Resources Tagged: Economic Development
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1991-01-01 This report has a threefold purpose. First, it seeks to impart to policymakers and administrators knowledge of how to approach the measurement and valuation of environmental elements within development projects. This report will illustrate the issues in the context of particular projects. A...
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Key Resource 1989-01-01 Six out of every ten of the world's people are being inexorably pushed by agricultural modernization and continuing high population growth rates into ecologically vulnerable environments: tropical forests, dryland and hilly areas, and the fringes of great urban centers. Unless development...
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THere is a current trend toward more comprehensive and integrated conservation programs. Because comprehensive programs must be organized to address specific development projects and specific conservation needs, this book is designed to provide specific guidelines for the design, management, and...
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For those considering a career in International Development, this book gives down to earth information and advice. It is an intriguing look at the field from top to bottom. What is International Development, its specialties and careers? How can one prepare? The book describes operations,...
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The Sourcebook focuses on operations with more potential for negative environmental impacts, such as major new infrastructure, rather than on operations with less potential impact, such as rehabilitationand maintenance. Chapters 8-9
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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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The meeting described in this report was intended to provide specific recommendations on improving development cooperation on a global scale. A number of interesting and innovative suggestions were offered. One in particular, the idea of an international action task force in development...
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The Next Africa,an Axiom Best Business Book Award winner, will change the way people think about the continent. The old narrative of an Africa disconnected from the global economy, depicted by conflict or corruption, and heavily dependent on outside donors is fading. A wave of transformation...
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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...
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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...