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– Completing a trilogy on Asia’s transformation
Deepak Nayyar — economist, thinker, leading scholar — has written yet another splendid book. Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development, together with the excellent Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations (2019), recently edited by Nayyar, and an earlier path-breaking book...
This special issue comprises UNU-WIDER research focusing on key governance challenges related to addressing gaps in urban service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa. First, due to decentralisation policies in much of Africa, the provision of services is often transferred to sub-national authorities. But...
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– ICT Challenges and Opportunities
by Anthony P. D’Costa The last three decades have witnessed a sea change in the character and functioning of the world economy. With the speeding up of the relative decline of the industrial sector, the rise of the services economy, and the growing ubiquitousness of information and communications...
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by Stefan Dercon Poor people in developing countries must cope with droughts, floods, illness, recession, and political instability. Much of their energy goes into coping with these shocks and into day-to-day survival, leaving little for efforts to improve their lives for the longer term. In...
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