The Colombian Economy and Its Regional Structural Challenges: A Linkages Approach
ISBN: 9783031226526 / Angielski / Twarda / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines regional structural challenges on Colombia’s path to sustainable social cohesion and regionally inclusive growth. These challenges can be divided into three main groups: (i) those that focus on competitiveness and the supply side, (ii) those that arise from critical business cycle issues on the demand side, and (iii) those concerning environmental sustainability, employment and social inclusion.The contributions, written by experts on Latin American economics and regional science, apply quantitative simulations based on a unified general equilibrium framework and address...
This book examines regional structural challenges on Colombia’s path to sustainable social cohesion and regionally inclusive growth. These challenge...
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653,90 zł |
Studies on China’s Special Economic Zones 4
ISBN: 9789811656347 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book collects articles on the achievements and experience of special economic zones during the China’s Reform and Opening-up in the past 40 years. The topics ranges from a historical summary of the development in special economic zones to its future prospect. Most of the articles analyze the policies applied for special economic zones and how they contributed to the economic growth, which provides the readers with an overview about how public policies helped cities develop. Some of the articles shift their focus to the role of special economic zones in larger area, i.e., Asia. These...
This book collects articles on the achievements and experience of special economic zones during the China’s Reform and Opening-up in the past 40 yea...
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500,03 zł |
Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria: A Critique of the Country's Cultural and Economic Diplomacy
ISBN: 9789811981098 / Angielski / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about Big Brother Naija (BBN), which is a Nigerian version of the Big Brother franchise featured in more than 50 countries of the world with its major concept drawn from George Orwell ’s novel,Nineteen Eigther-Four. It is organised and starred by Nigerians but viewed in many parts of the world. The book critically engages this relatively new phenomenon in Nigeria which apparently lacks scholarly attention. It proffers insights into the show’s significance and implications for the nation with relation to mental health, morality, cultural di
This book is about Big Brother Naija (BBN), which is a Nigerian version of the Big Brother franchise featured in more than 50 countries of the world w...
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538,49 zł |
Asian City Crossings: Pathways of Performance through Hong Kong and Singapore
ISBN: 9780367515591 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book combines essays by scholars of Asian studies, theatre studies, ethnomusicology and human geography with reflective accounts by Hong Kong and Singapore-based performing arts practitioners to highlight the diversity, vibrancy and complexity of creative projects that destabilise notions of identity, belonging, and nationhood.
This book combines essays by scholars of Asian studies, theatre studies, ethnomusicology and human geography with reflective accounts by Hong Kong and...
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190,02 zł |
The Nordic Economic, Social and Political Model: Challenges in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780367724405 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Nordic Model is the 20th century Scandinavian recipe for combining stable democracies, individual freedom, economic growth and comprehensive systems for social security. But what happens when Sweden and Finland start doubting themselves and their future? Is the Nordic Model at a crossroads?
The Nordic Model is the 20th century Scandinavian recipe for combining stable democracies, individual freedom, economic growth and comprehensive syste...
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195,16 zł |
The Evolution of Economic Development in Africa: African Trade, 1948–2017
ISBN: 9780367749224 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within the theoretical framework of the trade-growth and structural transformation-growth nexuses, the book examines the evolution of African (goods and service) trade in terms of value and share of global commerce relative to other regions during 1948-2017.
Within the theoretical framework of the trade-growth and structural transformation-growth nexuses, the book examines the evolution of African (goods a...
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195,16 zł |
The African Marine Litter Outlook
ISBN: 9783031086250 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of marine litter in Africa with a focus on plastics. From distribution, to impacts on environmental and human health, this book looks at what is known scientifically. It includes a policy analysis of the instruments that currently exist, and what is needed to help Africa tackle marine litter—including local and transboundary sources. Across 5 chapters, experts from Africa and beyond have put together a summary of the scientific knowledge currently known about marine litter in Africa.The context of the African continent...
This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of marine litter in Africa with a focus on plastics. From distribution, to imp...
