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  • Environmental Evaluation and Global Development Institutions

    A Case Study of the Global Environment Facility

    by Geeta Batra, Juha I. Uitto, Osvaldo N. Feinstein ...
    Series series Advances in Evaluation & Development
    Evaluation is increasingly important for finding sustainable solutions for the people and the planet, based on a systematic analysis of what works, for whom, and under what circumstances, and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, as they pertain to the environment.This book explores why the Global Environment Facility (GEF) invests in evaluation for accountability ... Read more

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  • Conflict-Sensitive Conservation

    Lessons from the Global Environment Facility

    by Carl Bruch, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand, Shehla Chowdhury, Sierra Killian ...
    This book provides an empirically formulated foundation for conflict-sensitive conservation, a field in which the existing literature relies primarily on anecdotal evidence.Seeking to better understand the impact of conflict on the implementation and outcomes of environmental projects, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office and the Environmental Law Institute undertook ... Read more

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  • Transformational Change for People and the Planet

    Evaluating Environment and Development

    Edited by Juha I. Uitto, Geeta Batra ...
    Series series Sustainable Development Goals Series
    This Open Access book deals with the pressing question of how to achieve transformational change that reconciles development with environmental sustainability. It particularly focuses on the role of evaluation in finding sustainable solutions. Environment and development are closely interlinked, as are human health and ecosystem health. The pandemic that began in 2020 demonstrated in no uncertain ... Read more

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  • Evaluating Environment in International Development

    Edited by Juha I. Uitto ...
    This book provides novel and in-depth perspectives on evaluating environment and sustainability issues in developing countries.Evaluating Environment in International Development focuses on the approaches and experiences of leading international organizations, not-for-profits, and multilateral and bilateral aid agencies to illustrate how systematic evaluation is an essential tool for providing ... Read more

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  • Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption

    Edited by Sungsup Ra, Shanti Jagannathan, Rupert Maclean ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book presents contemporary perspectives on the role of a learning society from the lens of leading practitioners, experts from universities, governments, and industry leaders. The think pieces argue for a learning society as a major driver of change with far-reaching influence on learning to serve the needs of economies and societies.The book is a testimonial to the importance of ... Read more

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  • The Future of Global Business

    A Reader

    Edited by Michael Czinkota, Ilkka Ronkainen ...
    In the fast-paced world of global business, success is marked by the ability to stay on top of currents events, to recognize new trends, and to react quickly to change. This book offers contributions by global marketing authorities to help you understand this rapidly changing international environment and respond to opportunities and perils.Editors Michael R. Czinkota and Ilkka A. Ronkainen use ... Read more

    $219.86 CAD

  • Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

    A Manual for Assessment Practitioners

    by Neville Ash, Keisha Garcia, Thomas Tomich, Bhaskar Vira, Monika Zurek, Claire Brown, Hernn Blanco ...
    Designed by a partnership of UN agencies, international scientific organizations, and development agencies, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is the most extensive study ever of the linkages between the world’s ecosystems and human well-being. The goal of the MA is to establish the scientific basis for actions needed to enhance the contribution of ecosystems to human well-being without ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Who Counts?

    Edited by Jeremy Holland ...
    Local people can generate their own numbers and the statistics that result are powerful for themselves and can influence policy. Development practitioners are supporting and facilitating participatory statistics from community-level planning right up to sector and national-level policy processes. Statistics are being generated in the design, monitoring and evaluation, and impact assessment of ... Read more

    $18.29 CAD

  • Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Juha I. Uitto, Jyotsna Puri, Rob D. van den Berg ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is open access under a Creative Commons license.This authoritative book presents the ever progressing state of the art in evaluating climate change strategies and action. It builds upon a selection of relevant and practical papers and presentations given at the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development held in Washington DC in 2014 and includes ... Read more

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  • Tackling Complexity

    A Systemic Approach for Decision Makers

    by Gilbert Probst, Andrea Bassi ...
    Our socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making challenging. There is little or no room for failure.This important new book analyses real ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • Scaling Social Impact

    New Thinking

    by P. Bloom, E. Skloot ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Many social entrepreneurs struggle to take successful, innovative programs that address social problems on a local or limited basis and scale them up to expand their impact in a more widespread, deeper, and efficient way. In Scaling Social Impact , the editors address this issue with a comprehensive collection of original papers. ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Humanitarian Crises, Intervention and Security

    A Framework for Evidence-Based Programming

    Edited by Liesbet Heyse, Andrej Zwitter, Rafael Wittek, Joost Herman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding
    This book presents a new framework of analysis to assess natural and man-made disasters and humanitarian crises, and the feasibility of interventions in these complex emergencies.The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in such crises - such as in Haiti, Iraq and Sudan - and this volume aims to pioneer a theory-based, interdisciplinary framework that can assist students and ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD