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  • The EcoNest Home

    Designing & Building a Light Straw Clay House

    by Paula Baker-Laporte, Robert Laporte ...
    Series series Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living
    "Every aspect of creating a beautiful, sensible, and healthy home is explored and demonstrated with elegance and clarity." —Martin Hammer, architect, co-director, Builders Without BordersAn EcoNest is not just a home—it is a breathtakingly beautiful structure that nurtures health and embraces ecology. This unique approach to construction combines light straw clay, timber framing, earthen floors, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Enterprises In Pakistan

    The Hidden Crisis In Economic Development

    by Robert Laporte, Muntazar Bashir Ahmed ...
    This book contains a study of the economics and management of public enterprises in Pakistan. It examines their performance, organizational behavior, relationships with other government organizations outside of the sector, and the issues that confront the public enterprise sector and the government. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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  • Improving Municipal Management For Cities To Succeed: An Ieg Special Study

    by World Bank ...
    Cities now house half the world's population and produce 70 percent of its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This book reviews how, worldwide, nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefitted from 190 World Bank-supported MDPs ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia

    by Tim Niblock, Monica Malik ...
    With Saudi Arabia being of immense importance both politically and economically in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed, broad ranging survey of the development of the Saudi economy from the 1960s to the present day.Written by a highly reputable author, the book includes an analysis of how political and social factors have shaped policy, and how the Saudi state is coping with the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • A Guide To The World Bank, Second Edition

    by World Bank ...
    The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Its focus is on helping the poorest people in the poorest countries by using its financial resources, staff, and extensive experience to aid countries in reducing poverty, increasing economic growth, and improving quality of life. In partnership with more than 100 developing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Economic Development in Saudi Arabia

    by Ahmed Al Rajhi, Abdullah Al Salamah, Monica Malik, Rodney Wilson ...
    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    The changing political situation in the Middle East poses challenges for the economies of the region, and some see none more vulnerable to collapse than Saudi Arabia's. Yet as this study demonstrates, the fundamentals of the Kingdom's economy are relatively robust, as over three quarters of GDP is accounted for by the non-oil sector, and impressive modern industries have been established, notably ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Asia Investor

    Charting a Course Through Asia's Emerging Markets

    by Aaron Chaze ...
    Emerging Asia was the fairytale story to emerge from the economic horror that engulfed much of the world in 2008 and 2009. Even at the height of the crisis key emerging Asian economies made headlines for extraordinary macro growth numbers. But the question frequently asked is whether emerging Asian nations, especially China, will be able to sustain their pace of growth.In this timely book, Asian ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • After the Spring:Economic Transitions in the Arab World

    Economic Transitions in the Arab World

    by Magdi Amin, Ragui Assaad, Nazar al-Baharna, Kemal Dervis, Raj M. Desai, Navtej S. Dhillon, Ahmed Galal ...
    The Arab Spring constitutes perhaps the most far-reaching political and economic transition since the end of communism in Europe. For too long, the economic aspirations of the people in the region, especially young people, have been ignored by leaders in Arab countries and abroad. Competing views as to how best to meet these aspirations are now being debated in the region. The outcome will shape ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Confronting Poverty in Iraq: Main Findings

    by World Bank ; Iraq Poverty Reduction Strategy High Committee ...
    This report provides the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of Iraqi income and expenditure in several decades. The report makes extensive use of the Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey the first nationwide income and expenditure survey since 1988. IHSES data is complemented income and expenditure data from a wide range of other measures of living standards allowing us to analyze living ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Economic Statecraft of the Gulf Arab States

    Deploying Aid, Investment and Development Across the MENAP

    by Karen E. Young ...
    Series series Middle East Institute Policy Series
    This book is a study of a shift in the politics and finance of development from one centered in the institutions and ideas of the post-World War II global political economy to the emergence of South-South economic ties and the rise of authoritarian or state capitalism as an alternative model of development. This is a study of the economic statecraft of the Gulf Arab states, specifically the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey

    Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era

    by Esra Çeviker Gürakar ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement in Turkey. Public procurement is one of the main areas where the government and the private sector interact extensively and is thus open to favoritism and corruption. In Turkey, the new Public Procurement Law, which was ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Cronyism and Elite Capture in Egypt

    From Businessmen Cabinet to Military Inc.

    by Sarah Smierciak ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    Examining business-state networks in Egypt (1991–2020), this book highlights the complicity of international actors in facilitating inequality and elite capture. Using interdisciplinary methodology, it argues that Western actors promoting market liberalization have served as central partners in enabling elites to capture the fruits of Egypt’s economic reforms.In the years leading up to the 2011 ... Read more

    $59.99 USD