Thursday, September 25, 2008

What's New at the InfoShop, September 2008

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Come and visit the InfoShop. There is always something new. The titles below
have just been added to our collection.


World Bank Staff receive 30% discount on World Bank titles, and 10% discount on
externally published titles.


Click on the drop down for more information and a list of titles.

Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2008, Regional: Higher
Education and Development
Edited by Boris Pleskovic , Justin Yifu Lin


At the Crossroads : Choices for Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Edited by Adriaan M. Verspoor


Environmental Sustainability: An Evaluation of World Bank Group
by World Bank


Equality for Women : Where Do We Stand?
Edited by Mayra Buvinic , Andrew R. Morrison , Mirja Sjoblom , A. Waafas
Ofosu-Amaah


For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety
Nets
by Margaret E. Grosh , Carlo Del Ninno , Emil Tesliuc , Azedine Ouerghi


Getting Finance in South Asia 2009: Indicators and Analysis of the Commercial
Banking Sector
by Kiatchai Sophastienphong , Anoma Kulathunga


Intégration mondiale de la Tunisie: Une nouvelle génération de réformes pour
booster la croissance et l'emploi
by World Bank


Legislative Oversight and Government Accountability
Edited by Rick Stapenhurst , Riccardo Pelizzo , David Olson , Lisa von Trapp


South Asian Bond Markets: Developing Long-Term Finance for Growth
by Kiatchai Sophastienphong , Yibin Mu , Carlotta Saporito

2008 State of the Future
by Jerome C. Glenn , Theodore J. Gordon , Elizabeth Florescu


The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
by Alan Greenspan  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy
by Zbigniew Brzezinski , Brent Scowcroft , David Ignatius


Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics
Edited by Francis Fukuyama  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


The Numerati.
by Stephen Baker  30% OFF!


The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008
by Bob Woodward


What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism?
by Alan B. Krueger   NEW IN PAPERBACK!

The Development Economics Reader
Edited by Giorgio Secondi


The Development Reader
Edited by Sharad Chari , Stuart Corbridge


National Development Strategies: Policy Notes
by Economic Commission for Europe


The Process of Economic Development, 3/e
by James M. Cypher , James L. Dietz

The Credit Crunch: Housing Bubbles, Globalization and the Worldwide Economic
Crisis
by Graham Turner:


Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
by Raymond Fisman , Edward Miguel  30% OFF!


Economic Geography: The Integration of Regions and Nations
by Pierre-Philippe Combes , Thierry Mayer , Jacques-Francois Thisse


The Economics of Consumer Credit
Edited by Giuseppi Bertola , Richard Disney , Charles Grant?


Global Economic Institutions
by Willem Molle


Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System, 2/e
by Barry Eichengreen


The Great Delusion: A Mad Inventor, Death in the Tropics, and the Utopian
Origins of Economic Growth
by Steven Stoll  30% OFF!


Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1
Edited by Charles R. Plott , Vernon L. Smith


Institutions and Economic Performance
Edited by Ethanan Helpman


Money, Crises, and Transition: Essays in Honor of Guillermo A. Calvo
Edited by Andres Velasco , Carmen Reinhart , Carlos Vegh


Money, Interest, and Policy: Dynamic General Equilibrium in a Non-Ricardian
World
by Jean-Pascal Benassy  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


Morals and Markets: An Evolutionary Account of the Modern World
by Daniel Friedman


Supercapitalism: The Transfromation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
by Robert B. Reich  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


Three Lectures on Post-Industrial Society
by Daniel Cohen


The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected
World
by Amar Bhide

The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies
by Vincenzo Galasso  NEW IN PAPERBACK!

Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: A Human Rights Approach
by Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights

Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy
by Daniel Altman  NEW INPAPERBACK!


A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global
Economy
by Sara Bongiorni

Asia's Banking CEOs: The Future of Finance in Asia
by Peter Hoflich


Asset Prices and Monetary Policy
Edited by John Y. Campbell


Bear Trap: The Fall of Bear Stearns and the Panic of 2008
by Bill Bamber , Andrew Spencer


Commodity Modeling and Pricing: Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior
by Peter Schaeffer


An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets
by Donald MacKenzie  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


Financial Markets and Risk
by David Brighouse , Janet Hontoir


The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Lifetime of Comebacks and
America's Energy Future
by T. Boone Pickens


Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of
Irrationality
by Terry Burnham


