Author: Nina LiljaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Rethinking Impact
Author: Nina LiljaThe Atlas of Economic Complexity
Author: Ricardo HausmannPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262317737
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Maps capture data expressing the economic complexity of countries from Albania to Zimbabwe, offering current economic measures and as well as a guide to achieving prosperity Why do some countries grow and others do not? The authors of The Atlas of Economic Complexity offer readers an explanation based on "Economic Complexity," a measure of a society's productive knowledge. Prosperous societies are those that have the knowledge to make a larger variety of more complex products. The Atlas of Economic Complexity attempts to measure the amount of productive knowledge countries hold and how they can move to accumulate more of it by making more complex products. Through the graphical representation of the "Product Space," the authors are able to identify each country's "adjacent possible," or potential new products, making it easier to find paths to economic diversification and growth. In addition, they argue that a country's economic complexity and its position in the product space are better predictors of economic growth than many other well-known development indicators, including measures of competitiveness, governance, finance, and schooling. Using innovative visualizations, the book locates each country in the product space, provides complexity and growth potential rankings for 128 countries, and offers individual country pages with detailed information about a country's current capabilities and its diversification options. The maps and visualizations included in the Atlas can be used to find more viable paths to greater productive knowledge and prosperity.
Family Complexity, Poverty, and Public Policy
Author: Marcia J. CarlsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family demography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
From poverty to complexity?
Author: Dessalegn, MengistuPublisher: IWMI
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Poverty Traps
Author: Partha DasguptaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy
Author: Robert GeyerPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1782549528
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
'Over recent years Complexity Science has revealed to us new limits to our possible knowledge and control in social, cultural and economic systems. Instead of supposing that past statistics and patterns will give us predictable outcomes for possible actions, we now know the world is, and will always be, creative and surprising. Continuous structural evolution within such systems may change the mechanisms, descriptors, problems and opportunities, often negating policy aims. We therefore need to redevelop our thinking about interventions, policies and policy making, moving perhaps to a humbler, more 'learning' approach. In this Handbook, leading thinkers in multiple domains set out these new ideas and allow us to understand how these new ideas are changing policymaking and policies in this new era.' - Peter M Allen, Cranfield University, UK
From Poverty to Power
Author: Duncan GreenPublisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 0855985933
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Offers a look at the causes and effects of poverty and inequality, as well as the possible solutions. This title features research, human stories, statistics, and compelling arguments. It discusses about the world we live in and how we can make it a better place.
Our Dream
Author: Sandra GranzowPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821347027
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
This title presents real life stories about poverty which depict 18 projects from around the world where the work of The World Bank and its partners have made an impact.
Complexity and the Arrow of Time
Author: Charles H. LineweaverPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110702725X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.
Poverty, Ethics and Justice
Author: Hennie LötterPublisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 0708324363
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Poverty violates fundamental human values through its impact on individuals and human environments. Poverty also goes against the core values of democratic societies. Lotter talks about poverty in ways that depict this devastating human condition clearly. He shows why inequalities associated with poverty require our serious moral concern.