Since 1990, more than 10 million people have been killed in the civil wars of failed states, and hundreds of millions more have been deprived of fundamental rights. The threat of terrorism has only…
The last decade of the 20th century witnessed striking progress in the developing world and at the same time, it also saw stagnation and setbacks. Economic growth is key to development both in its …
The author presents a detailed analysis of the past performance of a large range of developing countries. They are used to examine the opportunities facing other countries in the 1990s. Analysis of…
A study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme.
The contents of the book are Part One: The essentials of the S & T approach 1. Introduction to project appraisal 2. Investment criteria 3. Distributional weights 4. The social discount rate 5…
This book provides an analysis of the role and effectiveness of unions in selecting their strategy to meet the needs of their members in developing countries, focusing in Indonesia after the end of…
The comprehensive range of topics includes: the concept and measurement of development; economic theory and development; economic quality and development; human resource development; international …
This is the eighteenth annual edition of the World Development Report, the standard reference for international economic data. The 1995 edition contains a special section on the importance of the m…
Business finance in less developed economies cannot be analyzed or measured by the approaches utilized in countries, such as the United States and Great Britain, where stock markets can assess wort…
Examines how best developing countries can create the potential to exploit technical change and reap the socio-economic benefits that technology can bring. The need to tailor policies to the differ…