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Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges
ISBN: 9781591403548 / Angielski / Twarda / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most of the literature covering electronic business focuses on the developed world. Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges provides a chance to get to know more electronic business applications, successes, failures, challenges and opportunities in the developing world. These studies are gaining importance for future development of globalization, global trade and cultural dissemination. Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges tackles these issues with a vision to the future on how to bridge these gaps and the barriers between...
Most of the literature covering electronic business focuses on the developed world. Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Cha...
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489,95 zł |
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The State of Resistance: Popular Struggles in the Global South
ISBN: 9781842778685 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This indispensable book offers a panorama of social resistances to neoliberal globalization in the South. Writers and activists from forty different countries or regions offer snapshots of the latest mobilizations, from the anti-privatization groups in South Africa and the anti-WTO campaign of peasants in India, to the indigenous movement behind Evo Morales in Bolivia. The book focuses on a range of diverse popular struggles that impact on democratic and development process, yet receive little public attention or are caricatured by mainstream media. It reveals collective tensions throughout...
This indispensable book offers a panorama of social resistances to neoliberal globalization in the South. Writers and activists from forty different c...
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181,49 zł |
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Energy for Development
ISBN: 9781843312239 / Angielski / Twarda / 509 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive text offers a rare and insightful investigation into the energy sector of the developing world. 'Energy for Development' provides comparative case studies of countries going through the reform process, evaluates reform experience, discusses the lessons that can be learned and identifies challenges faced by these countries at the national and global level. A topical and timely book which seeks to explore the anxieties and insecurities of the global energy sector since 2001. This comprehensive text offers a rare and insightful investigation into the energy sector of the developing world. 'Energy for Development' provide... |
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692,11 zł |
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Science and Technology Policy for Development: Dialogues at the Interface
ISBN: 9781843312277 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about changing social relationships. The authors focus on the question of what social relations make for successful science and technology policies. In particular, the various chapters illustrate what happens at different social interfaces, such as between policy makers and researchers, and between the users and producers of knowledge. In other words, they are interested in the knowledge networks that are emerging between the many different actors involved in the development of science and technology.' Science and Technology Policy for Development' is the outcome of a workshop... This book is about changing social relationships. The authors focus on the question of what social relations make for successful science and techno... |
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663,26 zł |
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Globalization and Challenges to Building Peace
ISBN: 9781843312871 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world has gone through a major transformation in the last two decades. The end of the Cold War in Europe has led to a massive increase in private capital flow and has also brought an information and telecommunication revolution. In this new interdependent and interconnected world, international trade and investment has overtaken the importance of national economies. Globalization has created new opportunities as well as many risks and challenges. While globalization creates new wealth and encourages technological innovations, it has also failed to support and promote sustainable human...
The world has gone through a major transformation in the last two decades. The end of the Cold War in Europe has led to a massive increase in private ...
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663,26 zł |
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Stabilization Programs Implemented Under the Supervision of IMF: An Analysis of the Turkish Case
ISBN: 9781844014538 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this economic study, Professor Sadi Uzunoglu has given us a complete perspective on the IMF-supported program introduced in Turkey in 2000 to help alleviate the country's economic problems. Within the global political and economic context, he assesses whether or not the current program will prove successful. This is a valuable and comprehensive source of information for those who have a special interest in the economic future of Turkey, the land-bridge between Asia and Europe.
In this economic study, Professor Sadi Uzunoglu has given us a complete perspective on the IMF-supported program introduced in Turkey in 2000 to help ...
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77,66 zł |
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Eighty-eight Assignments for Development in Place
ISBN: 9781882197200 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Center for Creative Leadership's continuing studies of executives have found that learning on the job is the best way for a person to develop. Often people are given new positions in order to provide them with developmental experiences. But what if such a transfer is not possible? This report contains eighty-eight assignments that offer individual development opportunities on a current job.
The Center for Creative Leadership's continuing studies of executives have found that learning on the job is the best way for a person to develop. Oft...
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72,85 zł |
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Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa
ISBN: 9782869781153 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second in this series of studies on the state and status of ICTs in a development context in Africa examines the setting, operations and impacts of community telecentres. It describes the telecentres of a variety of local, and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support them. The book profiles telecentre usage and discusses the potential and challenges of developing and maintaining community telecentres given poor information structures and limited human capacity. It further considers questions of universal and public...
The second in this series of studies on the state and status of ICTs in a development context in Africa examines the setting, operations and impacts o...
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196,36 zł |
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Guideline for the Development of Chinese Suppliers
ISBN: 9783836407328 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For engineering goods the bought-in part costs represent a big share of the
overall production costs. Facing increasing global competition, many German engineering companies identify low-cost sourcing from China as one of the remaining levers to reduce costs. But shifting purchasing volume to China requires in general the development and improvement of new suppliers. In order to do so, what methods do exist? How do they match the specialties in German buyer Chinese supplier relationships? And, what can be done to boost the results? Based on the state of the art in literature and in... For engineering goods the bought-in part costs represent a big share of the
overall production costs. Facing increasing global competition, many G... |
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220,31 zł |
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Supply Chain and Liberalisation of the Milk Industry in Uganda
ISBN: 9789970024940 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study looks at the impact of liberalisation on the development and direction of the milk industry in Uganda. In the beginning, the changes brought benefits for those involved in the industry, including higher prices and increased employment opportunities, coupled with technology-related advances such as the introduction of modern processing and ultra-heat-treated (UHT) milk processing plants. In the long run however, liberalisation led to prices plummeting which resulted in milk being neither processed nor purchased; and some of the plants eventually closed. More widely, the study...