The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
by David M. Smick

Interpersonal Networks in Organizations: Cognition, Personality, Dynamics, and
Culture
by Mark Kilduff , David Krackhardt


Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Management and Risk Assessment
Edited by David Gordon , Paul Bracken , Ian Bremmer

The Global Commonwealth of Citizens: Toward Cosmopolitan Democracy
by Daniele Archibugi


On Global Order: Power, Values, and the Constitution of International Society
by Andrew Hurrell


The Private Abuse of the Public Interest: Market Myths and Policy Muddles
by Lawrence D. Brown , Lawrence R. Jacobs


Towards Inclusive Governance: Promoting the Participation of Disadvantaged
Groups in Asia-Pacific, w/CD-ROM
by United Nations Development Programme

Courting Social Justice: Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights in
the Developing World
Edited by Varun Gauri , Daniel M. Brinks


The Economic Approach to Law, 2/e
by Thomas J. Miceli


The Economic Structure of International Law
by Joel P. Trachtman


How International Law Works: A Rational Choice Theory
by Andrew T. Guzman


International Law
by Vaughan Lowe


The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials,
2/e
by Peter Van den Bossche


The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law
Edited by Federico Ortino , Peter Muchlinski , Christoph Schreuer


Transnational Commercial Law: Primary Materials
by Roy Goode , Herbert Kronke , Ewan McKendrick , Jeffrey Wool

Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works
by Stephen C. Smith  NEW IN PAPERBACK!

The Transformation of Agri-Food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains and
Smallholder Farmers
Edited by Ellen B. McCullough , Prabhu L. Pingali , Kostas G. Stamoulis


Making Poverty: A History
by Thomas Lines

Free Trade Research Areas that Matter to Developing Country Policymakers: A
Regional Perspective on the Doha Development Agenda and Beyond
by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific


Trade and Development Report, 2008: Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the
Financing of Investment
by UNCTAD


UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2008
by UNCTAD


The World Trade Organization: Law, Economics, Policies
by Bernard Hoekman , Petros Mavroidis

Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy, 2/e
by Greg Pahl


The Clean Tech Revolution: Discover the Top Trends, Technologies, and Companies
to Watch, Newly Revised and Updated
by Ron Pernick , Clint Wilder  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


The Final Energy Crisis, 2/e
by Sheila Newman


The Plan: How to Rescue Society When the Oil Stops - or the Day Before
by Edwin Black

Climate Change in Asia: Perspectives on the Future Climate Regime
Edited by Yasuko Kameyama , Agus P. Sari , Moekti H. Soejachmoen , Norichika
Kanie


Global Environmental History
by I. G. Simmons


Global Environmental Institutions
by Elizabeth R. DeSombre


Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew
America
by Thomas L. Friedman   30% OFF!


Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and
Research Frontiers
Edited by Oran R. Young , Leslie A. King , Heike Schroeder


The ISIS Agreement: How Sustainability Can Improve Organizational Performance
and Transform the World
by Alan AtKisson


Kyoto2: How to Manage the Global Greenhouse
by Oliver Tickell


The Principles of Sustainability, 2/e
by Simon Dresner


The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment
by Peter Dauvergne


Understanding Sustainability Economics: Towards Pluralism in Economics
by Peter Soderbaum


Understanding Sustainable Development
by John Blewitt

Unimagined Community: Sex, Networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
by Robert J. Thornton


Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
by Gary Paul Nabhan

Cities: A Groundwork Guide
by John Lorinc


The Community Planning Event Manual: How to Use Collaborative Planning and Urban
Design Events to Improve Your Environment
by Nick Wates


The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st
Century
Edited by Gordon McGranahan , George Martine , Mark Montgomery , Rogelio
Fernandez-Castilla


Positive Development: From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles Through Built
Environment Design
by Janis Birkeland

Are Worker Rights Human Rights?
by Richard P. McIntyre


Labour Markets in Small Developing States
Edited by Andrew S. Downes

Big Business andEconomic Development: Conglomerates and Economic Groups in
Developing Countries and Transition Economies under Globalisation
Edited by Alex E. Fernandez Jilberto , Barbara Hogenboom

Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and
Eastern Europe
by Stephan Haggard , Robert R. Kaufman


Global Tax Revolution: The Rise of Tax Competition and the Battle to Defend It
by Chris Edwards , Daniel J. Mitchell


Governance in the Middle East, North Africa and Western Balkans: Challenges and
Priorities in Reforming Public Administration in the Mediterranean Region
by Economic and Social Affairs


