Sir Hans Singer
Sir Hans Singer

Author: D. Shaw

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-06-25

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1403932867

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This is the first biography of a world-famous pioneering development economist, Sir Hans W. Singer, who is better known throughout the developing world than any other economist, living or dead. It gives a detailed account of the way in which the 'twists of fate' led him to becoming a leading development economist. It contains a thematic synthesis of all his major theoretical and conceptual work and of the many initiatives in which he has been involved to solve the problems of developing countries.

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)

Author: Richard Jolly

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-03

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1317747739

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of UNICEF’s development and operations, whilst exploring the significance of UNICEF’s achievements and the reasons behind them. UNICEF is one of the best known organizations of the United Nations system and the oldest of the UN’s development funds. It is also the part of the UN which consistently receives support from all countries round the world, including the United States. This book brings out the wider reasons for UNICEF’s success and popularity, setting them in the context of UNICEF’s evolution since 1946 and drawing lessons for other international organizations. The book argues that, despite its problems, international action for children, built substantially on non-economic foundations, is not only possible, but can be highly successful in mobilizing support, producing results and making a difference to the lives of millions of children. This will be of great interest to all scholars of international organisations, development, human rights and the United Nations system.

World Food Security
World Food Security

Author: D. Shaw

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-09-28

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 0230589782

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This book is the first comprehensive account of the numerous attempts made since the Second World War to provide food security for all. It provides a reference source for all those involved and interested in food security issues.

Economic Careers
Economic Careers

Author: Keith Tribe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1134755902

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In this volume fourteen senior economists describe their early introduction to the study of economics and their contribution to the development of academic economics in Britain. With experience covering a period stretching from the mid 1920s to the late 1960s, many of the contributors not only provide an insight into the role of university disciplines in the education system but describe their experience in wartime administration, or as government advisors. The interview format of the work makes for accessibility and readability in a sometimes arcane area of work.

Islam and the Path to Human and Economic Development
Islam and the Path to Human and Economic Development

Author: A. Mirakhor

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-08-18

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0230110010

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This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which has moved toward the vision and the path of development envisaged in Islam.

The Gypsy Economist
The Gypsy Economist

Author: Alex Millmow

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-11

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 9813369469

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This book offers the first intellectual biography of the Anglo Australian economist, Colin Clark. Despite taking the economics world by storm with a mercurial ability for statistical analysis, Clark’s work has been largely overlooked in the 30 years since his death. His career was punctuated by a number of firsts. He was the first economist to derive the concept of GNP, the first to broach development economics and to foresee the re-emergence of India and China within the global economy. In 1945, he predicted the rise and persistence of inflation when taxation levels exceeded 25 per cent of GNP. And he was also the first economist to debunk post-war predictions of mass hunger by arguing that rapid population growth engendered economic development. Clark wandered through the fields of applied economics in much the same way as he rambled through the English countryside and the Australian bush. His imaginative wanderings qualify him as the eminent gypsy economist for the 20th century.

UN Voices
UN Voices

Author: Thomas George Weiss

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 0253346428

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Interviewed by the authors, Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and 71 other UN professionals speak about international cooperation and the ideas that have shaped the accomplishments of the UN.