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  • The Political Economy of Government Auditing

    Financial Governance and the Rule of Law in Latin America and Beyond

    by Carlos Santiso ...
    Series series Law, Development and Globalization
    The Political Economy of Government Auditing addresses the elusive quest for greater transparency and accountability in the management of public finances in emerging economies; and, more specifically, it examines the contribution of autonomous audit agencies (AAAs) to the fight against corruption and waste. Whilst the role of audit agencies in curbing corruption is increasingly acknowledged, there ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Clay Water Brick

    Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least

    by Jessica Jackley ...
    In the tradition of Kabul Beauty School and Start Something That Matters comes an inspiring story of social entrepreneurship from the co-founder of Kiva, the first online microlending platform for the working poor. Featuring lessons learned from successful businesses in the world’s poorest countries, Jessica Jackley’s Clay Water Brick will motivate readers to more deeply appreciate the incredible ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Latin American Theories of Development and Underdevelopment

    by Cristóbal Kay ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    Upon its publication in 1989, this was the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Latin American School of Development and an invaluable guide to the major Third World contribution to development theory. The four major strands in the work of Latin American Theorists are: structuralism, internal colonialism, marginality and dependency. Exploring all four in detail, and the ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Governance through Development

    Poverty Reduction Strategies, International Law and the Disciplining of Third World States

    by Celine Tan ...
    Series series Law, Development and Globalization
    Governance through Development locates the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) framework within the broader context of international law and global governance, exploring its impact on third world state engagement with the global political economy and the international regulatory norms and institutions which support it. The PRSP framework has replaced the controversial structural adjustment ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • International Trade: Theory, Evidence And Policy

    by Richard Pomfret ...
    International Trade: Theory, Evidence and Policy provides an integrated non-mathematical account of trade theory and policy that can be read straight through. The footnotes provide caveats, extensions and entry points, or further reading.This book is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the core theoretical analysis of international trade that has evolved over a quarter-millennium. ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Agriculture and the New Trade Agenda

    Creating a Global Trading Environment for Development

    Edited by Merlinda D. Ingco, L. Alan Winters ...
    Negotiating the liberalization of world agricultural trade in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is fraught with difficulty due to the complexity of the issues and the wide range of interests across countries. In the round of global trade negotiations under the WTO, different perspectives on trade reform have produced a highly contentious agenda. These issues are addressed from a range of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The China Questions

    Critical Insights into a Rising Power

    Edited by Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi ...
    “Cuts through the cacophony of information, misinformation, and nonsense on China that circulates in our modern world to give us reliable answers to crucial questions… Should be on the shelf of anyone seeking to understand this fast-rising superpower.”—Ian Johnson, author of The Souls of ChinaAfter years of isolation, China is now center stage as an economic and global power, but its rise has ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South

    by N. Kshetri ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Integrating theories from a wide range of disciplines, Nir Kshetri compares the patterns, characteristics and processes of cybercrime activities in major regions and economies in the Global South such as China, India, the former Second World economies, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Precarious Enterprise on the Margins

    Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City

    by Jessica Gerrard ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the contemporary conditions of marginal work within the context of persistent unemployment, poverty, and homelessness in wealthy nations. Drawing from research concerning three cities—Melbourne, San Francisco, and London—Jessica Gerrard offers a rich account of one of the most precarious informal forms of work: selling homeless street press (The Big Issue and Street Sheet). ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Grassroots Environmental Action

    People's Participation in Sustainable Development

    by Dharam Ghai, Jessica M. Vivian ...
    Managing resources sustainably on the local level is essential for achieving the global goal of sustainable development. The importance of people's participation for sustainable development has recently become increasingly acknowledged yet there is little understanding of the multiple dimensions that such participation involves.Grassroots Environmental Action questions the viability of traditional ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Varieties of Capitalism in Southeast Asia

    by Joel David Moore ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains the political origins and evolution of capitalist institutions in developing countries by looking at distinct patterns in the electronics industry in three Southeast Asian countries: Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. An analysis of the political determinants of these patterns has a number of theoretical and practical implications. It includes a new explanation for family ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Development Aid and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa

    The Limits of Western and Chinese Engagements

    by Simone Raudino ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers an original analysis of the long-term impact of western and Chinese economic and development cooperation policies in Africa. It argues that western Official Development Assistance (ODA) has failed to create viable and autonomous economies in beneficiary countries not (only) because of corruption, inefficiencies and cultural differences, but because it was never meant to do so. ... Read more

    $71.99 USD