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Economic development Developing countries Economic development Vietnam Large type books Poor Developing countries Poverty Developing countries Vietnam Economic conditions Welfare economics Women Developing countries Economic conditions Women Developing countries Social conditions Women in development Developing countriesZitelmann, Rainer
Summary: "In this book, Rainer Zitelmann identifies the reasons behind the sensational growth of Vietnam and Poland's economies, drawing out lessons for other countries from these two success stories. He returns to Adam Smith's 1776 treatise, The Wealth of Nations, to explain their success: the only way to overcome poverty is through economic growth, Smith wrote, and economic freedom is the crucial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2024
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Summary: Evaluates the reasons that some nations are poor while others succeed, outlining provocative perspectives that support theories about the importance of institutions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 ACECollier, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9009 COLEasterly, William
Summary: Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place. Further, they produce an accidental collusion with "benevolent autocrats," leaving dictators with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9 EASSummary: Vietnam, one of the few Marxist-Leninist states, is still standing. The Communist Party of Vietnam faithfully represents the rights and interests of the working class and the nation. Just over thirty years after the country was devastated by war, leaving between one and two million dead, its economy is storming ahead. In 1993, poverty levels were at 58%; now that figure has dropped to 12%.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Sharma, Ritu.
Summary: "An insider's look at women in poverty, the inner workings of Washington, and how change really happens"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014