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World Development Indicators 2008 (World Development Indicators (Book & CD-ROM- Single User))World Development Indicators 2008 (World Development Indicators (Book & CD-ROM- Single User))
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Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? "World Development...
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: How the Financial System Underminded Social Ideals, Damaged Trust in the Markets, Robbed Investors of Trillions - and What to Do About ItThe Battle for the Soul of Capitalism: How the Financial System Underminded Social Ideals, Damaged Trust in the Markets, Robbed Investors of Trillions - and What to Do About It
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An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other GoliathsAn Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths
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This book is really about the rise of Super Empowered Individuals and of networks of...
Free to Choose: A Personal StatementFree to Choose: A Personal Statement
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"Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom". That quote from...
Strategic Learning and Its Limits (Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures Sereis)Strategic Learning and Its Limits (Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures Sereis)
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In this book a distinguished economist suggests a conceptual framework for studying strategic...


Population and Development: The Indian PerspectivePopulation and Development: The Indian Perspective
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Innovative Financing for DevelopmentInnovative Financing for Development
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Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries: Who Really Gets Hurt?Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries: Who Really Gets Hurt?
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The advance of economic globalization has led many academics, policy-makers, and activists to...
Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (Europe and the International Order (New York, N.Y.).)Governing the Economy: The Politics of State Intervention in Britain and France (Europe and the International Order (New York, N.Y.).)
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For over one hundred years, the British economy has been in decline relative to other...
The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and MexicoThe Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and Mexico
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In the 1980s and 1990s, nations throughout Latin America experienced the dual transformations of...


What's Yours is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure SocialismWhat's Yours is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism
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This book explores how regimes that respect property rights including the right to exclude...
Agrarianism and the Good Society: Land, Culture, Conflict, and Hope (Culture of the Land)Agrarianism and the Good Society: Land, Culture, Conflict, and Hope (Culture of the Land)
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Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its...
Race, Nation, and Market: Economic Culture in Porfirian MexicoRace, Nation, and Market: Economic Culture in Porfirian Mexico
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Prior to the Revolution of 1910, economic ideals were a dominant mode of political and social...
Silent Revolution: The Rise And Crisis Of Market Economics In Latin America- 2nd EditionSilent Revolution: The Rise And Crisis Of Market Economics In Latin America- 2nd Edition
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Duncan Green is the director of research at the Just Pensions Project and an expert on socially...
Human Capital and Economic GrowthHuman Capital and Economic Growth
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This book provides an in-depth investigation of the link between human capital and economic...

American Science Policy Since World War IIAmerican Science Policy Since World War II
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To the Author Edgar Hund, Heads of to u Sir. I was...
Arab Human Development Report 2005: Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab WorldArab Human Development Report 2005: Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World
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In the first Arab Human Development Report (AHDR), gender inequality was identified as one of...
The Wealth of NatureThe Wealth of Nature
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Nadeau's thesis is that much of the mathematical basis of economics is essentially fallacious,...
The Process of Economic GrowthThe Process of Economic Growth
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Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global InequalityWorlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality
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Branko Milanovic is an economist with the World Bank, who specializes in studying income...

The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in VenezuelaThe Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
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I bought this book in order to get some context for the situation today with Chavez. However,...
Bread And Stones: Leadership and the Struggle to Reform the United Nations World Food ProgramBread And Stones: Leadership and the Struggle to Reform the United Nations World Food Program
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Bread and Stones is an account of successful United Nations reform by a former Executive...
Strategic Pragmatism: The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development BoardStrategic Pragmatism: The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board
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STRATEGIC PRAGMATISM: THE CULTURE OF SINGAPORE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD by Dr Edgar Schein ...
Building Wealth: The New Asset-based Approach to Solving Social And Economic Problems.Building Wealth: The New Asset-based Approach to Solving Social And Economic Problems.
Can local community-based models of ownership work? As this path-breaking report demonstrates,...
Third World Cities 2nd Edition (Routledge Introductions to Development.)Third World Cities 2nd Edition (Routledge Introductions to Development.)
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Third World Cities is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of a classic text which examines...

Reaganomics: Rhetoric vs. RealityReaganomics: Rhetoric vs. Reality
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Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies (Public Administration and Public Policy)Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies (Public Administration and Public Policy)
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Although relatively new, the importance of business improvement districts (BIDs) in urban and...
An Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalization, Uneven Development and PlaceAn Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalization, Uneven Development and Place
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Introduction to Economic Geography guides students through the core issues and debates of...
The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st CenturyThe Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st Century
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Come in time for my college class. Arrived in excellent condition --- new book. Great price...
Infinite Wealth: A New World of Collaboration and Abundance in the Knowledge EraInfinite Wealth: A New World of Collaboration and Abundance in the Knowledge Era
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With the publication of Infinite Wealth, Barry Carter has established himself as a voice on the...

