The volume rethinks and re-imagines a numbe...
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    43,48 €

  • Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
    Economic Commission for Latin America an
    Published since 1948, This is the sixty-eighth edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, which corresponds to the year 2016, consists of three parts. Part I outlines the region's economic performance in 2015 and analyses trends in the first half of 2016, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and internal factors influ...
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    121,34 €

  • Africa Human Development Report 2016
    United Nations Development Programme (UN
    This 2016 Africa Human Development Report on gender equality follows the 2012 Africa Human Development Report, which looked at the importance of assuring food security for all Africans. The two reports share a common objective of addressing what might be considered two unfinished agenda items on Africa's development trajectory. Both have long been recognized as important priori...
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    49,92 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €


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