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192,30 zł |
Political Economy of Gender and Development in Africa: Mapping Gaps, Conflicts and Representation
ISBN: 9783031188282 / Angielski / Twarda / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the issues and challenges of gender and development in Africa. The current needs of women in Africa are connected with the possible future emancipation of women from institutions and processes that perpetuate poverty to overcome gendered development processes and patriarchal economic policies at work. The role of legal, political, cultural, religious, and economic institutions in development are examined to highlight marginalisation within uneven development processes embedded with capitalism. Broader development issues, such as property rights, food security, accessibility...
This book explores the issues and challenges of gender and development in Africa. The current needs of women in Africa are connected with the possible...
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653,90 zł |
Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Contemporary Issues, Empirics, and Policies
ISBN: 9783031195266 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers new insights into the ongoing agricultural transformation in Africa. Presenting case studies, macro-level simulations, and relevant surveys, it analyzes food crops and agri-food policy challenges and their implications in various African countries. In addition, it discusses how current African agri-food policies could be improved to achieve the continental vision of sustainable development in light of the African Union’s Agenda 2063.The respective contributions address topics such as drivers of technical efficiency among smallholder maize farmers; farm management...
This book offers new insights into the ongoing agricultural transformation in Africa. Presenting case studies, macro-level simulations, and relevan...
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615,43 zł |
The Chinese Path Toward a Leaner Government
ISBN: 9789811967177 / Angielski / Twarda / 379 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the administration streamlining aligned with the market-oriented reform process in China. The book is divided into two parts. The first part clarifies why administration is necessary and important, what it covers, and how to deal with the relation between the central and the local governments. The second part presents empirical analysis in specific areas, including agricultural reform, fiscal reform, government reform and education reform, and a series of decentralization reforms. This book is a collective wisdom from Peking University and is edited by Chinese economist...
This book focuses on the administration streamlining aligned with the market-oriented reform process in China. The book is divided into two parts. The...
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615,43 zł |
Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa: New Frontiers and a Shared Strategic Vision
ISBN: 9783030779894 / Angielski / Miękka / 421 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For African enterprises, entrepreneurs and governments to take full advantage of new digital opportunities, they need a shared strategic understanding of where they are, what they have, and what they may need to have for the future. This book presents this shared strategic vision to guide future coordinated actions of African enterprises, entrepreneurs, consumers/citizens and governments in using new and emerging digital technologies. It showcases how consumers/citizens, entrepreneurs, organisations, institutions and governments are leveraging new and emerging digital innovations to disrupt...
For African enterprises, entrepreneurs and governments to take full advantage of new digital opportunities, they need a shared strategic understanding...
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615,43 zł |
China and the Belt and Road Initiative: Trade Relationships, Business Opportunities and Political Impacts
ISBN: 9783030861247 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers critical insights into the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from an EU perspective. It analyzes the political, cultural, and diplomatic effectiveness of Xi's efforts to expand socio-cultural ties and build new trade corridors between Europe and the Far East, and sheds light on the lasting success and influence of China-led economic programs.The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides an overview of the various dimensions of the BRI initiative, including the challenges and opportunities of the EU-China trade relationship, China's geopolitical...
This book offers critical insights into the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from an EU perspective. It analyzes the political, cultural, and ...
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576,96 zł |
Integrated Marketing Communications for Public Policy: Perspectives from the World’s Largest Employment Guarantee Program MGNREGA
ISBN: 9789811951176 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is based on detailed empirical research conducted to analyse the communication dissemination approach applied to the world’s largest employment guarantee program MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). To uncover the insights, perspectives and understanding of the program, more than 30 villages in Western parts of India were visited and more than 400 MGNREGA beneficiaries were contacted personally by the author.The book connects the two concepts of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) and Public Policy and highlights the importance of using the IMC...
This book is based on detailed empirical research conducted to analyse the communication dissemination approach applied to the world’s largest emplo...
