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From the bottom up : how small power producers and mini-grids can deliver electrification and renewable energy in Africa / by Tenenbaum, Bernard William

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The bottom line or public health tactics corporations use to influence health and health policy and what we can do to counter them /

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Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion : Making Technologies Work for the Poor / by Nir, Kshetri

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When principles pay corporate social responsibility and the bottom line / by Heal, G. M.

“…Corporate social responsibility and the bottom line…”
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Biorefineries : Design and Analysis / by Alzate, Carlos Ariel Cardona, Botero, Jonathan Moncada, Marulanda, Valentina Aristizábal

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Moving out of poverty.

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Vietnam in the global economy : the dynamics of integration, decentralization, and contested politics / by Jandl, Thomas, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Theory and research methodology -- From roving to stationary bandit : a history -- Decentralization, FDI, and provincial governance -- Proximity and contestation -- Race to the bottom vs. harmony of interest -- Capital-labor relations and the harmony of interest -- Central-local harmony and political control -- Lessons for theory and practice.…”
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Lectures and thoughts on mineral economics by Chatterjee, Kaulir Kisor

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to mineral economics -- Mineral demand analysis -- Exploration project management : issues and strategies -- Evolution of modern mineral resource classification system -- Mineral exploitation : maintaining bottom lines -- Mining and conservation -- Factor mobility and international mineral trade -- India's mineral policy in relation to some other countries -- Trade and investment in mineral market -- Mineral exploration and production management system in India -- Exploration and mining in globalized economy -- Coal economics and management : the challenges -- Mineral industry of India and the world : past and future.…”
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Transforming government and empowering communities the Sri lankan experience with e-development / by Hanna, Nagy

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- E-development as a holistic vision -- The eSri Lanka program -- Learning from eSri Lanka -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- An institutional innovation in e-leadership: the ICT Agency of Sri lanka -- The institutional model -- Evolution of the authorizing environment and governance model -- Mandate -- Paths to sustainability -- Core competencies -- Partnerships -- A learning organization -- Role of aid agencies -- Lessons and conclusions -- Annex 2.1 The ICT agency in search of a corporate identity -- Annex 2.2 The ICT policy framework & the organizational structure of the ICT agency -- Annex 2.3 Internal and external risks facing the ICT agency at inception -- Managing results -- Objectives of monitoring and evaluation for eSri Lanka -- Framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Arrangements for monitoring and evaluation -- Emerging lessons -- Annex 3.1 Results framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Outcome indicator -- ICT human resource development and industry promotion -- Transforming government -- Best practices and options for planning and implementing e-government -- Approaches to planning e-government -- Implementation of e-government: four phases -- Leadership, partnership, and change management -- Providing leadership, building partnerships -- Conclusions and implications -- Readiness for e-government: a historical perspective -- History of e-government in Sri Lanka -- Analysis of the situation -- Findings and recommendations -- A vision of e-government -- Motivations and aspirations -- Challenges to realizing the vision -- Lessons learned: a postscript -- A strategy for e-government: initial priorities and lessons -- Planning for e-services -- Building e-governance -- Implementation agenda -- Early experience and lessons -- Annex 7.1 Criteria for determining impact & feasibility of offering services online -- Determining impact -- Determining feasibility -- Empowering communities -- Innovation in ICT use for poverty reduction -- Bottom-up planning and participatory development -- Serving the bottom of the pyramid -- The user innovation revolution -- Demand-driven ICT-enabled development -- Financing ICT innovation: lessons from InfoDev -- Conditions for ensuring impact by small grants -- Strategies for soliciting and funding good proposals -- Evaluating proposals and making funding decisions -- Good practices in managing a small-grant program -- E-society: design and early experience -- Overview of the fund -- Practices in soliciting and funding proposals -- Arrangements for implementation and monitoring -- Early operation and lessons learned -- Key lessons of eSri Lanka -- Designing and implementing a holistic framework for e-development -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- Transforming government -- Empowering communities -- Appendix 1 Main program components of eSri Lanka -- ICT policy, leadership, and institutional development program -- Information infrastructure program -- Reengineering government program -- ICT human resource capacity-building program -- ICT investment and private sector development program -- E-society program -- Appendix 2 Selected indicators for Sri Lanka and comparators -- Bibliography -- About the author.…”
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Gendered commodity chains : seeing women's work and households in global production /

Table of Contents: “…Clelland -- In chains at the bottom of the pyramid : informal economy, gender and sweated labor in global apparel production / Robert J. …”
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Climate Crisis, The : South African and Global Democratic Eco-Socialist Alternatives /

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Routledge handbook of energy economics /

Table of Contents: “…Ewing -- Oil and stock prices / Perry Sadorsky -- The role of oil price volatility in the real and financial economy: a survey review / Nicholas Apergis -- Mutual funds and energy sector / Alper Gormus -- Oil prices and other energy commodities / Syed Basher -- Oil and agricultural commodity prices / Saban Nazlioglu -- Oil prices and exchange rates / Hassan Anjum and Farooq Malik -- Volatility spillovers on oil and forex markets / Jozef Baruník and Evzen Kocenda -- Economic and social challenges of smart grids / Daniela Velte and Guillermo Gil -- CGE models in energy economics / Ken'ichi Matsumoto and Shinichiro Fujimori -- A methodological framework for assessing macroeconomic impacts of energy security improvements in Asia / Deepak Sharma, Suwin Sandu, Muyi Yang -- Top-down and bottom-up models / Bora Kat -- Macro-econometric and structural models / Ulrike Lehr and Christian Lutz -- Index decomposition analysis: models and applications / Tian Goh and B.W. …”
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