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Connecting practice and research ISSN1755-1978 (Print) |1755-1986 (Online) Since 1990,Enterprise Development & Microfinance(EDM)has offered practice-based insights into the role of markets, enterprises and financial services in reducing poverty and stimulating economic development. This...
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This book is a study on economic conditions of Gujar Bakrawallah, pastoral people from Jammu and Kashmir. The book is divided into three parts with each chapter marking a landmark in the habitat, economy and society of the transhumants of the North-Western Himalayas.
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Provides a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and up-to-date account of development theory as it evolved over the past generations. This book is organized around four major themes: Economic development and underdevelopment, politics and the state, socio-economic development and the state, and...
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By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to...
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The question of sustainability affects most areas of human activity. It is intrinsically complex and multi-disciplinary. Sustainable policies have to adapt to new knowledge and changing circumstances. Understanding sustainability and ways of achieving it have to involve an understanding of...
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The purpose of this report is to provide the missing stocktaking of the U.S. contributions to the Millennium Development Goals from a U.S. international non-profit (U.S. NGO) perspective. In undertaking this study, a major challenge has been the limitation of data, since the federal budget does...
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Vision for a Bright Africa looks into Africa's history to illumine factors that might account for the continent's continuing to lag behind others in development. It examines present attempts both by Africans and the international community to solve Africa's economic environmental, population and...
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1996-01-01 This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place...
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Each chapter begins with an introduction to the particular properties of the plant group, giving an overview on the economics, production trends, nutritional aspects, chemistry, and technological features. Only the major crops could be treated in detail. With regard to these, we sought to cover...
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2003-01-01 Dios trabaja, y el hombre fue credao a su imagen. El tambien debe trabajar para ser capaz de ganar el pan de cada dia. En un mundo donde los niveles de desempleo estan subieno, encountrar trabajo se torna cada dia mas dificil. Este libro promueve una variedad de metodologias para responder a esta...