This book offers an interdisciplinary collection of research articles on the theories of sustainable development, drawing on a wide range of subjects including history, politics, governance, complex systems, economics and philosophy.

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The first report in a new flagship series, WIPO Technology Trends, aims to shed light on the trends in innovation in artificial intelligence since the field first developed in the 1950s.

The Global Innovation Index ranks the innovation performance of 128 countries and economies around the world, based on 82 indicators. This edition explores the impact of innovation-oriented policies on economic growth and development.

This book is about development and measuring development progress.

This Guide on Measuring Human Capital discusses conceptual, methodological and implementation issues and challenges.

Incorporating a range of experiments in ten different countries, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of participatory budgeting in Europe and the effect it has had on democracy, the modernization of local government, social ...

In this book Andrew Wilson examines the phenomenon of Ukrainian nationalism and its influence on the politics of independent Ukraine, arguing that historical, ethnic and linguistic factors limit the appeal of narrow ethno-nationalism, even ...

The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism seeks to uncover some of the intellectual origins of the imperialism of the classic period, the sources from which later theories of imperialism were constructed, and the character of the ideology which ...

This is the twentieth in the annual series assessing major development issues. The report is devoted to the role and effectiveness of the state:what it should do, how it should do it, and how it can improve in a rapidly changing world.

Investment in human capital is to the fore of debate and analysis in OECD countries about how to promote economic prosperity, fuller employment, and social cohesion.

This book surveys the Ukrainian-EU relationship in light of the legacies of more than two hundred years of direct Russian rule.

Support for this book and the conference on which it is based was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation “Click Download on the top right corner for your free copy..."

"This report helps clarify the concepts of human and social capital and evaluates their impact on economic growth and well-being"--P. [4] of cover.

The Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 presents an index that measures the wealth of nations by carrying out a comprehensive analysis of a country's capital assets, including manufactured, human and natural capital, and its corresponding values: ...

The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces: produced capital, natural resources and human resources.

Yet, as Paul Krugman points out in this powerful volley, "Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge—all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all—remain in a state of intense pain.

This book seeks to provide a critical introduction to the under-theorized concept of Glocalization.

The OECD Digital Economy Outlook examines and documents the evolutions and emerging opportunities and challenges in the digital economy.

This book explores the democratic methods by which political communities make their basic law, and the dangers associated with constitution-making.

This book focuses on how the changing technology and economics of the mass media in post-industrial society will influence public communication.

This book describes an innovative approach to reflexive game theory.

" -- BNET "This book is a must-read for leaders of companies in the developed world who want to get into the globality act and stay in it.

This is also one of the very few books that scientifically unpacks identity, and the impact of economic transformation on South Africa’s local Chinese community.

This volume is part of a recently completed research project at the World Bank that reviewed the macroeconomic experience of 18 developing countries from the mid-1960s.

Building from the history of inequality in education up to current problems, this text posits viewpoints on how to cultivate humanistic leaders in education to best benefit underserved children around the world.

These are the questions that an international group of scholars explores and answers in this groundbreaking book, drawing on the history of political thought, continental philosophy, and contemporary political examples.

Paperno focuses on Russia of the 1860s–1880s, when suicide was at the center of public attention.

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This volume examines the record of Latin American adjustment efforts and assesses the challenges that lie ahead.

This report examines the resource interlinkages and potential trade-offs in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It shows how and why the SDGs need to be pursued together, as a whole, if sustainable development is to be achieved.

Analyzes the distribution of worker earnings across workers and over the working age as consequences of differential investments in human capital.

Moreover, this theory provides a universal tool for tackling considerable numbers of differential equations when other means of integration fail. * This is the first modern text on ordinary differential equations where the basic integration ...

This book explains everything you need to know-picking the right wood pellet flavors, maximizing the potential of your smoker-grill, and mastering cold-smoke and slow-roast techniques.

This is a refreshingly original analysis of human rights, past and present, which sets out major new terms of reference for political debate, it will become a standard text in the human rights field.

It will also provide heads and senior staff food for thought and inspiration for the future. Numerous illustrations and case studies will help readers relate the text to their own experience.

The reader covers key aspects of the most complex issues of genocide studies vis-à-vis the definition of genocide, theories of genocide, the prevention and intervention of genocide, and the denial of genocide.

These journals offer insight into the quiet, intimate side of Father Alexander Schmemann.

Proceedings from a forum on "the development of institutional frameworks and research projects to identify key indicators to assess the economic, social and environmental progress or state of a political entity." - page 4.

This book focus on national identity as the root of the crisis through Russia's long-term refusal to view Ukrainians as a separate people and an unwillingness to recognise the sovereignty and borders of independent Ukraine.

Food security is one of this century's key global challenges.