Economy & Finance

The book argues that inclusive and sustainable development requires the State to act as an active enabler and regulator. A complementary public-private relationship is indispensable for promoting social welfare. The subject matter also discusses the strengths and limitations of tax-expenditure policies.

As urban populations grow unprecedentedly, cities worldwide face pressures from rapid expansion, climate change, and social inequalities. Resilient Urbanism critically examines how cities, towns, and informal settlements adapt to these multifaceted challenges, exploring urban resilience in the 21st century.

Can football become a force for liberation or is it just another 'opium of the masses'?

"This is a thoroughly updated undergraduate text for capital markets, corporate finance and investments courses with new chapters and integration of technology"--

If you know how to program, you have the skills to turn data into knowledge, using tools of probability and statistics. This concise introduction shows you how to perform statistical analysis computationally, rather than mathematically, with programs written in Python.By working with a single case study throughout this thoroughly revised book, youll learn the entire process of exploratory data analysisfrom collecting data and generating statistics to identifying patterns and testing hypotheses. Youll explore distributions, rules of probability, visualization, and many other tools and concepts.New chapters on regression, time series analysis, survival analysis, and analytic methods will enrich your discoveries.Develop an understanding of probability and statistics by writing and testing codeRun experiments to test statistical behavior, such as generating samples from several distributionsUse simulations to understand concepts that are hard to grasp mathematicallyImport data from most sources with Python, rather than rely on data thats cleaned and formatted for statistics toolsUse statistical inference to answer questions about real-world data

In this book, thinking is presented as a game whose rules need to be understood in order to be able to play the game better. A machine can't be creative or responsible. So the more machines there are, the more thinking we'll need to do!

This book delves into the pivotal issue of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) management in municipal buildings within developing economies, addressing a pressing need in today's digital age, where individuals spend over 70% of their time indoors.

First published in 1981, Blue-Collar Workers in Eastern Europe deals with the attitudes and political disposition of the East European working class. This book covers all the major issues which brought about the widely publicised workers' rebellion in Poland in the summer of 1980.

This insightful edited collection brings new insights and a novel approach to entrepreneurship education by situating findings within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, exploring pedagogies associated with both academic and professional entrepreneurship to further the field.

Uganda: A Modern History (1981) provides a comprehensive political, social and economic history of Uganda from the beginnings of colonial rule in 1888. It focuses particularly on economic development as well as the political and social tendencies which shaped Ugandan society in the colonial and postcolonial period.

This book examines urban governance, digital divide, poverty, unemployment, financial and social exclusion and presents a theoretical perspective on inclusive cities, urbanization, migration, slums and affordable housing.

This book will provide some ideas to help any region reinvent itself. It shows how effective leaders are needed to help stimulate more creative activity and coordinate the necessary resources to turn creative ideas into innovations.

This book analyses the role of religion during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination roll-out in Zimbabwe.