Economics, Finance, Business & Industry Books

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41. The Rise of Econometrics

    Edited by Duo Qin

    Series: Critical Concepts in Economics

    In the memorable words of Ragnar Frisch, econometrics is ‘a unification of the theoretical–quantitative and the empirical–quantitative approach to economic problems’. Beginning to take shape in the 1930s and 1940s, econometrics is now recognized as a vital subdiscipline supported by a vast—and...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
42. The Hungry Dragon

    How China’s Resource Quest is Reshaping the World

    By Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear

    This book explores China’s quest for energy sources, raw materials and natural resources around the world, with a specific emphasis on oil. China’s ubiquitous presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America is reshaping the world with regards to economics, politics and national security. It offers a...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
43. India Migration Report 2013

    Social Costs of Migration

    Edited by S. Irudaya Rajan

    This volume is an empirical assessment of an often-neglected space in migration research — social, psychological and human costs for both migrants and the families they leave behind — based on qualitative and quantitative research findings. Globally, the focus of migration research has consisted of...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge India
44. Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions

    Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation, 2nd Edition

    By John Handmer, Stephen Dovers

    Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of...

    Published January 8th 2013 by Routledge
45. Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment

    The Case of India

    By Manu Mathai

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

    Nuclear power is often characterized as a "green technology." Technologies are rarely, if ever, socially isolated artefacts. Instead, they materially represent an embodiment of values and priorities. Nuclear power is no different. It is a product of a particular political economy and the question...

    Published January 7th 2013 by Routledge
46. Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management

    By Nicolas A. Valcik, Paul E. Tracy

    Series: ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy

    Each emergency comes with its own set of challenges, however, many emergencies of the past can be used as tools to evaluate the decisions made and apply them to similar situations. Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and...

    Published January 3rd 2013 by CRC Press
47. Continuing Professional Development

    By Andrew Friedman

    Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the means by which the professions across the world ensure that their knowledge and skills remain up to date and relevant to changing needs and environments. CPD significantly contributes to the quality and reputation of the professions and therefore to...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge
48. Water Resources Policies in South Asia

    Edited by Anjal Prakash, Sreoshi Singh, C. G. Goodrich, S. Janakarajan

    Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unregulated urbanization in South Asia have spawned a variety of challenges for water resources governance, management and use: groundwater overdraft;...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
49. Screening the Public Sphere

    Media and Democracy in India

    By Saima Saeed

    For centuries, democracy and development have steered the imagination of governments, citizens, intelligentsia and policymakers alike. Democracy without free media is a contradiction, while development without democracy is futile. Highlighting the power and significance of contemporary media, this...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
50. The Role of the State

    Edited by Mario Scerri, Helena M. M. Lastres

    This series of books brings together results of an intensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation in the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the challenges and opportunities...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India