Public Investment and Public-Private Partnerships: Addressing Infrastructure
Challenges and Managing Financial Risks
Edited by Gerd Schwartz , Ana Corbacho , Katja Funke

Information and Communication Technologies for the Public Service: A Small
States Focus
Edited by Devindra Ramnarine , RoseMarie-Rita Endeley

The Law of International Watercourses, 2/e
by Stephen C. McCaffrey


Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor: Economic Regulation for Public and
Private Partnerships
Edited by Richard Franceys , Esther Gerlach:


Water: The Causes, Costs and Future of a Global Crisis
by Julian Caldecott


Water Consciousness: How We All Have to Change to Protect Our Most Critical
Resource
Edited by Tara Lohan

Africa and the Third Millennium
Edited by George Klay Kieh, Jr.


Africa and the World Trading System, Volume 1: Selected Issues of the Doha
Agenda
Edited by Ademola Oyejide , William Lyakurwa:


Africa and the World Trading System, Volume 2: Country Case Studies
Edited by Dominique Njinkeu , Ademola Oyejide


Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
by Tim Butcher


The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
by Helene Cooper


Poverty, Livelihoods, and Governance in Africa: Fulfilling the Development
Promise
by Kempe Ronald Sr. Hope


Shell Petroleum Development Company, the State and Underdevelopment of Nigeria's
Niger Delta: A Study in Environmental Degradation
by Daniel A. Omoweh


Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
by Halima Bashir

Angels of a Lower Flight: One Woman's Mission to Save a Country...One Child at a
Time
by Susie Scott Krabacher


Brother, I'm Dying
by Edwidge Danticat


Radical Democracy in the Andes.
by Donna Lee Van Cott


Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba
by Tom Miller

The Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War
by Asne Seierstad


Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds, Newly Revised and Expanded
by Stephen Kinzer


Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know
by Tim Judah

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran
by Hooman Majd


The Case Against Israel's Enemies: Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand in
the Way of Peace
by Alan Dershowitz


Contemporary Israel: Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Security Challenges
Edited by Robert O. Freedman


Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East

by Edward P. Djerejian


Elvis Is Titanic: Classroom Tales form Iraqi Kurdistan
by Ian Klaus


Israel: A History
by Martin Gilbert


The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearscheimer , Stephen M. Walt  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
by Avi Shlaim:


The Long Road to Baghdad: A History of U. S. Foreign Policy from the 1970s to
the Present
by Lloyd C. Gardner


Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen?
by Lisa Wedeen


Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq
by Farnaz Fassihi

Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State
by Yasheng Huang


Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change
Edited by Sharon Horn , Stacy Mosher


China Modernizes: Threat to the West or Model for the Rest?
by Randall Peerenboom  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


China Since Tiananmen, 2/e
by Joseph Fewsmith


China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities
by C. Fred Bergsten , Charles Freeman , Nicholas Lardy , Derek J. Mitchell


Crisis as Catalyst: Asia's Dynamic Political Economy
Edited by John Ravenhill , T. J. Pempel , Andrew MacIntyre


Doing Business in China
by Jihong Sanderson


Good Guanxi: Managing Government Relations in China
by Elizabeth Judd


Japan Since 1980
by Thomas F. Cargill , Takayuki Sakamoto


The Last Men: Journey Among the Tribes of New Guinea
by Jago Corazza


The Pan-Pearl River Delta: An Emerging Regional Economy in a Globalizing China
Edited by Y. M. Yeung , Shen Jianfa


Providing Public Goods in Transitional China
by Tony Saich


Rising China and Asian Democratization: Socialization to "Global Culture" in the
Political Transformations of Thailand, China, and Taiwan
by Daniel C. Lynch


The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
by Somaly Mam


Strong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial
Disputes
by M. Taylor Fravel


Under the Dragon: A Journey Through Burma
by Rory MacLean:

The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power
by Tariq Ali


India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha  NEW IN PAPERBACK!


India Express: The Future of the New Superpower
by Daniel Lak

A Little History of the World
by E. H. Gombrich  30% OFF!


A Dictionary of Statistics
by Graham Upton , Ian Cook


Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
by Joel Best   30% OFF!!

Dream Kingdom: New and Selected Poems
by Tijan M. Sallah


The Farming of Bones


by Edwidge Danticat

The Most Fantastic Atlas of the Whole Wide World
by the Brainwaves


Obama: A Promise of Change
by David Mendell


Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
by Ji-Li Jiang


World Bank titles are available to staff at a 30% discount

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