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Free Download Cush Ngonzo Luwesi, "Innovative Water Finance in Africa: Economics and Principles of Financial Innovations for Water Managers"
English | ISBN: 3031382331 | 2023 | 233 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Water has become increasingly central to addressing multiple development and environmental objectives in the course of climate change. Exploring the multiple dimensions of water governance, policy and management in a holistic way is thus imperative for financial innovations to take place in the water sector. This book constitutes, first of all, a reference document allowing African managers and policymakers to broaden their knowledge of financing strategies and tactics in order to raise funds for water services provision and water resources development. Additionally, the book reviews the agenda on water and sanitation services in order to ensure water resources development has a place in funding structures.

Free Download Ellie Tragakes, "IB Economics in a Nutshell Exam study guide"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 9609359310 | PDF | pages: 110 | 11.1 mb
The Nutshell guide is a compact presentation of everything a student needs to know to excel in IB economics exams. Written by the author of a highly popular and respected IB economics textbook, it includes key definitions, diagrams, theories, examples and evaluation. There are worked problems of all quantitative requirements, and a unique system of colours that facilitates quick review. Following the IB syllabus closely, it ensures that no syllabus topic is omitted and allows for the most efficient use of students’ time. "This book really does what its title suggests and puts the entire IB HL and SL Economics course content into a wonderfully convenient and beautifully constructed ‘nutshell’. It will prove to be an invaluable asset for students and teachers of IB Economics alike, making life for both groups considerably easier!" (Henry Tiller – former Chief Examiner for IB Economics, London) "A concise time saver! It follows the syllabus to the letter and is very thorough. Before covering a topic, I double-check The Nutshell so as not to miss a thing. My students were thrilled to have it before their exams." (Teacher, Kaohsiung American School, Taiwan) "The Nutshell is a concise, easy to use exam study guide – an excellent resource for students to complement their textbook and class notes. My students have described it as ‘a life-saver’ and ‘indispensable’." (Teacher, ENKA Schools, Istanbul) "It’s amazing. It makes me feel so safe because all the answers are placed together with all the questions." (Student, Psychiko College, Athens) "Today I had my economics test in which the majority of my class used the Nutshell book and it was the first time I saw everybody walk out of the exam with a smile on their faces. It helped us so much in revising the macroeconomic objectives especially because of the evaluation boxes. Thank you once again!" (Student, Overseas Family School, Singapore) "An amazing energy-saver book." (Student, Moraitis School, Athens)

Free Download Jocelyn Blink, Ian Dorton, "IB Economics Course Book: 2nd Edition: Oxford IB Diploma Program"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0198390009 | PDF | pages: 434 | 26.8 mb
The bestselling IB Diploma course book for Economics has been revised and updated in line with the 2011 syllabus changes. Now in color, with increased diagrams and photographs to support students’ learning including a CD-ROM that contains 17 handy revision sheets, specimen papers, glossary, and weblinks for further research.

Free Download Handbook on the Economics of Disasters
by Mark Skidmore
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1839103728 | 515 Pages | True PDF | 12 MB

Free Download Ethical Issues in Economics: From Altruism to Cooperation to Equity By M. Teresa Lunati
1997 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 0333673662 | PDF | 13 MB
A critical perspective on the foundations of economic theory showing the importance of ethical considerations and focusing in particular on altruism, cooperation and equity. Mainstream neoclassical economics is analysed and challenged from a moral and socio-economic perspective, emphasizing the relationship between economics, ethics and politics. Throughout the book the nature of homo economicus is contrasted with that of homo ethicus. Their different moral principles, behavioural rules and values are compared and the importance of this battle for a good and civilised society is emphasised.

Free Download Helga Drummond, "Escalation in Decision-Making: Behavioural Economics in Business"
English | ISBN: 1409402363 | 2011 | 180 pages | EPUB | 362 KB
When a venture seems to be faltering, do you persist and hope that things will get better or do you cut your losses? This may be one of the most important decisions business or project owners may ever have to make. Persistence involves the risk of throwing good money (or resources) after bad, but owners may feel they have too much invested to quit now. Escalation in Decision-Making reveals why social scientists believe that owners may not respond rationally to such predicaments. Instead of exiting when the odds are clearly stacked against them, they re-invest and end up compounding their losses – a phenomenon known as escalation of commitment. The authors, Helga Drummond and Julia Hodgson, also introduce the concept of entrapment, a variation whereby decision-makers passively drift towards insolvency as the cost of changing direction becomes too high. So: · what drives escalation? · why do some owners quit whilst others persist until the bailiffs arrive? · what can we learn from owners’ mistakes? · what makes newcomers believe they can succeed where others are conspicuously failing? These questions of behavioural economics are answered using a narrative that analyses decisions made by market traders facing economic extinction. Many highly successful entrepreneurs started their careers in markets – it was once an almost guaranteed route to prosperity – now market traders are struggling to survive. Although the market traders featured are small entrepreneurs, the ubiquitous phenomenon of escalation at the heart of these stories is widely relevant to practitioners such as project managers in large organizations and to those responsible for managing risk in many situations. Rich in case studies involving real business decisions and dilemmas, Escalation in Decision-Making provides an accessible introduction to the application of theory against a background of growing interest in behavioural economics, now being researched and taught in univ

Free Download Environmental And Resource Economics: Theory And Practice
by Scott Kaplan;David Roland-holst;David Zilberman;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811272190 | 389 pages | True PDF EPUB | 89.94 MB

Free Download Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
by Xiangzheng Deng, Malin Song
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9819999227 | 348 Pages | True PDF | 6.84 MB

Free Download Laura Marsiliani, Michael Rauscher, Cees Withagen, "Environmental Economics and the International Economy"
English | 2002 | pages: 269 | ISBN: 1402008414 | PDF | 7,9 mb
This volume includes a selection of papers presented at the EURESCO Conference "The International Dimension of Environmental Policy" held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, in October 2000. We would like to thank those who made this conference possible: the European Science Foundation (ESF), which provided financial and organizational support; the European Commission EURESCO Programme; the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), which sponsored the conference under the research project: "Environmental Policy, International Competitiveness and the Location Behavior of Firms"; and GLOBUS, Tilburg University. The European Science Foundation (ESF), the EURESCO Programme, NWO and GlOBUS cannot be held responsible for the contents and/or opinions expressed in this volume. Our gratitude also goes to the people who assisted us in editing this volume: the papers’ referees, the authors, our ✅Publisher Kluwer, and Ineke Lavrijssen and Evelyn Rogge for invaluable editorial help at different stages of this project. Laura Marsiliani W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy, University of Rochester, USA and Department of Economics and Finance, University of Durham, United Kingdom; Michael Rauscher Institute of Economics, Rostock University, Germany; Cees Withagen Department of Economics and CentER, Tilburg University, The Netherlands and Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Marsiliani, L., Rauscher, M. and Withagen, C] (eds.), [Environmental Economics and the International Economy], vii.

Free Download Qing-Ping Ma, "Economics and Politics in the Robotic Age"
English | ISBN: 1527546071 | 2023 | 485 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book shows that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics is a natural consequence of the development of human society. It examines the history of production from the Stone Age to the present, progressing from the manual age to the machine age and then to the robotic age. From the perspective of economics and human physiology, this book explains how AI and robotics will reshape the economy and society, and how individuals, firms, and governments should prepare for the advent of the robotic age.