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Sustainable development goal 3 : health and well-being of ageing in Hong Kong
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to develop a better and sustainable future for the world, and the goals are part of an action plan to address poverty, hunger, health, gender equity and various pressing world issues. One of these goals looks at health and wellness. Ageing populations have become a crucial issue worldwide, and this short monograph explores ageing and how the con…
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- 9781003220169
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- x + 74 p
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- 338.95125 BEN s
Economic and social transformation in China : challenges and opportunities
The Center for China Studies is among China's most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these and reports is collated in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the challenges and opportunities for Chinese development and the government's thinking on economic and and …
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- 9780203970096
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- xvii + 276
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- 330.951 ECO e
How to Build a Modern Tontine: Algorithms, Scripts and Tips
This open access book introduces the modern tontine and its applications in retirement and decumulation. Personal financial management in the later stages of life presents unique challenges, and renowned retirement planning expert Dr. Milevsky proposes the modern tontine as a solution. With the goal of guiding professionals and retirees in more efficient decumulation, the book demonstrates how …
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- 1
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- 9783031009280
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- XXI, 156
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- -
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- 368.32 MOS h
Social development in the world bank : essays in honor of michael m. cernea
This open access book honors the work of Michael Cernea, who was the World Bank’s first professional sociologist, by taking on and extending his arguments for "putting people first.” Cernea led a community of social scientists in formulating and promoting a comprehensive set of innovative and original social policies on development issues, which the World Bank adopted and implemented. This …
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- 9783030574260
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- XXI, 368 p
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- 361.6 MAR s
Divorce in Europe : New Insights in Trends, Causes and Consequences of Relati…
This open access book collects the major discussions in divorce research in Europe. It starts with an understanding of divorce trends. Why was divorce increasing so rapidly throughout the US and Europe and do we see signs of a turn? Do cohabitation breakups influence divorce trends or is there a renewed stability on the partner market? In terms of divorce risks, the book contains new insights…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783030258382
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- XIII, 370
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- -
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- 306.89 Div
Working, Housing: Urbanizing : The International Year of Global Understanding…
This book presents an incisive outline of the historical development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing world, and (c) the diverse housing …
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783319451800
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- XV, 60
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- -
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- 307.76 Rob
Regenerative territories : dimensions of circularity for healthy metabolisms
This open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of regenerative territories characterised by healthy metabolisms. Going beyond the mere reuse/recycle of material waste as resources, this work aims to understand how to apply circularity principles to, among others, the regeneration of wastescapes. The main focus is the development ov…
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- 9783030785369
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- XXX, 318 p
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- 338.927 LIB r
Robots and AI : a new economic era
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful forces that will likely have large impacts on the size, direction, and composition of international trade flows. This book discusses how industrial robots, automation, and AI affect international growth, trade, productivity, employment, wages, and welfare. The book explains new approaches on how robots and artificial intelligence affect the w…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781003275534
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- 370 p.
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- -
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- 338.064 ROB r
Central Bank Policy Mix: Issues, Challenges, and Policy Responses: Handbook o…
This book is an integration of keynote speeches, lectures, and related teaching materials during the five years of the "Central Bank Policy Mix: Issues, Challenges and Policy Responses" flagship program of the BI Institute, the learning and research centre of Bank Indonesia. The book examines the interactions among central bank policies including monetary policy, exchange rate policy, macroprud…
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- 9789811668272
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- XIX, 280p; ill
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- -
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- 332.11 WAR c
Chasing the Chinese Dream: Four Decades of Following China’s War on Poverty
This open access book explores the historical, cultural and philosophical contexts that have made anti-poverty the core of Chinese society since Liberation in 1949, and why poverty alleviation measures evolved from the simplistic aid of the 1950s to Xi Jinping’s precision poverty alleviation and its goal of eliminating absolute poverty by 2020. The book also addresses the implications of Chin…
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- 9789811606540
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- XXIII, 224p; ill
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- -
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- 338.951 BRO c
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