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  • Currencies of Imagination

    Channeling Money and Chasing Mobility in Vietnam

    by Ivan V. Small ...
    In Vietnam, international remittances from the Vietnamese diaspora are quantitatively significant and contribute important economic inputs. Yet beyond capital transfer, these diasporic remittance economies offer insight into an unfolding transformation of Vietnamese society through the extension of imaginations and ontological possibilities that accompany them. Currencies of Imagination examines ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Money at the Margins

    Global Perspectives on Technology, Financial Inclusion, and Design

    Edited by Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj, Ivan V. Small ...
    Series Book 6 - The Human Economy
    Mobile money, e-commerce, cash cards, retail credit cards, and more—as new monetary technologies become increasingly available, the global South has cautiously embraced these mediums as a potential solution to the issue of financial inclusion. How, if at all, do new forms of dematerialized money impact people’s everyday financial lives? In what way do technologies interact with financial ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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    by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo ...
    "A treasure trove of insight" (The Economist) from the winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is ... Read more

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  • Hierarchical Capitalism in Latin America

    Business, Labor, and the Challenges of Equitable Development

    by Ben Ross Schneider ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    This book argues that Latin America has a distinctive, enduring form of hierarchical capitalism characterized by multinational corporations, diversified business groups, low skills and segmented labor markets. Over time, institutional complementarities knit features of corporate governance and labor markets together and thus contribute to institutional resiliency. Political systems generally ... Read more

    Was $35.99 CAD Now $31.99 CAD

  • The Welfare State Revisited

    Edited by José Antonio Ocampo, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems—the best tools we have to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. In this book, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz bring together distinguished contributors to examine the global variations of social programs and make the ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Aftermath

    The Cultures of the Economic Crisis

    Edited by Manuel Castells, Gustavo Cardoso, João Caraça ...
    The crisis of global capitalism that has unfolded since 2008 is more than an economic crisis. It is structural and multidimensional. The sequence of events that have taken place in its aftermath show that we are entering a world that is very different from the social and economic conditions that characterized the rise of global, informational capitalism in the preceding three decades. The policies ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Handling Conflict Situations - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Best Practices, Benefits and Practical Solutions

    by James Smith ...
    Workplace conflict is a specific type of conflict that occurs in workplaces. The conflicts that arise in workplaces may be shaped by the unique aspects of this environment, including the long hours many people spend at their workplace, the hierarchical structure of the organization, and the difficulties (e.g. financial consequences) that may be involved in switching to a different workplace. In ... Read more

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  • The State of Labour

    The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact

    Edited by Sharit K. Bhowmik ...
    This book analyzes the adverse effects of globalization and liberalization — acutely manifest in the increased financialization of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis of 2008–09 — on the labour force, especially in the developing countries. Drawing upon case studies from several countries including India, Columbia, Malawi, Brazil and Thailand, it highlights the worsening plight of ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

  • Moving Out Of Poverty (Volume 1): Crossdisciplinary Perspectives On Mobility

    by Narayan Deepa; Petesch Patti ...
    This book brings together the latest thinking about poverty dynamics from diverse analytic traditions. While covering a vast body of conceptual and empirical knowledge about economic and social mobility, it takes the reader on compelling journeys of multigenerational accounts of three villages in Kanartaka, India, twelve years in the life of a street child in Burkina Faso, and much more. Leading ... Read more

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  • Corruption

    Costs and Mitigating Strategies

    by International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept., International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept. ...
    In an environment in which growth and employment prospects in many countries remain subdued and a number of high-profile corruption cases have fueled moral outrage, and amid a growing consensus that corruption can seriously undermine a country’s ability to deliver inclusive economic growth in a number of different areas, addressing corruption globally—in both developed and developing countries—has ... Read more

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  • Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy

    Models, Approaches and Prospects for Economic Development

    Edited by Mai Thi Thanh Thai, Ekaterina Turkina ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship
    Although entrepreneurship in the informal economy occurs outside state regulatory systems, informal commercial activities account for an estimated 30% of economic activity around the world. Informal entrepreneurship goes unmonitored despite the fact that it significantly contributes to poverty reduction and economic development. As a result, the informal sector is open to unethical practices ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

  • Advances in Geoeconomics

    Edited by J Mark Munoz ...
    Series series Europa Economic Perspectives
    While geopolitics has captured global attention, geoeconomics is the often hidden force that governs countries’ relationships. It is the economic psyche that shapes the new world order. Geoeconomics refers to the intersection of economic factors, relationships and conditions on global events. A country’s political and business alignments have an impact on individuals, companies and on future ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD