1988-01-01 This important study introduces the conceptual premise that families, like firms, analyze their circumstances, make decisions, and pursue courses of action on the basis of what they perceive to be the most efficient methods for producing and reproducing survival. Combining this premise with an...
2013-01-01 A rare and timely intervention from Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on development in Africa. To many, Africa is the new frontier. As the West lies battered by financial crisis, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for wealth creation in the...
1989-01-01 The world is on the verge of receiving new life forms that will profoundly and irrevocably change the global economy: the "gene hunters" who first cloned the gene in 1973 are now not only modifying existing species but also creating new plants and animals. Ready or not for such awesome power, the...
1988-01-19 The improvement in living conditions of the inhabitants of the Third World involves both economic growth and ambient ecological conditions. Development of a country implies improvements in both spheres, yet these two factors are often in conflict. Ecology and Development in the Third World...
The cases in this book are designed to train students to apply economic principles to the kind of articles they will encounter throughout their lives in newspapers and magazines. The cases also provide training in lives in newspapers and magazines. The cases also provide training in how to...
What are the sources for economic development and long-term growth? This book combines the best available cross-sectional data from Africa, Asia, and Latin America with appropriate theological tools including Millenium Development goals, current microeconomic policies, concise treatment of the...