Contents: 1. Changing landscape of the global south 2. Trends and dynamics of south-south trade 3. South-south flows of foreign direct investment 4. South-south cooperation in industrialization etc.
Contents: 1. UN-business partnerships--What is at stake? 2. The nature of the development challenge 3. UN-business partnerships: An all purpose development tool? etc.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development.
Contents: 1. Economics and the economy 2. Economics and development 3. Development of the regions.
In Asian Juggernaut, the revelatory and important International Bestseller by Brahma Chellaney, a renowned authority on Asia’s political and economic development offers an incisive and insightful analysis of the region’s pivotal role on the world stage. Examining the rise of China, India, and Japan as preeminent powers and their key position in the global future, Asian Juggernaut is a book …
This contents of this book: Chapter 1: Development countries and the concept of development Chapter 2: Development of the international economic order, 1450-2000 Chapter 3: Growth and stagnation: theories and experiences
Contents: 1. Introduction : Off on the wrong foot 2. Poverty remains a concern 3. Globalization does not automatically lead to convergence 4. Shifts in development paradigms 5. Decision-Making at the world bank,etc.
Nobody performs better under pressure. The reality is that pressure only makes you do worse. But there are things you can do to diminish its effects on your performance. In How to Perform Under Pressure, Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry explore the science and psychology behind pressure and give empirically tested short-term and long-term solutions to help you overcome its debilitating ef…
This publication presents the key debates that took place in the Economic and Social Council meetings on the theme of the high-level segment of 2005 "Achieving the Internationally Agreed Development Goals, Including those Contained in the Millennium Declaration, as well as Implementing the Outcomes of the Major United Nations Conferences and Summits: Progress Made, Challenges and Opportunities"…
Hazel Henderson provides a survival guide for our ride on the "tiger of change," offering new directions and expanded contexts for creating patterns of operation based on win-win models and a new planetary culture. She provides numerous examples of the new paradigm and outlines concrete steps toward it, including the use of renewable resources and chaos systems theory, the greening of social po…