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The Prosperity Paradox by Clayton M. Christensen
mobi, epub |eng | 2018-11-17 | Author:Clayton M. Christensen

NOTES 1. “Vicente Fox,” PBS interview Commanding Heights, interview conducted April 4, 2001, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_vicentefox.html. 2. From the OECD website: “GDP per hour worked is a measure of labour productivity. It ...
( Category: Economic Conditions February 18,2020 )
Measuring Poverty around the World by Anthony B. Atkinson
epub |eng | 2019-04-07 | Author:Anthony B. Atkinson

GROWTH, INEQUALITY, AND POVERTY REDUCTION Trickle-down and the distribution of consumption [Editors: This section and the one that follows were to cover the two “crucial issues … in the fight ...
( Category: Economic Policy February 16,2020 )
How Reform Worked in China by Qian Yingyi;
epub |eng | 2017-10-30 | Author:Qian, Yingyi;

III Government and Reform: Federalism, Chinese Style 7 Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China 1. Introduction The remarkable success of China’s economic reforms—fostering economic growth ...
( Category: Asian January 19,2020 )
Competitive Advantage by Michael E. Porter
epub |eng | | Author:Michael E. Porter

Switching Costs Substitution always involves some costs of switching to the substitute for the buyer, which are weighed against RVP. The higher the switching cost relatively, the more difficult substitution ...
( Category: Theory April 14,2017 )
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Moyo Dambisa
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-17 | Author:Moyo, Dambisa [Moyo, Dambisa]

Can Dongo tap the markets? The capital markets are open, and open for Africa. Any assertions that these countries cannot tap the international capital markets are simply wrong. Developed countries ...
( Category: Economic Policy February 24,2017 )
An Accident of Geography by Richard C. Blum
epub |eng | 2016-01-19 | Author:Richard C. Blum

Lucid in Crisis Political commentators have observed over the years, beginning with the assassinations, how calm and purposeful Dianne is during times of public crisis. “I needed that ability when ...
( Category: Development & Growth January 20,2017 )
In Their Own Hands by Jeffrey Ashe
epub |eng | 2014-12-07 | Author:Jeffrey Ashe

Voluntary Replication The technical unit and partner NGOs engaged in their own backward dance, gradually expanding the role of the animator from “trainer of groups” to “trainer of trainers.” In ...
( Category: Globalization December 8,2016 )
Portfolios of the Poor by Daryl Collins & Jonathan Morduch & Stuart Rutherford & Orlanda Ruthven
epub |eng | 2009-09-20 | Author:Daryl Collins & Jonathan Morduch & Stuart Rutherford & Orlanda Ruthven

Chapter Five THE PRICE OF MONEY IN THE SPRING of 2007, the Mexican microfinance bank Banco Compartamos completed a highly successful public offering of its stock. Inspired by Grameen Bank, ...
( Category: Poverty September 21,2016 )
Bounded Rationality and Industrial Organization by Ran Spiegler
epub |eng | 2011-02-18 | Author:Ran Spiegler [Spiegler, Ran]

8 Coarse Reasoning The sampling-based procedure studied in Chapters 6 and 7 captured the idea that when consumers face a complex market object, they use a simplifying heuristic: examine a ...
( Category: Microeconomics July 8,2016 )
Brazillionaires by Cuadros Alex;
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Cuadros, Alex; [Cuadros, Alex;]

CHAPTER 8 THE PROFIT MOTIVE A NEW RICHEST MAN, MERITOCRACY, AND THE VALUE OF MONEY “Money in and of itself isn’t what fascinates me.” —JORGE PAULO LEMANN ($20 BILLION) “Jorge ...
( Category: Globalization June 28,2016 )
Change Everything by Christian Felber
epub |eng | 2015-06-12 | Author:Christian Felber

• how to incorporate many interests into one rule; • how decisions are made that are as acceptable as possible for everyone; • that appreciative encounters with others who have ...
( Category: Development & Growth June 13,2016 )
Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance by Ian Goldin & Chris Kutarna
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2016-05-23 | Author:Ian Goldin & Chris Kutarna [Goldin, Ian]

** In the meantime, to prevent repeats in the future, the US Postal Service has been irradiating all D.C. federal mail, at an annual cost to the US taxpayer of ...
( Category: Social Aspects June 11,2016 )
China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World by Fishman Ted
epub |eng | 2005-02-01 | Author:Fishman, Ted [Fishman, Ted]

*Not long ago, the Illinois River was so polluted in parts that no fish could swim its length and survive. Today it is mostly clean and a favorite for anglers, ...
( Category: Economic Policy May 23,2016 )
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William R. Easterly
epub |eng | 2002-08-02 | Author:William R. Easterly [Easterly, William R.]

Intermezzo: War and Memory Jade is a young woman who grew up in Nae-Chon, a village of 240 people fifty miles southeast of Seoul, Korea. Jade was born in 1958, ...
( Category: Development & Growth May 2,2016 )
The Last Hunger Season by Roger Thurow
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Roger Thurow [Thurow, Roger]

FRANCIS WANJALA MAMATI was lost amid the towering maize stalks on his shamba. “Over here,” he shouted to his wife, Mary, who was coming to join him for a day ...
( Category: Kenya April 26,2016 )

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