Development category: 15312 books
China's Rise
Development-Oriented Finance and Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
As a government institution specializing in development-oriented finance, the China Development Bank (CDB) has combined advanced international financial theories with China's practical conditions and has done remarkably well in removing financing bottlenecks, establishing market credit systems, and...
Urban Composite Development Index for 17 Shandong Cities
Ranking and Simulation Analysis Based on China's Five Development Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Shandong is a thriving economic centre with a Gross Regional Domestic Product of RMB 6.3 trillion in 2015, the third-highest in China. It is also the third-largest province by land area in the country with the second-largest resident population of 98,470,000. With such impressive characteristics,...
Putting Partnerships to Work
Strategic Alliances for Development between Government, the Private Sector and Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg clearly identified the corporate sector as one of the key actors in the delivery of national and international poverty reduction targets in developing countries. "Partnerships" between government, civil society and business were...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Since its publication in 2006 as Fifty Key Thinkers on Development, this invaluable reference has established itself as the leading biographical handbook in its field, providing a concise and accessible introduction to the lives and key contributions of development thinkers from across the ideological...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This Handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of the state of research on religions and global development. Part one highlights critical debates that have emerged within research on religions and development, particularly with respect to theoretical, conceptual and methodological considerations, from...
Perspectives on Global Development 2010
Shifting Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Shifting Wealth is the first edition of Perspectives on Global Development, a new publication from the OECD Development Centre.
Shifting Wealth examines the changing dynamics of the global economy over the last 20 years, and in particular the impact of the economic rise of large developing...
by Clinton Keith
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2010
Deliver Better Games Faster, On Budget—And Make Game Development Fun Again!
Game development is in crisis—facing bloated budgets, impossible schedules, unmanageable complexity, and death march overtime. It’s no wonder so many development studios are struggling to survive. Fortunately,...
Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development
Contrasting Theories and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Lead firms, development organisations, donors and governments view value chains and voluntary standards as vital instruments for achieving millennium development goals through trade and market-related interventions. The precise foundations for these development strategies, which suggest positive development...
Lean Software Development
An Agile Toolkit: An Agile Toolkit
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2003
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
Adapting agile practices to your development organization
Uncovering and eradicating waste throughout the software development lifecycle
Practical techniques for every development manager, project manager, and technical leader
Lean software development:...
The Art of Agile Development
Pragmatic Guide to Agile Software Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008
The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers,...
Development Management of Transforming Economies
Theories, Approaches and Models for Overall Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
This insightful book offers a new and innovative tool in the study of development. The authors propose ‘The Overall Development Model’ which provides a strategy for long-term, sustainable and adaptable development for countries around the globe. Starting with a comprehensive study into what...
by Jinzao Li
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Economic and social development is and will be the main task in the long run in China, and development is the basis and key to solve the problems faced. Although people have been criticising its limitations for reasons of one sort or another, no better alternative index has ever been put forward....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development. The scope of this Handbook’s coverage and contributions engages with and reflects upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practise local and regional...
Low Carbon Development
Key Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical and policy-related issues of low carbon development and takes an international...