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500,03 zł |
The Competitiveness of European Industry
ISBN: 9781032439952 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1989, The Competitiveness of European Industry helps in developing our understanding of the process of improving and measuring industrial competitiveness.
First published in 1989, The Competitiveness of European Industry helps in developing our understanding of the process of improving and measuring indu...
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472,56 zł |
Competitiveness Of The Singapore Economy: A Strategic Perspective
ISBN: 9789971692216 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an intensive review of the economic competitiveness of the Singapore economy and identifies the strategies which will allow the economy to retain its competitive advantage in an increasingly globalised economic environment in future years. It is a timely exercise in view of the fact that the international trading and investment climate has liberalised considerably, and the regional economies are achieving remarkable economic growth and development which begin to challenge Singapore's competitive edge as a regional transportation hub, international financial centre and a...
This book provides an intensive review of the economic competitiveness of the Singapore economy and identifies the strategies which will allow the eco...
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195,22 zł |
Study on China’s Industrial Competitiveness
ISBN: 9789811998447 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book builds an information platform on China's industrial competitiveness, providing scientific design and application case studies for integrated analysis and decision-making facilities and mechanisms for enterprises, industries, financial institutions and governments, which can make up for the lack of adequate information in China's market operations, especially the problems of duplicate construction and vicious competition aggravated by the lack of systematically processed industrial information. This book not only pursues innovation in technical methods and application theories but...
This book builds an information platform on China's industrial competitiveness, providing scientific design and application case studies for integrate...
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538,49 zł |
Economic and Societal Transformation in Pandemic-Trapped India: Emerging Challenges and Resilient Policy Prescriptions
ISBN: 9789811657573 / Angielski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book acquaints the reader with the critical changes in India’s economy and society amidst the unprecedented pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, which has been devastating by breaking all prior records of illness and fatality. The present crisis is shown to be more than an acute health hazard as it carries with it other threats associated with the economy, society, culture, psychology, and politics. The dynamic driving forces that have a significant bearing on life, space, and time are explored, providing a basis on which social scientists can understand the prevailing equations and project...
This book acquaints the reader with the critical changes in India’s economy and society amidst the unprecedented pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, whic...
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653,90 zł |
Transformation of the Fiscal and Taxation Systems
ISBN: 9789811625923 / Angielski / Miękka / 379 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book elucidates the murky realities of China's taxation system today, and advocates bold plans for change. Theorizing finance and taxation in relation to a national political system, the authors explain the current tangled-up realities of China's creaky, inherited and uneven tax system- and put forward a plan for radical change. This book will be of interest to finance professionals, economists, and scholars of the Chinese economy. The focus is to properly handle the three basic economic and social relations between the government and the market (and the enterprises as the main market...
This book elucidates the murky realities of China's taxation system today, and advocates bold plans for change. Theorizing finance and taxation in rel...
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423,10 zł |
Political Economy of Contemporary Italy: The Economic Crisis and State Intervention
ISBN: 9780367544430 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on Kaleckian and Kaldorian approaches, this book explores the reasons behind the stagnation of the Italian economy from the 1970s, and suggests policy solutions to ease the crisis.
Drawing on Kaleckian and Kaldorian approaches, this book explores the reasons behind the stagnation of the Italian economy from the 1970s, and sugges...
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102,69 zł |
The ASEAN Digital Economy: Towards an Integrated Regional Framework
ISBN: 9781032312477 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boasting the fastest-growing internet market in the world, ASEAN is accelerating into the digital economy. This book assesses the potential economic impact of digital economy agreements, and the readiness of some ASEAN member states to grow the digital economy in collaboration. The book presents a novel framework to assess countries’ readiness to enter digital economy collaborations, following the architecture of Singapore’s digital economy agreements (DEAs) with its trading partners. It takes a bird's eye view of the digital economy in ASEAN and reviews the current state of digital...
Boasting the fastest-growing internet market in the world, ASEAN is accelerating into the digital economy. This book assesses the potential economic i...
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693,51 zł |