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In economics, the emergence of New Growth Theory in recent decades has directed attention to an old and important problem: what are the forces of economic growth and how can public policy enhance them? This book examines major forces of growth--including spillover effects and externalities, education and formation of human capital, knowledge creation through deliberate research efforts, and public infrastructure investment. Unique in emphasizing the importance of different forces for particular stages of development, it offers wide-ranging policy implications in the process.

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​This book explores the role of caravan transport and human porterage in the colony of German East Africa (present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi). With caravan mobility being of pivotal importance to colonial rule during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the exploration of vernacular transport and its governance during this period sheds new light on the trajectories of colonial statehood. The author addresses key questions such as the African resilience to colonial interventions, the issue of labor recruitment, and the volatility of colonial infrastructure....

Gehören Sie auch zu den Menschen die glauben kein Händchen für Pflanzen zu haben?

Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen den garantierten Weg zu einem grünen Daumen! Das Geheimnis erfolgreichen Gärtnerns ist, dass man sich in seine grünen Zöglinge hineinversetzen kann. Wer versteht, dass Pflanzen Lebewesen sind und weiß, was sie zum Gedeihen brauchen, wird ihnen intuitiv die richtige Pflege geben. Damit gehören Pflegefehler künftig der Vergangenheit an. Geschrieben aus der Sicht der Pflanzen vermittelt dieser erzählerische Ratgeber in kleinen, spannenden Artikeln wie Pflanzen "ticken"....

This book-series, initiated in 1992, has an interdisciplinary orientation; it is published in English and German and comprises research monographs, collections of essays and editions of source texts dealing with German-Jewish literary and cultural history, in particular from the period covering the 18th to 20th centuries.

The closer definition of the term German-Jewish applied to literature and culture is an integral part of its historical development. Primarily, the decisive factor is that from the middle of the 18th century German gradually became the language of choice for Jews,...