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Measuring Poverty
Edited by Stephan Klasen
‘This collection of landmark works on the concepts and methods for measuring poverty will be highly valuable to students and scholars in the field. Augmented by an original introduction by S. Klasen, a most prominent contributor to the a... -
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Economic Growth and Poverty
Edited by Nanak Kakwani, Hyun H. Son
This single-volume compilation offers an insight to some of the most important questions economists and policymakers have been grappling over. A substantial amount of research has been carried out using cross-country regression models, r... -
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The Evaluation of Complex Infrastructure Projects
Lasse Gerrits, Stefan Verweij
‘Disentangling within-case complexity is a challenging task; even more so if one examines multiple cases. Gerrits and Verweij brilliantly demonstrate, using the latest conceptual and technical innovations, and through the concrete exampl...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Utilities, Second Edition
David E. McNabb
‘David McNabb’s Public Utilities book is an excellent and extremely valuable source for understanding the fundamental issues and problems of the rapidly evolving public utilities sector. It’s useful for academics, policymakers, and pract...eBook:Find out more$52.80
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Structuring Public–Private Research Partnerships for Success
Gordon Rausser, Holly Amedon, Reid Stevens
‘In this timely book, Professor Gordon Rausser explores the changing landscape of university–industry relations, informed by his unusual background as a pioneer in Public–Private Research Partnerships (PPRPs) while serving as Dean of the...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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Fighting Terrorism at Source
Jean-Paul Azam, Véronique Thelen
This book offers a unique and insightful econometric evaluation of the policies used to fight transnational terrorism between 1990 and 2014 using a sample of 124 countries. It proves that foreign aid plays a crucial role by inducing reci...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Reform of Network Industries
Edited by Massimo Florio
‘A book on the reform of network industries is long overdue. This edited volume makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the chain reaction of consequences following such reforms. Massimo Florio continues his impressive w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Advanced Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis
Robert J. Brent
This concise yet comprehensive introduction aims to outline the core principles of Cost–Benefit Analysis (CBA), laying them out in an accessible manner with minimum technical detail. The applied nature of the subject is emphasized by sho...eBook:Find out more$25.16
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Central and Local Government Relations in Asia
Edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Peter J. Morgan
‘This book is characterized by a strong team of authors including international consultants with in-depth experience in the area and regional experts. The combined first two chapters nicely summarize conceptual issues, present key region...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Natural Disasters
Edited by Mark Skidmore
‘Economics is both political economy and empirical, and this distinction has not been lost in Professor Skidmore’s edited book on the economics of natural disasters. This collection strikes a good balance between quantitative and non-qua... -
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A History of American State and Local Economic Development
Ronald W. Coan
‘This is an amazingly comprehensive interpretive analysis of the factors, forces and institutions that shaped the evolution of economic development in America. Ronald W. Coan examines and interprets the historic evolution of both the ins...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public or Private Goods?
Edited by Brigitte Unger, Daan van der Linde, Michael Getzner
The book explores the core public tasks that the state has traditionally provided but which increasingly are being privatized and subsumed by the private sector. The night-watchman state role of providing security is instead offered by p...eBook:Find out more$40.00