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THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT
₨ 7,560
ISBN: 1842777335
Publisher: ZED BOOKS
Subtitle: AN INTRODUCTION TO CONTEXT, APPLICATIONS & TRAINING
Author: KEES EPSKAMP -
LAND, LAW & ISLAM
₨ 995
ISBN: 1842778137
Publisher: ZED BOOKS
Subtitle: PROPERTY & HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
Author: SIRAJ SAIT₨ 7,960 -
POVERTY & SOCIAL DEPRIVATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
₨ 7,960
ISBN: 1842777572
Publisher: ZED BOOKS
Subtitle: TRENDS, POLICIES & WELFARE PROSPECTS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Author: MARIA PETMESIDOU -
FOOD IS DIFFERENT
₨ 3,980
ISBN: 1842777556
Publisher: ZED BOOKS
Subtitle: WHY WE MUST GET THE WTO OUT OF AGRICULTURE
Author: PETER M. ROSSET -
ANALYZING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGIME
₨ 21,060
ISBN: 0262026023
Publisher: MIT PRESS
Subtitle:
Author: ORAN R. YOUNG -
A CORPORATE SOLUTION TO GLOBLE POVERTY
₨ 8,785World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose governments lack either the desire or the ability to act, poverty has worsened. This book, a Joint venture of a Harvard professor and an economist with the International Finance Corporation, argues that the solution lies in the creation of a new institution, the World Development Corporation (WDC), a partnership of multinational corporations (MNCs), international development agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
In A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty, George Lodge and Craig Wilson assert that MNCs have the critical combination of capabilities required to build investment, grow economies, and create jobs in poor countries, and thus to reduce poverty. Furthermore, they contend, MNCs can do so profitably and thus sustainably. But they lack legitimacy, and risk can be high, and so a collective approach is better than one in which an individual company proceeds alone. Thus a UN-sponsored WDC, owned and managed by a dozen or so MNCs with NGD support, will make a marked difference.
At a time when big business has been demonized for destroying the environment, enjoying one-sided benefits from globalization, and deceiving investors, the book argues that MNCs have much to gain from becoming more effective in reducing global poverty. This is not a call for philanthropy. Lodge and Wilson believe that corporate support for the World Development Corporation will benefit not only the world’s poor but also company shareholders as a result of improved MNC legitimacy and stronger markets and profitability.”
ISBN: 0691122296
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: HOW MULTINATIONALS CAN HELP THE POOR AND INVIGORATE THEIR OWN LEGITIMACY
Author: GEORGE LODGE & -
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REVIVING THE INVISIBLE HAND
₨ 9,115Reviving the Invisible Hand is an uncompromising call for a global return to a classical liberal economic order, free of interference from governments and international organizations. Arguing for a revival of the invisible hand of free international trade and global capital, eminent economist Deepak Lal vigorously defends the view that states attempts to ameliorate the impact of markets threaten global economic progress and stability. And in an unusual move, he not only defends globalization economically, but also answers the cultural and moral objections of antiglobalizers.
Taking a broad cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, Lal argues that there are two groups opposed to globalization.
Cultural nationalists who oppose not capitalism but westernization, and “new dirigistes” who oppose not westernization but capitalism. In response, La! Contends that capitalism doesn’t have to lead to Westernization, as the examples of Japan, China, and India show and that “new dirigiste” complaint have more to do with the demoralization of their societies than with the capitalist instruments of prosperity.
La! Bases his case on a historical account of the rise of capitalism and globalization in the first two liberal international economic orders: the nineteenth- century British, and the post—World War II American.
Arguing that the “new dirigisme” is the thin edge of a wedge that could return the world to excessive economic intervention by states and international organizations, Lal does not shrink from controversial stands such as advocating the abolishment of these organizations and defending the existence of child labor in the Third World.
