economic development

Contains twenty-seven essays in which the authors debate issues related to Africa, including the problems faced in the country, the spread of AIDS, the preservation of wild lands, and relief policies and initiatives.

Explains how economic activities have lead to large-scale damage to the global environment and argues that environmental problems cannot be stopped until businesses start claiming responsibility for their actions.

An update of a 1960 text in which the author identifies and describes five stages of economic growth, and shows how his theories apply to the histories of particular societies.

Introduces the industrial growth in New York, examining the history from the time of the Dutch and British occupancy and exploring what life was like as a worker in New York.

"An unprecedented redistribution of American jobs, population, and wealth is under way, and it is likely to accelerate in the years to come. In this important and persuasive book, Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti reveals this "new geography of jobs" that's benefitting centers of innovation like San Francisco, Durham, and Boston. And the winners and losers aren't necessarily whom you'd expect. Moretti's groundbreaking research shows that you don't have to be a scientist or an engineer to thrive in one of these brain hubs"--Provided by publisher.

Explores some of the greatest problems that threaten the world's ecosystems and ways in which both knowledge and technology can provide essential services to impoverished areas.

Identifies some of the challenges and crises facing the world in the early twenty-first century, including AIDS, poverty pollution, and others, and features country comparisons, with maps, graphs, statistics, and photographs.