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  • Rural Road Investment Efficiency

    Lessons from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Uganda

    by Gael Raballand, Patricia Macchi, Carly Petracco ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Infrastructure
    The development aid community has placed a great deal of emphasis on the need for rural mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Thus far, most development partners and governments in SSA have relied on two overarching assumptions when dispensing transport aid—that most households in rural areas in Africa are not connected to markets and therefore need a road passable for a truck, and that roads with ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship

    From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives

    by Artemy M. Kalinovsky, Bruce Pannier, Bota Rakisheva, Antonio Giustozzi, Marlene Laruelle, Sebastien Peyrouse, Gael Raballand, Gulden Ashkenova, Ekaterina Stepanova, Alexander Diener0 ...
    Series series Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
    Central Asia is a relatively understudied neighbor of Afghanistan. The region is often placed into a number of historical and political contexts—a section of the Silk Road, a pawn in the “Great Game,” the “spillover” state that exemplifies the failure of US foreign policy—that limit scholarly understanding.This edited volume contributes by providing a broad, long-term analysis of the Central Asia ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Rules on Paper, Rules in Practice

    Enforcing Laws and Policies in the Middle East and North Africa

    by Edouard Al-Dahdah, Cristina Corduneanu-Huci, Gael Raballand, Myriam Ababsa, Ernest Sergenti, Anya Vodopyanov ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Public Sector Governance
    The primary focus of this book is on a specific outcome of the rule of law: the practical enforcement of laws and policies, and the determinants of this enforcement, or lack thereof. Are there significant and persistent differences in implementation across countries? Why are some laws and policies more systematically enforced than others? Are "good" laws likely to be enacted, and if not, what ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Economics and Politics of Oil in the Caspian Basin

    The Redistribution of Oil Revenues in Azerbaijan and Central Asia

    Edited by Boris Najman, Richard Pomfret, Gaël Raballand ...
    Series series Central Asia Research Forum
    The Caspian Basin region has boomed since the late 1990s due to new oil discoveries, new pipelines that have diversified countries' transport options and world oil prices that have risen from below $10 in 1998 to $70 in 2006.This book analyzes the experience of the Caspian countries during the oil boom. It is founded on empirical studies, using either macroeconomic tools or an analysis of public ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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    The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

    by Matthew R. Simmons ...
    Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production operations. He uncovers a story about ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taliban

    The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

    by Ahmed Rashid ...
    This New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban availableThis modern classic brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Central Asia into sharp focus. Ahmed Rashid offers an authoritative account of the Taliban’s rise to power, the effects of changing American attitudes toward it, and the new faces ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Import / Export Kit For Dummies

    by John J. Capela ...
    Your easy-to-follow primer on the exciting world of import/exportWith an increased focus on global trade, this new edition of Import/Export Kit For Dummies provides entrepreneurs and small- to mid-sized businesses with the critical, entry-point information they need to begin exporting their products around the world—as well as importing goods to sell. Inside, you'll find the most up-to-date ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Wheel of Fortune

    The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia

    by Thane Gustafson ...
    The Russian oil industry—which vies with Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil, providing nearly 12 percent of the global supply—is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through the Russian economy and worldwide. Wheel of Fortune provides an authoritative account of this vital industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. Tracking the ... Read more

    $30.49 CAD

  • The Economy of Ireland

    National and Sectoral Policy Issues

    Edited by John W. O'Hagan, Carol Newman ...
    An essential book for students of economics as well as economists and policymakers. The twelfth edition of this enduring and popular book surveys all major changes in the Irish economy in the past fifteen years, with particular emphasis on the last five years. In this new edition, the authors examine: - The broad historical context to a study of the Irish economy. - Ireland's hard landing, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Failing States, Collapsing Systems

    BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence

    by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This work executes a unique transdisciplinary methodology building on the author’s previous book, A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save it (Pluto, 2010), which was the first peer-reviewed study to establish a social science framework for the integrated analysis of crises across climate, energy, food, economic, terror and the police state. Since the 2008 financial crash, the ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • The First World Oil War

    by Timothy C. Winegard ...
    Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity. Oil is also the root source of global conflict, toxicity and economic disparity. When did oil become such a powerful commodity—during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the First World War.In his groundbreaking book The First World Oil War, Timothy C. Winegard argues that beginning with the First World War, oil became the preeminent commodity ... Read more

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  • Foundations of Energy Risk Management

    An Overview of the Energy Sector and Its Physical and Financial Markets

    by GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals) ...
    Series Book 512 - Wiley Finance
    GARP's Fundamentals of Energy Risk Management introduces investors to the basic components and some of the basic terminology used in the energy industry. It covers the commodity cycle, energy use and sources, and various risk types, various energy products and the markets where energy is traded. It also introduces certain risk management fundamentals and real option thinking. The book is GARP's ... Read more

    $68.99 CAD