Creating a World Without Poverty tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus's own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already under wayand in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.
Razali Ismail examines his years at the United Nations during a time when multilateral diplomacy struggled to find relevance towards the end of the Cold War and after. He writes about the interplay of diplomacy and international relations in the backdrop of the two Gulf wars, Bosnia and Palestine, and turmoil in certain parts of Africa. Razali has used detailed material and original document…
Debating Singapore, a volume of thirty essays, offers perceptive observations, acerbic commentary and judicious critiques from academics and professionals on key economic, social and cultural issues that have shaped discourse on Singapore since 1990. Written between 1990 and 1994, these concise essays capture the essence of debate during a particular moment in time. They also convey a sense of …
This study examines the prioritization of religious identity among Central Africans in the wake of the 2013 Seleka crisis. Before the Seleka came to power, ethnicity was the identity that had the most political salience in the Central African Republic. During the crisis, religious identity was prioritized over all others. This study researched a number of possible causes of this identity shift,…
This collection of essays traces the development of a range of social ideas, then addresses questions about society and the international order. With its balanced inclusion of historical and contemporary selections, Social Ideals and Policies is the most comprehensive anthology available in social and political philosophy
This book contains: 1. Prologue--Women and the League of Nations 2. The founding mothers of the United Nations 3. Human rights are women rights 4. The United Nations decade for women (1976-1985): A decade of development 5. All issues are women's issues 6. The Beijing conference--A grand consolidations 7. Five years later--Progress and drawbacks 8. Epilogue--Will the world change?
seberapa jauh peran CIA dalam proses transisi kekuasaan dari tangan Sukarno kepada Soeharto? benarkah CIA memanfaatkan konflik dalam tubuh angkatan darat RI pada sekitar tahun 1965 untuk mempermulus jalan menuju pembantaian kaum komunis ? Peter Dale Scott menganalisis pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut dalam buku ini. Mengasumsikan, ada kutub ketiga dalam AD untuk menggulingkan kekuasaan persiden …
The ever-shrinking, globalizing world presents challenges environmental limits, new epidemics, humanitarian crises, accelerating gaps between rich and poor-that exceed the mandates and capacities of existing institutions. Civil society organizations are emerging as increasingly critical sources of innovative ideas and new resources to fill these breaches. Often solutions require generating new …
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
The premise of the text is that students learn financial statement analysis most effectively by performing the analysis on actual companies. Students learn to integrate concepts from economics, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines. The text is designed for courses on financial statement analysis and financial reporting found in accounting, finance, and economics departm…