| Description |
1 online resource (x, 645 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Critique of development economics and the need for a biophysical alternative -- pt. 2. National success stories, national failures, and a lot of ambiguity -- pt. 3. Science for development : building biophysical models of development potential -- pt. 4. Science for development : developing social models and parameters -- pt. 5. Science for development : assessing and mitigating environmental impact and its economic consequences -- pt. 6. Science for development : doing better economics -- pt. 7. Science for development : working with decision makers. |
| Summary |
Making World Development Work is about economic development and its relation to population, environment and resource issues in less affluent countries. The essays presented here criticize the way most large development projects are designed and conducted. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic development. |
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Neoclassical school of economics.
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Neoclassical school of economics. |
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Science -- Methodology.
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Science -- Methodology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Leclerc, Grégoire.
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Hall, Charles A. S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Making world development work. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006019436 |
| ISBN |
9780826337351 (electronic book) |
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082633735X (electronic book) |
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6613947873 |
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9786613947871 |
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1283635429 |
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9781283635424 |
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0826337333 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780826337337 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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