Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a tool for poverty reduction, but attracting it is not the end. This book argues a nation’s absorption capacity is paramount, exploring the ‘Vicious-Circle of Poverty’ and providing new frameworks for plausible poverty reduction approaches.
From Individual Wellbeing to Regional Priorities
Dr. Silva Larson explores what is important to people, arguing for an approach that helps decision-makers identify regional priorities. She proposes a method that considers both what people value most and their satisfaction to create “action lists” to improve quality of life.
Gender Power and Mediation
This book shows how evaluative mediation, rooted in Eastern practices, can provide fair justice for women facing gendered power disparity and family violence. Using verbatim quotes from real sessions, it demonstrates how theories are operationalised in real life.
This book develops a unique framework for exploring the evolution of banking systems amidst global transformations. By comparing the divergent paths of the EU, US, and Canadian sectors, it reveals key strategies for enhancing banking system efficiency and competitiveness.
Global Climate Change, Environment and Energy
This book covers both sides of the debate on climate change, environment and energy. Articles discuss these issues from a multidimensional perspective, elaborating upon their interdependence and the global challenges and opportunities for sustainability.
Global Discourse in Fractured Times
This engaging, thought-provoking, and informative international volume addresses contemporary issues in communication and media. It is an essential resource for researchers, media professionals, and students in communication, cultural studies, and related subjects.
Global Financial Frontiers
Dive into international finance with this concise guide. From its historical foundations to the US-China trade war, explore key concepts, emerging trends, and the impact of politics, culture, and climate change. An invaluable resource for students and practitioners.
This volume explores the interface between ecological integrity as a scientific concept and key issues in ethics, international law, and public health. Leading scholars re-examine these dimensions from the viewpoint of global governance.
This book explores the interdependence between environment and economics, searching for solutions to environmental problems. It provides an overview of the field with case studies and policies, making it a useful introduction for students, teachers, and academicians.
The rise of China will profoundly change the world. China excels at the peaceful creation of wealth, and the answers to its success lie not in “communism” but in Chinese civilization. This book explains why China is winning and will continue to do so unless we wake up.
Healthcare Facilities in Developing Countries
This book is an in-depth investigation of healthcare facilities in Mau district, India. Based on a survey of 680 households, it analyzes variations in their availability, accessibility, and affordability, and the link between socio-economic status and utilization patterns.
This book offers a unique financial evaluation of all forest ecosystem services and their contribution to economic sectors. The reader will find answers and results in this book to help them account for all the benefits that a forest offers.
Human–Robot Interaction
This book introduces state-of-the-art technologies in human-robot interactions. It details recent advances in dynamics, controls, design, and modelling, appealing to graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in robotics, computer science, and mechanical engineering.
Ideas about Agriculture in the Political Economy of Japan
Why do Japanese citizens support agricultural protection that reduces their own welfare? This book argues that ideas—not just economics—are the answer, tracing how historical values evolved into modern concerns for food safety, self-sufficiency, and the environment.
In Search of Corporate Accountability
Given current debates on corporate social responsibility, Lo uses a theory of interactive (corrective) justice to argue that it is necessary to ensure that responsible persons are accountable under law so as to promote compliance with legal regulations in the corporate context.
This book presents a soft-sensing technique using spectral data to assess difficult-to-measure process parameters. It’s a practical guide for researchers, engineers, and students who need a modelling method for small sample data to solve real-world control challenges.
How do we manage the challenges confronting cities? This volume brings together international experts to provide stimulating new ideas and successful examples of tools being used worldwide to make the places we call home more liveable and sustainable.
Integrated Marketing Communication
A valuable resource for students, academics, and practitioners of integrated marketing communication (IMC). It details the principles and practices of IMC before presenting a step-by-step process for preparing and executing a plan for any given brand.
International Economic Law
Experts assess the past 20 years of international economic law and forecast its future. This book provides vital insights into how to respond to challenges, reform the WTO, and improve multilateral trading governance for the twenty-first century.
International Interplay
Riddhi Dasgupta dissects core standards in international dispute settlement—from expropriation to fair treatment—to offer vital legal strategies and constructive solutions for a rapidly changing world.