The Real-Time Enterprise : Competing on Time with the Revolutionary Business S-Ex MachineThe Real-Time Enterprise : Competing on Time with the Revolutionary Business S-Ex Machine
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The collaborative work of Peter Fingar (Executive Partner in the digital strategy firm the...
International Political Risk Management: Looking to the Future (International Political Risk Management) (International Political Risk Management)International Political Risk Management: Looking to the Future (International Political Risk Management) (International Political Risk Management)
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International Political Risk Management: Looking to the Future is the third in a series of...
Capitalism at Work: Business, Government and Energy (Political Capitalism)Capitalism at Work: Business, Government and Energy (Political Capitalism)
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Capitalism took the blame for Enron. Yet Enron was anything but a free-market enterprise, and...
World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone (World Development Report)World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone (World Development Report)
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This is the 27th edition of the annual World Development Report and this edition focuses on a...
Financing Energy Projects in Developing CountriesFinancing Energy Projects in Developing Countries
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An update to his comprehensive 1996 text on project finance in emerging economies, Razavi's...

Capitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and SwedenCapitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden
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In the early 20th century, the attitude of the capitalist class in Sweden was almost the exact...
Fifty Key Thinkers on Development (Routledge Key Guides)Fifty Key Thinkers on Development (Routledge Key Guides)
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Fifty Key Thinkers on Development is the essential guide to the world's most influential...
The Wealth or Health of Nations: Transforming Capitalism from WithinThe Wealth or Health of Nations: Transforming Capitalism from Within
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Carol Johnston, an assistant professor at my seminary, for years directed the Faith, Wealth and...
From the Ground Up: The Business of Building in the Age of MoneyFrom the Ground Up: The Business of Building in the Age of Money
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For those interested in decision theory, the author does a sterling job of tracing the impacts...
The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and VenezuelaThe Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela
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The market reform process in Latin America over the past two decades has inspired any number of...

The Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, IndiaThe Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India
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The state of Kerala in southern India is notable for the ways in which lower-class mobilization...
The Oklahoma Petroleum Industry (Oklahoma horizons series)The Oklahoma Petroleum Industry (Oklahoma horizons series)
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Superbly factual material on Oklahoma oil from 1880s to 1940s. Lots of early period data and...
The Rise & Fall of Development TheoryThe Rise & Fall of Development Theory
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This book is a 'stock-taking' of development theory at the end of the twentieth century. It...
Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice: Institutions, Resources, and MobilizationWomen and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice: Institutions, Resources, and Mobilization
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Seeking to catalyze innovative thinking and practice within the field of women and gender in...
The Economics of GrowthThe Economics of Growth
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This comprehensive introduction to economic growth presents the main facts and puzzles about...

The Companion to Development Studies (A Hodder Arnold Publication)The Companion to Development Studies (A Hodder Arnold Publication)
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This new book brings together leading scholars from around the world to provide an international...
Endogenous Growth TheoryEndogenous Growth Theory
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Poor book really I tried to use it but I lost six months the main strengh is that the book is a...
Technology, Institutions, and Economic GrowthTechnology, Institutions, and Economic Growth
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This volume mounts a full-blown attack on the standard neo-classical theory of economic growth,...
Restoring Growth in Puerto Rico: Overview and Policy OptionsRestoring Growth in Puerto Rico: Overview and Policy Options
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"Restoring Growth" is intelligently written, citing particular policy problems and...
Privatization In The City: Successes, Failures, LessonsPrivatization In The City: Successes, Failures, Lessons
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In Privatization in the City, E .S. Savas comprehensively examines the evolution and...

You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global EconomyYou Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy
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Excellent case for capitalism shown as ALL investors were repaid in great magnitude for their...
The Politics of Economic AdjustmentThe Politics of Economic Adjustment
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In the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to...
How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (American Governance & Public Policy)How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (American Governance & Public Policy)
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Cassell provides interesting insights into how two important agencies privatized thousands of...
Managing the Chinese Environment (Studies on Contemporary China)Managing the Chinese Environment (Studies on Contemporary China)
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This book brings together some of the world's leading experts to discuss various techniques of...
Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History)Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History)
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Because it provided the dominant framework for "development" of poor, postcolonial...

The Economy of Iran: The Dilemma of an Islamic State (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)The Economy of Iran: The Dilemma of an Islamic State (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
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The Islamic revolution of 1979 heralded an expanded economic role for the Iranian state in...
Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development (Fundamentals of Development Economics)Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development (Fundamentals of Development Economics)
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In order for economic specialization to develop, it is important that well-defined property...
India Education ReportIndia Education Report
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This annual report contains a series of critical reviews, an analytical overview that is both...
Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing CountriesRural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries
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Rural families in developing countries make a living by engaging in diverse activities. These...
 
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