ISBN: 0691125910
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE CASE FOR CLASSICAL LIBERALISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Author: DEEPAK LAL -
FRONTIERS
₨ 17,915
ISBN: 0262182548
Publisher: MIT PRESS
Subtitle: HISTORIES OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND NATURE
Author: MICHAEL R. REDCLIF -
THE CENTRAL ASIAN ECONOMICS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
₨ 20,430
ISBN: 0691124655
Publisher: PETERSONS
Subtitle:
Author: RICHARD POMFRET -
SUFFCIENT REASON
₨ 11,005
ISBN: 0691124191
Publisher: PETERSONS
Subtitle: VOLITIONAL PRAGMATISM AND THE MEANING OF ECONOMICS INSTITUTIONS
Author: DANIEL W. BROMLEY -
THE NEW ENVIRONMENT REGULATION
₨ 7,230
ISBN: 0262562189
Publisher: MIT PRESS
Subtitle:
Author: DANIL J. FIORINO -
A FREE NATION DEEP IN DEBT
₨ 6,270FOR THE GREATER PART of recorded history the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet now the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. In A Free Nation Deep in Debt, James Macdonald provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. The pressures of war finance led ancient states to store up treasure; and treasure accumulation invariably favored autocratic states. But when the art of public borrowing was developed by the city-states of medieval Italy as a democratic alternative to the treasure chest, the balance of power tipped. From that point on, the pressures of war favored states with the greatest public creditworthiness; and the most creditworthy states were invariably those in which the people who provided the money also controlled the government. Democracy had found a secret weapon and the era of the citizen-creditor was born. Macdonald unfolds this tale in a sweeping history that starts in biblical times, passes via medieval Italy to the wars and revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ends with the great bond drives that financed the two world wars.
ISBN: 0691126321
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE FINANCIAL ROOTS OF DEMOCRACY
Author: JAMES MACDONALD -
ON JUSTIFICATIONS
₨ 26,720
ISBN: 069111837X
Publisher: PETERSONS
Subtitle: ECONOMIES OF WORTH
Author: LUC BOLTANSKI -
BEYOND INDIVIDUAL CHOICE
₨ 11,005
ISBN: 0691120056
Publisher: PETERSONS
Subtitle: TEAMS AND FRAMES IN GAME THEORY
Author: MICHAEL BACHARACH -
FIGHTING POVERTY
₨ 4,795While it has become abundantly clear that neither overall economic growth not targeted micro-level interventions inevitably reduce poverty in developing countries, much of the development literature continues to focus on these two approaches. Exploring a third, and more promising, avenue, Fighting Poverty offea systematic analysis of the link between employment and pro-poor economic growth.
The authoprovide both conceptual framework and rich empirical evidence to demonstrate precisely how employment can serve to link growth with poverty reduction. They include in-depth case studies of Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Uganda, and Vietnam.
ISBN: 8130904357
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS
Subtitle: THE DEVELOPMENT-EMPLOYMENT LINK
Author: RIZWANUL ISLAM -
DIGITAL PHOENIX
₨ 5,645
ISBN: 0262511967
Publisher: MIT PRESS
Subtitle: WHY THE INFORMATION ECONOMY COLLAPSED AND HOW IT WILL RISE AGAIN
Author: BRUCE ABRAMSON -
THE BOX
₨ 7,845
ISBN: 0691123241
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: HOW THE SHIPPING CONTAINER MADE THE WORLD SMALLER AND THE WORLD ECONOMY BIGGER
Author: MARC LEVINSON -
NATION-STATES AND THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
₨ 11,005What makes a country attractive to foreign investors? To what extent do conditions of governance and politics matter? This book provides the most systematic exploration to date of these crucial questions at the nexus of politics and economics. Using quantitative data and interviews with investment promotion agencies, investment location consultants, political risk insurers, and decision makeat multinational corporations, Nathan Jensen arrives at a surprising conclusion: countries may be competing for international capital, but government fiscal policy – both taxation and spending – has little impact on multinationals’ investment decisions. Although government policy has a limited ability to determine patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, political institutions are central to explaining why some countries are more successful in attracting international capital. First, democratic institutions lower political risks for multinational corporations. Indeed, they lead to massive amounts of foreign direct investment. Second, politically federal institutions, in contrast to fiscally federal institutions, lower political risks for multinationals and allow host countries to attract higher levels of FDI inflows. Third, the International Monetary Fund often cited as a catalyst for promoting foreign investment, actually detemultinationals from investment in countries under IMF programs. Even after controlling for the factothat lead countries to seek IMF support, IMF agreements are associated with much lower levels of FDI inflows.
ISBN: 0691122229
Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Author: NATHAN M. JENSEN -
PRIVATIZATION EXPERIENCES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
₨ 12,575
ISBN: 0262112965
Publisher: MIT PRESS
Subtitle:
Author: MARKO KOTHENBURGER