Presents new methods in scenario thinking, based on a mix of high-level research and top-level consultancy experience. The authors describe the logical bases of a range of scenario methods and provide detailed 'road maps' on how to implement them - together with practical exampl…
Examines the concept and the components of institutions, how they affect human behaviour in society, and the working rules that individuals use in making decisions. Provides a method for undertaking analysis of social, economic and political institutions and considers their role…
In this new volume from the International Food Policy Research Institute, economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it matters from a policy perspective. S…
by Ross, Stephen A., Westerfield, Randolph W., Jaffe, Jeffrey F.
fromThe McGraw-Hill
Discusses the 1989 UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and how the participation of infants and young children can be facilitated and encouraged in the implementation of these rights.
The Bayesian revolution in statistics -- where statistics is integrated with decision making in areas such as management, public policy, engineering, and clinical medicine -- is here to stay. This book states the case and in a self-contained, comprehensive way shows how the appr…