This study looks at the impact of liberalisation on the development and direction of the milk industry in Uganda. In the beginning, the changes brough...
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117,83 zł |
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Living with Uncertainty: New Directions in Pastoral Development in Africa
ISBN: 9781853392351 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Africa, the contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration.
The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines...
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155,89 zł |
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The Unspoken Truth about Privatization: Nine Essays
ISBN: 9780595477531 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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43,14 zł |
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Poverty and Water: Explorations of the Reciprocal Relationship
ISBN: 9781842779620 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rarely has such a contentious and complex issue emerged in twenty-first century development as that of water. In this book, co-editors David Hemson, Kassin Kulindwa, Haakon Lein, and Adolfo Mascarenhas use a global spread of case studies to illustrate that water is not simply an issue of physical scarcity, but rather a complex and politically-driven issue with profound future implications, both in the developing world and outside it. The book argues that for the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, governments must step in to protect the rights of the poor....
Rarely has such a contentious and complex issue emerged in twenty-first century development as that of water. In this book, co-editors David Hemson, K...
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181,49 zł |
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Social Security Reform in Transition Economies: Lessons from Kazakhstan
ISBN: 9780230607361 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines social security reform in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, with a focus on lessons for late reformers such as China and Russia.
This book examines social security reform in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, with a focus on lessons for late reformers such as China and Ru...
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385,54 zł |
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Population Growth : The Vital Revolution
ISBN: 9780202361963 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The population of the modern world continues to grow at a rate unprecedented in human history. How are we to explain this massive increase in the number of living people? What is its consequence, now and for the future? How have populations changed in size and structure since the advent of industrial technology? Can we predict the population trends in developing countries? These and many other significant questions are dealt with in a persuasive yet accessible manner in Ronald Freedman's pivotal "Population Growth."Modern population trends are unique in historical perspective; describing them...
The population of the modern world continues to grow at a rate unprecedented in human history. How are we to explain this massive increase in the numb...
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228,18 zł |
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Health, Economic Development and Household Poverty: From Understanding to Action
ISBN: 9780415344289 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research. In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics and experts in the fields of health policy and economic development, each underscoring the need for political commitment to meet the needs of the poor and the development of strategies to build this commitment, covering:
Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this ... |
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477,15 zł |
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Trade and Development: Essays in Honour of Jagdish Bhagwati
ISBN: 9780333656167 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All of the papers included in this volume were presented at a conference held at Lancaster University and were subsequently revised in the light of the comments received from Professor Bhagwati and others. The material in the essays is easily accessible to both professional economists and policy-makers. This volume brings together ten essays on topical issues in international economics. Written by experts in the relevant fields each of the essays reviews the current debate on chosen issues and provides a basis for further research. Each of the essays relate to policy issues on which Professor...
All of the papers included in this volume were presented at a conference held at Lancaster University and were subsequently revised in the light of th...
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574,29 zł |
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Project Appraisal and Valuation of the Environment: General Principles and Six Case-Studies in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780333639160 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The book is a pioneering attempt to see exactly what difference economic valuation of environmental effects would have made to six actual, on-going, development projects, if it had been done at the time of appraisal. It combines theoretical rigour with applied economic skills, presented with robust common sense.' - James Winpenny, Overseas Development Institute This book is a practical and readable guide to valuing the environment and the implications for public investment and policy, useful for students as well as professional economists, policy-makers, engineers, environmental and social...
'The book is a pioneering attempt to see exactly what difference economic valuation of environmental effects would have made to six actual, on-going, ...
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382,84 zł |
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The 'Green Revolution' and Economic Development: The Process and Its Impact in Bangladesh
ISBN: 9780333527368 / Angielski / Twarda / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Green-Revolution' technologies have transformed the countryside of many less developed countries. This book examines the processes involved in the adoption of these new technologies and their socio-economic impact. It provides an integrated view of the effects of 'Green Revolution' technologies on economic growth and returns, distribution of income and resources, stability of agricultural production and returns and their sustainability in Bangladesh.
'Green-Revolution' technologies have transformed the countryside of many less developed countries. This book examines the processes involved in the ad...
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574,29 zł |
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Policies for Development: Essays in Honour of Gamani Corea
ISBN: 9780333438619 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of essays by a number of internationally-known economists, this book is essential reading for those interested in development policy in the Third World. It provides new insights on a number of long-standing controversies about development policy in such fields as external constraints, import substitution, the debt problem, direct foreign investment, counter-trade, IMF conditionality and the impact of currency devalutation.
A collection of essays by a number of internationally-known economists, this book is essential reading for those interested in development policy in t...
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382,84 zł |
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