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The dragon's gift : the real story of china in africa
Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support for pariah regimes, regiments of Chinese labor, and the ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in some of the po…
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- 978-0-19-960629-0
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- xv, 397 hlm. : ilus. ; 24 cm
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- 337.5106 BRA T
The grand chessboard : American primacy and its geostrategic imperatives
As the twentieth century draws to a close, the United States has emerged as the world's only superpower: no other nation possesses comparable military and economic power or has interests that bestride the globe. Yet the critical question facing America remains unanswered: What should be the nation's global strategy for maintaining its exceptional position in the world? Zbigniew Brzezinski tackl…
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- 978-0-465-09435-6
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- xiv, 230 hlm. : ilus. ; 21 cm
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- 327.73 BRZ T
Heartland : three essays on geopolitics
Heartland is a fascinating introduction to a pioneer of geopolitics. Halford Mackinder's trailblazing ideas have influenced international politics to this day. His concept that world domination depends on the control of the global "pivot area" or "heartland" - the centre of the large land mass of Europe and Asia - has informed the political tactics and wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe…
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- 978-0-6485315-7-9
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- 107 hlm. : ilus. ; 18 cm
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- 320.12 MAC H
Why a students work for c students : and b students work for the government
In this follow-up to his Rich Dad Poor Dad series, Robert Kiyosaki takes aim at the traditional education system, arguing that it is fundamentally designed to produce employees ("A" students) rather than innovators and entrepreneurs ("C" students). The book serves as a financial handbook for parents, urging them not to rely solely on school reports as an indicator of a child's future success…
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- 978-1-61268-076-7
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- 453 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm
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- 370.11 KIY W
Renewable energy finance : theory and practice
Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice, Second Edition integrates the special characteristics of renewable energy with key elements of project finance. Through a mixture of fundamental analysis and real-life examples, readers learn how renewable energy project finance deals mix finance, public policy, legal, engineering and environmental issues. This book investigates the economics of la…
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- 978-0-443-15955-8
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- ix, 357 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm
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- 333.794 RAI R
Project finance in theory and practice : designing, structuring, and financin…
Project Finance in Theory and Practice: Designing, Structuring, and Financing Private and Public Projects, Fourth Edition provides essential, core coverage of project finance, offering new insights into Sharia-compliant instruments and a comprehensive overview of the current state of international regulation of banking post financial crisis. This updated edition includes new case studies and to…
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- 978-0-323-98360-0
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- xxxii, 568 hlm. : ilus. ; 24 cm
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- 332.6 GAT P
Principles of project finance
The Second Edition of this best-selling introduction for practitioners uses new material and updates to describe the changing environment for project finance. Integrating recent developments in credit markets with revised insights into making project finance deals, the second edition offers a balanced view of project financing by combining legal, contractual, scheduling, and other subjects. It…
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- 978-0-12-391058-5
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- xii, 560 hlm. : ilus. ; 24 cm
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- 332.6 YES P
Green and social economy finance : a review
Green and Social Economy Finance is a compilation of chapters by experts, linking research and practice. This anthology provides a new thinking on social economy green finance, showing emerging themes and trends. It spans from stock markets, green finance, innovations, digitalization to social finance, governance and theories of change. It concentrates on impact, opportunity recognition and dev…
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- 978-0-367-55519-1
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- vi, 330 hlm. : ilus. ; 24 cm
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- 332.6 WEN G
What it takes : Southeast Asia : from periphery to core of global consciousness
Nearly 5 years and over 200 recorded conversations with great narrators and luminaries from the region and the world, combined with almost 3 years spent at a widely-recognized nexus of innovation, academic excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Stanford University, led to a compelling conclusion: Southeast Asia has what it takes to be part of global consciousness—to have the capacit…
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- 978-6-340-42405-8
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- xxx, 245 hlm. : ilus. ; 21 cm
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- 330.959 WIR W
The uninhabitable earth : life after warming
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. An “epoch-defining book” (The Guardian) and “this generation’s Silent Spring” (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable E…
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- 9780525576716
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- 361 hlm. ; 21 cm
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- 304.2 WAL T
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