Developing countries are the most vulnerable to climate change impacts, making it a matter of moral ethics. This book explores how concerted global action and traditional knowledge can enable them to adapt to the effects of climate change.
Emerging Water Insecurity in India
This book investigates India’s water crisis, focusing on Punjab. It explores the use and abuse of groundwater, revealing its virtual exportation. It examines water governance, offering lessons for all regions grappling with water scarcity and sustainable development.
This book assesses the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of farming enterprises, focusing on Bulgarian farms under the EU CAP. It identifies crucial factors and perspectives for improving sustainability, appealing to researchers, farmers, and policy-makers.
This book argues that if law is not underpinned by a moral understanding, the moral law itself is violated. It objects to impunity for those who contravene international peremptory criminal law, reaffirming universal principles of truth, equality, and the essential value of man.
This publication focuses on the efficacy of ‘financial education’ as a tool in attaining client protection in Varanasi, India. It also utilizes the Microfinance Clients Awareness Index to evaluate the factors that impact the level of financial awareness for microfinance clients.
Economic Gaps and Crises in South-East Europe
This collection includes presentations made at the 2016 conference of the South-Eastern European Monetary History Network, and will appeal to central bankers, members of academia and researchers interested in European economic history with a focus on South-Eastern Europe.
Unconscionable Conduct in Commercial Transactions
Wooler looks at the historical use of allegations of unconscionable conduct within the context of independent trade finance instruments. He makes a detailed survey of the law of unconscionable conduct and the complexities of the doctrine of independence.
Economic Growth
Economic growth is a prerequisite for welfare. This book analyses the theoretical development, sources, and potential effects of economic growth using various methods. It will serve as an essential reference work for researchers and policy makers.
Economic Strategies in Times of Crises
History is no accident. So-called spontaneous events are meticulously planned, with nothing left to chance. This book analyzes the hidden forces shaping our world to reveal a path toward the socio-economic and ecological rebalancing of our planet.
This title details several aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and their linkages to African economies. Based on stylized facts and rigorous analytical studies, it offers state-of-the-art analyses on FDI-related topics.
Much of what you’ve been taught about the 2008 financial crisis is incorrect. It wasn’t caused by free market capitalism, but by market distortions from government subsidies and misregulation. The new regulations haven’t solved the problem—in fact, they may have made it worse.
A 250-year economic history of the Amazon. This pioneering analysis examines the colonial era and the formation of the caboclo-peasantry, the pivotal rubber economy, and the rural and urban dynamics of the post-rubber boom era until the 1960s.
Competition Law in Times of Crisis
This book examines EU competition law, using its response to crisis as a test of its aims. It concludes that competition policy is a forum for debating the European integration project, while the law serves as a tool for implementing broader policy objectives.
The Disclosure and Assurance of Corporate Social Responsibility
These essays examine new trends in sustainability performance and reporting. They provide theory and evidence on voluntary disclosure and external assurance, making this book a key resource for companies, managers, shareholders, and all related stakeholders.
Online Arbitration in Theory and in Practice
Amro presents an overview of online arbitration and electronic contracting worldwide, examining their national and international contexts and assessing their ongoing relevance. As such, he offers solutions to the challenges facing online arbitration and electronic contracting.
The Historical Origin of the African Economic Crisis
This book answers major questions on African development related to international trade and finance. It explores the economic interaction between Africa and the West (in the past) and China today, considering the continent’s future development in light of its experiences.
Currencies and Cultures
A symbiotic relationship exists between a currency and its culture and society. Currencies and Cultures offers insights into how cultural institutions can strengthen citizens’ values and beliefs and enhance the process of trade and exchange for the betterment of their people.
The Impact of Development on the Environment and Human Rights
Priya charts the developmental policies followed in India since independence and their impact on the environment and human rights. He also presents a view of how sustainable development in the country may be attained by focusing on three contemporary case studies.
Exploring the culture, practice and business of book production, distribution, publication and reception, this anthology demonstrates that publishing needs to be understood as a social and cultural practice, and not just as a business.