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Global issues for global citizens : an introduction to key development challenges

Bhargava, Vinay Kumar

2006

Overview

Written by 27 World Bank experts, this book draws on the Bank's unique global capabilities and experience to promote an understanding of key global issues that cannot be solved by any one nation alone in an increasingly interconnected world. It describes the forces that are shaping public and private action to address these issues and highlights the Bank's own work in these areas. Covering four broad themes (global economy, global human development, global environment, and global governance), this comprehensive volume provides an introduction to today's most pressing global issues -- from poverty, conflict, and migration to climate change, international trade, education, health, and corruption. With its straightforward presentation of complex topics, use of real world examples, and suggestions for further reading on-line and in the literature, this unique volume will be an invaluable resource for students in international relations, global business, public policy, international development studies, sociology as well as other interested readers.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCOUNTING / ADB / AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT / AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / AGRICULTURE / ARMED CONFLICT / BIODIVERSITY / CANCER / CAPITAL FLOWS / CHILD HEALTH / CITIZENS / CLIMATE CHANGE / COLLECTIVE / COLLECTIVE ACTION / CORPORATE GOVERNANCE / CORPORATION / DEBT / DEBT RELIEF / DECENTRALIZATION / DEFORESTATION / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / DEVELOPMENT POLICIES / DEVELOPMENT POLICY / DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY / Development studies / DISARMAMENT / DISASTERS / DISEASES / DISSEMINATION / DRUG TRAFFICKING / EAST / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC INTEGRATION / EMERGENCIES / EMERGING MARKETS / EMPLOYMENT / ENERGY CONSUMPTION / ENERGY USE / Entwicklung / Environment / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES / EQUALITY / EUROPE / FACT SHEET / FAIR TRADE / FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK / FINANCIAL CRISES / FINANCIAL CRISIS / FINANCIAL INSTITUTION / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL INTEGRATION / FINANCIAL MARKETS / FINANCIAL SECTOR / FINANCIAL SERVICES / FINANCIAL STABILITY / FOOD SECURITY / FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT / FORESTS / GDP / GDP PER CAPITA / GENDER GAP / GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION / GENOCIDE / GLOBAL COMMISSION / GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION / GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT / GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT / Global Governance / Globalisierung / GNP / GOVERNANCE SYSTEM / GREENHOUSE GASES / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH / GROSS NATIONAL INCOME / GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT / GROUNDWATER / HEALTH POLICY / HIV / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN HEALTH / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS / HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS / IMPORT TARIFFS / INDIVIDUALS / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT / INTEREST RATE / INTERNATIONAL ACTION / INTERNATIONAL BORDERS / INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY / INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS / INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION / International economic relations / INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE / INTERNATIONAL LAW / INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION / International organization / International organizations / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / Internationale Wirtschaft / INTERNATIONALIZATION / LABOR MARKETS / LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE / LEGAL STATUS / LIVING STANDARDS / LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES / MALNUTRITION / MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN / MANAGERS / MATERNAL HEALTH / MDB / MIGRANT / MIGRANTS / MIGRATION / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE / MULTILATERAL BASIS / Nachhaltige Entwicklung / NATIONAL BOUNDARIES / NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS / NATIONAL LEVEL / NATURAL RESOURCES / NUTRITION / OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE / PARTNERSHIP / PEACE / POLICY DIALOGUE / POLICY RESEARCH / POLLUTION / POPULATION COMMUNICATION / POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / PRIVATIZATION / PROGRESS / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PUBLIC GOOD / Public health / PUBLIC POLICY / PUBLIC SECTORS / QUALITY ASSURANCE / RECIPIENT COUNTRY / REFUGEES / REMITTANCES / REMOVAL OF LAND MINES / RISK MANAGEMENT / ROADS / RURAL DEVELOPMENT / RURAL RESIDENTS / SAFE WATER / SANITATION / SCARCITIES / SOCIAL COUNCIL / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIETIES / STATE UNIVERSITY / STOCKS / SUBSIDIARY / SUSTAINABILITY / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / Sustainable development -- Environmental aspects / SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT / TELEVISION / TRADE AGREEMENTS / TRADE LIBERALIZATION / TRADE NEGOTIATIONS / TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY / TRANSITION ECONOMIES / TREATIES / Umwelt / UNION / UNIVERSAL EDUCATION / UNIVERSITIES / VICIOUS CYCLE / WATER MANAGEMENT / WATER RESOURCES / WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT / WATER SUPPLY / WATER USE / Welt / WORK EXPERIENCE / WORKING CONDITIONS / World health / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION / WTO
• ISBN: 9780821367315, 0821367315, 9780821367322, 0821367323